Class 8 - L6 - From a Railway Carrriage

6. From a Railway Carriage

Word Meanings

Carriage (कैरिज) = गाडी, ट्रेन का डिब्बा

Fairies (फैरीस) = परियाँ

Witches (विचेस) = जादूगरनी, डायन

Bridge (ब्रिज) = पूल

Hedge (हेज) = बाड़ा, घेरा (झाड़ियों का)  

Ditch (डिच) = खाई, गड्ढा  

Troop (ट्रूप) = सैनिकों की टुकड़ी

Battle (बैटल) = लड़ाई, युद्ध

Meadow (मीडो) = घास का मैदान

Cattle (कैटल) = मवेशी

Sight (साईट) = दृष्टि, दृश्य

Wink (विंक) = पलक झपकना  

Clamber (क्लेम्बर) = कठिनाई से चढ़ना  

Scramble (स्क्रेम्ब्ल) = हाथों और घुटनों के बल चढ़ना

Gather (गेदर) = एकत्रित करना  

Bramble (ब्रेंबल) = कटीली झाड़ी

Tramp (ट्रैम्प) = पदयात्री, घुमक्कड़

Gaze (गेज़) = एकटक देखना

Stringing (स्ट्रिंगिंग) = घागे में माला गूंथना

Lumping (लम्पिंग) = भार लदा हुआ

Glimpse (ग्लिम्प्स) = झलकी  

Forever (फॉरएवर) = हमेशा के लिए 

Reading Comprehension

A. Answer the following questions:

(1) What does the railway carriage (train) move faster than?

Answer – The railway carriage (train) moves faster than the fairies and the witches.

(2) What do the fast moving bogies look like?

Answer – The fast moving bogies look like the troops charging along in a battle.

(3) What does the train pass through?

Answer – The train passes through the meadows.

(4) What do the sights of the hill and plain look like from the fast moving

railway carriage?

Answer – From the fast moving railway carriage the sights of the hill and plain look as if they are flying thick as driving rain.

(5) Have you ever been in a fast moving train? Make a list of things that you see from the train?

Answer – Yes, I have been in a fast moving train. I saw a lot of things like – 1. people 2. Animals 3. Birds 4. Shops 5. Houses 6. bridges

7. Rivers 8. Ponds 9. Hills 10. Trees 11. Valleys 12. Carts/vehicles

*There are so many things the students can add to the list, allow them to do this on their own.

B. Write true or false in brackets:

(1) The train is faster than fairies and witches. (True)

(2) There is no bridge or river on its way. (False)

(3) The child clambers and scrambles. (True)

Vocabulary

A. Pickup the rhyming words from the poem and add more:

(1) road - load, toad, mode. code, upload

(2) river - forever, shiver, liverm giver

(3) witches – ditches, beaches, reaches, riches 

(4) cattle – battle, rattle, settle, wattle, metal

(5) rain – plain, rain, pain, main, train

B. Find out the describing words : (one is given)

Example: painted

Answer – faster, charging, plain, thick, green, lumping

(C) Fill in the blanks with the given words:

wink, battle, fairies, glimpse, through

(1) Fairies are imaginary things or person.

(2) Once I was passing through the dense forest.

(3) After a long battle we got freedom.

(4) The thief went out of sight in the wink of an eye.

(5) We saw a glimpse of the moon on a cloudy night.

D. I. Make words adding "ing" and write in your own sentences:

Example – swimming

Swimming – Swimming is good for our health.

Cutting – The thief was cutting the window bars.

Running – The white rabbit was running in a hurry.

Getting – The student is getting good marks with his hard work.

Sitting – The people were sitting on benches in the park.

Putting – The girls was putting all her books in the bag.

II. Separate the root word from the given words:

S.N	Word	Root word
1	charging	charge
2	fairies	fairy
3	driving	drive
4	stringing	string
5	daisies	daisy
6	gathering	gather

III. Frame your own sentences using the words given in exersise II.

1.  Charging – The man was charging his mobile.

2.  Fairies – The train moves faster than fairies.

3.  Driving – The driver was driving the bus.

4.  Stringing – Nisha made a garland by stringing the flowers.

5.  Daisies – He has planted the daisies in his garden.

6.  Gathering – There was a gathering of the folk artists in the stadium.

E. Given below are sentences that describe some actions. Choose the words from the box that match the description and write them in the space provided.

1	A cat suddenly crossed the road in front of me.	Darted
2	It's so cold that even the water has become solid.	Frozen
3	If you show the way, I'll follow.	Lead
4	Leela's mother taught her how to use a needle and thread to make stiches.	Sew
5	She travelled around the country promoting her book	Toured

F. Select the words from the poem related to the columns and write in the space given below:

Living	Non-living	Moving	Stationary
Fairies	Bridges	Railway Carriage	Bridges
Witches	Houses	Horses	Houses
Hedges	Ditches	Cattles	Hedges
Troops	Hill	Troops	Ditches
Horses	Stations	Child	Meadows
Cattle	Cart	River	Stations
Child	Mill	Railway Carriage	Hills
Daisy	Load	Horses	Plains
Tramp		Fairies	Road
Man		Witches

G. Pick up words from the box and write them with the correct vehicles:

Train : compartment, berth, engine, carriage, wheels, sleeper, platform, station, whistle, pantry-car, brakes, bogies

Aeroplane : runway, engine, cock-pit, nose, tyres, airport, wheels, tail, wings

Car/bus : engine, gears, steering wheel, tyres, wheels, bonnet, petrol, brakes