Class 8 - L8 - At School

8. At School

Reading Comprehension

Answer the following questions:

1. Gandhiji's sole companions at high school were his books and lessons. Why?

Answer – Gandhiji’s sole companions at high school were his books and lessons because he was very shy and avoided all company.

2. What made Gandhiji do his lessons though his mind was not on them?
Answer – Gandhiji did his lessons though his mind was not on them because he disliked being taken to task by his teachers as much as he disliked deceiving them.

3. How did the book and pictures of Shravana affect Gandhiji?

Answer – The book and pictures of Shravana left an indelible impression on Gandhiji’s mind. He decided to copy the example of Shravana’s devotion towards his parents.

4. Which ideal did the play Harischandra inspire in him?

Answer – To follow truth and to go through all the ordeals Harischandra went through was the ideal the play Harischandra inspired in him.

5. Why did Gandhiji weep piteously?

Answer – The thought of the ordeals that Harischandra went through made Gandhiji wept piteously.

6. What was the wrong notion that he had ?

Answer – Good handwriting is not a necessary part of education; was the wrong notion that Gandhiji had.

Vocabulary

A. Think of the name- ‘Mahatma Gandhi’. As you read his name, some

other words come to your mind. List some of those words:

Example: Non-violence

Answer – Truthfulness, Ahimsa, Satyagrah Movement, Dandi-march, Freedom, Quit India Movement, Bapu, Father of the Nation, Charkha

Vocabulary

B. Look at the word Recollection in column 'D' the word is made up of

prefix 're' root word 'collect' and suffix 'ion'. Put prefix in column A, root

word in column B, Suffix in column C and the word in the last column D.

Use any of the two columns or all three columns. Column B is compulsory.

	A	B	C	D
	Prefix	Root-word	Suffix	Word
Example	Re	Collect	Ion	Recollection
1		Truth	Full	Truthfull
2	Re	Cycle	Ing	Recycling
3	Pre	Caution		Precaution
4	In	Nation	Al	National
5	Im	Perfect		Imperfect

C. Consult a dictionary and frame sentences using the following words:

Suburban, mediocre, pilgrimage, rebuke, indelible, false notion

Suburban – I went to see the suburban area last week.

Mediocre -         He was a mediocre painter.

Pilgrimage – We went to Kedarnath for our annual pilgrimage.

Rebuke – The teacher rebuked the student for telling a lie.

Indelible – The moral stories always leave indelible impression on children’s minds.

False notion – Illiterate people always have many false notions.

Grammar

A. Look at the sentences:

1. Gandhiji used to be shy and avoided all company in his childhood.

It means that he was shy in his childhood.

2. It used to be a hospital before 2000, Now the building is used as the “secretariat.”

This means that before 2000, the place was a hospital. Now the bulding is

used as the “secretariat” office instead.

Now think of some things which you used to do in your childhood that you don't do now. Write sentences with "used to".

1.   I used to float paper boat.

2.   I used to play with marbles.

3.   I used to play with mud.

4.   I used to go to garden to play with see-saw.

5.   I used to suck my thumb.

And the list goes on….

B. Fill in the blanks using the clues:

1. Govinda used to come late to class. (come)

2. Last year, we used to play cricket every Saturday. But now we have classes on Saturdays. (play)

3. In the past years, people used to go to theatres for watching movies. Now they view movies through CDs. (go)

4. When I was a child, I never used to drink tea or coffee, but now I

take both. (drink)

5. He used to learn music when he was young. (learn)

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