Unit 3 - 3.2 The Kite Festival — English STD 8 — Question

List the reasons :
How do they celebrate the kite-flying festival in Gujarat?

Warming Up:
Have you heard of birds that fly from one part of the world to another in small or large flocks?
They are called Migratory birds. Discuss and write down two reasons why they migrate and return.

Read the descriptions of the following from the story and describe any one of them using your own words:
Behrman

Personal Response :
How do you feel when you are sick and have to go to a doctor?

Warming Up:
Speech or dialogues can be reported in two ways Direct and Indirect.
When the exact words of the speaker are reported we call it Direct Speech. When the exact words of the speaker are not reported, but just its contents we call it Indirect Speech.
Direct Speech: Amar said, “I shall come to meet you, tomorrow, Sanket.”
Indirect Speech: Amar told Sanket that he would go to meet him, the next day.
Note down the changes you observe in the Indirect Speech.

Personal Response:
Do you believe in superstitions?

Personal Response:
What explanation did Tenali Raman give about the name of the strange scripture?

Interview Question :
A brilliant student from your school has on a Mathematics Quiz at the National Level.
Frame questions to ¡ntervie him / her when the school felicitates him / her. Follow the steps given below.

• Greeting
• Introduction of the interviewee and achievements.
• 2 or 3 questions about growing years.
• 4 to 6 questions about the achievements.
• 2 or 3 questions about future plans and prospects.
• Expression of thanks and good wishes.

Personal Response:
What would have been your reaction if you had been in Revathi’s place, and seen someone else’s name on your pot of plants? What would you have done?

Answer the following :
They add a grand beauty to the dark sky and compete with the brilliance of the stars.
(Rewrite as two separate sentences.)