Page 9 - English Reader - 8
P. 9
C. Answer the following questions.
1. What kind of India does the poet wish for in the first line of the poem?
2. What, according to the poet, means the tireless striving stretch its arms towards?
3. Who is the “thee” in the poem?
4. In what kind of heaven does the poet wish his country to awake?
D. Read the following stanza and answer the questions that follow.
Where the mind is without fear, and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
1. How should the people of new India live?
2. What kind of knowledge does the poet wish for our country?
3. What kind of world has the poet imagined?
4. Where does the poet wish words to come out from?
Let’s Listen
Your teacher will read out a paragraph. Listen to him/her and fill in the blanks.
1. There are _____________ primary colours.
2. Primary colours are _____________ , _____________, and _____________.
3. There are _____________ secondary colours.
4. To get the orange colour, we need equal parts of _____________ and _____________.
Let’s Speak
Discuss with your classmates about deforestation and pollution. You may begin with
human activities which led to deforestation. Also, discuss water pollution, soil erosion, air
pollution, which are the outcome of cutting of trees. In the end, find out ways to control
pollution and deforestation and how to restore greenery on the earth.
7
