8ENG 2.4 Excuses! (A Skit)
WARMING UP!
NEW WORDS FROM CHIT-CHAT
(Page No. 40)
form groups- गट तयार करा.
chat about the following - खालील विषयावर गप्पा गोष्टी करा.
on time - वेळेवर
action- कृती ,कारवाई
late-comers- उशिराने येणारे
excuses - क्षमा
fake - बनावट, फसवे , खोटे
punctuality - नियमितता , नियमित , वक्तशीर
crawling- रांगत असणे
warned- ताकीद दिली, सूचना केली
late - उशिरा
regularly- नियमितपणे
ashamed- लाज वाटली
road sign- रस्त्यावरचे चिन्ह
instructed- सूचना दिली
us -आम्हाला
follow- अनुकरण करा.
excuses- माफी मागणे ,सबबी सांगणे
own words - स्वतःच्या शब्दात
the above format - वरील नमुन्यात
guilty - अपराधी
opportunities-संधी
delays - विलंब , अवकाश. वेळ लागणे
affects - दुष्परिणाम ,
opinion - मत
views - दृष्टीने
(Useful for Question on Dialogue)
(1) Do you come to school on time, everyday?
Ans. Yes, I come to school on time, everyday. Rarely I come late.
(2) What do you feel, when you are late?
Ans. When sometimes I come late I feel very sorry and guilty.
(3) What action is taken, in school, on late-comers?
Ans. Our teacher makes the late comers stand out of the class or in the corner of the class. Regular late-comers are sent back home.
(4) Do you give excuses for your late-coming? Are they true or false?
Ans. I don't give false excuses for coming late to school.
(5) Why is punctuality so important in life?
Ans. If we are not punctual, we might miss some opportunities in life. Our work also delays and that affects our success in life.
Note: Students may give their own opinions/views.
Reported Speech
Speech or dialogues can be reported in 2 ways - Direct and Indirect. When exact words of the speaker are reported we call it Direct speech. When 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.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Enjoy Jokes
(1)
Teacher: Did you break this window glass in the class today, Tom?
Tom: Not me, Madam. It was my twin brother, Jerry, from our class.
Teacher: Where is he? Call him quick.
Tom: He is absent today, Madam.
(2)
Maths teacher: Listen boys! There were 10 birds on a branch of a tree. A hunter hit and fell one of them by his catapult(बेचकी). How many birds were there on the branch now?
Nanhe : None!
Maths teacher: How's that?
Nanhe : Others flew away!
Language Study
Reported Speech (अप्रत्यक्ष कथन)
कोणत्याही प्रकारचा संवाद दोन प्रकारे व्यक्त होत असतो. पहिला Direct Speech व दुसरा Indirect Speech.
Read the following sentences:
(1) He said, "I want some water. "
(2) He said that he wanted some water. पहिल्या वाक्यात बोलणाऱ्याचे शब्द जसेच्या तसे अवतरणचिन्हांमध्ये [inverted commas ] मध्ये
( " .... " )] दिले आहेत. या प्रकाराला Direct Speech म्हणतात. दुसऱ्या वाक्यात बोलणाऱ्याचे शब्द जसेच्या तसे न देता ते बोलणे एखादया व्यक्तीमार्फत कथन केलेले आहे. कथन करण्याच्या या प्रकाराला Indirect speech म्हणतात.
Direct speechचे रूपांतर Indirect Speech मध्ये करताना पुढील बदल होत असतात.
(1) Reporting Verb 'said' नंतरचा comma
(स्वल्पविराम) दिला जात नाही.
(2) Inverted commas काढून टाकले जातात.
(3) 'Said' या क्रियापदानंतर that हे conjunction वापरतात.
(4) Reporting Verb 'said' असे भूतकाळात असते, तेव्हा inverted Comma मधील क्रियापद भूतकाळात वापरतात.
हे बदल statement म्हणजेच विधानार्थी वाक्यात होत असतात.
(Page No. 41)
excuses सबबी
a skit - प्रहसन , छोटे नाटक
characters - पात्र
school student
- शालेय विद्यार्थी
scene - दृश्य
classroom - वर्गखोली
early - लवकर
Don’t you think? - तुम्हाला वाटत नाही का ?
Don’t you think you are early ? - तुम्हाला वाटत नाही का तुम्ही लवकर आलात ?
pardon - महाशय
second period - दुसरी तासिका
too - देखील
early - खूपच लवकर
so sorry - फारच खेद होतोय .
I started well - मी छान सुरुवात केलेली .
in time - वेळेत
from home - घरापासून
won’t - will not
will not - असणार नाही .
believe - विश्वास
you won’t
believe - तुमचा विश्वास असणार नाही.
What happened? - काय घडलं?
We’ll see - आपण पाहू
Let’s hear - आता आपण ऐकू या .
nothing - काहीही नाही
short of - चापेक्षा भयंकर
Nothing short of - चापेक्षा भयंकर काहीही नाही
an earthquake - भूकंप
honestly - प्रामाणिकपणे
I ’m sure - मला खात्री आहे
Go ahead - पुढे जा.
I was walking - मी चालत होतो
to school - शाळेकडे
as usual- नेहमीप्रमाणे
I was half
way - मी अर्ध्या रस्त्यावर होतो
down - खाली
narrow - अरुंद
lane- गल्ली
the narrow lane - अरुंद गल्ली
leads- नेते , जाते , घेऊन जाते , पोहोचते
that - ते ,
leads to the market - बाजाराकडे जाते
Suddenly - अचानकपणे
I heard - मी ऐकले
a scream - किंचाळी
main road - मुख्य रस्ता
from the main road - मुख्य रस्त्यापासून
of course - नक्कीच
had to - करा इ लागले
investigate - तपास
find out - शोधून काढणे
if someone - जर कुणीतरी
needed help - मदत हवी होती
sure enough - खरोखरच
person - व्यक्ती
lying - पडलेला, पहुडलेला
near the pavement - पेव्हमेंट जवळ
groaning - विव्हळत
with pain - वेदनेने
took- घेतला ,
you took him-त्याला तुम्ही घेऊन गेलात
chance - संधी
came - आला , आली,
running out- धावत बाहेर
came running out - धावत बाहेर आले
with a packet - पाकीट सहित
in his hand- त्याच्या हातात
the shopkeeper - दुकानदार
also - सुद्धा
ran out - बाहेर पळाला
shouting - ओरडत
ran out shouting- ओरडत बाहेर पळाला
catch him - पकडा त्याला
amazing - आश्चर्यकारक, विस्मयकारक
quite -अगदी
a handful for you - एवढ सारं तुझ्यासाठी
to deal with - हाताळण्यासाठी
all at once -सगळं एकाच वेळी
What did you do then ?- मग तू काय केलंस ?
most amazing thing - खूप गमतीची गोष्ट
happened then - नंतर घडले
the pavement- फुटपाथ
got up - उठला
began to run - पळायला लागला
with the thief- चोरासोबत
(Q.1) In what sense was Ritesh ‘early’?
(Q.2) What was the first
reason why Ritesh
was delayed?
nothing short of : nothing less than
investigate : carry out a systematic search to
discover truth about
some incident
pavement : a footpath
of the sides of a road.
groaning : making
painful sounds
to deal with : to handle
(Page No. 42)
moment - क्षण
Without losing - न दवडता , न घालवता
Without losing a moment- एक क्षणही न वाया घालवता
I ran after them - मी त्यांच्या नंतर धावलो.
you caught them - तुम्ही त्याला पकडलेत
took them - त्यांना घेऊन गेलात
police station - पोलीस स्टेशन
vanished - गायब झाले,
corner - कोपरा
so fast- अचानक, अगदी गतीने
That’s not all- ते म्हणजे सर्व नाही.
I realized - माझ्या लक्षात आले
I had left my bag - मी माझे दप्तर विसरलो होतो.
mad rush- धावपळ
ran back - परत फिरलो, परत आलो
it wasn’t there - ते तेथे नव्हते.
a huge- लठ्ठ , आकाराने मोठ्ठा
hairy- केसाळ
brown - तपकिरी
I didn’t know what to do - मला काय करावं ते सुचेना
interesting - मजेशीर
surprised - आश्चर्य
growled- गुरगुरला
kinds- प्रकारे
whistling - शिट्टी वाजवणे
budge- हालणे, बुजणे,
wouldn’t budge - हलेना
offered- देऊ केली
lure - अमिष, लालूच, प्रलोभन
lured - अमिष/ लालूच/ प्रलोभन दाखवले
finally- शेवटी
accounts for - च्या साठी
(Page No. 43)
poor dog - बिचारा कुत्रा
began to follow - पाठलाग करू लागला
poor- बिचारा , गरीब
It looked so poor - ते खूपच दिनवाणी दिसत होते
lonely - एकटे , एकाकी
size - आकार
puppy - कुत्र्याचे पिलू
lost - हरवले
lose चा P.T. - lost
maybe - बहुतेक
owner- मालक
I thought - मी विचार केला
enquire- चौकशी
passers by- येणारे जाणारे लोक
nobody could tell - कुणालाही सांगता येईना
leave - सोडून देने
behind - पाठीमागे
you found - तुम्हाला सापडले
found - find चा P.T.
bounded- झेपावले
towards - च्याकडे
person - व्यक्ती
I was -मी होतो
relieved - चिंतामुक्त झालो,हायसे वाटले,
ran straight to
school - सरळ शाळेकडे निघालो
deed - कृत्य
good deed - सत्कृत्य, सत्कर्म,
something else - आणखी काहीतरी
you can do- तुम्ही करू शकता
story-writing competition - कथालेखन स्पर्धा
coming up- येत आहेत.
Would you like to send an entry ?- तुम्हाला प्रवेश घ्यायला आवडेल का?
I wouldn’t
know what to write - मला माहीत नाही काय लिहायचं
I’m not good at making up stories - गोष्टी रचायला मला जमत नाही.
Passage- 1
(Textbook Pages 41- 42)
Q. 1. Read the following passage and do the activities:A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Who said to whom?
(i) "Nothing short of an earthquake."
(ii) "I had to find out if someone neededhelp."
(iii) "They just vanished around the corner."
(iv) "Chor! Chor! catch him."
Ans. (i) Teacher said to Ritesh
(ii) Ritesh said to teacher
(iii) Ritesh said to teacher
(iv) The shopkeeper said to people.
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
(1) Rearrange the order of the following events as per the narrator:
(1) The groaning man joined the thief and ran away.
(2) Ritesh heard a scream from the main road.
(3) The thief came out of the shop.
(4) A man, groaning with pain was lying
near the pavement.
Ans. (2) Ritesh heard a scream from the main road.
(4) A man, groaning with pain was lying
near the pavement.
(3) The thief came out of the shop.
(1) The groaning man joined the thief and ran away.
(2) In what sense was Ritesh early?
Ans. As a matter of fact, Ritesh was very late. The first period of the class was about to end and the second period was to start soon. So the teacher rightly said that Ritesh was too early for the second period.
(3) What was the first reason why Ritesh was delayed?
Ans. On the way to school, Ritesh heard a scream from the main road. He went there
to find if someone needed help. He saw a person Iying near the pavement who was groaning with pain. As he reached the man, another man came running out of the shop there. He had a packet in his hand. He was a thief. The man lying near the pavement got up and he also started running with the thief. Ritesh ran after them but they just vanished around the corner. This was the first reason, according to Ritesh, why he was delayed to school.
A3. Activity based on Vocabulary:
(1) Complete the following by inserting the correct words from the bracket:
(moment , groaning, deal with, vanished)
(1) The police arrived to ................ the crime. (2) The injured child kept .............. withpain. (3) He stole the cash and ................... in the dark night.
(4) The man was seriously injured in the accident. Without losing a ...................... people removed him to hospital.
Ans : (1) deal with (2) groaning
(3) vanished (4) moment
(2) Write the antonyms of the following from the passage:
(1) late (2) broad (3) gain (4) appeared
Ans. (1) late - early (2) broad - narrow
(3) gain-lose (4) appeared - vanished
A4. Activities based on contextual
Grammar:
(1) Report the following in Indirect Speech:
(a) Ritesh: May I come in, Madam?
Ans. Ritesh requested the teacher if he could come in.
(b) Mrs Sen: Ritesh, you are too early for the second period.
Ans. Mrs Sen told Ritesh that he was too early for the second period.
(c) Ritesh: I am sorry, Ma'am!
Ans. Ritesh told the teacher (Madam) that he was very sorry.
(d) Ritesh: I was walking to school as usual. Ans. Ritesh said that he had been walking
to school as usual.
(2) Rewrite the sentences with proper contracted forms:
(1) Lets hear the story first.
Ans. Let's hear the story first.
(2) Dont you think you are early?
Ans. Don't you think you are early?
(3) I couldnt do that Maam.
Ans. I couldn't do that Ma'am.
(4) Hmm, well see.
Ans. Hmm, we'll see.
A5. Personal Repsonse:
What really are the students' reasons of coming late to school?
Ans. They do not keep themselves thoroughly ready for coming to school. They start late from home for coming to school. They waste time on the way unnecessarily.
Passage-2
(Textbook Pages 42-43)
Q. 2. Read the following passage and do the activities:
A1. Simple Factual Activity:
Complete the following sentences with the help of the given words :
( making up stories ,offered him biscuits , its owner , to get back, )
(1) Ritesh went back to the shop .................... his bag.
(2) The dog finally left the school bag when Ritesh ................................
(3) Ritesh left the dog only when he found
..........................
(4) Ritesh was good at .....................................
Ans: (1) to get back (2) offered him biscuits (3) its owner (4) making up stories
A2. Complex Factual Activities:
(1) Rearrange the order of the following events as per the narrator / skit :
(1) The dog began to follow Ritesh to school.
(2) A huge dog was sitting on Ritesh's school-bag.
(3) The dog refused to move.
(4) The dog itself found its owner.
Ans. (2) A huge dog was sitting on Ritesh's
school-bag.
(4) The dog refused to move.
(1) The dog began to follow Ritesh to
school.
(3) The dog itself found its owner.
(2) How did Ritesh describe the same dog, the second time?
Ans. The dog which Ritesh described as a huge, dog before, is described the second time as a small puppy. Ritesh said that it was a puppy but was big in size.
(3) When, according to Ritesh, was he relieved? (मोकळा होणे )
Ans. Ritesh was searching for the dog's owner. Nobody could tell him anything about the owner. But the puppy itself found its owner. It saw someone across the road and it just bounded (leapt) towards the person. In this way, Ritesh was relieved.
A3. Activities based on Vocabulary:
(1) Complete the following by inserting the correct words from the bracket:
( looking for, in mad rush, offered, move )
(1) The huge dog did not ........... from the bag.
(2) My friend .................. me to eat chocolates
in the classroom.
(3) I was ...................... to find my lost notebooks.
(4) The child lost his way and now he was
............................... his mother.
Ans:- (1) move (2) offered (3) in mad rush (4) looking for
(2) Match the words in Column 'A' with their meanings in Column 'B'.
Column 'A' Column 'B'
(a) cured (i) no longer worried
(b) realized (ii) attracted to do something
(c) growled (iii) became aware of
(d) relieved (iv) made angry sounds.
Ans.
(a) cured - attracted to do something
(b) realized - became aware of
(c) growled - made angry sounds.
(d) relieved - no longer worried
A4. Activity based on contextual grammar:
(1) Report the following in Indirect speech:
(1) Ritesh: I had left my bag at the shop.
Ans. Ritesh said that he had left his bag at the shop.
(2) Mrs. Sen: There's a story-writing competition.
Ans. Mrs Sen said that there was a story. writing competition.
(3) Ritesh: Finally the shopkeeper gave me some biscuits.
Ans. Ritesh said that finally the shopkeeper had given him some biscuits.
(2) Do as directed:
(1) How that dog growled! (Change the sentence into assertive sentence.)
Ans. The dog growled very angrily (fiercely). (2) I could not leave without my school bag. (Rewrite the sentence using able to')
Ans. I was not able to leave without my school-bag.
A5. Personal Response:
(1) Why, do you think, did Ritesh refuse to take part in the story-writing competition?
Ans. I think, if he had agreed to take part in the story-writing competition, he was afraid that his teacher and his classmates would know that the excuses he had made were the stories he had made up. He wanted to hide the falsehood of his excuses.
(2) Can you believe his last excuse for refusing to take part in the story-writing competition?
Ans. No, I absolutely don't believe in Ritesh's last excuse for refusing to take part in the story-writing competition, because he really seems to be good in making up stories. Each of his excuses show his skill in making up instant stories. So his last excuse that he is not good at making up stories and his statement that he wouldn't know what to to write, cannot be believed.
(3) What according to you is the best way to correct children, who are regularly late to school?
Ans. First and the most important way to correct the latecomers is to make them aware about the importance of time in our
life. Teacher should call their parents and ask the reasons of his/her latecoming and ask them to take care of their latecoming. Teacher can convince such students how they loose their studies by coming late.
Activities
Discuss and write the answers in your own words:
(1) Were the excuses given by Ritesh for his late arrival, true? Give reasons for your response .
Ans. The excuses given by Ritesh for his late arrival to school were not true.
Following incidents tell us that the excuses were not true;
(1) The man lying and groaning with pain on the pavement started running with the thief.
(2) His description of the dog given in two places is different.
(3) He had not entered the shop before but said that he had left his bag in the shop.
(4) The story of the dog and its owner does not sound convincing .
(2) Did the teacher believe Ritesh's stories? How do you know that?
Ans No, the teacher did not believe Ritesh's stories. Every time after his false excuse she remarks something mockingly and ironically to suggest Ritesh that his excuses were false and he had made up the stories.
(3) Why did the teacher suggest that Ritesh should enter the story-writing contest?
Ans. The teacher suggested that Ritesh should enter the story-writing contest
because she wanted to bring to his notice that whatever excuses he had made were false and she knew it. So teasingly she suggested him to enter the story-writing contest.
Language Study Activities
(A) Do as directed:
(1) Make a meaningful word from the given letters:
(1) yearl (2) shedvani (3) earapp (4) yreall
Ans: (1) early (2) vanished (3) appear (4) really
(2) Copy the sentences correctly:
(1) What did you do then?
(2) I didn't get the chance.
(3) Yes, Ma'am. Even the shopkeeper was surprised.
(4) How that dog growled!
(3) Put the words in alphabetical order:
(i) realized, biscuits, interesting, things
Ans, biscuits, interesting, realized, things
(ii) huge, hairy, had, home
Ans, had, hairy, home, huge.
(4) Punctuate the following:
(1) Interesting A dog on a bag in a shop
Ans. "Interesting! A dog on a bag in a shop!"
(2) dont you think you are late
Ans. "Don't you think you are late?"
(5) Make four words (minimum 3 letters) using the letters in the word 'investigate.
Ans. (1) invest (2) gate (4) nest. (3) instigate
(6) Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentences:
(1) I does not get the chance.
Ans. I did not (do not) get the chance.
(2) Then, why is you late?
Ans. Then why are you late?
(7) Write the related adjective for the given noun:
(A) dog :- hairy , black , huge , fierce
(B) student:-
(C) bag :-
(8) Complete the word chain of adjectives. Add four words each beginning with the last letter of the previous word:
Funny→→.........→→......→→........→→
Ans. Funny →→ yellow →→ wise →→ eager→regular.
(B) Do as directred:
(1) Make meaningful sentence by using the phrase 'in the mad rush'
Ans. He was trying to find the address of my friend in the mad rush.
(2) Add a prefix or suffix to make new words and use one of them in your own sentence:
(1) appear (2) like
Ans. disappear (2) dislike
Sentence: Our forests are disappearing at an alarming rate.
(3) Add a clause to expand the sentence meaningfully:
I wish to go to a place.....
Ans. I wish to go to a place where I can find complete peace of mind.
Writing Skills
Notice-Writing
Q. Imagine there is story-writing competition in your school. Frame a notice about the same, to be put up on the noticeboard. Cover the following points.
◆ Name of the competition
◆At what levels
◆Date, Time and Venue
◆Duration fixed for writing the story.
◆ Points to be considered while Judging winners.
◆Prizes
◆ Contact person for participant entries.
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Story-writing Competition
Our school has organized a story writing competition for school children. The competition is for the groups of Std. (1) III to V and (2) IX and X. You may write any story of your choice but it must be of your own. Any already published story will not be entertained.
The competition will be held in our School Assembly Hall on Tuesday, the 14th of August, 2022. Duration of the story-writing will be one hour. There is no limit of words.
Writing Papers will be provided by school. The last date of receiving entries is 8th of August.
Three prizes will be considered for each group of students. External judges will judge the winning stories. Points while judging stories will be- (1) Quality of language (2) Style (3) Story-writing skill (4) Imagination (5) Novelty or newness of the story.
Contact Smt Golambe Madam for giving your entries. Entry forms are available in the school office. Hurry up! Participate enthusiastically.
Secretary,
School Cultural Committee.
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