8ENG3.1Why

 3.1 WHY? 

Chit Chat New Words 

we ask - आपण विचारतो /  आम्ही  विचारतो

do we get ?  - आपल्याला मिळते का ? 

do we get answers ? - आपल्याला  उत्तरे मिळते का ? 

useful questions - महत्वाचे प्रश्न 

questions are useful - प्रश्न महत्वाचे आहेत 

do we think ? - आपण / आम्ही विचार करतो का ? 

critically - चिकित्सक 

do we think critically?  - आपण (आम्ही)  चिकित्सक  विचार करतो का ? 

childhood - बालपण

yet  - जरी , (अजून) 

reason - cause (कारण)

penguins  - पेंग्विन्स 

penguins live - पेंग्विन्स राहतात 

polar - ध्रुवीय 

region - प्रदेश , भाग .

polar region - ध्रुवीय प्रदेश

insert - घाला, आत घाला, समाविष्ट करा. 

proper- योग्य 

proper question words - योग्य प्रश्नार्थी शब्द 

expected - अपेक्षित

expected answer- अपेक्षित उत्तर 

capital - राजधानी ( मोठे ) 

located- आढळते , वसलेले आहे

begin- सुरुवात 

borrowed- उसने घेतले 

 Chit-Chat  questions

(1) Why do we ask questions?  

Ans. We ask questions to get information and  knowledge. Asking questions  is the  most effective way of learning. Asking questions  is the simplest way of learning. 

(2) Do we get answers to all questions? 

Ans. Most of the time we get answers to all questions. But sometimes we do not get an answer. 

(3) How are questions useful in our life?

Ans. Many great thinkers get the idea by constantly questioning. Questions help us  to gain information and knowledge. It also helps us to make someone speak and start conversation. So they are important to gain knowledge and also start communication with others.

(4) Do we think critically, without questions? 

Ans. If someone puts questions in front of us  before answering we start thinking critically.

(5) Which five 'Wh' words are used to frame questions? 

Ans. Wh words like What, Where, When, Why and How are used to frame questions.

THINK  AND  WRITE

■■ (1) Many questions of your childhood beginning with 'why' must have been answered by now. Yet you may want to know the WHY" of many facts. Write down 5 such questions based on reason/ cause. One is done for you.

For example : Why do penguins live only in Polar region?

Ans. (1) Why do we study English?

(2) Why do wild animals lived in the forest?

 (3) Why is there no ice in a desert?

(4) Why don't we visit all the countries in our life?

(5) Why should we help only the poor and not the rich?

(6) Why can't the sea see ?

7) Why moon is called  MAMA ?

8)  How water goes in the sky ?

■■ (2) Insert the proper question words to complete the questions to get the expected answer given in the brackets :

(How / When / Where/What/ Who/ Whose/ Which/ Why ) 

(1) ............................  is the capital of Maharashtra? (Mumbai)

(2)   ............................  is your school located?  (On S.B. Road)

(3)............................ is your examination going to begin?  (Next Monday)

(4)  ............................ does the old man walk?  (Slowly) 

(5)............................colour is your favourite?   (Blue)

(6)  ............................   teaches you English? (Mr. Bhausaheb Mahanor )

(7)  ............................  are you late to school?

(My bicycle got punctured on my way  to school.)

(8)  ............................  pen have you borrowed?  (Aman's)

Ans:- (1) What  (2) Where  (3) When   (4)How  (5)Which  (6)  Who(7)  Why  (8) Whose

NEW WORDS FROM POEM 

I know - मी जाणतो / मला माहीत आहे.

curious- जिज्ञासू, चौकस.   (having a strong desire to know about something )

always - नेहमी

wood- लाकूड  (the hard material of a branch of a tree)

lead -शिसे

marble -  संगमरवर

sink -पाण्यात बुडणे - (go down below water)

bellows -भाता (an apparatus for blowing air) 

pop-gun - खेळण्यातील बंदूक. (a toy gun)

ocean - महासागर 

ebb ओहोटी लागणे, ओसरणे  -(tidewater moves away from the land, receding tide, flow)

gill -माशांचे श्वसनेंद्रिय (the respiratory organ of fish)

 steam-पाण्याची वाफ

 kettle's spout - किटलीची तोटी (a pipe of kettle through which tea/liquid can be poured)

 coal- कोळसा

 burn- जळणे

 bit-लहान तुकडा 

 core -आतील गाभा (the centre of fruit)

  melt- वितळणे

  sting- दंश करणे 

  yeast- आंबवण / किण्व

  dough-कणकेचा गोळा / तींबलेली कणिक 

  rise - वाढणे ,फुगणे, मोठा होणे 

  marrow- मगज ,हाडांतील चरबी (a soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones; )

Reading for Understanding Poetic Device and Vocabulary.

Q. 1. Read the poem and State whether the following statements are True or False :

(1) The little boy is curious because he never asks questions .

(2) The sun sinks behind the hills .

(3) The flowers always remain fresh / alive.

(4) Lead and marbles sink in water . 

(5) Rain falls from the sky.

(6) Wood floats on the water .

(7) Stars do nat shine in the night.

(8) Person eats and drink to his/her body growth.

(9) Flower dies after sometimes. 

(10) Fish do not have gills. 

(11) Boys fly in the sky .

(12) Coal  and stone should not burn .

Ans :- (1) (false )  (2)(true ) (3) (false ) (4)  (True ) (5) ( True)  (6)(true ) (7)  (false)(8)(true) (9)(True) (10)  (false) (11)   (false)(12) (false)

A2. Activity based on Poetic Devices/Vocabulary:

(1) Write the rhyming pairs of words from the  poem.

Ans. (1) boy - why     (2) why - by

         (3) sink - drink (4) sky - die

         (5) belt - melt (6) season- reason 

         (7 ) cry - try  (8 ) wise - flies

(2) Complete the following with proper action words from the poem .

(1)   wood-  ..................... (2)sun -.....................

(3)  marbles -..................... (4)  flowers -  .........................

(5)   stars- .........................    (6)  winds -  .........................

(7)    spiders -........................  (8)  dough - .........................

(9)   ice  - ...................   (10)  bee - .........................

(11)   fish -  .........................

ANS:- 

(1) wood- swim     (2) sun - sink

 (3) marbles - sink (4) flowers - die

 (5) stars- shine  (6) winds - blow

 (7)  spiders - eat (8) dough - rise

 (9) ice - melt   ( 10 ) bee - sting 

(11) fish - have gills 

Q. (3) Name the figures of speech :

Poetic Device

(1) Repetition ( पुनरावृत्ती अलंकार) : सदर कवितेत  why this, why that, why then, why now, why not, why by-and by? या ओळींमध्ये why या शब्दाची पुनरावृत्ती झाली आहे. त्यामुळे कवितेत जेव्हा शब्दाची पुनरावृत्ती करून अधिक परिणामकारकता दर्शवली जाते तेव्हा त्या अलंकारास Repetition असे म्हणतात. दोन किंवा दोन- पेक्षा जास्त वेळा शब्दांची पुनरावृत्ती (Repetition) झालेली असते.

why this, why that, why then, why now. 

Ans:  Repetition : word 'why' is used to give more poetic effect.

(Students can find out other examples of  repetition from another poem .)

Q. 2. Read the poem and do the activities:

A1. Simple Factual Activity:

 State whether you agree or disagree with the following statements. :

 (1) wind blows out of bellows .

 (2) Pop-guns ebb and flow.

 (3) Steam comes out from the kettles spout . 

 (4) A bit of stone never burns.

Ans :- (1)   Agree  (2) Disagree 

 (3)Agree   (4) Agree

Appreciation of Poem ....

(1) The title of poem .......

(2)The poem is written by ........

(3) The poem has ....... stanzas and each stanza has ............. lines.

(4)The line that is repeated in each stanza is ............

(5)The line I shall always remember is .........

(6) The central idea of the poem is .........

Writing Skills

Imagine a senior student from your school has won a national level Quiz Contest. Frame 8 to 10 Interview Questions that you would ask when you interview him/her at the school  assembly, about the achievement. 

Ans. The following questions form part of the interview with a senior student who has won a national level  quiz contest. 

(1) Congratulation for your great success.

How do you feel after winning such a contest? 

(2) Have you received such recognition

before? Please give details. 

(3) Who has inspired you to take part in such quiz contest? 

(4) What were the reaction of your family to this achievement? 

(5) Who else would you give credit of your success?

(6) How did you prepare for this quiz?

(7) What is your plan for the future? 

(8) Which books did you refer for this contest?

(9) Who helped you to make your dream come true?

(10) What is the role of our school in your achievement?

(11) What message would you like to give to upcoming generation who is in the audience?