8TH ENGLISH (TL) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

NEW WORDS –

beauty (ब्युटी) सौंदर्य

beast (बीस्ट) पशू

rich (रिच) श्रीमंत

merchant (मर्चेट) व्यापारी

daughter (डॉटर) कन्या, स्वतःची मुलगी

youngest (यंगेस्ट) वयाने सर्वात लहान

beautiful (ब्युटीफुल) सुंदर

distant (डिस्टंट) दूर अंतरावरील

pearl necklace (पर्ल नेकलेस) मोत्याचा हार

eldest (एल्डेस्ट) वयाने सर्वात मोठा/मोठी

gold bracelet (गोल्ड ब्रेसलेट) हातात घालावयाची सुवर्ण पट्टिका

return (रिटर्न) परत येणे

safely (सेफली) सुरक्षितपणे

insisted (इन्सिस्टेड्) आग्रह केला;

to insist (आग्रह करणे) चाभूतकाळ

finish (फिनिश) संपविणे

bought (बॉट) विकत घेतले;

business (बिझनेस) व्यवसाय

like (लाईक) आवडणे

bring (ब्रिंग) आणणे

caught (कॉट) सापडला, पकडला गेला;

storm (स्टॉर्म) वादळ

swept away (स्वेप्ट अवे) दूर फेकला गेला

unknown (अननोन) अनोळखी, माहिती नसलेले

search (सर्च) शोध, शोधणे

across (अॅक्रॉस) समोर, ओलांडून

heard (हर्ड) ऐकला;

voice (व्हाईस) आवाज

delicious (डिलीशियस) चविष्ट

meal (मील) भोजन, अन्नपदार्थ

kept (केप्ट) ठेवले;

hungry (हंग्री) भुकेला

ate (एट) खाल्ला;

spent
(स्पेन्ट)वेळ घालवली,वेळ खर्च केली.

person (पर्सन) व्यक्ती

find (फाईंड) सापडणे

dare (डेअर) धाडस

compound (कंपाऊंड) भिंत किंवा कुंपण असलेले बंदिस्त आवार

picked (पिक्ड्) (झाडापासून)तोडले (to
pick (तोडणे, उचलणे) चा भूतकाळ)

steal (स्टील) चोरणे

creature (क्रिएचर) प्राणी

fearful (फिअरफुल) भीतिदायक

anything (एनिथिंग) काहीही

reach (रीच) पोहोचणे

roared (रोअर्ड) गर्जना केली;

rage (रेज) संताप, क्रोध

dearest (डीअरेस्ट) सर्वात प्रिय

problem (प्रॉब्लेम) समस्या

terrible (टेरिबल) भयानक

showed (शोड्) दाखविला;

kindness (काईंडनेस) दयाळूपणा

sake (सेक) च्या करीता

took (टुक) घेतला;

scary (स्केअरी) धडकी भरवणारा

ugly (अग्ली) कुरूप

roll (रोल) घरंगळणे

cheek (चीक) गाल

pity (पिटी) दया, करुणा

lovingly (लव्हिंगली) प्रेमाने

leave (लीव्ह) सोडून जाणे

alone (अलोन) एकटा, एकाकी

arms (आर्मस्) बाहू

kiss (किस्) चुंबन, मुका

great joy (ग्रेट जॉय) खूप आनंद 

charming (चार्मिग) मोहक, आकर्षक

handsome (हँडसम) सुंदर

prince (प्रिन्स) राजकुमार

witch (विच्) चेटकीण

I VOCABULARY

A. Complete the words filling in the right letters (the words are found in the text) – (One is done for you: daughter)

1. d a u g h t e r

2. necklace

3. reach

4. common

5. centre

6. delicious

B. We can make a new word by rearranging letters of a word.

Example : rose – sore, acres – cares

Now make new
words by rearranging the flowing words.

1. hear – hare

2. left – felt

3. dear – dare

4. earth – heart

5. post – stop

C. Find the words which are pronounced in the same way. Clues are given in brackets. One is done for you.

1. sight (a vacant plot)  site

2. steel (thieves do this) steal

3. meet (non-vegetarian food) meat

4. grate (large, big) great

5. year (an orgaon of body) ear

6. hair (an animal) hare

D. Give one word for the following.

Example: That which flies from flower to flower : butterfly

1. Children fly this. – kite

2. A young one of cow -calf

3. One who makes furniture using wood. – carpenter

4. Life history written by himself – autobiography

5. One who teaches.  –
teacher

II COMPREHENSION

A. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two each.

1. Why did the merchant go to the distant city ?

Ans: Merchant went to the distant city on business.

2. What did the third daughter ask for ?

Ans: the third daughter ask for a red rose.

3. Who welcomed him to the big house ?

Ans: A voice welcomed him to the big house but he did not find any one.

4. How did the rich man help himself in the big house ?

Ans: As he went in that big house,he saw a big table.Fruits and delicious meals were kept on the table.He was hungry. He ate the food and spent that night in the house.

5. On what condition did the beast let the merchant go?

Ans: The merchant have to bring the first thing which he will see on reaching home.On this  condition beast let the merchant go.

6. Why did Beauty agree to live with the beast ?

Ans: Because Beauty thought that the beast have showed kindness to her father. So the beast can’t be a terrible being.So for the sake of her father,she agreed to live with the beast.

7. How was Beauty looked after him in the big house ?

Ans: In the big house Beauty looked after him very well. The beast did everything to keep Beauty happy.

B. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences each.

1. Why was the beast sad one day?

Ans: One day Beauty asked permission to see her father.But the Beast thought that when she will go,he will become alone.So the beast was
sad on that day.

2. How did the beast turn into a prince ?

Ans: One day beast was sitting alone in the garden. He was sad. Tears were rolling down his cheeks.Beauty took pity on him and promised that she will never leave him alone.Then she put her arms round the beast and kissed him.This act of Beauty broke the spell and beast turned into a prince.

C. Read the statement and answer the questions that follow.

1. “You can go any day, you like.’

a) Who said this ?

Ans: The Beast said this.

b) Where did he want her to go ?

Ans: He wanted her to go to see her father.

c) Did he really want her to go ? Why ?

Ans: No, he didn’t want her to go because the Beast thought that when she will go,he will become alone..

2. “You have broken the spell.”

a) What was the spell ?

Ans: Only a kiss from a young girl would give him back his true shape was the spell.

b) Who has broken the spell ?

Ans: Beauty has broken the spell.

c) How was the spell broken ?

Ans: Beauty kissed Beast and the spell was broken.

III. LANGUAGE

A.  Read the following paragraphs and change the underlined words into past tense and rewrite it. Work in groups.

Some children are playing in a garden. They are playing with a ball. Sundar throws the ball, and it falls in a hole. Every one puts his hands to get the ball. No one can reach it. They are disappointed.

      A boy who is walking in the garden takes a bucket of water and pours it into the hole. The ball comes up and all the children feel happy. They jump with joy and thank the boy.

Ans: Some children were playing in a garden.They were playing with a ball. Sundar threw the ball,and it fell in hole. Every one put his hands to get the ball. No one could reach it.They were disappointed.

         A boy who was walking in the garden took a bucket of water and poured it into the hole. The ball came up and all the children felt happy. They jumped with joy and thanked the boy.

B.        Fill in the blanks using ‘why’, ‘what’ or ‘where’ (First one is done for you).

Ram : Where is my bag?

Sham : It’s on the table.

Ram : What day is today?

Sham :  Why don’t you look into the calendar?

Ram : It is Monday.

Sham : Where is your bicycle?

Ram : It is in the cycle stand.

Sham : Where did you buy this shirt?

Ram : I don’t know. Father got me this.  

 C. The words in column ‘A’ are incomplete. Complete them choosing words given in ‘B’ and
write them in the space provided.

Ans: 1. bundle of sticks

2. crowd of people.

3. class of students.

4. bunch of keys

5. herd of cattle

6. heap of stones.

IV. WRITING

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

1.  Why do you think the boys could not shoot the egg?

Ans: The boys don’t paid complete attention on shooting the eggs.So the boys could not shoot the eggs.

2. “Do you want to try?”

a) Who asked this ?

Ans: One of the boy asked this.

b) What did he want to try ?

Ans: He wanted to try to shoot the egg floating on water.

c) Was he successful ?

Ans: Yes, he was successful.

d) What was the reason for his success ?

Ans: He was paying complete attention on his aim. He was totally concentrated on the task. 3. Do you think we should practice what Vivekananda said? Why?

Ans: Yes,We should practice what Vivekananda said. If we can’t paid concentration on task which we are doing in present,we can’t be successful in it.For success,we have to pay  complete attention on the task.