Unseen Passage 1: The Musical Donkey (BBC Compacta class 6th Self Access Module Q.9)

 

Q1. Read the following story carefully.

(1)  Once a washerman had a donkey. The donkey was old and lean. During the day the donkey had to carry heavy loads of clothes, but at night he was free to go about.

(2)  The donkey happened to meet a jackal. They became friends and wandered together in search of food.

(3) One night they found a garden full of ripe cucumbers. They went in and ate as much as they could and come back. The next night they went there again and ate as much cucumber as they wanted. This went on night after night and soon the donkey become fat.

(4) A few days later the donkey felt so happy after eating the cucumber that he said to the jackal, "Look, dear Nephew, the moon is shining in the sky, the night is pleasant, and I feel like singing."

(5) "Don't, Uncle, please don't", said the jackal."It will only bring trouble for us. The farmers will hear you and they will come after us. We are thieves here. It is better for thieves to be quite."

(6) "Dear Nephew," said the donkey, "everything here is lovely and I feel so happy that I must sing a nice song."

(7) "Shut up, Uncle," said the jackal. If you sing, the farmers will hear you. Believe me, they will surely come here to reward you. Their reward you may not like. So you'd better not to sing." But the donkey wouldn't listen to the jackal and began to bray again.

(8) "Very well, Uncle," said the jackal. "You can sing as much as you like but I shall go and wait for you outside the garden."

(9) The donkey began to "sing". The farmers heard his loud braying. They knew that a donkey was in the garden and they all rushed there with heavy weapons. The donkey was still braying when they started beating him. They beat him so hard that the donkey fell down. The farmers tied a heavy mortar round his neck before they left.

(10) The jackal was waiting outside the garden when the donkey dragged himself out. "Dear Uncle," said the jackal, "so the farmers gave you a big reward for their singing. Congratulations."

(11) "I am sorry, Nephew," said the donkey, "that I did not listen to you."

                      Questions

(I) On the basis of your reading the above story, complete the following sentences as briefly as possible. 

(a)  During the day the donkey ...................

(b) The donkey moved around at night with the jackal ....................

(c) After eating cucumber the donkey ...........

(d) On one such night the donkey expressed his desire ........................

(e) The loud braying ................. the farmers and they ....................

(II) Answer the following questions as briefly as posssible.

(a) What piece of advice did the jackal give to his friend- donkey? How did the donkey react to his friend's advice?

(b) Why did the jackal go out of the garden when the donkey began to sing?

(c) How was the donkey rewarded by the farmers for his singing?

(III) Find word from the passage which almost mean the opposite of the following from the paragraphs indicated. 

 (a) fat (paragraphs 1-3)

 (b) punish (paragraphs 6-7)

   

                                Answers

(I) 

(a)  had to carry heavy loads of clothes. (para 1)

(b) in search of food. (para 2)

(c) become fat. (para 3)

(d) of singing. (para 4)

(e) will hear,  will come after us. (para 5)

(II)

(a) The jackal advised the donkey not to sing. 

He did not listen to the jackal and kept on braying. (para 7)

(b) The jackal went out of the garden because he knew the farmers would beat up donkey when he sing. (para 7)

(c) The donkey was rewarded by the farmers for his singing with hard beatings and they tied a heavy motor round his neck. (para 9)

(III)

(a) lean 

(b) reward

THE MUSICAL DONKEY

Media-Impact on Teenagers

 Q. Today’s generation easily gets influenced by Media and its resources. Media has the power to hold the attention of the audiences especially the teenagers who are prone to get affected by the hype(वहम) created for things by media. You are varun/varunika of class VIII, you feel concerned and decide to write an article on 'Media-Impact on teenagers'. Express your views by taking hints from the unit 'Changing times'. (word limit: 120-150 words)

A.       

MEDIA-IMPACT ON TEENAGERS

By- Varun

Teenagers today depend on the media for information on everything like latest gadgets, fashion trends, new cars etc. in the market. The effect of media on teenagers is far reaching. It almost controls the minds of teenagers like a giant remote control.
Due to the effect of media, the teenagers are proved to act violently. Watching too much of  T.V. takes the children away from school work. The children should be supervised by their elders while watching T.V. or internet. It is also found that those who watch T.V. for a long hours develop obesity. Advertisements and movies bring some bad habits like smoking, use of drugs and alcohol. Thus, we can say that T.V. can be an educational tool if used wisely and supervised by parents. So, if we use the media in a right manner it can prove to be a boon. But if it is not used wisely, it can be a curse for the society.

Another way of question to be asked in examination:
Q. You are Aditi/Aditya of class VIII. You school is celebrating "Media Awareness Day". On this occasion you have been asked to deliver a speech on-'The Impact of Media on Teenagers'. Taking ideas from the visual given below/ above and using your own ideas, write the speech to be delivered in the morning assembly of your school, in not more than 150 words.

Simple living high thinking

 Q. You are Namita/Nikhil of standard VIII, You are very upset to see that now a days, people waste a lot of time, energy and money to improve their outward appearance. They just believe in show off and not concerned about their character development. Lives of great men like gandhiji, mother teresa, vivekanand etc. provide a guiding light and set examples of true virtues and character. Taking ideas or hints from the unit ‘compassionate souls’, along with your own ideas, draft a speech to be delivered in the morning assembly of your school on the topic 'Simple living high thinking'. [SA1 2016-17 Class VIII DAV BOARD]

Respected Principal, My worthy teachers and my Dear friends. Today I stand before you to express my views on the topic 'Simple living high thinking'.

Gandhiji followed an ideal life style and believed in simple living high thinking. If a person is serious about the aim of life, he should choose a simple life style. We should have our focus on the path of perfection and simple living. We should take only that what is essential for our life. We should not choose those things that will make our life complicated. To reduce our needs to the minimum, we should be less demanding, we should try to improve ourselves spiritually so that we do not get trapped in the worldly matters. It is a fact that all the great personalities had adopt a simple living style with a broad outlook to ours life. So, if we want to be successful in our life we emulate this thinking in our life.

Thank you !

The lives of Samaritans like Mahatma Hansraj. Dr Parameswar Rao, Mother Teresa, Baba Amte are true examples of compassion and humanitarianism. They all moved out of their comfort zone to serve humanity. Taking ideas from the unit- Compassionate Souls- of English Reader along with your own ideas write a speech on the topic- Simple Living And High Thinking. (100-120 words)

Sentences, its parts and its kinds.

Meaning of Sentence:  Sentence refers to/means a group of words that/which makes a complete sense.

Parts of Sentence: Each Sentence has two parts or components:

1. Subject: About which we speak is called subject. िजसके बारे मे कुछ कहा जाए Subject of a sentence is the part of sentence which names the person or thing we are speaking about. OR The word or words denoting the person or thing about which something is said.

2. Predicate: What is said about the subject is called predicate. Subject के बारे मे कुछ कहा जाए Predicate of a sentence is the part of sentence which say about a person or a thing denoted/indicated by the subject. OR The part of sentence which tell something about the subject.

For e.g. i) Rohan       writes a letter.

                  Subject.        Predicate.  

ii) The Himalayas  are full of herbs used in                                       the treatment of diseases.

Subject                         Predicate

Kinds of Sentences: Sentences can be classified on the following two basis:

1. On the basis of form and structure: There are three types of Sentence

i) Simple Sentences: A simple sentence is one which has only one subject and one predicate. OR A simple sentence is one which has only one Finite verb.

*A Finite verb is one which is limited by number and person of its subject.

e.g. i) Boys fly Kites.

       ii) Gold is yellow.

ii) Compound Sentences: Sentences which has two or more subordinate clauses/ co-ordinate clauses.

iii) Complex Sentences: A sentence is one which has one principal clause and one or more than one subordinate clause.

e.g. 1. He is a man whom we all respect.

*Principal clause is a clause which is itself a complete Sentence.

e.g. He said He was a rich man.

2. On the basis of Meaning/ sense:

i) Assertive Sentences: Sentence which states facts, describe things, or report events are called Statements. Statements are of two kinds:

a) Positive statements: Statement which give information on completeness of action.

e.g. The boy broke the window.

        Valmiki wrote Ramayana.

b) Negative statements: Statement which do not give information on completeness of action. These statements contain the word 'not'.

e.g. You did not go there.

       He is not a good boy.

ii) Interrogative Sentences: A sentence that asks a question is called interrogative sentence. Who, where, whom, when, what, how are used in these sentences.

e.g. What are you doing ?

        Whose book is this ?

         Whom do you like the most ?

Subject in these sentences do not come before the verb but after a part of verb.

A question mark (?) is used/ placed at the end of every interrogative Sentence.

iii) Imperative Sentences: A sentence that expresses a command, a request, an advice, a suggestion, prohibition, entreaty is called an imperative sentence.

eg. Be quite. (order)

      Never tell a lie. (Advice)

     Keep quite, girls. (command)

*Command- आदेश (Order) order means what you can or can't do authority. (Something/ someone under someone's control)

*Request- िवनय/िनवेदन An act of asking politely( in a respectful manner) or formally (in a serious and correct way) for something.

*Advice- सलाह To recommend best action to someone.

*Suggestion- Giving particular idea by associating (combining) it with other ideas.

*Prohibition- An order to stop Something.

*Entreaty- Humble, polite or serious request.

iv) Exclamatory Sentence: A sentence that express wonder, sorrow, admiration, joy, etc. is called as exclamatory sentence.

e.g. 1) Hurrah! We won the match. (hurrah used to express joy)

2) How beautiful city it is !

3) Alas! I have lost all my children. (Alas used to express grief, pity दया, or concern िचंता worry.

4) Bravo! You have done well. (Bravo used for conmenting someone for well done job)

v) Optative Sentences: A sentence that express a wish or desire (इच्छा) is called optative sentence.

eg. 1) May you live long!

      2) May your team win the match!