Unit 3 - 3.1 The Plate of Gold — English STD 8 — Question

Warming Up:
What important messue does the aboe poem convey?

Complete Dr APJ Abdul Kolum’s profile with information picked from the lesson
Profile – Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
a. Title: …….
b. Profession: ………
c. Branch of science: ……..
d. Important position in Government held: ………..
e. His three visions for India: ……..

Warming Up:
Name the festival that you enjoy the most of all. Fill in the facts about that festival.
(a) Name of the festival:_______.
(b) When it is celebrated: _______.
(c) Why it is celebrated: ______.
(d) How it is celebrated: _______.
(e) Special cuisine: _______.
(f) Other special features: _______.

Personal Response:
What type of attitude should a person have when he/she is ill?

underlined are Infinitives/Participles (Present or Past) Gerunds.
They liked his written stories.

Name a scientist whom you admire and say why you admire him/her.

Personal Response:
In the earlier days, people used to die of illnesses like tuberculosis and pneumonia. Do you think that is still the case?

Personal Response:
Do you think that Johnsy was talking nonsense? Or did she have some forewarning that she would die?

Warming Up:
Speech or dialogues can be reported in two ways Direct and Indirect.
When the exact words of the speaker are reported we call it Direct Speech. When the 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.

Personal response
Do you think that all the animals are 1 important to the environment?