CBSE Class 8 English Worksheet Set B

The parts of speech explain how a word is used in a sentence.
There are eight main parts of speech: -
noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction and interjection.

NOUN - (Naming word)
A noun is the name of a person, place, thing or idea.
Examples of nouns: Daniel, London, table, dog, teacher, pen, city, happiness, hope
Example sentences: Steve lives in Sydney. Mary uses pen and paper to write letters.

PRONOUN - (Replaces a Noun)
A pronoun is used in place of a noun or noun phrase to avoid repetition.
Examples of pronouns: I, you, we, they, he, she, it, me, us, them, him, her, this, those
Example sentences: Mary is tired. She wants to sleep. I want her to dance with me.

ADJECTIVE - (Describing word)
An adjective describes, modifies or gives more information about a noun or pronoun.
Examples: big, happy, green, young, fun, crazy, three
Example sentences: The little girl had a pink hat

VERB - (Action Word)
A verb shows an action or state of being. A verb shows what someone or something is doing.
Examples: go, speak, run,
eat, play, live, walk, have, like, are, is
Example sentences: I like Woodward English. I study their charts and play their games.

ADVERB - (Describes a verb)
An adverb describes/modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb. It answers how, where, when, how often or to what extent. Many adverbs end in -LY
Examples: slowly, quietly, very, always, never, too, well, tomorrow, here
Example sentences: I am usually busy. Yesterday, I ate my lunch quickly.

PREPOSITION - (Shows relationship)
A preposition shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word. They can indicate time, place, or relationship.
Examples: at, on, in, from, with, near, between, about, under
Example sentences: I left my keys on the table for you.

CONJUNCTION - (Joining word)
A conjunction joins two words, ideas, phrases or clauses together in a sentence and shows how they are connected.
Examples: and, or, but, because, so, yet, unless, since, if.
Example sentences: I was hot and exhausted but I still finished the marathon.

INTERJECTION - (Expressive word)
An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses a strong feeling or emotion. It is a short exclamation.
Examples: Ouch! Wow! Great! Help! Oh! Hey! Hi!
Example sentences: Wow! I passed my English test. Great! – Ouch! That hurt.

Q. Read the following sentences and write which part of speech are the bold words :-
1) You have to believe in yourself if you ever expect to be successful at something.
2) We left for the mountain just before six in the morning.
3) We first went to the store to buy a few things.
4) They had a breakfast at a café near the rail station.
5) My friend wasn't strong enough to lift his heavy rucksack.
6) I helped him carry it.
7) My friend said, " Oh! What a cold weather!"
8) We didn't spend the night there.
9) We got back home late at night but we didn't go to sleep immediately.
10) Rohan was very hungry.

NOTE - Do this exercise in a separate copy or on paper.

SUMMARY OF THE POEM

The poem Geography Lesson describes the poet’s opinion of the land below when viewed from the sky. He finds the earth the least attractive from above and continues going higher up.
As the poet moves higher, he realizes that the country is full of cities and valleys. This made him realize that people are completely dependent on land and water for their existence. At one point of time, the poet also realizes that there is more water on earth than land. He also understands that there are many boundaries on earth that lead to hatred among people.

Q.1 Word meanings:-
1) Inevitable - that cannot be avoided
2) Haphazard : without plan or order
3) Delineated : shown
4) Sprang : rise Q.2) Short Question Answers

Question. What geographical lesson did the poet learn in the jet when the jet just took off ?
Answer. The poet learnt that the city that human have developed have not been well planned , it grew as per necessity.

Question. What geographical lesson did the poet learn in the jet when it reached ten thousand feet above ?
Answer. From the height of ten thousand feet above the ground, the earth's cities were found located on the bank of rivers and a little above river level on valleys.

Question. What was once most necessary for the emergence of a city in the past ?
Answer. The easy availability of water for drinking and irrigation was the prime reason why civilization flocked around rivers.

Question. What was difficult to understand about the earth when the jet was six miles high ?
Answer. It was difficult to understand why human hate each other , build borders, walls and creates fences.

Question. Why is the poet trying to bring out about human beings, the earth and the learning ?
Answer.The poet is trying to bring out the fact that human beings have achieved a lot of knowledge about the earth and beyond. Q.3 Long Question Answers:-

Question. Mention two things those were clear from the height and those were not clear from the height.
Answer. Things which were clear , why the country had cities where the rivers ran and why the valleys were populated. It was also clear that the earth was round and that it had more sea than land.
From the height , it was not clear why men on the earth found reasons to hate each other. It was also not understandable why men had to build walls across cities and why they had to kill.

Question What lesson of geography did the poet learn when he flew above his city ?
Answer. As the poet flew in a jet, he noticed that the cities below were not properly planned. He could see why it was so. From the height of ten thousand feet he noticed that valleys were populated. It was quite reasonable and understandable. It was the compulsion of geography that people should settle down in places with flat land and plenty of water and food. It is quite illogical why people hate and kill each another. It is greatly inhuman.
NOTE Do the above mentioned exercises in a copy or on a paper.

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