{"id":3756,"date":"2023-01-06T05:57:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T05:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2023-01-31T06:21:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T06:21:54","slug":"ncert-solutions-class-8-english-honeydew-chapter-1-the-best-christmas-present-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/ncert-solutions-class-8-english-honeydew-chapter-1-the-best-christmas-present-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"NCERT Solutions Class 8 English (Honeydew) Chapter 1 The Best Christmas Present in the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">NCERT Solutions Class 8 English (Honeydew)\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 8 English (Honeydew) <strong>Chapter &#8211; 1 The Best Christmas Present in the World <\/strong>has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English (Honeydew)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/ncert-solutions-class-8-english-honeydew-chapter-2-the-tsunami\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter &#8211; 2 : The Tsunami<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/ncert-solutions-class-8-english-honeydew-chapter-3-glimpses-of-the-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter &#8211; 3 : Glimpses of the Past<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/ncert-solutions-class-8-english-honeydew-chapter-4-bepin-choudhurys-lapse-of-memory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter &#8211; 4 : Bepin Choudhury\u2019s Lapse of Memory<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/ncert-solutions-class-8-english-honeydew-chapter-5-the-summit-within\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter &#8211; 5 : The Summit Within<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/ncert-solutions-class-8-english-honeydew-chapter-6-this-is-jodys-fawn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter &#8211; 6 : This is Jody\u2019s Fawn<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/ncert-solutions-class-8-english-honeydew-chapter-7-a-visit-to-cambridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter &#8211; 7 : A Visit to Cambridge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/ncert-solutions-class-8-english-honeydew-chapter-8-a-short-monsoon-diary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter &#8211; 8 : A Short Monsoon Diary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/ncert-solutions-class-8-english-honeydew-chapter-9-the-great-stone-face-i\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter &#8211; 9 : The Great Stone Face 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/ncert-solutions-class-8-english-honeydew-chapter-10-the-great-stone-face-ii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter &#8211; 10 : The Great Stone Face 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chapter &#8211; 1 (The Best Christmas Present in the World)\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Comprehension Check<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What did the author find in a junk shop?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The author found a very old 19th century roll-top desk in a junk shop. It was made of oak. It was in a bad condition. So it was being sold at a cheap price.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What did he find in a secret drawer? Who do you think had put it in there?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The author found a small black tin box in the secret drawer. There was a paper sellotaped to its top. It said, &#8216;Jim&#8217;s last letter, received January 25, 1915. To be buried with me when the time comes.&#8217; Most likely, it was put there by Mrs. Jim Macpherson, who was Jim&#8217;s wife. Her name and address were on the envelope inside the box.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Comprehension Check <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Who had written the letter, to whom, and when?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211; <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Captain Jim Macpherson of the British army, who was fighting a war against the Germans, had written the letter to his wife Connie on 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0December, 1914.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Why was the letter written \u2014 what was the wonderful thing that had happened?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Jim wrote the letter to tell his wife about a wonderful thing that had happened on Christmas day. The British and the Germans were engaged in a war, yet on this day, both the troops met in no man&#8217;s land. It was a thing of wonder because right in the middle of a war, the warring soldiers were making peace.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What jobs did Hans Wolf and Jim Macpherson have when they were not soldiers?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Hans Wolf played the cello in the orchestra when he was not a soldier. Jim Macpherson was a teacher in Dorset when not a soldier.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Had Hans Wolf ever been to Dorset? Why did he say he knew it?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>No, Hans Wolf had never been to Dorset. He had learned all about England from school and from reading books in English.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do you think Jim Macpherson came back from the war? How do you know this?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No, it appears that Jim Macpherson never returned home from the war. Perhaps, due to this reason his wife Connie had preserved all his letters carefully.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Comprehension Check<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Why did the author go to Bridport?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The author went to Bridport in search of Mrs. Jim Macpherson. He wanted to give her back her important letter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">How old was Mrs Macpherson now? Where was she?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Mrs. Macpherson was now 101 years old. She was in the conservatory of a nursing home.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\">Comprehension Check<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Who did Connie Macpherson think her visitor was?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Connie Macpherson thought that her visitor was her husband Jim Macpherson.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Which sentence in the text shows that the visitor did not try to hide his identity?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The sentence which shows that the visitor did not try to hide his identity is, \u201cl explained about the desk, about how I had found it, but I don&#8217;t think she was listening.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Working with the text<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For how long do you think Connie had kept Jim\u2019s letter? Give reasons for your answer.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Connie must have kept Jim&#8217;s letter for a long time. This is because she told the narrator how she read it quite often every day so that she could feel that Jim was near her.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Why do you think the desk had been sold, and when?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The desk must have been sold when the house in which Connie Macpherson lived had caught fire. She was taken to a nursing home. All the burnt up things must have been sold by the neighbours after that.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Why do Jim and Hans think that games or sports are good ways of resolving conflicts? Do you agree?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Jim and Hans thought that games or sports are good ways of resolving conflicts because nobody dies in matches. No children are orphaned and no wives become widows. Due to these reasons, games are good ways for resolving conflicts. Wars only lead to death and devastation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do you think the soldiers of the two armies are like each other, or different from each other? Find evidence from the story to support your answer.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The soldiers of the two armies are similar to each other as per the following reasons derived from the story:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Both armies celebrated Christmas together.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">They shared good moments together by eating, laughing, drinking and talking with each other.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Both armies played a friendly football match and approved the fact that conflicts could have been resolved by playing a match.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">They agreed about the consequences or negative impact that war has upon families.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Both armies longed for peace and exchanged Christmas carols, and hoped to unite with their respective families soon.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mention the various ways in which the British and the German soldiers become friends and find things in common at Christmas.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The British and the German troops celebrated Christmas with each other. They enjoyed each other&#8217;s food. All of them were smoking, laughing, talking, drinking and eating. Hans Wolf and Jim Macpherson shared the cake Connie had baked. They talked about Bathsheba, Gabriel Oak, Sergeant Troy and Dorset. They even talked about the books they liked. They agreed about everything. Both the troops played a game of football for which both Hans and Jim cheered, clapped hands and stamped feet. They also exchanged carols at night. In this way, they celebrated Christmas together, finding a lot in common between them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What is Connie\u2019s Christmas present? Why is it \u201cthe best Christmas present in the world\u201d?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Connie\u2019s Christmas present was the letter which the author had brought for her. However, in her muddled state she thought that it was not the author but her Jim. She called the author Jim and made him sit beside her. She kissed him on the cheek. For her, her husband had returned after such a long time. So she said that it was the best Christmas present she had ever got.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do you think the title of this story is suitable for it? Can you think of any other title(s)?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>The title of the story is Quite suitable. \u2018The Best Christmas Present in the World\u2019 refers to the present for the old lady. Otherwise also the story is woven around Christmas. However, it is always possible to find alternate titles. For example, \u2018War\u2019 can be another title. The story is after all an anti-war story. \u2018Christmas\u2019 could also be a title because the story narrates two important Christmas days.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Working with language<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Look at these sentences from the story.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I\u00a0<em>spotted<\/em>\u00a0it in a junk shop in Bridport\u2026 The man\u00a0<em>said<\/em>\u00a0it was made in the early nineteenth century\u2026 This one\u00a0<em>was<\/em>\u00a0in a bad condition\u2026<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0<em>italicised verbs<\/em> are in the past tense. They tell us what happened in the past, before now.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(i) Read the passage below and underline the verbs in the past tense.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A man got on the train and sat down. The compartment was empty except for one lady. She took her gloves off. A few hours later the police arrested the man. They held him for 24 hours and then freed him.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211; <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A man\u00a0<strong><em>got<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0on the train and\u00a0<strong><em>sat<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0down. The compartment\u00a0<strong><em>was<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0empty except for one lady. She\u00a0<strong><em>took<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0her gloves off. A few hours later the police\u00a0<strong><em>arrested<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0the man. They\u00a0<strong><em>held<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0him for 24 hours and then\u00a0<strong><em>freed<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now look at these sentences.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The veneer <em>had lifted<\/em> almost everywhere. Both fire and water <em>had taken<\/em> their toll on this desk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Notice the verb forms had lifted, had taken (their toll).<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The author found and bought the desk in the past.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The desk was damaged before the author found it and bought it.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fire and water <span style=\"color: #000080;\">had damaged<\/span> the desk before the author <span style=\"color: #000080;\">found<\/span> it and <span style=\"color: #000080;\">bought<\/span> it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">We use verb forms like had damaged for an event in the \u2018earlier past\u2019. If there are two events in the past, we use the \u2018had\u2026\u2019 form for the event that occurred first in the past.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">We also use the past perfect tense to show that something was wished for or expected before a particular time in the past. For example, I had always wanted one\u2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Discuss with your partner the difference in meaning in the sentences below.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When I reached the station, the train left.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">When I reached the station, the train had left.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(ii) Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My little sister is very naughty. When she __________ (come) back from school yesterday, she had __________ (tear) her dress. We __________ (ask) her how it had __________ (happen). She __________ (say) she __________ __________ (have, quarrel) with a boy. She __________ __________ (have, beat) him in a race and he __________ __________ (have, try) to push her. She __________ __________ (have, tell) the teacher and so he __________ __________ have, chase) her, and she __________ __________ (have, fall) down and __________ __________ (have, tear) her dress.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My little sister is very naughty. When she\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>came<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0back from school yesterday, she had\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>torn<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0her dress. We\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>asked<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0her how it had\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>happened<\/em><\/strong><\/span>. She\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>said<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0she\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>had quarrelled<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0with a boy. She\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>had beaten<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0him in a race and he\u00a0<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">had tried<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>to push her. She\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>had told<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0the teacher and so he\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>had chased<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0her, and she\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>had fallen<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0down and\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>had torn<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0her dress.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(iii) Underline the verbs and arrange them in two columns, Past and Earlier past.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>(a)<\/strong> My friends set out to see the caves in the next town, but I stayed at home, because I had seen them already.<br \/>\n<strong>Answer &#8211; <\/strong>My friends set out to see the caves in the next town, but I stayed at home, because I had seen them already.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>(b)<\/strong> When they arrived at the station, their train had left. They came back home, but by that time I had gone out to see a movie!<br \/>\n<strong>Answer &#8211; <\/strong>When they arrived at the station, their train had left. They came back home, but by that time I had gone out to see a movie!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>(c)<\/strong> So they sat outside and ate the lunch I had packed for them.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>So they sat outside and ate the lunch I had packed for them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>(d)<\/strong> By the time I returned, they had fallen asleep!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Past<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Earlier past<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Answer &#8211; <\/strong>By the time I returned, they had fallen asleep!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Past<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Earlier past<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">set out, stayed<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">had seen<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">arrived, came<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">had left, had gone<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">sat, ate<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">had packed<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">returned<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">had fallen<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dictionary work<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By the end of the journey, we had run out of drinking water.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Look at the verb run out of in this sentence. It is a phrasal verb: it has two parts, a verb and a preposition or an adverb. Phrasal verbs often have meanings that are different from the meanings of their parts.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Find these phrasal verbs in the story.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>burn out\u00a0 \u00a0 light up\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0look on\u00a0 \u00a0 run out\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0keep out<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Write down the sentences in which they occur. Consult a dictionary and write down the meaning that you think matches the meaning of the phrasal verb in the sentence.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Burn out &#8211; <\/strong>House Number 12 turned out to be nothing but a\u00a0<strong>burnt-out<\/strong>\u00a0shell.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Light up &#8211;<\/strong> That was the moment her eyes <strong>lit up<\/strong> with recognition and her face became suffused with a sudden glow of happiness. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Look on &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong> Hans Wolf and I\u00a0<strong>looked on<\/strong>\u00a0and cheered, clapping our hands and stamping our feet, to keep out the cold as much as anything.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Run out &#8211;<\/strong> When the game was finished, the schnapps and the rum and the sausage had long since\u00a0<strong>run out<\/strong>\u00a0and we knew it was all over.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Keep out &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong> You just\u00a0<strong>keep out<\/strong>\u00a0of this quarrel. (Stay away)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Noun phrase<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Read the following sentence.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I took out a\u00a0<em>small black tin box<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The phrase in\u00a0<em>italics<\/em>\u00a0is a noun phrase.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">It has the noun \u2014\u00a0<em>box<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 as the head word, and three adjectives preceding it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Notice the order in which the adjectives occur \u2014 size (small), colour (black) and material (tin) of which it is made.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">We rarely use more than four adjectives before a noun and there is no rigid order in which they are used, though there is a preferred order of modifiers\/adjectives in a noun phrase, as given below.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3775\" src=\"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NCERT-Solutions-Class-8-English-Ch-1-Q3.png\" alt=\"NCERT Class 8 Solutions English\" width=\"839\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NCERT-Solutions-Class-8-English-Ch-1-Q3.png 839w, https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NCERT-Solutions-Class-8-English-Ch-1-Q3-300x64.png 300w, https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NCERT-Solutions-Class-8-English-Ch-1-Q3-768x164.png 768w, https:\/\/theexampillar.com\/ncert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NCERT-Solutions-Class-8-English-Ch-1-Q3-480x102.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Answer &#8211; <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Check the question properly and try to understand the placement of noun phrase and adjectives in it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The table below contains a list of nouns and some adjectives. Use as many adjectives as you can to describe each noun. You might come up with some funny descriptions!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Nouns<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Adjectives<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">elephant<\/span><\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"4\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">circular, striped, enormous, multi-coloured, round, cheerful, wild, blue, red, chubby, large, medium-sized, cold<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">face<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">building<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">water<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Answer &#8211;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<table class=\"table table-bordered\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Nouns<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Adjectives<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">elephant<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">enormous, large, cheerful, wild, medium-sized<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">face<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">round, cheerful, chubby,<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">building<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">multi-coloured, blue, red, medium-sized<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">water<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">blue, cold<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 32px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; background-color: #f2e079; text-align: center; height: 32px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>NCERT Class 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