The Earth Needs You 8th class

 Class 8 : English

 

 

Ch. 2. The Earth Needs You 

(Poem) 

ACTIVITY 1: Meanings of the words as used in the lesson (noun, verb, adjective, etc.)

Single-use- (adjective) ਇਕ ਵਾਰ  ਵਰਤੋਂ ਚੋਂ  ਆਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ, Lasts- (verb) ਕਾਇਮ ਰਹਿਣਾ ,ਟਿਕਣਾ, ਬਣੇ ਰਹਿਣਾ।

Forever- (adverb) ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾ, Oceans- (noun) ਮਹਾਂਸਾਗਰ Tangles- (verb) ਉਲਝਣਾ, ਫਸਣਾ, Travel- (verb) ਯਾਤਰਾ

ACTIVITY 3: Write meaningful sentences of the words given.

1. epidemic- The village was ruined by an epidemic of plague.

2. jury- The jury announced the decision. 

3. draw- The match ended in a draw.

4. catalogue- The librarian added a new book in the catalogue.

5. illiterate- No one should be left illiterate.

6. manuscript- I have lost the manuscript.

7. anonymous- ‘The Earth Needs You’ is an anonymous poem.

8. polyglot- My friend Rahul is polyglot.

9. teetotaller- He is not a teetotaller.

10. bookworm- Don’t be a bookworm; go out and play.

11. pilgrim- Muslim pilgrims travelled to Mecca.

12. widow- The young widow wept bitterly.

13. brittle- The branches are dry and brittle.

14. artist- The painting is signed by the artist.

15. glutton- Don’t be a glutton.

16. wardrobe- Hang the clothes in the wardrobe.

17. patriot- Rohit is a big patriot.

18. bankrupt- He became bankrupt.

19. audible- Speak louder; you are not audible.

20. calligraphy- I like calligraphy.

ACTIVITY 4: Read the poem carefully and answer the following questions.

Q.1. Who is ‘you’ in the first line?

Ans. ‘You’ is every human being on the Earth.

Q.2. What does the Earth want from human beings?

Ans. The Earth wants human beings to change their ways of living and save the Earth.

Q.3. What difference can you and I make to save the Earth?

Ans. One and one make eleven. So, one should take action to save the Earth. Everyone can

contribute by doing even small efforts.

Q.4. What are some single-use plastic things that we buy and use?

Ans. Water bottles, polythene bags, straws, food wrappers and plastic cutlery are some single-use

plastic things.

Q.5. ‘But it’s not very clever’. What according to the poet is not very clever?

Ans. According to the poet, single-use plastic is not very clever.

Q.6. What happens to the single-use plastic after it is thrown? Where does it end up?

Ans. It travels around. It ends up in oceans, rivers, seas and trees.

Q.7. What harm does it do to the oceans, rivers and trees?

Ans. It pollutes oceans and rivers. It tangles in trees and harms the environment.

Q.8. Does it stay where you throw it? Why?

Ans. No, it doesn’t stay where we throw it. It travels with the wind.

Q.9. What does the poet want you to cut down?

Ans. The poet wants us to cut down the usage of single-use plastic.

ACTIVITY 5: Think together and make a list of things that ‘you’ and ‘I’ can do to make a

difference to save Earth. You must write complete sentences.

Sr. No. Things we must do every day to make a change to save the Earth.

1. We should stop using single-use plastic things.

2. We should plant trees in our surroundings first. Then we can proceed towards other areas.

3. We should not waste water.

4. We should clean our surroundings. We should not throw plastic anywhere.

5. We should aware others. We can start from our family members, our neighbours.

6. We should use paper-bags or fabric bags.

ACTIVITY 6: Given below are some words. Categorize them as nouns, pronouns, adjectives,

verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions or interjections.

pen, dog, big, badly, red, music, teacher, you, John, (to) be, he, have, do, good, she, like, work, sing, can,

throughout, must, your, town, ouch, and, but, although, when, or, however, nevertheless, hi, therefore, yet, so,

oh, London, quickly, we, silently, well, very, really, some, they, interesting, I, to, at, after, on, before, around,.