8th English Guide Supplementary Chapter 1 The Woman on Platform 8
A. Choose the best answer
1. Satish's mother handed to her son ____________.
a. bag of pencil b. bag of vegetables c. big box of chocolates d. cricket ball
2. The train would come at ____________.
a. one o’ clock b. twelve o’ clock c. two o’ clock d. eleven o’ clock
3. The strange lady gave ______ to Arun.
a. coffee and vadai b. tea and bajji c. tea and samosas d. black tea and cake
4. Arun was sitting on platform _________.
a. no. 7 b. no. 8 c. no. 4 d.no. 3
5. Satish and Arun were ________ year old boys.
a. 12 b. 11 c. 13 d. 10
B. Match the following. (Text Book Page No. 32)
Answer:
| 1. woman in white | dressed simply |
| 2. train | waves of stream |
| 3. bowler | Arun |
| 4. Satish | boy of same age |
| 5. spectacles | mother of Satish |
C. Identify the character.
1. I am glad to know that.
Answer:
Mother of Satish
2. Are you all alone, my son?
Answer:
strange lady
3. Yes, I am going to school.
Answer:
Arun
4. He is one of my friends.
Answer:
Satish
5. Goodbye mother.
Answer:
Arun
D. Answer the following questions.
1. Where was arun sitting?
Answer:
Arun was sitting on platform no. 8 at Ambala station.
2. What was the expected time of train’s arrival?
Answer:
The train would arrive at the midnight.
3. What was the sight Arun had seen on the platform?
Answer:
Arun saw a tide of people, the cries of various vendors and the newspaper boy.
4. What did the vendors sell?
Answer:
The vendors were selling curds and lemon, the sweet meet, the newspaper.
5. How did the woman appear?
Answer:
The woman had a pale face and dark kind eyes. She wore no jewels and was dressed very simply in a white saree.
6. Where was Arun travelling to?
Answer:
Arun was traveling to his boarding school.
7. What did the woman buy for him?
Answer:
The woman bought samosas and jalebis. She also ordered tea for Arun.
8. What was the advice of Sathish’s mother?
Answer:
The mother of Sathish advised him not to talk to the strangers.
9. What were Arun’s last words?
Answer:
Aruns last words were “Goodbye – mother”.
10. What was the reaction of the woman at the end?
Answer:
The strange woman held the hand of Arun and she smiled in a gentle understanding way.
Step to Success (Text Book Page No. 33)
Sentence Rearrangement Common Example:
A. Miss Sullivan arrived at the Keller home when Helen was seven.
B. The deaf and blind Helen learned to communicate verbally.
C. But, eventually, Miss Sullivan’s effort was rewarded.
D. Before Helen Keller was two years old, she lost her sight and her hearing.
E. Miss Sullivan worked closely with Helen, her new student.
F. At times the teacher became frustrated.
a) DEFACB
b) DAEFCB
c) ACFDEB
d) CFDABE
e) FDACEB
Answer:
b) DAEFCB
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