STD 8 English Sem 1 Unit 1 "Q for Question
UNIT – 1 Q for Question
Activity- 1
·
Here is an
imaginary interview with a famous astronaut Sunita Williams. Listen to your
teacher. Read it. Work in pairs and dramatize it.
Ø Spellings :-
Here - હીયર - અહીં
Imaginary - ઈમેજીનરી -
કાલ્પનીક
Interview - ઈન્ટરવ્યુ -
પ્રશ્નોત્તરી, સાક્ષાત્કાર
With - વીથ -
સાથે
Famous - ફેમસ -
પ્રખ્યાત, પ્રસિદ્ધ
Astronaut - એસ્ટ્રોનોટ -
અવકાશયાત્રી
Listen - લીસન - સાંભળવુ
Dramatize - ડ્રામેટાઈઝ -
નાટક સ્વરૂપે ભજવવું
· Sunita Williams : Hello! Nice meeting you.
· Interviewer : Where do you work?
· Sunita Williams : At NASA as a flight engineer.
· Interviewer : Where were you born?
· Sunita Williams : Ohio.
· Interviewer : What is your date of Birth?
· Sunita Williams : 19th September, 1965.
· Interviewer : Where did you gate your graduation from?
· Sunita Williams : I did my graduation from “Florida Institute of
Technology.”
· Interviewer : Which special items did you bring with you in the space
first time?
· Sunita Williams : The Bhagwad Gita, a small idol of Ganesha and a letter
written in Hindi by my father.
· Interviewer : Who inspired you in your life and work?
· Sunita Williams : Mahatma Gandhi.
· Interviewer : What is your country of origin?
· Sunita Williams : India. In fact my father Deepak Pandya is from
Gujarat.
Ø Spellings :-
Programme - પ્રોગ્રામ -
કાર્યક્રમ
Born - બોર્ન - જન્મ
Graduation - ગ્રેજ્યુએશન -
સ્નાતક
Special - સ્પેશીયલ - ખાસ
Bring - બ્રિંગ - લઈ જવું
Space -સ્પેસ -
અંતરિક્ષ
Idol -આઈડલ -
મૂર્તિ
Inspire - ઈન્સ્પાયર - પ્રેરણા
Origin - ઓરીજીન - મૂળ
·
Work in pair:
Interview your friend. Write it below.
· · Interviewer
: Where do you live?· · Mohit : I am living at Dholka in Brahmanpith.
· · Interviewer : What is your School Name?
· · Mohit : My School name is “Pay center Kumar Shala No.4, Dholka.”
· · Interviewer : Where is it located?
· · Mohit : It is located – Near Kuber Temple, Brahmanpith, APMC
Market,
Dholka.
·
Interviewer :
What is your Date of Birth?
·
Mohit :
01st June, 1996.
·
Interviewer :
Who is your favourite teacher?
·
Mohit : Our principal Hemant Sir
is my favourite teacher.
·
Interviewer : What is your Goal?
·
Mohit : I want to become a
scientist.
ACTIVITY- 2(A)
·
Read the sentences carefully. Read the
questions and mark (P) for all the questions that are answered in the statements.
આપાલા વાક્યમાં
જે જે પ્રશ્નોના જવાબ મળતા હોય તેની સામે (P) કરો.
1. Sunita Williams Stayed in the
space for 36 days.
(A)
Where did she stay? (P)
(B)
Who stayed in the space? (P)
(C)
For how many days did she stay in the space? (P)
2.
The theatre was first developed in Greece as part of religious view.
(A)
What was developed in Greece? (P)
(B)
Why was the theatre developed? (P)
(C)
Where did the first theatre develop? (P)
3.
The first newspaper advertisement appeared on the back page of a ‘London’
newspaper in 1625.
(A)
When did the first newspaper advertisement appear? (P)
(B)
Who gave the first advertisement in 1625? (O)
(C)
Where did advertisement appear in the ‘London’ newspaper? (P)
4. Kiran
Bedi is the first woman IPS officer of India.
(A)
Who is the first woman IPS officer of India? (P)
(B)
What is Kiran Bedi? (P)
(C)
When was Kiran Bedi selected as an IPS officer? (O)
5. Mahatma
Gandhi was born in porbandar on 2nd October, 1869.
(A)
When did Mahatma Gandhi go to Delhi? (O)
(B)
Where was Mahatma Gandhi born? (P)
(C)
What is the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi? (P)
ACTIVITY- 2(B)
·
Frame question to get the underlined words as an
answer.
(એવા
પ્રશ્નો બનાવો કે જેનો જવાબ નીચે આપેલા વાક્યોમાં લીટી દોરેલ શબ્દ જ આવે.)
Ex. Sunita
graduated from the Florida Institute of Technology.
1. Who graduated from the Florida Institute of
Technology?
2. Where did Sunita graduate?
1)
My friends visited Amit’s village last vacation.
1. Who visited Amit’s village last vacation?
2. What did my friends visit last vacation?
3. When did my friends visit Amit’s village?
2)
Kanaiyala Munshi wrote ‘Patan ni Prabhuta’
in 1916.
1. Who wrote ‘Patan ni Prabhuta’ in 1916?
2. What did Kanaiyalal Munshi write in 1916?
3. When did Kanaiyalal Munshi write ‘Patan ni
Prabhuta’?
3)
Sunita Williams was born on 19th
September, 1965 in Ohio.
1. Who was born on 19th September, 1965 in
Ohio?
2. When was Sunita Williams born?
3. Where was Sunita Williams born?
4)
Munna made mango juice in the morning.
1. Who made mango juice in the morning?
2. What did Munna make in the morning?
3. When did Munna make Mango juice?
5)
Maya attended the special classes to learn English.
1. Who attended the special classes to learn English?
2. What did Maya do to learn English?
3. Why did Maya attend the special classes?
ACTIVITY-3
·
Here are some riddles.
Try to solve them in groups. Then write the answer.
(A)
It begins just where
it ends. And your lovely house, there it stands. What is it?
Ans. Road._____________________________________________
(B)
No tongue, no ear; I
can speak and sing, and hear. Who am I?
Ans. Tape
recorder.___________________________________
(C)
It runs night and day;
but it never runs away. What is it?
Ans. Clock.__________________________________________
(D)
This house on wheels
runs a race; it takes people from place to place. What is it?
Ans. Train.___________________________________________
ACTIVITY-4
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Ø Spellings :-
Annual - એન્યુઅલ - વાર્ષિક
Smart - સ્માર્ટ - હોંશિયાર, ચાલાક, ચપળ
Contest -
કોન્ટેસ્ટ - પ્રતિયોગિતા, સ્પર્ધા
Host - હોસ્ટ - સ્પર્ધાનું સંચાનલ કરનાર
Competition - કોમ્પીટીશન - હરિફાઈ, સ્પર્ધા
Scorer - સ્કોરર -
ગુણ નોંધનાર
Own - ઓવ્ન - પોતાનું
Expert - એક્ષ્પર્ટ - નિષ્ણાંત,
તજજ્ઞ
Contestant - કન્ટેસ્ટન્ટ - પ્રતિયોગી, સ્પર્ધક
Front - ફ્રન્ટ - આગળ
Eagerly - ઈગરલી - ઉત્સુકતાપૂર્વક
Awaiting -
અવેઈટીંગ - રાહ જોવી
Waste - વેસ્ટ - નકામું, બરબાદ અહીં not waste time – સમય બરબાદ ન કરતા
Round - રાઉન્ડ - ભાગ, પડાવ ( જેમકે ક્વાટર ફાઈનલ,
સેમી ફાઈનલ, ફાઈનલ)
Ready - રેડી - તૈયાર
Quickest -
ક્વીકેસ્ટ - સૌથી ઝડપી
Arrange - અરેન્જ - ગોઠવવું, વ્યવસ્થિત કરવું
Following -
ફોલોવીંગ - આપેલ, નીચે આપેલ
Order - ઓર્ડર - હુકમ, (અહીં) ક્રમ
Sentence - સેન્ટેન્સ - વાક્ય
Took -ટૂક - લીધો. (Take - ટેઈક – લેવુનું ભૂતકાળનું રૂપ)
Lucky - લકી - ભાગ્યશાળી, નસીબદાર
Sure - શ્યોર - ચોક્કસ,
પાક્કુ
Got - ગોટ - મળ્યો (gate - ગેટ – મેળવવુંનું ભૂતકાળનું રૂપ)
Chance - ચાન્સ - તક, મોકો
Rules - રુલ્સ - નિયમો
Each - ઈચ - દરેક
Correct - કરેક્ટ - સાચા
Question -
ક્વેશ્ચન - પ્રશ્ન
Answer - આન્સર - જવાબ
Bring - બ્રિન્ગ - મેળવવું
Gift - ગીફ્ટ - ભેટ
Scholarship - સ્કોલર્શીપ - શિષ્યવૃત્તિ
Helplines -
હેલ્પલાઈન્સ - મદદરુપ રસ્તો
Use - યુઝ - ઉપયોગ કરવો,
વાપરવું
Any - એની - કોઈપણ
Wrote - રોટ - લખ્યુ (રાઈટ – લખવુંનું
ભૂતકાળનું રૂપ)
Option - ઓપ્શન - વિકલ્પ (A, B, C, D)
Poem - પોએમ - કવિતા
Final - ફાઈનલ - આખરી, છેલ્લો,
અંતિમ
Please - પ્લીઝ - મહેરબાની કરીને, કૃપા કરીને
Show - શો - બતાવો, દેખાડો
Right - રાઈટ - સાચુ, બરાબર
Sea - સી - દરિયો,
સમુદ્ર
Touch - ટચ - અડકવું, સ્પર્શ કરવો
Confuse -
કન્ફ્યુઝ - મુંઝવણ
Either - આઈધર - કે ( આ કે તે )
Fast - ફાસ્ટ - ઝડપથી,
ઉતાવળે
Stress - સ્ટ્રેસ - તાણ, થાક
Ask - આસ્ક - પૂછવું
Win -વીન - જીતવું
Believe - બીલીવ - માનવું, શ્રદ્ધા, માન્યતા
Keep it up - કીપ ઈટ અપ - આગળ વધો, ચાલુ રાખો
After - આફ્ટર - પછી
Disturb -
ડીસ્ટર્બ - ખલેલ પહોંચાડવી, ધ્યાન
ખેંચવું
Amount - અમાઉન્ટ - રકમ
Flowing - ફ્લોવીંગ - વહેતુ, પડતું (અહીં પાણી)
Doubles - ડબલ્સ - બમણું, બે ગણું
Every - એવરી -
દરેક
Minute - મિનિટ - મિનિટ
Full - ફુલ - પૂરેપૂરું,
આખું
Hour - અવર - કલાક
Quite - ક્વાયટ - તદ્દન, એકદમ
Another - અનધર - બીજુ
Free - ફ્રી - મુક્ત
Audience - ઓડીયન્સ - પ્રેક્ષક
Player - પ્લેયર -
ખેલાડી
Award - એવોર્ડ -
ખિતાબ, ઈનામ
Tournament - ટુર્નામેન્ટ - પ્રતિયોગીતા
Clap - ક્લેપ - તાળી પાડવી
Gas - ગેસ - વાયુ
Breathe - બ્રિધ - શ્વાસોચ્છવાસ
Worry - વરી - ચિંતા
Buzzer - બઝર - બઝર
ACTIVITY -4 & 5
યુ ટ્યુબ વિડિયો જોવા અહીં ક્લીક કરો
·
Match ‘A’ with ‘B’.
A B
1. Competition 3.
Contest
2. Scholarship 5. Fund for education
3. Expert 2.
Knowledgeable person
4. Contestant 1. Participant
5. Host 4.
Anchor
·
Answer the following questions.
1.
Who is the host of the contest?
Ans. The English teacher Mr. Parmar is the host of
the contest.
2.
What is the name of Vikas’s school?
Ans. The name of Vikas’s school is ‘Smit
Vidyalaya’.
3.
Who is Mr. Bright? What does he do?
Ans. Mr. Bright
is Mr. Parmar’s Laptop. It keeps the score of the contestant.
4.
Who is Miss Tick Tick?
Ans. Miss Tick Tick is the clock.
5.
How many questions did Nandita answer correctly?
Ans. Nandita answered three questions correctly.
·
Say whether the following are true or false.
1.
After three questions a contestant will be free from Miss Tick Tick.
True.
2.
There is a help line through which we can talk to a person.
True.
3.
The expert is an English teacher.
False.
4.
Mr. Bright gives one minute’s time to the contestants.
False.
5.
Meerabai wrote the Gujarati Poem ‘Grammata’.
False.
ACTIVITY-5
·
Here is
the time line of the great Gujarati writer Kanaiyalal Munshi. Study it
carefully. (અહીં કનૈયાલાલ મુનશીની જીવનરેખા આપી છે.
તેનો અભ્યાસ કરો.)
Kanaiyalal Munshi
1887 -
Born at Bharuch
1916 - Wrote ‘Pantan ni Prabhuta’.
1920 - Wrote ‘Pruthvivallabh’.
1930 - wrote ‘Lopamudra’.
1938 - founded Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan
1937-40 - Remain the Home Minister of Mumbai State.
Elected member of the Legislative Council.
1948 - Remained Minister of Agriculture.
1952-57 - Remained Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
1971 - He died at his resident in Mumbai.
·
What questions would you ask him?
1.
When were you born?
2.
Where were you born?
3.
Who inspired you to write your first book?
4.
Can you tell us how you feel being the founder of “Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan”.
5.
What duties you had to perform When you were the Home Minister of the
Mumbai State?
6.
How do you feel being elected as a governor of Uttar Pradesh for such a
long time?
7.
What are the duties of a Governor?
·
Prepare your Father’s / Mother’s timeline. Write five
sentences about him / her.
વિદ્યાર્થીઓએ સ્વ-પ્રયત્નથી લખવું.
ACTIVITY -6 A-B-C-D યુ ટ્યુબ વિડિયો જોવા અહીં ક્લીક કરો
ACTIVITY-6
(A)
Following
are the step to plan a quiz. Read them, work in Groups and arrange them in a proper
order.
[7] Make a group of three to five friends.
[2] Decide questions for each round.
[9] Select a scorer and a quizmaster.
[8] Give a name to each group.
[1] List questions and their answers.
[5] Fix the time for each answer.
[6] Give a unique name to each round.
[4] Decide the point for each question.
[3] Categorize the questions to each round.
[10] Play the quiz.
Arrange
in proper Order.
[1] List questions and their answers.
[2] Decide questions for each round.
[3] Categorize the questions to each round.
[4] Decide the point for each question.
[5] Fix the time for each answer.
[6] Give a unique name to each round.
[7] Make a group of three to five friends.
[8] Give a name to each group.
[9] Select a scorer and a quizmaster.
[10] Play the quiz.
ACTIVITY-6
(C)
·
નીચેના પ્રશ્નોના ઉત્તરો માટે વવર્લ્પો બનાવો.
1. Who is the writer of “The Mahabharata”?
(A) Valmiki (B) Krishna
(C) Arjun (D)
Vedvyas
2. Who discovered America?
(A) Vasco-de-gama (B) Queen Elizabeth
(C) Columbus (D)
Shakespeare
3. When did the battle of Plassey take place?
(A) 1650 (B)
1757
(C) 1657 (D) 1750
ACTIVITY-6
(D)
·
Now,
frame questions for the options given below.
1. (A) The Tapi (B) The Mahisagar
(C) The Narmada (D)
The Vatrak
Que. Which river is also known as “Rewa”?
2. (A) Kalpana Chawla (B) Sunita Williams
(C) Rakesh Sharma (D)
Yuri Gagarin
Que. Who is the first Indian to travel to space?
3. (A) Computer (B) Laptop
(C) Tablets (D)
Mobile
Que. Which of the following is a smallest device?
4. (A) Premanand (B) Narsinh Mehta
(C) Kanaiyalal Munshi (D)
Umashankar Joshi
Que. Who is the writer of “Sudama Charit”?
5. (A) Solar Energy (B) Oil
(C) Petrol (D)
Coal
Que. Which of the following is a Renewable source of energy?
6. (A) CNG (B)
PNG
(C) LPG (C)
Petrol
Que. Which of the following fuel is most expensive?
7. (A) Porbandar (B) Ahmedabad
(C) Karamsad (C)
Nadiad
Que. Which of the following is Gandhiji’s birth place?
8. (A) Junagadh (B) Ahmedabad
(C) Surat (C)
Kutch
Que. Where is Sidi Saiyyed Mosque
situated?
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