English Standard 8 Semester 2 Chapter 1 I will be that

 

UNIT:- 1 I WILL BE THAT

 

   (A)  Recite after your teacher.

SPELLINGS:

·         Recite        - રીસાઈટ         - ઉચ્ચારણ

·         After          - આફ્ટર          - પછી

·         Told           - ટોલ્ડ              - કહ્યુ

·         Grow up   - ગ્રો અપ          - મોટા થઈને

·         Going to   - ગોઇંગ ટુ        - બનીશ

·         When        - વ્હેન              - ક્યારે (અહીં – જ્યારે)

·         Scientist    - સાયન્ટીસ્ટ     - વૈજ્ઞાનિક

·         Someone  - સમવન          - કોઈ

·         Want         - વોન્ટ              - ઈચ્છવુ, થવુ, બનવુ

·         Free           - ફ્રી                  - મુક્ત

·         Said           - સેઈડ              - કહ્યુ

·         Pilot          - પાઈલટ          - વિમાન ચાલક

·         Dancer      - ડાન્સર            - નૃત્ય કરનાર

·         Lawyer      - લોયર             - વકીલ

·         Doctor      - ડોક્ટર           

·         Swim        - સ્વીમ             - તરવુ

·         Huge         - હ્યુજ               - મોટુ, વિશાળ

·         Whale       - વ્હેલ              - વ્હેલ માછલી

·         Ocean       - ઓશન           - સમુદ્ર, દરિયો

·         Sea            - સી                 - સમુદ્ર, દરિયો

·         DJ              - ડીજે               - ડીજે વગાડનાર

·         Programmer - પ્રોગ્રામર   - પ્રોગ્રામ બનાવનાર

·         Musician   - મ્યુઝીશીયન   - સંગીતકાર

·         Beautician- બ્યુટીશીયન   - શણગારનાર, સુંદર બનાવનાર

·         Stream      - સ્ટ્રીમ             - ઝરણું

·         Through   - થ્રુ                   - માંથી, અંદરથી

·         Eagle         - ઈગલ - ગીધ

·         Valley        - વેલી               - ખીણ

·         Fountain   - ફાઉન્ટેઇન      - ફુવારા, ધોધ

·         Range       - રેન્જ               - હારમાળા, હરોળ

·         Mountain - માઉન્ટેઇન     - પર્વત, પહાડ

·         Just           - જસ્ટ              - ફક્ત

·         Children   - ચીલ્ડ્રન           - બાળક

·         Always      - ઓલ્વેઝ         - હંમેશા

·         At least     - એટ લીસ્ટ      - ઓછામાં ઓછુ

·         To be         - ટુ બી             - થવુ, બનવુ, હોવુ

    (B) Choose and tick (P) the correct option.

1.     What does the child want to be in the first stanza?

(a) A Tree   (b) The Ocean     (c) A scientist      

          2.       What should swim in the child?

          (a) fish        (b) weeds             (c) whales

          3. ________________ has valleys and fountains.

          (a) A mountain    (b) The ocean      (c) A house

          4. The Child want to be a __________________ in the third stanza.

          (a) A doctor         (b) a beautician            (c) a mountain range

          5. What can the following people do? Discuss in group.

          (a) A musician     (b) a DJ                (c) a scientist

6. Talk to your group and tell them what you want to become when you

grow up.

7. Would you like to become one of the following things? Why? 

Collect their ideas.

—The Moon                   —The Sun   —The Star   —The Sky    — ____________________

 

ACTIVITY: 2

A KEY TO HEAVEN- અ કી ટુ હેવેન – સ્વર્ગની ચાવી

SCENE: 1

SPELLINGS:

·         Court        - કોર્ટ                - દરબાર

·         Wait          - વેઈટ              - રાહ જોવી

·         Trumpets  - ટ્રમ્પેટ્સ         - તુરહી, બ્યુગલ

·         Drums      - ડ્રમ્સ               - ઢોલ

·         Walk         - વોક               - ચાલવુ

·         Walks in   - વોક્સ ઇન      - અંદર આવવુ

·         Majesty     - મેજેસ્ટી          - મહારાજ

·         Minister    - મિનિસ્ટર       - મંત્રી

·         Today        - ટુ ડે                - આજે

·         Discuss     - ડિસ્કસ           - ચર્ચા

·         Great         - ગ્રેટ                - મહાન

·         Our           - આર               - આપણાં

·         Kingdom  - કીંગડમ          - રાજ્ય

·         Camp        - કેમ્પ               - છાવણી, શિબીર

·         Know        - નો                  - જાણવું

·         Heard        - હર્ડ                 - સાંભળ્યુ

·         Produce    - પ્રોડ્યુસ          - ઉત્પન્ન કરવુ, પ્રકટ કરવુ

·         Coin          - કોઈન             - સિક્કો

·         Holy          - હોલી              - પવિત્ર

·         Ash            - એશ               - રાખ, ભભુત

·         Fruit          - ફ્રુટ                 - ફળ

·         Queue       - ક્યુ                 - કતાર, હરોળ, લાઈન

·         In front of- ઇન ફ્રન્ટ ઓફ - ની સામે

·         Tent           - ટેન્ટ               - તંબુ

·         Offer         - ઓફર                        - અર્પણ કરવુ, ધરવુ, આપવુ

·         Gold          - ગોલ્ડ             - સોનુ

·         Cloth         - ક્લોથ             - કપડા

·         Animal      - એનીમલ        - પ્રાણી, જાનવર

·         Grain         - ગ્રેઈન             - અનાજ

·         Vegetable- વેજીટેબલ       - શાકભાજી

·         Dry fruit    - ડ્રાય ફ્રુટ          - સુકા મેવા

·         Cure          - ક્યોર              - ઠીક કરવુ, હરવુ

·         Illness       - ઈલનેસ          - બિમારી, માંદગી

·         Need         - નીડ               - જરુરીયાત

·         Pay            - પે                   - ચુકવવુ

·         Sum          - સમ                - રકમ

·         Interesting- ઈન્ટરેસ્ટીંગ    - રસપ્રદ

·         With          - વીથ               - સાથે

·         Only          - ઓન્લી           - ફક્ત

·         Think         - થીન્ક              - વિચારવુ

·         Real           - રીયલ - અસલી, ખરેખર

·         Never        - નેવર              - ક્યારેય નહીં

·         Charge      - ચાર્જ              - ચુકવણી

·         Money      - મની               - પૈસા

·         Service      - સર્વિસ            - સેવા

·         Keep          - કીપ               - રાખવુ

·         Watch       - વોચ               - નજર રાખવી

·         Feel           - ફીલ               - અનુભવવુ

·         Wrong      - રોન્ગ              - ખોટુ, ખરાબ

·         Find out    - ફાઈન્ડ આઉટ- શોધી કાઢવુ

·         Certainly   - સરટેઈન્લી      - ચોક્કસ 

SCENE: 2

·         Village      - વીલેજ            - ગામડુ

·         Beard        - બીયર્ડ            - દાઢી

·         Saffron     - સેફ્રોન            - કેસરી

·         Sitting       - સીટીંગ           - બેસવુ (બેઠા છે)

·         Platform   - પ્લેટફોર્મ         - ઓટલો, બેઠક

·         Under       - અન્ડર            - નીચે

·         Eye            - આઈ              - આંખ

·         Close         - ક્લોઝ                        - બંધ

·         Waiting     - વેઈટીંગ         - રાહ જોવી

·         Open         - ઓપન           - ખોલવુ

·         Bless         - બ્લેસ             - આશીર્વાદ આપવા

·         Enter         - એન્ટર            - પ્રવેશ કરવો, પધારવુ

·         Among     - અમોન્ગ         - બાજુમા         

·         Silence      - સાઈલેન્સ       - શાંતિ, ચુપચાપ

·         Saint         - સેઈન્ટ            - સંત, સાધુ

·         Divine       - ડિવાઈન         - પવિત્ર

·         Please       - પ્લીઝ - મહેરબાની કરીને

·         Accept       - એક્સેપ્ટ         - સ્વીકાર કરવો

·         Sack          - સેક                - કોથળો, ગુણ

·         Rice           - રાઈસ - ચોખા

·         Advise       - એડવાઈઝ      - સલાહ

·         Lord          - લોર્ડ               - ભગવાન

·         Become    - બીકમ            - બનવુ

·         Rich           - રીચ                - અમીર, પૈસાદાર

·         Makes a sign- મેક્સ અ સાઈન      - ઈશારો કરવો

·         Assistant   - આસીસ્ટન્ટ    - અનુચર, શિષ્ય

·         Away         - અવે               - દૂર

·         Definitely- ડેફીનેટ્લી        - ચોક્કસ

·         Perform    - પરફોર્મ           - કાર્ય કરવુ

·         Lucky        - લકી               - ભાગ્યશાળી, નસીબદાર

·         Alright      - ઓલરાઈર      - બરાબર, ઠીક

·         Carefully   - કેરફુલી           - ધ્યાનથી

·         Push          - પુશ                - ધક્કો મારવો, હડસેલવુ

·         Crowd       - ક્રાઉડ             - ટોળુ

·         Aside         - અસાઈડ         - બાજુમાં

·         Rush         - રશ                - ધસી આવવુ

·         Fall            - ફોલ               - પડી જવુ

·         Feet           - ફીટ                - પગ

·         Greatest    - ગ્રેટેસ્ટ            - સૌથી મહાન

·         World       - વર્લ્ડ               - દુનિયા, વિશ્વ

·         Get up       - ગેટ અપ         - ઉભા થવુ

·         Problem   - પ્રોબ્લેમ          - ઉપાધી, સંકટ

·         Everything- એવરીથીંગ    - બધુ જ, સર્વસ્વ

·         Heaven     - હેવેન              - સ્વર્ગ

·         Death        - ડેથ                 - મૃત્યુ

·         Easy          - ઈઝી              - આસાન, સરળ

·         Nearer      - નીયરર           - સૌથી નજીક

·         Suddenly  - સડન્લી           - અચાનક

·         Pluck         - પ્લક               - ચુંટવુ, તોડવુ

·         Hold          - હોલ્ડ              - થોભાવી રાખવુ

·         Up             - અપ               - ઉપર

·         Proudly     - પ્રાઉડ્લી        - ગર્વથી

·         Addressed- એડ્રેસ્ડ           - સંબોધન કરવુ

·         Magical     - મેજીકલ          - જાદુઈ, ચમત્કારી

·         Hair           - હેર                 - વાળ

·         Directly     - ડાયરેક્ટલી     - સીધા જ

·         Take          - ટેઈક              - લઈ જવુ

·         Free           - ફ્રી                  - મફત

·         Rather than- રેધર ધેન       - ના કરતા

·         Allow        - અલોવ           - રજા આપવી, મંજુરી આપવી

·         Protest      - પ્રોટેસ્ટ           - મનાઈ કરવી, ના પાડવી

·         Around     - અરાઉન્ડ        - આસ- પાસ

·         Scream     - સ્ક્રીમ             - ચીસ પાડવી, બુમ પાડવી

·         Key            - કી                  - ચાવી

·         Escape      - એસ્કેપ           - ભાગવુ, નાસી જવુ

·         Fall down - ફોલ ડાઉન     - નીચે પડી જવુ

·         Fake          - ફેક                 - નકલી, બનાવટી

·         Chase        - ચેઝ                - પીછો કરવો

·         Truth         - ટ્રુથ                - સત્ય

·         Earning     - અર્નીંગ           - કમાણી

·         Arrest        - અરેસ્ટ           - પકડી લેવુ

    (A)Mark R the correct option.

     

    (1)            The sadhu has many followers.                                     True            False

    (2)           The king wanted to meet Sadhu.                                   True            False

    (3)           Tenali Raman had no respect for the fake Sadhu.         True            False

    (4)           The Sadhu was really a holy man.                                  True            False

    (5)           The Sadhu had a magical beard.                                    True            False

    (6)           Tenali Raman really wanted to go to heaven.                  True            False

    (7)           The Sadhu made the villager a rich man.                        True            False

    (8)           The king cared for his people.                                         True            False

    (9)           Good Sadhus always accept money for their services.    True            False

    (10)               The king trusted Tenali Rama.                                         True            False

    (11)                      Will you go to a Sadhu to get good marks in the exam?  True            False 

    (B) Who is the sentence about?

(1)          He lived in the camp.                                                       Sadhu

(2)         He took out coins from his pocket.                                 Villager 2

(3)         He rushed to Sadhu.                                                      Tenali Raman

(4)         He wanted to discuss the new road project.                   The king

(5)         He produced coins and fruits from the air.                     Sadhu

(6)         He plucked the first hair from The Sadhu’s beard.         Tenali Raman

(7)         He came from the Himalayas.                                          Sadhu

(8)         He took away the sack.                                                    The assistant

    (C)  Answer the following questions:

(1)          Where did the king’s ministers go?

The king’s ministers went to the Sadhu’s camp.

(2)         What did the people offer to the Sadhu?

The people offered gold coins, cloths, animals, grains, vegetables and dry fruits to the Sadhu.

(3)         What did the Sadhu do by Pooja?

The Sadhu can cure any illness by Pooja.

(4)         What was the Sadhu’s promise to the villager 2?

The Sadhu’s promise to the villager 2 was, ‘I will definitely make you rich.’

(5)         Who plucked the first hair from the Sadhu’s beard?

Tenali Raman plucked the first hair from the Sadhu’s beard.

(6)         What should we do to become rich/get a job/remain always healthy?

We Should work hard to become rich/get a job/remain always healthy.

    (D) Find the words from the lesson that mean the following. The first letter is printed in the bracket.

1.     A country ruled by a King:                                                        (Kingdom)

2.    A way of addressing a religious leader:                                     (Your Holiness)

3.    People believe that good people go to this place after death:   (Heaven)

4.    Run after someone:                                                                  (Chase)

5.    The police does this to the thief:                                             (arrest)

6.    A way of addressing the king:                                                   (Your Majesty)

7.    A person in the king’s court:                                                      (Courtier)

(E)        Imagine you are Tenali Raman. Tell the king what happened.

I went to the camp of sadhu. I saw a Sadhu with a long beard and saffron kurta. He was sitting on a platform under a tree. His eyes were closed. There were many people there. A villager gave a sack of rice to the Sadhu. He asked the Sadhu to make him rich. The Sadhu promised to make him rich. He asked the villager to give him two gold coins for a Pooja. The villager gave the Sadhu two gold coins. I rushed to the Sadhu and fell at his feet. I told him to do something so that I could go to heaven after death. The Sadhu said it was easy and called me near him. I went near him and plucked a hair from his beard. The Sadhu cried in pain. I told the crowd that every hair of the Sadhu’s beard was a free ticket to heaven. The villager also plucked a hair from the Sadhu’s beard. The Sadhu ran for his life. The people chased him. I told the people that the Sadhu only wanted their money and gifts. I told them that we can become rich by working hard. We should not give our money to such Sadhus. I told the people that your men will arrest him and everyone would get their money back.

(B)         Read and enjoy.

1.     Three gray geese in the green grass gazing.

Gray was the geese and green was the grass.

2.    Swan swan over the sea,

Swim, swim, swim

Well swum, swan.

3.    Say this sharply.

Say this sweetly.

Say this shortly.

Say this sixteen times.

Spellings:

·         Grey                     - ગ્રે                 - કલર ........

·         Geese                   - ગીઝી             -

          

·         Green                   - ગ્રીન              - લીલું

·         Grass                   - ગ્રાસ              - ઘાંસ

·         Gazing                  -ગેઝીંગ            -ઘણા બધા વિચારો અને જુસ્સા સાથે લાંબા સમય સુધી                                                             કંઈક જોવું

·         Swan                     - સ્વાન             - હંસ

·         Over                     - ઓવર            - ઉપરથી

·         Sea                       - સી                 - સમુદ્ર , દરિયો

·         Swim                    - સ્વીમ             - તરવું           (swum – સ્વમ – તર્યા) swim નું ભૂ.કા

·         Sharply                - શાર્પલી          - ચપળતા પૂર્વક

·         Sweetly               - સ્વીટ્લી         - મધુર રીતે

·         Shortly                - શોર્ટલી           - ટૂંકમાં

ACTIVITY – 3

(A)        Read the following passage.

નીચેનો ફકરો વાંચો.

John is an acrobat. He works in the Great Global Circus. He practices very hard for his shows. He can perform on a high swing. He can ride a monocycle. He can walk on a rope at a great height.

But he cannot ride a horse. He cannot jump through a fire-ring. He cannot play tricks like jokers.

Spellings:

·         Acrobat            - એક્રોબેટ        - કરતબ કરનાર

·         Work                - વર્ક                - કામ કરવું

·         Practice            - પ્રેક્ટીસ        - મહાવરો, વારંવાર પ્રયત્ન કરવો

·         Hard                 - હાર્ડ               - સખત, ખૂબ જ

·         Can                   - કેન                - કરી શકે છે.

·         Perform            - પર્ફોમ            - પ્રસ્તુત કરવુ, રજૂ કરવુ

·         High                 - હાઈ               - ઉંચે, ઉંચાઈ પર

·         Swing                  - સ્વીંગ           - હીંચકો

·         Ride                 - રાઈડ             - ચલાવવું, હંકારવું, સવારી કરવી

·         Mono Cycle          - મોનો સાઈકલ- નાની સાયકલ

·         Rope                 - રોપ               - દોરડું

·         Great                - ગ્રેટ                - મહાન (અહીં ખાસ્સી)

·         Height              - હાઈટ            - ઉંચાઈ

·         Cannot              - કેન નોટ         - કરી શકતો નથી. (can’t)

·         Jump                - જમ્પ              - કૂદકો મારવો.

·         Through           - થ્રુ                  - માંથી, અંદરથી

·         Fire ring           - ફાયર રીંગ      - સળગતી રીંગ

·         Trick                - ટ્રીક               - યુક્તિ

·         Now, complete the sentences.હવે વાક્યો પૂર્ણ કરો.

John can	John cannot
(1) He can perform on a high swing.	(1) He cannot ride a horse.
(2) He can ride a mono-cycle.	(2) He cannot jump through a fire ring.
(3) He can walk on a rope at a great height.	(3) He cannot play

 

(B)      Work in groups. List five different ways in which you can and cannot use a ruler. Think differently. You can’t write more answers and put them on the notice board.

 

You can	You cannot
(1) We can dig a hole with a ruler.	(1) We cannot draw a circle with a ruler.
(2) We can draw a straight line with a ruler.	(2) We cannot sketch with a ruler.
(3) We can scale with a ruler.	(3) We cannot climb a stair with a ruler.
(4) We can use ruler to cut a paper.	(4) We cannot cut cloth with a ruler.
(5) We can use ruler to eat snack.	(5) We cannot drink cold drinks with a ruler.

 

  Activity: 4

What can your pet dog do for you? Complete the paragraph.

તમારું પાલતુ કુતરું તમારા માટે શું કરી શકે? ફકરો પૂર્ણ કરો.

I have a pet dog. It is very cute. It has long and silky hair. Its name is Tom. It is like my family member. It can do many things for me. It can catch the ball when we play. It can carry my school bag. It can make me laugh. It can bring the newspaper from the door. It can engage my entire family. It can run a race with me.