SSC (English Medium) 8th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.

‘Little bird, little bird,’ said the prince, ‘please will you stay with me for one more night?’
‘My friends are waiting for me,’ answered the bird.

Write the following dialogue from the story in the Indirect Speech.

Under a bridge, two little boys were lying close together to keep warm.
‘We are so hungry!’ they said. ‘You cannot lie there!’ shouted a guard.

Say whether the underlined is Infinitive/Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.

I wish to go to Egypt.

Say whether the underlined is Infinitive/Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.

They liked his written stories.

Say whether the underlined is Infinitive/ Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.

He is trying to finish a story.

Say whether the underlined is Infinitive/Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.

Suffering is stranger than anything.

Say whether the underlined is Infinitive/ Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.

The dying swallow fell at his feet.

Say whether the underlined is Infinitive / Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.

He began to cry. 

Say whether the underlined is Infinitive / Participle (Present or Past)/Gerund.

He watched the working seamen.

Stories can be told even in the form of poetry. Such poems are called Narrative poems. Narrative poems do not always follow rhythmic patterns of a fixed rhyme scheme. Such poems are written in a style called ‘Free Verse.’
Recall and name some narrative poems you have done/read earlier.

Read the poem below and fill in the gaps, choosing appropriate pairs of rhyming words, to make them meaningful.

(love - above / sand - land / be - eternity)

What important message does the above poem convey?

Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.

Stephen Hawking was a ______ (famous) Astrophysicist. 

Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.

The Government made a ______ (announcement) about their new taxation policy.

Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.

Everyone stood ______ (horrified) when the terrible accident took place.

Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.

She ______ (bargained) with the hawker to reduce the price.

Pick out a word from the poem to complete the sentence meaningfully.

Handicapped people should never be ______. (ignored and avoided)

Make a list of archaic words from the poem and give their modern equivalents.

Rearrange the following in the proper order and insert them into a flow chart as per the poem.

1. The plate turned to lead when it was gifted to false-hearted claimants.
2. Many claimants donated their wealth to receive the plate of gold.
3. For almost two years, no claimants received the plate of gold.
4. A plate of gold fell in a temple from Heaven.
5. The peasant offered comfort and courage to a blind miserable beggar, whom all had ignored.
6. The priests announced that the one who loved God most of all would receive the gift from Heaven.
7. When the priest gave the plate of gold to that peasant, it shone with thrice its luster.
8. A simple peasant, who had nothing to offer, came to that temple.

Which two sayings about God are conveyed through the poem 'The Plate of Gold'?

1. God helps those, who help themselves.
2. God loves those, who love their fellow beings.
3. God loves those, who give away their wealth, to please Him.
4. Service to mankind is service to God.