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

Rearrange the letters to make meaningful words, occurring in the poem.

1. clearmis ____________
2. sowmid ____________
3. gearuoc ____________
4. rissupser ____________
5. tabyue ____________
6. madres ____________
7. laveu ____________
8. downre ____________

Write words from the poem that describe the following.

1. sky ____________
2. heart ____________
3. hand ____________
4. beginning ____________
5. surprises ____________

Say WHY. . . . .

................the sky has a magical quality.

Say WHY. . . . .

______ even an aging hand has beauty.

Say WHY. . . . .

______ we should believe that we are strong and courageous.

Make a list of any six things that the poet wants us to accept as true.

Find from the poem, positive qualities to fill up the web.

Read the lines below.

1. 'To believe is to see angels dancing among the clouds'.
   The above line contain a human characteristic ‘dancing’ given to something non - human, ‘angels’. The Figure of Speech used in the line is called ‘Personification’.
2. ‘To believe is to know that
   Everyday is a new beginning’.
3. To believe is to know ______ life is a gift
   Lines in poetry, such as the above, state a general truth and can be used as sayings or quotes etc. They contain the Figure of Speech called Epigram.
   Epigram closely resembles a proverb.

Find from the poem three other examples of Epigram.

1. ______________________________
2. ______________________________
3. ______________________________

Divide the class into 5 groups. Each group can prepare a decorative chart/poster using an epigrammatic line from the poem. You may use calligraphy/painting/or Paint program on a computer. (With permission, put up these charts in your school.)

Name the world-famous personality who reached great heights despite of humble circumstances.

Name the world-famous personality who reached great heights despite of humble circumstances. 

Name the world-famous personality who reached great heights despite of humble circumstances.

Name the world-famous personality who reached great heights despite of humble circumstances.

Guess the types of hardships they must have faced in their childhood and youth.

What strong qualities possessed by them, could have helped them achieve success and fame, all over?

How do stories/biographies of such famous people help youngsters?

Syllable: A syllable is a unit of pronunciation that has one vowel sound and may or may not have consonant sounds before / after it.

Examples of words having:

One syllable: a, I, see, at, on, man, with, thread.

Two syllables: mother, seated, giraffe, parrot, active, happy.

Three syllables: happiness, wonderful, animal, surprising, adventure, ignorance

More than three syllables: consequently, encouragement, responsibility, identifying, encyclopedia.

Write the names of any 5 of your classmates and list how many syllables each name has. 

Arrange the following set of words in the alphabetical order in your notebook.

ship, small, successful, scoldings, stone, saving, someone, stood, streets, still, screamed, sat, seemed, saint, share.

Remove the Affixes (Prefix and Suffix) and write the Root-word.

1. successful ____________
2. immediately ____________
3. retrace ____________
4. mouser ____________
5. unfriendly ____________
6. fallen ____________
7. unkind ____________
8. wooden ____________
9. luckily ____________
10. belonging ____________

Find from the story one word for the following.

a small room just below a sloping roof ______