Balbharati solutions for English Integrated [English] Standard 8 Maharashtra State Board chapter 2.1 - Vocation [Latest edition]

Pick out words that refer to ‘means of living’ and fill them in the Web.

(profession/recreation/occupation/job/ pastime/employment/hobby/career/entertainment/mission/trade/buisness/sports/retirement/placement)

Using a good dictionary, find the shade of difference in the following:

‘Profession’ refers to ____________

Using a good dictionary, find the shade of difference in the following:

'Vocation' refers to ____________

Using a good dictionary, find the shade of difference in the following:

'Business' refers to ____________

Using a good dictionary, find the shade of difference in the following:

'Occupation' refers to ____________

Write down eight to ten Onomatopoetic words on your own.

Which of the following words / phrases match in meaning to the underlined one?

1. deserted
2. exposed to heat
3. dirties the clothings
4. no particular route
5. following imaginary goals
6. scolds and corrects

nobody takes him to task ........................

Which of the following words / phrases match in meaning to the underlined one?

1. deserted
2. exposed to heat
3. dirties the clothings
4. no particular route
5. following imaginary goals
6. scolds and corrects

............. if he gets baked in the sun ..............................

Which of the following words / phrases match in meaning to the underlined one?

1. deserted
2. exposed to heat
3. dirties the clothings
4. no particular route
5. following imaginary goals
6. scolds and corrects

............... chasing the shadows with my lantern ...................

Which of the following words / phrases match in meaning to the underlined one?

1. deserted
2. exposed to heat
3. dirties the clothings
4. no particular route
5. following imaginary goals
6. scolds and corrects

The lane is dark and lonely ............................. 

Which of the following words / phrases match in meaning to the underlined one?

1. deserted
2. exposed to heat
3. dirties the clothings
4. no particular route
5. following imaginary goals
6. scolds and corrects

.................. he soils his clothes with dust ................

Which of the following words / phrases match in meaning to the underlined one?

1. deserted
2. exposed to heat
3. dirties the clothings
4. no particular route
5. following imaginary goals
6. scolds and corrects

............ There is no road he must take .....................

Read the poem and fill in the table.

Think and answer in your own words.

What could be the age group of the speaker in the poem?

Think and answer in your own words.

What is the difference between a hawker and a shopkeeper?

Think and answer in your own words.

How do parents react when they see children soil their clothes in dust and heat?

Think and answer in your own words.

Why is the street light compared to a one-red-eyed-giant?

Think and answer in your own words.

What exactly does the speaker in the poem crave for?

Think and answer in your own words.

Does the poet really wish to become a hawker/gardener/watchman? Justify your response.

Say why the speaker of the poem wishes to be a-

hawker

Say why the speaker of the poem wishes to be a -

 gardener

Say why the speaker of the poem wishes to be a -

watchman

Pick out lines that contain Alliteration.

Pick out lines that contain Simile.

Pick out lines that contain Repetition. 

Pick out lines that contain Onomatopoeia.

Some poets do not use uniformity in rhyming words, nor a steady rhythm. Such poems with no uniformity in rhyme, rhythm, length of lines or stanzas are called Free Verse. Walt Whitman, Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Rabindranath Tagore are some famous poets who have composed poems in Free Verse. 

A quick glance at the poem ‘Vocation' reveals that the style used by Tagore is Free Verse.

Now turn the pages of your textbook and see if you can find other poems in Free Verse.

What vocation / profession / business would you like to take up in the future? Prepare a fact file for the same using the following points.

1. Name of the vocation / profession / business ____________
2. Educational qualifications required ____________
3. Work profile / description ____________
4. Opportunities for advancement ____________
5. Your personal skills / talents for the choice ____________

Read and understand the following poem ‘Paper Boats’ and write its paraphrase in your own simple language. (You may take the help of a dictionary or the internet.) The first line is done for you.

(Day after day, one after another, I sail paper boats on the stream of flowing water.)