Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 8 TN Board chapter 2.1 - Hobby Turns into A Successful Career [Latest edition]

Look at the pictures. Discuss in pairs and share your answers with your friends.

1. What is the girl doing?
2. What is the man doing? Will you like doing it? Why?
3. Do you like gardening? Why?
4. What are the benefits of listening to music?

Mani's hobby is playing cricket.

Hobbies are unique to people.

People have hobbies only to pass time.

Mani imagined a world with ________.

When Mani started writing things, he was unable to ________.

Mani feels writing is like _________.

Ajay Garg is an artist.

Asha Devi taught Ajay the miniature painting.

Ajay displayed 150 paintings.

Ajay was awarded by the Indian president Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam.

What was Ajay gifted with?

How was he honored?

What is Ajay's current goal?

Does Ajay's hobby become a successful career? How?

Mani's grandfather noticed it and helped him by reading _______.

Ajay mastered the techniques of _______.

Ilavazhagi won her first match against _______.

Choose the correct synonym for the Italic word.

Writing is a unique hobby.

Choose the correct synonym for the Italic word.

Ajay started to paint happily.

Choose the correct synonym for the Italic word.

Miniature paintings depict Indian culture.

Choose the correct antonym for the italic word.

Ajay suffered an injury.

Choose the correct antonym for the italic word.

Ajay mastered the techniques of painting.

Choose the correct antonym for the italic word.

Ilavazhagi won world championship in 2008.

What happened to Ajay at the age of three?

What did Asha Devi teach Ajay?

Why writing is beneficial according to Mani?

How did Ajay’s father find his son’s talent?

Write a note on Ilavazhagi.

Write the plural form of the given words.

Match the following compound words and write them.

Choose the best option to make a compound word.

Which can be placed after ‘soft’?

Choose the best option to make a compound word.

Which can be placed before 'light’?

Choose the best option to make a compound word.

Which can be placed after ‘safe’?

Choose the best option to make a compound word.

Which can be placed after ‘blue’?

Choose the best option to make a compound word.

Which can be placed after ‘water’?

What is Philately?

What is Numismatics?

Do you know where the rarest and the most beautiful shells are found?

Painting can help unleash your creative side. How?

What is your friend’s hobby? How does it differ from yours? Discuss and write.

Role-play the conversation in the class.

Develop the following hints.

Tortoise - hare - forest - tortoise walking- seen by a hardware laughs - tortoise speed - tortoise sad - bet - race - tortoise moving- slow speed -hare moves - fast - sleepy tortoise - reaches a winning point - first - wins the bet.

Develop the following hints.

Akbar - Birbal - courtiers jealous of Birbal - ask Akbar - test Birbal wiseness - Courtier puts a question - How many crows in Agra - Birbal asks for a week - every day sitting on the terrace - looking at the crows- after a week - courtier asks - Birbal says 156757 crows - asks the courtier to check- Akbar laughs.

Develop the following hints.

A wood cutter - cutting wood - dropped his axe in the pond - started weeping - an angel appeared - asked what the matter was - brought a golden axe - from the pond - wood cutter did not accept - brought a silver axe - not accepted - brought an iron axe - accepted - pleased with the honesty - offered all the axes to him.

Fill in the blanks

Let’s compare two things.

Which is faster? A train or a plane?

Let’s compare two things.

Which is cheaper? Gold or Silver?

Which is larger? City or village?

Let’s compare two things.

Which is bigger? A sea or an ocean?

Let’s compare two things.

Which is taller? A giraffe or a camel?

Let’s compare three things.

Town – city – village (quiet)

Let’s compare three things.

Istanbul – Moscow - London (populated)

Let’s compare three things.

Windy weather – warm weather – rainy weather (good)

Let’s compare three things.

Ocean - river - lake (deep)

Let’s compare three things.

The USA – Russia – Spain (large)

Let’s compare three things.

The Mahanadi – The Cauvery – The Ganga (long)

Let’s compare three things.

Chennai – Hyderabad – Bangaluru (modern)

Let’s compare three things.

Giraffe – Horse – goat (tall)

Let’s compare three things.

Elephant - Cat - Dog (strong)

Let’s compare three things.

Maharastra – Tamilnadu – Rajasthan (hot)