Bihar Board English Class 8 Chapter 1 - I Wonder : All Questions & Answers Solution
| Board | Bihar School Examination Board |
| Class | 8 |
| Subject | English |
| Book Name | Radiance |
B.1.1. Answer these questions orally :
1. What things in the first stanza tell you that the poet is curious ?
Answer :
The poet is curious about many things around him. He is curious about the color of the grass. He wants to know why one cannot see the wind and who taught the birds to build their nests. He wonders why the trees take rest.
2. Why do you think the speaker calls the cloud fluffy ?
Answer :
The cloud moves away slowly by evaporating so it appears to be fluffy.
3. Does the wind have any colour ?
Answer :
No, the wind doesn't have any colour.
4. Do you often ask your father about the things that you wonder at ? Does he answer your questions ? If he doesn't, what do you do to satisfy your curiosity ?
Answer :
Yes, I often ask my father about the things that I wonder at. He does answer my questions by giving examples.
B.1.2. Based on your reading of the poem say whether the following statements are 'true' or 'false' :
a. The shape of moon is fixed.
Answer : False
b. The birds make their own nests.
Answer : True
c. The rainbow is not always colourful.
Answer : False
B.2. THINK AND WRITE
B.2.1. Think of the things and ideas that you associate with rain. Then fill in the blanks bubbles with suitable words :
Answers :
B.2.2. Answer each of the following questions in not more than 50 words :
1. Make a list of things that the poet is curious to know about.
Answer :
The poet is amazed by many things around him. The poet wants to know why the color of the grass is green and why the wind is never seen. The poet wonders that who taught the birds to build their nests. The poet wonders why the missing bit of moon is gone. He also wants to know about the origin of the lights of stars and lighting. He is curious to know that who colors the rainbow and who hangs cloud so high.
2. Who do you think is the 'I' in the poem - a child or an adult ? Give reasons for answer.
Answer :
“I” in the poem is definitely a child. An adult already knows facts about the things around him. It is a child’s curiosity that makes him wonder at the things around him and this is why he questions such things.
3. What opinion do you form about the speaker ?
Answer :
The speaker is quite curious and wants to know many things. He is full of questions.
4. What does the question in the end suggest about the speaker's attitude towards his dad ?
Answer :
He is doubtful that his father would answer all his questions.
C. WORD STUDY
C.1. Phrasal Verb
C.1.1. What does the phrasal verb 'blow out' mean in the poem ? Look up a dictionary and list its meaning. Note down other meanings of the phrasal verb and use it in your own sentences conveying other meanings,
Answer :
'Blow out' in the poem means 'to extinguish' of to 'put of fire'. Blow Out : The fire was blown out by the strong wind. Some other meanings of the phrasal verb conveyed in sentences.
Blow out (to lose force) the fire blew itself out. Blow out (to defeat someone easily) : One can't blow out my courage. Blow out (flame put off my wind) : The candle blew out as he opened the window.
C.1.2. Look up a dictionary and list other phrasal verbs that begin with blow, and use them in your own sentences.
Answer :
Blow out (to come out with force) : with the explosion, the high flames blew out from the gas go down/building.
To blow upon (to speak ill off) : It is bad to blow upon your friends.
To blow one's own trumpet (to praise oneself) : He is master in blowing his own trumpet.
C.1.3. Fill in the blanks in the sentences given below with the suitable phrasal verbs given in the box :
| 1. put out : to extinguish | 2. call out : to summon |
| 3. set out : to begin a journey | 4. wipe out : to remove |
| 5. give up : to leave |
a. The government is ready to ................... polio.
b. He ........... for Kolkata with his father.
c. .............. a dotor to examine the patient.
d. He had to .................... smoking because he had breathing problems.
e. ............... the lantern.
Answer :
a. wipe out
b. set out
c. Call out
d. give up
e. Put out
D. RHYME TIME
Look at the following pairs of words :
green - seen
nest - rest
These pairs of words, you will notice, end with similar sounds. Such pairs of words that end with the similar sound are called rhyming pairs or words.
Pick out the rhyming pairs from the poem and add one more to eacg pair. One has been done for you :
green - seen - been
Answer :
Rhyming pairs from the peom are :
- nest - rest - chest - crest
- round - found - sound - mound
- out - about - shout - scout
- suppose - knows - prose - chose
E. LET'S TALK
Discuss the following in groups or pairs :
If the moon didn't appear in the sky, What would happen ?
Answer :
Ram : Without the moon in the sky, the night will become absolute dark.
Shyam : Its so frightening to think of the nights, without the moon. Then, children can't be able to play in the night.
Krishna : Yes, its great delight to play in the moonlight night.
Govind : People in villages, will badly suffer. They walk far off distances in villages only with the help of moon's light in the nights.
F. TRANSLATION
Translate into your mother tongue any one of the stanzas from the poem that you may have read.
Answer :
Translating stanza 1 "I Wonder ................. to take rest?" in my mother tongue.
G. ACTIVITY
Find in the grid words related to weather. Words may appear horizontally, vertically or diagonally One has been done for you.
Answer :
