Click 👉 Use of English/Grammar Exercise: Unit 5: Literature and Poetry
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Exercise Question and Answers:
Unit 5: " Literature and Poetry "
The Story “The Farmer and the Well"
(National Book Foundation - New Book/New Syllabus Based on Single National Curriculum Pakistan 2023-2024 and Onwards)
(Class 8 English Notes for 8th Centralized Exam 2023 and onward, FDE, Islamabad)
Exercise Question and Answers:
Answer the following questions.
Reading:
Q.1. What are your favorite stories of all time?
Ans:
My favourite stories of all time are Union is Strength, Friend in need is a friend indeed.
Q.2. Have you ever experienced being cheated?
Ans:
Yes, I experienced it only once in my life.
Q.3. How did you feel about it?
Ans:
I feel bad and disturbed after that incident.
Comprehension Checkpoint:
Q.1. What is the main gist of the story?
Ans:
The main gist of the story is cheating will get you nothing. If you cheat, you'll pay soon enough, and don't try to cheat, you'll end up paying for it regardless of how smart you think you are(Tit for Tat).
Q.2. Described the characters in the story and add your personal observation about each one of the characters.
Ans:
a. Farmer: The farmer is a simple and honest man. He is hardworking, loyal, and honest. He never likes to cheat or to be cheated.
b. Neighbour: The neighbor is a very cunning, greedy, and dishonest man. He wants to cheat the farmer but in the end, his own scheme had failed.
c. Emperor: Emperor is confident in his own abilities and in the people around him. And he has the ability to provide justice to the farmer.
d. Birbal: Birbal is a witted and clever man. H unwitted the scheme of neighbour and give well to the farmer with his intelligence and wittiness
Q.3. What do you think is the reason for the farmer in seeking justice from the emperor?
Ans:
The farmer seeks justice from the emperor because neighbour is playing tricks. He wants to cheat the farmer. The farmer is a simple and honest man. He does not like to argue with his neighbour. So, he contacts the emperor for justice.
Q.4. What did the emperor do to solve the problem of the farmer?
Ans:
The emperor called the Birbal, one of his nine, and wisest courtiers to solve the problem of the farmer.
Q.5. If you were the farmer, how will you resolve the problem?
Ans:
If I were the farmer, I will try to make him (neighbour) understand otherwise I'll contact the higher authorities for justice.
Q.5. Guess who? Find out who said the following statements.
Ans:
a. I sold you the well, not the water. Neighbour
b. Why don't you let the farmer take water from the well?" Birbal
c. You did sell the well to the farmer?" Birbal
d. I did sell the well to the farmer but not the water within it.' Neighbour
e. He has no right to draw water from the well." Neighbour
f. Look, since you sold the well, you have no right to keep the water in the farmer's well.' Birbal
g. Either you pay rent to the farmer, or take it out immediately.' Birbal
Q.5. In your own way, what other ways can you do in order to reduce.
Ans:
a. I sold you the well, not my water'. Sold well not the water.
b. Why don't you let the farmer take water from the well?" Don't let him fetch/ take the water.
c. You did sell the well to the farmer?" Did you sell it?
d. I did sell the well to the farmer but not the water within it.' He has no right on the water.
e. He has no right to draw water from the well." He has no right on the well.
f. Look, since you sold the well, you have no right to keep the water in the farmer's well.' He has no right on the well as well as on the water.
g. Either you pay rent to the farmer, or take it out immediately." Give him the rent of water.
Summary of poems:
Central Ideas of poems:
Paraphrasing of poems:
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Source: English Book (National Book Foundation, Pakistan)
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