Class 8 English Grammar Exercise- Unit 5: Literature and Poetry -- The Poem “A FAR AWAY VILLAGE"

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 Use of English/Grammar Exercise 

Unit 5:

" Literature and Poetry"

(National Book Foundation - New Book/New Syllabus Based on National Curriculum Pakistan 2023-2024 and Onwards)

(Class 8 English Notes for 8th Centralized Exam 2023 and onward, FDE, Islamabad)

The Poem “A FAR AWAY VILLAGE"

Vocabulary

Q: Using your dictionary, give two meanings of the following words and use them in sentences.

 

Homograph	Meaning	Sentences
Tick	Clicking Mark	• I could hear the clock ticking. • Just tick the appropriate box below.
Light	Illuminates Opposite to heavy	• Ali please switch on the lights. • You can hold this bag, it is really light.
Dream	Fantasy Vision	• I saw a dream last night that I was in a fairyland. • Pakistan was a dream that Quaid-e-Azam saw.
Alive	Living Lively	• The patient was barely alive. • Hira is a very alive girl.
Darkness	Absence of light Gloomy	• It's going to be another two hours of darkness due to the power breakout. • You could not banish the forces of darkness from the future.
Fire	Dismiss Shoot	• Alizeh got fired by her boss because of her attitude and bad behavior. • She fired the arms at the target.
Spread	Layout To grow	• I spread a towel on the sand and sat down. • She stood at the window looking at the town spread out below

 

USE OF ENGLISH

1-Read the poem and discuss with your classmate the following Figures of speech.

Click 👉 ⭐ Figures of speech - A Far Away Village

2- Paraphrase of a poem. Read through the following statements carefully, then paraphrase textual expressions from the poem.

Click 👉 ⭐ Paraphrase of a poem - A Far Away Village

WRITING:

Writing an Acrostic Poem

2- Write an acrostic poem about school.

● Think about all the things you can say about school.

● Start each line with a word that starts with the letters down the page.

● Write your poem.

SCHOOL

Students learning new things

Classes that are interesting

Homework that can be

Outing with friends

Lessons that are learned

3- Write an acrostic poem about your own topic. 

● Choose a topic, for example, a friend, a place, or something you like to do.

● Write the letters of the word down the page.

● Think of words that describe the topic.

● Choose words that start with the letters.

WINTER:

Wind blows

Icicles get on cars

North pole

Tear off wrapping paper

Everyday wind

Ready for snow

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Class 8 English Notes (Main page)

Summary of poems: 

Unit-2: The poem “A Time to Talk”

Unit-2: The Lesson “Everyday it Happens”

Unit-2: The poem “Do it anyway”

Central Ideas of poems: 

Unit-2: The poem “A Time to Talk”

Unit-2: The Lesson “Everyday it Happens”

Unit-2: The poem “Do it anyway”

Unit-5: The poem “A Far Away Village”

Paraphrasing of poems: 

Unit-2: The poem “A Time to Talk”

Unit-2: The Lesson “Everyday it Happens”

Unit-2: The poem “Do it anyway”

Unit-5: The poem “A Far Away Village”

Source: English Book (National Book Foundation, Pakistan)

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