Class 8 English Grammar Exercise - Unit 6: Short Stories - The Story- The Happy Prince

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 Use of English/Grammar Exercise 

Unit 6: " Short Stories"

The Lesson - The Happy Prince 

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

Vocabulary:

Fill in the blanks with the words in the vocabulary bank below. Use a dictionary to ascertain each word's meaning.

Words	Meanings		Words	Meanings
Sorrow	grief, sadness, woe, regret		Courtier	attendant, follower, squire
Pricked	pierce, stab, puncture, bore		Garret	small room at the top of a house
Companion	friend, partner, ally, colleague		Misery	Unhappiness, distress, wretchedness, hardship
Feverishly	frantic, excited, desperate, distracted		Pluck	Remove, pick off, pull off/out

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.

1. The Happy Prince was gilded and all over with thin leaves of fine gold.

2. The Prince lived in the Palace of Sans-souci where sorrow was not allowed to enter.

3. The Swallow plucked out the great ruby from the Prince's sword and flew away with it.

4. He swooped past the match-girl and slipped the jewel into the palm of her hand.

5. This broken heart will not melt in the furnace.

The text contains a number of sentences that have an effect on the characters of the story. Complete the table by writing the effect of each of the given statements on the characters mentioned in them.

Cause	Effect
The swallow drops the sapphire into the girl's hand.	Her father will not beat her next time for the money.
The Happy Prince was then completely blind.	He was unable to see the suffering of people.
The Swallow told the Happy Prince that it saw many unhappy and unfed people.	The happy prince asked him to take off the gold leaves and give them to the poor.
The Mayor did not find the statue beautiful anymore.	He asked his men to pull down the statue

Complete the chart below with the correct forms of the adjectives from the story. 

Cause	Effect
The swallow drops the sapphire into the girl's hand.	Her father will not beat her next time for the money.
The Happy Prince was then completely blind.	He was unable to see the suffering of people.
The Swallow told the Happy Prince that it saw many unhappy and unfed people.	The happy prince asked him to take off the gold leaves and give them to the poor.
The Mayor did not find the statue beautiful anymore.	He asked his men to pull down the statue

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Read the sentences below and add inverted commas, commas and question marks where required.

Ans:

1. Dear life Swallow said the Prince Fly over my city and tell me what you see there

1. "Dear life Swallow," said the Prince, "Fly over my city, and tell me what you see there?"

2. Dear Prince said the Swallow I cannot do that and he began to weep

2. "Dear Prince," said the Swallow, "I cannot do that and he began to weep".

3. Little Swallow said the Prince do as I command you

3. "Little Swallow," said the Prince "do as I command you".

4. I will stay with you one night longer said the Swallow but I cannot pluck out your eye. You would be quite blind then

4. "I will stay with you one night longer said the Swallow, "but I cannot pluck out your eye. You would be quite blind then.

Writing:

Narrative Writing:

You can write your story in first-person or as a third-person narrator. Use dialogues in your writing to add depth. Remember, your setting plays an important role.

Ans: 

One day a kind-looking old man knocked on the door of a poor tailor's house. The tailor was not at home. His little son opened the door and the old man said he was his uncle and gave the boy a coin to buy food. When the tailor returned home, he was quite surprised to find that his guest called him his brother.

Yet rich as the old man seemed, the tailor did not feel much inclination towards him. The old man spent some time with the family, devoted himself liberally to their upkeep, but at last said he must go, and wanted to take the boy John with him, that he might lean on something and become a merchant. Of course, the tailor agreed.

As soon as they left town, the man said, “I'm not your uncle at all. I need a strong boy to carry out a task I am too old to complete. The old man said, "I am a magician. Now don't try to escape - you can't." John wasn't particularly concerned and asked the man what he should do. The man picked up a stone slab from the ground and told the boy that he must descend to the ground. "When you reach the bottom of the cave, continue on until you reach a beautiful garden where you will find a ferocious dog guarding. Give him this bread. Do not look back under any circumstances if you hear any noise." behind. You'll see an ancient lamp on a shelf. Take it off and bring it back to me.”

Use of transitional words:

To write events sequentially, it is recommended to use transition words to help readers know when things happen and in what order.

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Class 8 English Notes (Main page)

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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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