CBSE 8th English- Honeydew

The Great Stone Face I

COMPREHENSION CHECK (PAGE 129)

Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following statements.

  1. The Great Stone Face stood near where Ernest and his mother lived.
  2. One would clearly distinguish the features of the Stone Face only from a distance.
  3. Ernest loved his mother and helped her in her work.
  4. Though not very rich, Gathergold was a skilful merchant.
  5. Gathergold died in poverty and neglect.
  6. The Great Stone Face seemed to suggest that Ernest should not fear the general.

Answer:

  1. False
  2. True
  3. True
  4. False
  5. True
  6. True

WORKING WITH THE TEXT (Page 130)

Answer the following questions.Question 1:

  1. What was the Great Stone Face?
  2. What did Young Ernest wish when he gazed at it?

Answer:

  1. The Great Stone Face was the work of nature. The rocks were put one over the other on the mountain side. They resembled the features of a human face.
  2. Young Ernest wished that the stone face could speak. He wished to love the man dearly whoever resembled that face.

Question 2:What was the story attributed to the Stone Face?Answer:The story attributed to the Stone Face was that some day a child with the likeness of that face would be born. He would become the greatest and noblest person of his age.

Question 3:What gave the people of the valley the idea that the prophecy was about to come true for the first time?Answer:A youngman named Gathergold had left the valley many years ago. By the time he grew old, he had grown rich. When he returned to his native valley, a rumour spread that he resembled the Stone Face. People thought that the prophecy had come true.

Question 4:

  1. Did Ernest see in Gathergold the likeness of the Stone Face?
  2. Who did he confide in and how was he proved right?

Answer:

  1. No, Ernest did not see any likeness of the Stone Face in Gathergold.
  2. He confided in the Great Stone Face. After Gathergold’s death as his wealth and gold had already disappeared, it was generally agreed that Gathergold had no resemblance with the Great Stone Face.

Question 5:

  1. What made people believe General Blood- and-Thunder was their man?
  2. Ernest compared the man’s face with the Stone Face. What did he conclude?

Answer:

  1. General Blood-and-thunder had risen to high position from a soldier. When he returned to the valley, his childhood friends said that the General had always looked like the Stone Face.
  2. Ernest could not find any likeness between the General and the Stone Face.

WORKING WITH THE LANGUAGE (Page 130)

Question 1:Look at the following words.Like — likenesspunctual — punctualityThe words on the left are adjectives and those on the right are their noun forms.Write the noun forms of the following words by adding -ness or -itv to them appropriately. Check the spelling of the new words.

  1. lofty _____________
  2. able _____________
  3. happy _____________
  4. near _____________
  5. noble _____________
  6. pleasant _____________
  7. dense _____________
  8. great _____________
  9. stable _____________

Answer:

  1. loftiness
  2. ability
  3. happiness
  4. nearness
  5. nobility
  6. enormity
  7. pleasantness
  8. density
  9. greatness
  10. stability

Question 2:Add-iv to each of the following adjectives, then use them to fill in the blanks.NCERT Solutions for class 8 English Honeydew The Great Stone Face-I-130-2

  1. Why didn’t you turn up at the meeting? We all were ______ waiting for you.
  2. ______ write your name and address in capital letters.
  3. I was______ surprised to see him at the railway station. I thought he was not coming.
  4. It is______ believable that I am not responsible for this mess.
  5. He fell over the step and ______ broke his arm.

Answer:

  1. eagerly
  2. kindly
  3. pleasantly
  4. perfectly
  5. nearly

Question 3:Complete each sentence below using the appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets.

  1. I ______ (phone) you when I (get) home from school.
  2. Hurry up! Madam  ______ (be) annoyed if we ______ (be) late.
  3. If it ______ (rain) today, we ______ (not) go to the play.
  4. When you  ______ (see) Mandal again, you  ______ (not/recognise) him. He is growing a beard.
  5. We are off today. We  ______  (write) to you after we ______ (be) back.

Answer:

  1. shall phone: get
  2. will be; are
  3. rains, shall not go
  4. see; will not recognise
  5. shall write; are
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