TS 8th Class English Guide Unit 3B The Selfish Giant Part 2

Telangana SCERT 8th Class English Guide Telangana State Unit 3B The Selfish Giant Part 2 Textbook Questions and Answers.

TS 8th Class English Guide Unit 3B The Selfish Giant Part 2

I. Answer the following questions :

Question 1.
How is the ‘child’ different from the other children ?
Answer :
The child was so small that he could not climb the tree to play like other children. He was wandering all around it crying bitterly. He was the smallest boy in the garden.
When the Old Giant put the boy up into the tree, he kissed the Old Giant with love whereas other boys ran away.

Question 2.
How does the narrator explain the idea of Spring time? Pick out some expressions.
Answer :
The narrator explains the idea of spring time with his personal attachment to nature by beautiful expressions.
a) the Hail stopped dancing
b) North wind ceased roaring,
c) a delicious smell coming.
All these showed the idea of Spring time.
With the arrival of children into the garden
a) the trees had covered themselves with blossoms,
b) the trees were waving their arms gently above the children’s heads.
c) the birds were flying about and twittering with delight and
d) the flowers were looking up through the green grass and laughing.
All the above explain the idea of Spring time.

Question 3.
What are the figurative expressions used in the play ? List them and mention their significance.
Answer :
The figurative expressions in the poem are :
1. The linnet bird’s song is the most beautiful music in the world.
2. The Hail has stopped dancing over head.
3. North Wind had ceased his roaring.
4. The trees had covered themselves with blossoms and were waving their arms gently over the children’s heads.
5. The birds were flying about and twittering with delight.
6. The grass had beautiful flowers like stars.
7. The peach trees broke into blossoms.
8. The flowers were looking up through the green grass and laughing. All these expressions listed above have given a human touch to the play. They draw the attention of all the (audience) readers to feel empathetic with the characters in the story.

Question 4.
What is the central theme of the play?
Answer :
The central theme of the play is:
One shouldn’t be selfish in enjoying the fruits of nature. Nature is a gift of God. It is for the pleasure of all. The fruits of nature should be enjoyed by all living beings in nature equally. Nature cannot be owned by a single person. Particularly children are most welcome to enjoy nature because they represent God. In this story, when the children come into the garden and start playing, with the very touch of children all the trees in the garden turn green as in the spring, full of flowers and fruits. It is explained symbolically that nature means God. God is happy when children are happy.

II. Complete the following sentences choosing the correct answers from the choices given below.

Question 1.
Both ‘Over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars’ and ‘the peach-trees broke into blossoms’ refer to …………..
a) autumn
b) spring
c) winter
Answer :
b) spring

Question 2.
The Giant observed the children …………..
a) hiding in the garden
b) playing in the garden
c) dancing in the garden
Answer :
b) playing in the garden

Question 3.
The Giant knew the Spring had arrived from …………..
a) song of a linnet bird
b) sounds made by the children
c) blossoms in the garden
Answer :
a) song of a linnet bird

Question 4.
The Little Boy …………..
a) called The Giant by gesturing
b) flung hands around the neck
c) ran towards The Giant
Answer :
b) flung hands around the neck

Question 5.
‘What a marvellous sight is this?’ is said by …………
a) the children
b) the Little Boy
c) The Giant
Answer :
c) The Giant

Vocabulary :

I. Look at the following underlined phrase taken from the text and know the meanings.

1. Peach-trees that in the spring time broke out into delicate blossom. In the above sentence, the phrase ‘broke out’ means ‘to come out’.

A) Refer to a dictionary and find out phrasal verbs beginning with ‘break’. Use them in your own sentences.
1. Our car broke down on the road, we had to push it off.
2. The burglar broke into our neighbour’s home yesterday.
3. He suddenly broke down during his speech.
4. They were very close friends previously. They broke up these days.

B) Pick out some more phrasal verbs from the play ‘The Selfish Giant’.

1. looked up : The flowers were looking up through the greengrass
2. looked out : I sat at the window and looked out of my cold white garden 101
3. points out : The Old Giant points out at the younger Giant
4. knocked down : I took an axe and knocked down the wall
5. put up : I built a high wall all round and put up a notice board
put into : I put the boy into the tree
6. covered up : The snow covered up the grass
7. danced about : The snow danced about through the trees.
8. dance over : The Hail stopped dancing over my head
9. reach up : He could not reach up to the branches.
10. come on : We must ask the Hail to come on a visit
11. ran away : They all ran away
12. stole up : I stole up behind him
13. stretched out : The little boy stretched out his two arms
14. running back : She came running back
15. gone away : He has gone away
16. looks around : He rubs his eyes and looks around.
17. walk into : They walk into an ever expanding garden.

II. Read the underlined part of the sentence taken from the text.

This is a delightful spot.
In the above sentence ‘delightful’ means ‘pleasant’, the opposite (antonym) of it’s ‘gloomy’.
Pick out antonyms of the underlined words from the play and use them in your own sentences.

Question 1.
Nobody likes to be in hell. hell × heaven
Answer :
Everybody wants to be in Heaven.

Question 2.
You should beware of your foe. friend × foe
Answer :
You should be helpful to your friend.

Question 3.
It started raining cats and dogs. started × stopped
Answer :
It stopped raining hails.

Question 4.
She uncovered her head after she came out of the temple. uncovered × covered
Answer :
She covered her head with scarf.

Question 5.
This is the nearest shop to my house. nearest × farthest
Answer :
That is the farthest place to my school.

III. Look at the following sentence taken from the text.
Eg : I heard the children whispering outside the wall on their way to school. In the above sentence the underlined word indicates the children ‘speaking quietly’ outside the wall so that nobody else could hear.

Now match the words in column $A$ with those in column B with similar meaning.

Column – A	Column – B
1. screaming	A. a continuous loud noise
2. whisper	B. many people squeaking at the time
3. yell	C. give a loud cry
4. roar	D. a long deep sound
5. groan	E. a long, loud, high cry
6. weep	F. a loud high shout
7. shriek	G. shout loudly
8. babble	H. continuous short sounds
9. wail	I. soft quiet voice difficult to hear
10. twitter	J. cry

Answer:

Column – A	Column – B
1. screaming	C. give a loud cry
2. whisper	E. a long, loud, high cry
3. yell	G. shout loudly
4. roar	A. a continuous loud noise
5. groan	D. a long deep sound
6. weep	J. cry
7. shriek	F. a loud high shout
8. babble	B. many people squeaking at the time
9. wail	C. give a loud cry
10. twitter	H. continuous short sounds

IV. Choose the correct meaning for the underlined word.

Question 1.
The Giant put a notice board, trespassers will be prosecuted
a) someone who enters a premises without permission
b) someone who forcibly enters a premises
c) someone who officially enters a premises
Answer :
a) someone who enters a premises without permission

Question 2.
The Giant was wrapped in furs and roared all day about the garden.
a) made a loud noise with anger
b) felt frustrated
c) looked pleased
Answer :
a) made a loud noise with anger

Question 3.
There are twelve peach-trees that in spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms.
a) leaves
b) flowers
c) fruits
Answer :
b) flowers

Question 4.
He rattled on the roof the whole day.
a) made series of sounds
b) shouted
c) tapped
Answer :
a) made series of sounds

Grammar :

Read the following sentences.

1. He is swimming in a pool.
2. Swimming is good for health.
In two sentences you notice that verbs are used with ‘-ing’. Do you notice any difference in them ?

In the first sentence the verb+ing is preceded by ‘is’. The verb is in progressive form.

In the second sentence you don’t find ‘is, are, was or were’ with verb+ing. Such verbs with ‘-ing’ without helping verbs are known as ‘Gerunds’. They are normally in the subject position or object position.

I. Identify gerunds in the following sentences and underline them.

1. The north wind ceased roaring.
2. The Child did not see the giant coming.
3. I heard the children whispering outside the wall on their way to school.
4. Why is the spring so late in coming?
5. Walking makes you healthy.

Writing :

Read the following notice taken from the play.

TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED

Write a similar one – line notice each that you may find in the following places.
1. Hospitals : Keep silent
Hush! silence : Visitors are allowed only in the specified timings
2. Banks : Check your belongings before you leave
3. Public places : Smoking is prohibited in public places
4. Schools : Parents are not allowed into the class rooms
5. At home : Beware of dog

Listening Passage :

Lal Bagh

Dear Students; now we are in Lal Bagh Garden, Bangalore. It means “The Red Garden” in English. It is one of the famous gardens in India. It is located to the south of the city.

Hyder Ali, the ruler of Mysore commissioned the building of the garden in 1760. His son Tipu Sultan, completed it by importing trees and plants from several countries. The garden has over 1,000 species of flora. The garden is spread over 240 acres. The Glass House is the main attraction in this garden, modeled on London Crystal Palace.

Look there, you can see a 300 year old “Christmas Tree”. There are many such old trees we can find in the garden. Children, look there, you can find the scientific name tag to each tree.

Now we are moving towards the Rose Garden, which is another highlight of Lal Bagh. It has almost all the species of roses available worldwide.

Now we are at the giant Electronic Quartz Flower clock built by HMT. In this garden flower shows are conducted every year to educate people about different flora and help to cultivate the habit of growing plants among the public.

Listen to a description and answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Where is the garden located ?
Answer :
Lal Bagh Garden is located to the south of the city centre and is Bangalore’s main attraction.

Question 2.
What is so special about it ?
Answer :
Lal Bagh Garden has over 1000 species of flora, spread over 240 acres. The Glass House is the main attraction. There are many old trees which are 300 years old.

Oral Activity :

Talk about any garden you have visited.
A. I have recently visited a rose garden. It is very beautiful. There are a number of colourful rose plants. Beautiful butterflies fly over them. A delicious smell comes from the flowers. There are big trees also. Some birds sit on the trees and sing very sweetly. I am pleased and amused a lot.

Study skills :

Read the play ‘The Selfish Giant’ once again and summarize it.
Remember to follow the points given below.
1. Identify the main and subordinate ideas, section wise / part wise.
2. Separate the main idea from the subordinate ideas.
3. Identify the words / phrases which carry ideas.
4. Link your ideas properly with appropriate linkers.
5. Use the words / phrases that express the essence of the text.
6. Present the ideas briefly.

Summary :

Once there lived an Old Giant who owned a large, lovely beautiful garden with soft green grass. Children on their way home used to play in ‘the garden’. Once the Giant went to meet his friend. When he returned, he saw children playing in his garden. He decided not to allow anybody into his garden to play.

He constructed a wall around the garden, and kept a notice board – “Trespassers would be prosecuted”.

Time passed over. Spring came and it brought greenery in all the gardens in that locality except to the Old Giant’s garden. Meanwhile Snow and Frost came to the garden and settled on the branches. They started dancing on the branches and thought that they would never leave that garden. Snow covered all the trees, whereas frost painted all the trees with silver. Winter lingered in the garden without welcoming the Spring. The Old Giant could not understand why Spring did not enter his garden.

In one corner there was still winter, one small boy stood crying because he couldn’t reach upto the branch of the tree. The Giant learned why the Spring did not enter his garden. He went upto the boy to help him in climbing the tree. Then Spring came over all of his garden.
From then onwards he allowed children to play in his garden.
Moral: ‘One should not be selfish in enjoying the fruits of nature’.

The Selfish Giant Part-2 Summary in English

Days passed by. One morning, The Giant heard some lovely music. A delicious smell came from the window. He saw many boys who were playing in the garden. He observed a boy in a farther end of the garden. The small boy was standing there. He was unable to climb the tree to play on it. The Giant’s heart melted seeing the small boy’s helpless situation.

The Giant gently lifted him. He kept the boy on the branches of the tree. At once the tree was full of blossoms, and fruits. The boy stretched out his two arms and flung them around the giants’s neck and kissed him. When the other children saw that, they all came running and started playing. The whole garden turned into a beautiful spring.
Finally the Giant realized how selfish he was in not allowing the children into the garden. He started enjoying with the children. But he couldn’t see the small boy again.
He grew older and became feeble. Suddenly to his surprise, one day the small boy appeared in the garden. The Giant went closer to the boy. The boy had wounds on his body, The Giant got angry and enquired of the boy who had wounded him. The boy replied that those wounds on his body were “the wounds of love”. The Giant was surprised and asked the boy who he was. The boy simply smiled and invited the Giant to his own garden in paradise to play with him, as he was once invited by the Giant to play in The Giant’s garden.
(It means the child is none other than God!)

About the Autor :

Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880 s, he became one of London’s most popular play wrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams and plays. Oscar Wilde is best known for the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and the play The Importance of Being Earnest. The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of children’s stories written by Oscar Wilde.

Glossary :

1. linnet bird (n) : a small brown and grey bird
2. hail (n) : small balls of ice that fall like rain
3. cease (v) : stop happening
Usage : The fire department officials ceased the fire within a few minutes.
4. twittering (v) : making a series of short high sounds
Usage : We enjoy the twittering of the birds in the countryside.
5. sneeze (v) : suddenly expel air from the nose and mouth due to irritation in one’s nostrils
6. feeble (adj) : lacking strength, weak
Usage: He looks feeble as he has only recovered recently.
7. hath (v) : has (old usage)
8. thee (pronoun) : you (old usage)
Usage: Pray to thee oh! my friend.
9. slay (v): kill
Usage: Rusthum slays Sohrab foolishly.
10. thou (pro) : you (poetic usage)
Usage: Thou art the real matter.

Additional Meanings :

11. roar : to make a loud noise
12. crept in : crawled inside
13. bitterly : in a bitter way
14. stretch out : to open arms
15. tiny : small
16. melt : to soften
17. knock down : to break
18. bid : say
19. companion : friend
20. admire : to praise
21. merely : just
22. farthest: last one
23. dared : took risk
24. wound : injury
25. stole up : came secretly
26. nay : no
27. art thou : are you
28. art : are