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Class 8 English Chapter 13 Feathered Friend Worksheet with Answers
Class 8 English Feathered Friend Worksheet
Class 8 English Chapter 13 Worksheet – Class 8 Feathered Friend Worksheet
Let us do these activities before we read
I. Work in pairs and discuss and answer the questions given below.
Question 1.
What is a pet? Name a few animals and birds that can be kept as pets.
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Question 2.
Birds have feathers and animals have fur. A list of animals is given below. Classify them as ‘feathered friend’ and ‘furry friend’:
Cat, Dog, Parrot, Rooster, Rabbit, Pigeon, Duck, Goat, Cow, Peacock
Feathered friends : ________________________
Furry friends : _________________________________________
Question 3.
Do you have a pet at home? What have you named your pet?
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Question 4.
Write the name of the first animal which was sent into space.
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II. Complete the words given below by inserting letters in the blank spaces. Refer to their meanings given alongside.
1. A vehicle used to launch satellites into space : R C_ E_.
2. India’s program to land a spacecraft on the moon : C_A_D_A_A_N
3. An object in space that revolves around another larger object : S_T_L l_E
4. Any automatic machine that replaces human effort : R_B_T
5. A flying device that is controlled from the ground : D_O_E
6. India’s Mars Orbiter Mission is officially called : M_N_A_Y_A_.
Let us discuss
I. Answer the following questions briefly.
Question 1.
Who is Claribel? Mention some features of Claribel.
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Question 2.
What habit of Claribel necessitated giving an explanation to the visitors of the space station?
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Question 3.
Why did Sven Olsen smuggle Claribel into the spacecraft?
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Question 4.
Claribel was as quiet as a mouse, inside the spacecraft. Do you agree with this statement?
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II. Identify whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Write the answers in the boxes provided.
1. Claribel was a mouse chosen for an experiment in a space station.
2. Sven wanted to see how a bird of little weight operated in space.
3. Claribel made a lot of noise when it was upset.
4. Claribel could never learn to operate in the absence of gravity.
5. Claribel, which had passed out, was revived by a dose of oxygen.
6. That the oxygen alarms had failed to operate was found by the passing out of Claribel.
7. The crew of the space craft owe their lives to Claribel.
Think beyond
I. Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
1. She was a small yellow canary, hanging in the air as motionless as a hummingbird-and with much less effort, for her wings were quietly folded along her sides. We stared at each other for a minute; then, before I had quite recovered my wits, she did a curious kind of backward loop I’m sure no earthbound canary had ever managed, and departed with a few leisurely flicks. It was quite obvious that she’d already learned how to operate in the absence of gravity, and did not believe in doing unnecessary work.
Questions:
(i) Which of the following can be inferred from the above passage?,
(a) The canary was in discomfort in the space station.
(b) The canary was in good shape in space.
(c) The canary was unconscious.
(d) The speaker regretted that he had brought the canary to space.
(ii) The speaker is talking about a canary. Where is this event happening?
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(iii) Select the option that is correct for both Assertion (A) and Reason (R), given below.
(A) : Sven Olsen smuggled the canary into the space station.
(B) : Sven did this out of scientific curiosity.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.
(iv) Replace the underlined word with a word similar in meaning from the extract.
I spent the Sunday morning in an unhurried manner.
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2. He came back ten minutes later with a sheepish expression. It was one of those accidents that couldn’t possibly happen; we’d had one of our rare eclipses by Earth’s shadow that night; part of the air purifier had frozen up, and the single alarm in the circuit had failed to go off. Half a million dollars’ worth of chemical and electronic engineering had let us down completely. Without Claribel, we should soon have been slightly dead.
Questions:
(i) Fill in the blank by selecting the correct option from those given in brackets.
Half a million dollars of engineering apparatus let down the spacemen because ________________________ (Claribel had jammed the apparatus/the mechanism to purify the air had malfunctioned)
(ii) Complete the following sentence with a suitable reason.
The air purifier had frozen up because of the rare ________________________
(iii) Jim came back with a sheepish expression. The phrase ‘sheepish expression’ means, Jim
(a) accepted his fault
(b) denied his fault
(c) was angry
(d) tried to blame others
(iv) To some extent, Claribel helped the spacemen. Do you agree?
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II. Answer the following questions.
Question 1.
Why did Sven Olsen choose Claribel for the space trip?
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Question 2.
Sven brought Claribel to space out of curiosity. What was that curiosity?
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Question 3.
Claribel had difficulty coping with the lack of gravity in space. Do you agree with this statement?
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Question 4.
Why was it difficult to conceal Claribel in the space station?
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Question 5.
Why did Claribel become unconscious?
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Question 6.
How did the spacemen revive Claribel?
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Question 7.
Today, if you visit a spaceship, which bird you might encounter, according to the author?
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Let us learn
I. Choose the appropriate adjectives from the box given below to match with the words 1 -8 that follow.
| difficult, yellow, excellent, delighted, disturbed, emergency, clenched, scientific |
1. ___________ canary
2. ___________ cylinder
3. ___________ curiosity
4. ___________ claws
5. ___________ surprise
6. ___________ idea
7. ___________ job
8. ___________ dreams
II. Merged words are made by combining two words. Combine the words in Column 1 with the words in Column 2 to make merged words. Write the merged word and its meaning. One has been done for you. – ”
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Merged word | Meaning |
| News | broadcast | (i) newscast | The broadcasting of news |
| Bombay | Hollywood | (ii) | |
| Flungry | angry | (iii) | |
| Romance | comedy | (iv) | |
| Friend | enemy | (v) | |
| Mock | cocktail | (vi) | |
| Brother | romance | (vii) |
III. Fill in the blanks with correct form (Simple present, Present progressive, ‘will’ or ‘going to’) of words given in brackets to indicate future time.
1. The class ___________(begin) in the morning, on Tuesday.
2. The minister ___________ (inaugurate) the project next month.
3. I ___________ (draw) a picture this evening, in my notebook.
4. We ___________ (go) for a tour to Mumbai in December.
5. My mother is ___________ (come) to visit us tomorrow.
6. A new director ___________ (appoint) in the coming days.
7. The bus ___________ (come) at 7 p.m.
8. Raju ___________ (go) to school next year.
IV. Fill in the blanks with the suitable forms of verbs given in brackets to express future time reference.
In the coming days, use of drones (1) ___________ (bring) about a great change in the way how we live. Expectations are that the use of drones (2) ___________ (grow) in the coming days. Drone technology will be so (3) ___________ (advance) that it will make our day-to-day life much easier. Drones are also (4) ___________ (poise) to revolutionize military operations. In the coming days, drones (5) ___________ (deploy) for delivery of packages, inspecting infrastructure, monitoring crops, etc. Drones (6) (become) more intelligent, capable of making decisions without human intervention.
Let us Listen
I. Listen to the conversation between an alien called Xeon from Mars and a human boy called Victor. As you listen, put a mark (T) against the correct statements and (F) against the false statements.
(Read the Transcript given at the end of this book Pg. No. 154)
1. There is plenty of air on Mars.
2. The Martian came to learn something from earthlings.
3. Xeon got a favourable reply from Victor.
4. According to Victor, the earth is on the verge of destruction.
5. Xeon had a successful mission.
II. Read the conversation again and fill in the blanks.
1. Xeon: I am thrilled to see your ___________ planet.
2. Xeon: We get all our energy through the sun’s ___________.
3. Victor We are on the verge of ___________ our planet.
4. Victor Our very survival is at ___________.
5. Xeon: I will have to go back ___________
Let us Speak
I. Read the following words from the text aloud and circle the letters that are not pronounced (silent letters).
| knife, comb, gnat, knight, dumb, pneumonia, castle, listen, column, should |
For example, in the word ‘knife’, k is silent. So, encircle ‘k’.
II. Let us do some practical activities. The picture of Chandrayaan spacecraft is given below. You need to make a model of the Chandrayaan spacecraft for the science exhibition in your school. You can consult your friends and do this as a group activity.
Cut cardboard pieces from a cardboard sheet. You can collect metal parts from broken household items. From these you can make a simple model of Chandrayaan spacecraft.
III. You need to prepare for the inter-class Quiz on the topic ‘Mangalyaan’. You may prepare the Quiz making use of the following prompts.
- What is the aim of the mission?
- When was it launched?
- What are the objectives of the mission?
Let us Write
I. We widely use Social media in today’s life. The icons of some social media apps are given below. Write their names in the space provided.
1. _________________________________________
2. _________________________________________
3. _________________________________________
4. _________________________________________
5. _________________________________________
6. _________________________________________
7. _________________________________________
8. _________________________________________
Now, write a paragraph titled ‘The Role of Social Media in Our Lives’.
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