Chapter 7 Water Water Everywhere
MP Board Class 8 English Reader Chapter 7 Water Water Everywhere
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Read and Learn
Ans : Do yourself.
Comprehension
A. Answer the following questions:
1. What is a disaster?
Answer: Disaster is an unexpected event which kills or injures a lot of people and causes lot of damage to property.
2. What are epidemics?
Answer: Epidemics are infectious diseases which spread out over a large population by means of water, food and air.
3. What are the ill effects of floods?
Answer: The ill effects of floods are destruction of life and property.
4. How are human beings responsible for causing floods?
Answer :
Human beings are responsible for causing floods by deforestation, faulty dam construction and breaches in embankments.
5. How is our life affected by floods?
Answer :
There is destruction of life and property. Epidemics and soil erosion occur due to floods.
(B) Write a short note about the measures to ensure safety of life during a disaster like flood?
Answer : First of all we should not panic. If our house is in danger, we should move to a safer and higher place made of concrete. Cattle should be freed and taken to a safer place. We should take some eatables and essential items while leaving our house.
(C) What are the different ways to purify drinking water?
Answer :
We can use chlorine tablets for purifying the drinking water and we can boil the water also.
Let’s Learn
A. Rewrite these sentences using “and”, “but” and “or” as linkers
Answer:
- Give me a pen or a pencil.
- He works very hard but gets a low salary.
- Hurry up or you will be late.
- We knocked at the door but no one answered.
- Man discovered fire and learnt to cook.
- He is slow but he is sure.
- Sanjana worked hard and won a scholarship.
- Priya can come early but Reshma can’t.
- Abu should go home early or his mother will be worried.
- Sunil must learn to use a computer or he will not get a good job.
Let’s Learn
- According to the last evening’s weather
- Astrologers claim that they can foretell your future.
- He has applied for half a day’s leave in the forenoon today.
- A true leader is always in the forefront.
- We don’t often realize that we owe a lot to our forefathers.
- It is important to spray pesticides.
- Use chlorine tablets to purify water.
- Prevention is better than cure.
- It is raining cats and dogs.
- Dams are useful for us.
- We should plant more trees.
Let’s Talk
Given a railway ticket for you. Show it to your partner and talk about the ticket. Then ask these questions.
1. How many people travelled on this ticket?
Answer:
One adult travelled on this ticket.
2. What is the fare?
Answer:
The fare is Rs. 1278.
3. What is the number of the ticket?
Answer:
The number of the ticket is 05323173.
4. Where does/do he/they board the train?
Answer:
He boards the train at Bhopal JN.
5. Which place was/were he/they going to?
Answer:
He was going to Lucknow.
6. What is the distance between the two stations?
Answer:
The distance between two stations is 583 km.
Let’s Read
- Preventing mosquitoes from entering the house by using nets.
- Protecting ourselves from mosquito bites by using protective clothing.
- Avoiding water stagnating as mosquitoes lay eggs in stale stagnant water.
- Killing mosquitoes by using space sprays, thermal fogs.
- Drain stagnant water from potted plants, air coolers etc.
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- vefer.
- diseases
- drain
- malaria
- fever.
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