Chapter 10 The Balloon Man
MP Board Class 8 English Reader Chapter 10 The Balloon Man
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Read and Learn
Ans : Do yourself.
Word Power
(A) Pick out the rhyming words from the poem for the following words:
folds
funny
dining
mug
failing.
Answer:
folds - holds
funny - sunny
dining - shining
mug - tug
failing - sailing.
(B) Write the encircled words against their correct meanings:
1. Where the things are sold.
2. A bag of thin rubber that becomes larger and rounder when filled with air.
3. A vehicle with two or four wheels pulled by a horse.
4. A thread used to tie the balloon.
5. The space above the earth that you see when you look up.
Answer:
1. market
2. balloon
3. cart
4. string
5. sky.
Comprehension
Answer the following questions:
1. Who always comes on market days?
Answer: The balloon man always comes on market days.
2. What does he hold ?
Answer: He holds a lovely bunch of balloons.
3. What are the colors of the balloons which shine far away?
Answer: The balloons which shine far away are red, purple, blue and green.
4. What do the balloons do when it is a windy day?
Answer : On a windy day the balloons tug and tug like anything.
5. Write any four lines of this poem.
Answer : Four lines are:
Some day perhaps he’ll let them go
And we shall see them sailing high
And stand and watch them from below,
They would look pretty in the sky!
6. What does the poet say in the third stanza ?
Answer : The poet says that all small and big balloons are tied with a string and if there is wind then they will tug like anything.
Let’s Learn
Read the given passage carefully and answer the following questions:
In a small village, there lived a rich man. He had a friend, who could not hear. The deaf friend learned that the rich man was ill. So he went one afternoon to see the rich man.
“I must see my friend and try to make him happy,” he said to himself. “I must think of what I’m going to say. I must take care and not say anything that will make him angry. First I’ll ask, ‘Well, how are you today?’ He’ll answer, ‘I’m fine. Thank you.’ Then I’ll ask him about his food. He’ll say, ‘Rice without salt.’ I’ll say, ‘That’s good for you. I hope it helps you.’ Then I’ll ask, ‘Who is your doctor?’ and he will tell me that such and such person is his doctor, and I’ll say, ‘I hope he will help him with his work.’”
The deaf man then reached the rich man’s house and sat down near his bed. The rich man was too sick and was not too happy to have someone to talk to.
“My dear friend, how are you?” asked the deaf man.
“I’m troubled with a bad fever,” answered the rich man. “I can’t sleep at night.”
The deaf man smiled and said, “Very good! I hope God will keep you that way!”
Then he asked, “What do you eat?”
By this time the rich man was angry. “The dust of the earth!” he answered.
“That’s good for you,” said the deaf man. “I hope it helps you. And who is your doctor?”
“Doctor?” cried the rich man. “Death himself!”
“Oh, that’s good,” said the deaf man. “I hope God will help him in his work.”
And he returned home.
1. Where did the rich man live ?
Answer: The rich man lived in a small village.
2. Why did the deaf friend go to visit the rich man
Answer: The deaf friend went to visit the rich man because the rich man was ill.
3. Fill in the blanks with the correct words given in brackets.
Answer:
(a) The rich man was ill.
(b) The deaf man wanted to make the rich man happy.
4. Say whether the following statements are True or false.
1. The deaf man’s questions made the rich man happy.
2. The deaf man said all the ‘wrong’ things because he could not hear the rich man’s answer
3. The deaf man went home, thinking that he had made his friend happy.
Answer:
1. False
2. True
3. True.