Chapter 15 A Secret
MP Board Class 8 English Reader Chapter 15 A Secret
Download Pdf
MP Board Class 8 English Reader Chapter 15 A Secret
Video
MP Board Class 8 English Reader Chapter 15 A Secret
Question Answers
Translation
We have a secret, just we three.
The robin and I, and the sweet cherry tree.
The bird told the tree, and the tree told me,
And nobody knows it but just we three.
But of course the robin knows it best,
Because she built the ……. I shan’t tell the rest.
Hindi Translation : हमारा एक राज है, केवल हम तीनों का,
रॉबिन (चिड़िया) और मैं, और मीठे चेरी के पेड़ का,
चिड़िया ने पेड़ को बताया और पेड़ ने मुझे बताया,
और कोई भी इसे नहीं जानता है, बस हम तीन ।
लेकिन बेशक रॉबिन (चिड़िया इसे बखूबी जानती है,
क्योंकि उसने
बनाया, मैं आगे नहीं बताऊँगा।
And laid the four little ……… something in it,
I am afraid I shall tell it every minute.
But if the tree and the robin don’t peep,
I will try my best the secret to keep.
Though I know when the little birds fly out,
Then the whole secret will be out.
Hindi Translation: और चार छोटे से दिए ………. इसमें कुछ,
मुझे डर है मैं इस राज़ को रख नहीं पाऊँगा।
लेकिन यदि पेड़ और रॉबिन (चिड़िया), झाँकते (बताते)
नहीं हैं,
मैं राज को बनाये रखने की पूरी कोशिश करूंगा।
यद्यपि मैं जानता हूँ कि जब छोटी चिड़ियाएँ उड़ के बाहर
आएँगी
तब सारा रहस्य खुल जायेगा।
Read and Learn
Ans : Do yourself.
Word Power
2. ‘G’ has two different sounds as in ‘page’ and (TV) as in “pig”. Classify the words given below accordingly.
Answer:
A B
giraffe - leg
bridge - gun
cage - gate
gem - glass
giant - go
gypsy - bag
age - grass
message - twig
Comprehension
A. Answer these questions:
1. Who is the speaker in the poem ?
Answer: A boy is the speaker in the poem.
2. Who told the secret to the boy ?
Answer: The tree told the secret to the boy.
3. In the second stanza the poet says, “and laid the four little ………… something in it ? What does the poet mean ‘by four little’ ?
Answer: The “four little” means the eggs.
4. Who told the secret to the tree ?
Answer : The bird told the secret to the tree
5. When will the secret be out ?
Answer : When the little birds fly out of the nest, the secret.will be out.
6. What is the secret ?
Answer : The secret is that the birds has built a nest in the tree and has laid four little eggs in it.
7. The poet says, “Just we three,” The first one is a bird, the second one is the poet himself, who is the third one ?
Answer : The third one is the cherry tree.
Let’s Learn
Read the given poem carefully:
Now answer the following questions:
1. What did the leaves say in the spring ?
Answer:
The leaves said that in spring they open and stretch on every tree.
2. In which season do birds make nests in the tree?
Answer:
Birds make nests in the summer.
3. What did the leaves say in the autumn ?
Answer:
The leaves said that they are very happy with their golden, scarlet and russet color.
4. What happened to the leaves in the winter ?
Answer:
The leaves said that they are very weary in the winter and they lay down and sleep under the tree.
5. Give an appropriate title to the poem.
Answer:
The appropriate title to the poem is “The Story of Leaves.”
Let’s Write
See the picture given in the poem, “A secret” carefully and describe it in at least five to six sentences.
Answer:
The picture given in the poem “A secret” shows very good scenery. There are mountains on one side. Birds are flying. There is one tree with a bird and its nest on it. A boy is standing under it. These three are talking to each other