The Happy Prince|Oscar Wilde|West Bengal board class 8 English solution|Model Activity tasks|question and answer
Activity 1
Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order and put the numbers in the given boxes:
(1) All the friends of the Swallow had left for warm Egypt.
(2) The Happy Prince asked the Swallow to take the ruby out of his sword - hilt.
(3) The Swallow took shelter beneath the statue of the Happy Prince.
(4) The woman's son was suffering from fever.
(5) The Happy Prince lived in the wonderful palace of Sans-Souci.
(6) The town built the statue of the Happy Prince.
Ans:
(1) --- (3)
(2) ---- (6)
(3) ---- (4)
(4) ---- (5)
(5) ---- (1)
(6) ---- (2)
Activity 2
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
(a) The young mother told her child not to cry because the Happy Prince never cried for a new thing.
(b) The Swallow took shelter beneath the statue of Happy Prince because he thought that the place between the feet of the Happy Prince would be a good shelter.
(c) The Swallow mistook tears of the Happy Prince for rain.
(d) The statue of the Happy Prince could see the poor people and the ugly things of his land.
Activity 3
Answer the following question :
Why does the Swallow think that the statue of the Happy Prince has 'a golden heart'?
Ans: The thought that the statue of the Happy Prince had a golden heart because the Happy Prince, standing in the middle of the town, could see the poor people and felt sorry for their misery.
Activity 4
Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements in the given boxes. Give supporting statements for each of your answers:
(a) The Swallow didn't want to help the Happy Prince.
Ans: (F)
Supporting statement: Swallow: ... I will help you.
(b) The Happy Prince wanted to leave for Egypt.
Ans: (F)
Supporting statement: Swallow: I will leave for Egypt tonight.
(c) The Happy Prince asked the Swallow to take a sapphire from one of his eyes to the playwright.
Ans: (T)
Supporting statement: Statue: Little swallow, take one of my sapphire eyes and give it to him.
(d) The girl in the Town Square had no shoes.
Ans: (T)
Supporting statement: Statue: She has no shoes.
Activity 5
Answer the following questions:
(a) Why did the Swallow agree to help the Happy Prince?
Ans: The Swallow agreed to help the Happy Prince because he felt sorry looking at the Happy Prince and he did not say no to people.
(b) Why did the Swallow feel warm ?
Ans: The Swallow felt warm because he had done something good to help someone.
(c) What made the playwright say, 'Now I can finish my play'?
Ans: When the playwright found the sapphire, he said that he could finish his play.
Activity 6
Fill in the following chart with information from the text:
Activity 7
Answer the following questions:
(a) What new law did the Mayor propose?
Ans: The Mayor proposed to make a new law for not allowing any bird to die in the town square or near the Happy Prince.
(b) Why did the Mayor and the Town Councillors think the statue of the Happy Prince was not beautiful any more?
Ans: They thought so because the Happy Prince had lost his sapphire eyes, the ruby on the sword hilt and all the gold that once covered his body.
(c) Where was the Happy Prince taken?
Ans: The Happy Prince was taken to the furnace to melt.
(d) Why did the Mayor and the Councillors want statues of themselves?
Ans: The Mayor and the Councillors wanted statues of themselves because they were greedy and they wanted to be famous and important persons in the town.
Activity 8 (b)
Change the following sentences from Direct to Indirect Speech:
(i) The Swallow said to the statue, "I am staying with you."
Ans: The Swallow told the statue that he was staying with him.
(ii) My mother said to me, "Please wait for me here."
Ans: My mother requested me to wait for her there.
(iii) Raja said, "Oh! How cold the wind is!"
Ans: Raja exclaimed that the wind was very cold.
(iv) The old man said to the little girl, "May God bless you!"
Ans: The old man prayed that God might blessed the little girl.
(v) The man said to him, "Go away."
Ans: The man ordered him to go away.
Activity 9
Write down the antonyms of the underlined words :
(a) The Swallow will sing forever.
Ans: never
(b) The actor enters the stage.
Ans: exits
(c) The student laughed aloud.
Ans: cried
(d) I can see all the beautiful things in my land.
Ans: ugly
Activity 10 (b)
Recently you gave up your seat in a crowded bus to an old, ailing person. Write a letter in about eighty words to your friend describing how you felt after having helped the person.
Ans:
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