Std 8 English Unit 3: What were You Doing? - Exercises
ACTIVITY 1
1. Answer the following Questions. (નીચેના પ્રશ્નોના જવાબ આપો)
- 1. What do you see in this picture?
I see a giant wheel in this picture. - 2. Where is it found?
It is found in a fair. - 3. Have you ever taken a ride in it?
Yes, I have taken a ride in it. - 4. Tell your class about your experience riding on it.
When I took a ride in the giant wheel, I was a little scared at first. But when it went up, I could see the whole fair from the top. It was a wonderful and exciting experience.
ACTIVITY 2
2. Look at the following pictures and write appropriate sentences below each picture. (નીચેના ચિત્રો જુઓ અને દરેક ચિત્રની નીચે યોગ્ય વાક્યો લખો)
- Picture 1: Vinu was climbing up a tree.
- Picture 2: He was sitting on a branch.
- Picture 3: He was cutting the same branch.
- Picture 4: An old man was advising him not to cut the branch.
- Picture 5: Vinu fell down and broke his leg.
ACTIVITY 4
3. Find out similar phrases from the letter and mark True or False. (પત્રમાંથી સમાન શબ્દસમૂહો શોધો અને ખરા-ખોટાની નિશાની કરો)
Find similar phrases:
- 2. fell down from the giant wheel: shouting in excitement
- 3. looking at the birds: looking at a small plane
- 4. laughed at my friend: laughed with joy
- 5. a couple of days: a couple of sweet shops
- 6. end of the movie: other end of the fair
- 7. full of water: full of people / full of noise / full of large stalls
- 8. climb up the hill: went there
- 9. row of trees: another row of stalls
- 10. sat down on the road: sat down for a while
Mark T for True or F for False:
- 1. Tina visited Dhola Veera. [ F ]
- 2. Meena visited the Trade fair in March 2014. [ F ]
- 3. Meena visited the Village fair with her parents. [ F ]
- 4. The Trade Fair was in Halol. [ F ]
- 5. Meena ate Jalebis. [ F ]
ACTIVITY 5
4. બે-બેની જોડીમાં કામ કરો. ટીનાનો પત્ર ફરીથી વાંચો અને નીચે આપેલા ત્રણ કૉલમમાં મુદ્દા નોંધો. (Work in pairs. Read Tina's letter again and note down the points in the three columns below.)
| માત્ર Village Fair ની વિગતો | માત્ર Trade Fair ની વિગતો | બંનેને લાગુ પડતી વિગતો |
|---|---|---|
| Between Halol and Pavagadh | In Vadodara | Visited last month |
| Went in an auto-rickshaw | It was a school trip | Shops |
| Open ground | Large stalls | Crowd of people |
| Toy shops | Electronic goods stalls | Sweet shops |
| Merry-go-round and giant-wheel | Stalls for fridge and washing machines | |
| Juggler | Fast-food stalls |
Write a paragraph comparing the two fairs.
Last month, Tina visited two fairs, a village fair and a trade fair. The village fair had toy shops, but the trade fair had stalls for electronic goods. The village fair also had a merry-go-round and a giant-wheel, but the trade fair had stalls for home appliances. Both fairs had many shops and were full of people. Tina saw sweet shops in the village fair and in the trade fair, too.
ACTIVITY 6
5. Manisha is comparing what she was doing yesterday and today at the same time. Can you help her? (મનીષા ગઈકાલે અને આજે એક જ સમયે શું કરી રહી હતી તેની સરખામણી કરી રહી છે. શું તમે તેને મદદ કરી શકો છો?)
- 1. Yesterday at 11.00 am, Manisha was drawing a picture. Today at 11.00 am, she is attending the prayer.
- 2. Yesterday at 1.30 pm, Manisha was making a paperbag. Today at 1.30 pm, she is present in the class.
- 3. Yesterday at 6.00 pm, Manisha was playing kho-kho. Today at 6.00 pm, she is talking to a friend.
- 4. Yesterday at 7.30 pm, Manisha was watching a movie. Today at 7.30 pm, she is doing her homework.
ACTIVITY 7
6. Write a letter to your friend. (તમારા મિત્રને પત્ર લખો)
15, Sunrise Park,
Ahmedabad.
20th October, 2024
Dear Ravi,
I hope you are well. Last week, I visited the Science City. I went there on Sunday with my parents. We went by car.
It was a wonderful experience. I really liked the 3D theatre and the models in the Hall of Space. I disliked the crowd as it was a Sunday. Overall, it was a very informative trip. I wish you were with me.
Convey my regards to your parents.
Yours lovingly,
Amit