NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 2

NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 2 The Tsunami

NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 2 The Tsunami

Say whether the following are true or false.

Questions:

1. Ignesious lost his wife, two children, his father-in-law, and his brother-in-law in the tsunami.

2. Sanjeev made it to safety after the tsunami.

3. Meghna was saved by a relief helicopter.

4. Almas’s father realised that a tsunami was going to hit the island.

5. Her mother and aunts were washed away with the tree that they were holding on to.

Answers:

1. True   2. False   3. False   4. True    5. True

Comprehension Check (Page 28)

Answer the following in a phrase or sentence.

Questions:1

Why did Tilly’s family come to Thailand?

Answers:

Tilly’s family came to Thailand to celebrate Christmas.

Questions:2

What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw?

Answers:

Both saw the sea rise and it started to foam and form whirlpools.

Questions:3

Do you think Tilly’s mother was alarmed by them?

Answers:

No, Tilly’s mother was not alarmed by them.

Questions:4

Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion?

Answers:

Tilly noticed the strange behaviour of the ocean during a geography lesson when her geography teacher showed the video to her class.

Questions:5

Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape; from the tsunami?

Answers:

They went to the third floor of the hotel to escape from the tsunami. 

Questions:6

How do you think her geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?

Answers:

I think Tilly’s geography teacher must have been overjoyed and proud when she heard what Tilly had done in Phuket.

Comprehension Check (Page 30)

Answer using a phrase or a sentence.

Questions:1

In the Tsunami 150,000 people died. How many animals died?

Answers:

Very few animals died in the tsunami

Questions:2

How many people and animals died in Yala National Park?

Answers:

Sixty visitors and two animals.

Questions:3

What do people say about the elephants of Yala National Park?

Answers:

People of Yala National Park say the elephants ran from the beach an hour before the Tsunami hit the coast.

Questions:4

What did the dogs in Galle do?

Answers:

The dogs in Galle refused to go to the beach for daily exercise when the tsunami hit the coast.

Working With the Text (Page 30)

Discuss the following questions in class. Then write your own answers.

Question 1:

When he felt the earthquake, do you think Ignesious immediately worried about a Tsunami? Give reasons for your answer. Which sentence in the text tells you that the Ignesious family did not have any time to discuss and plan their course of action after the tsunami struck?
Answer:
No, Ignesious did not think about the tsunami. He thought that it was just an earthquake. So he took the television off the table and put it on the ground. His family did not have time to discuss and plan their course of action. The following sentence tells about the chaos and confusion. “…two of his children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s brother, and rushed in the opposite direction.”

Question 2:

Which words in the list below describe Sanjeev, in your opinion?

Answer:
brave, heroic, selfless

Use words from the list to complete the three sentences below.

1. I don’t know if Sanjeev was cheerful, ………………. or……………….

2. I think that he was very brave, ……………….. and……………….

3. Sanjeev was not heartless, ……………….. or……………….

Answer:

1. ambitious or brash.

2. heroic and selfless.

3. careless or humorous.

Question 3:

How are Meghna and Almas’s stories similar?
Answer:
Both Meghna and Almas were the only members of their family who survived after being hit by the tsunami. They both floated in the sea for many days. Meghna spent two days floating in the sea holding on to the wooden door and Almas similarly climbed onto a wooden log and fainted. Both the girls were so shocked by the incident that Almas could not talk about it after the incident and Meghna was seen walking on the beach dejected.

Question 4:

What are the different ways in which Tilly’s parents could have reacted to her behaviour? What would you have done if you were in their place?
Answer:
Tilly’s strange behaviour convinced her parents that something was definitely going to go wrong. So they all left the beach and were saved. If I were in the place of Tilly’s parents, I probably wouldn’t believe her. Maybe I should have scolded him for making a nonsense situation.

Question 5:

If Tilly’s award was to be shared, who do you think she should share it with— her parents or her geography teacher?
Answer:
Tilly’s award must be shared with her geography teacher as he taught her about tsunamis and the awareness that helped her save many lives.

Question 6:

What are the two different ideas about why so few animals were killed in the tsunami? Which idea do you find more believable?
Answer:
Many people believe that animals have a sixth sense and know when the earth is about to shake. On the other hand, some experts believe that animals’ more acute sense of hearing helps them to hear or feel the vibrations of the earth. They sense an impending disaster long before humans realize it. This second view is more credible.

Working with Language (Page 31)

Question 1:

Go through Part-I carefully, and make a list of as many words as you can find that indicate movement of different kinds. (There is one word that occurs repeatedly-count how many times!). Put them into three categories.
fast movement slow movement neither slow nor fast Can you explain why there are many words in one column and not in the others?
Answer:

The ‘fast movement’ has more words than the other two columns. These are related to the fast movements of escape from the tsunami. It was natural for men and animals to make fast movements in such situations. Although people were fast in their movements such as running or climbing, most of them got washed away by the tsunami waves.

Question 2:

Fill in the blanks in the sentences below (the verbs given in brackets will give you a clue).

1. The earth trembled, but not many people felt the………………………… (tremble)

2. When the zoo was flooded, there was a lot of……………………. and many animals es­caped into the countryside, (confuse)

3. We heard with………………. that the lion had been recaptured, (relieve)

4. The zookeeper was stuck in a tree and his ……………………… was filmed by the TV crew, (rescue)

5. There was much……………….. in the village when the snake charmer came visit­ing. (excite)

Answer:

1. trembling/termors   2. confusion   3. relief   4. rescue    5. excitement.

Question 3:

Study the sentences in columns A and B.

Compare the sentences in A to the ones in B. Who is the ‘doer’ of the action in every case? Is the ‘doer’ mentioned in A, or in B?
Notice the verbs in A: ‘was swept away’, ‘was hit’, ‘were washed away’, ‘were found’. They are in the passive form. The sentences are in the Passive Voice. In these sentences, the focus is not on the person who does the action.
In B, the ‘doer’ of the action is named. The verbs are in active form. The sentences are in the Active Voice.

Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A or P after each sentence as shown in the first sentence.

(i) Someone stole my bicycle. ____________
(ii) The tyres were deflated by the traffic police. ____________
(iii) I found it last night in a ditch near my house. _____________
(iv) It had been thrown there. __________
(v) My father gave it to the mechanic. ____________
(vi) The mechanic repaired it for me. ____________

Answer:

(i)  A   (ii) P   (iii) A    (iv) P    (v) A     (vi) A

Speaking And Writing (Page 32)

Question 1:

Suppose you are one of the volunteers who went to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for relief work after the tsunami. You work in the relief camps, distributing food, water and medicine among the victims. You listen to the various stories of bravery of ordinary people even as they fight against odds to bring about some semblance of normalcy in their lives. You admire their grit and determination. Write a diary entry.
You may start in this way.
31 December 2004
The killer tsunami struck these islands five days ago. But the victims are being brought in even now. Each one has a story to tell….
Answer:
The killer tsunami struck these islands five days ago. But the victims are being brought in even now. Each one has a story to tell. I was amazed to hear their stories that how these common people saved themselves from this calamity. Most of them want to return to their huts, they want to go back to their everyday life. Many people are searching for their family members whose whereabouts are still unknown.

Question 2:

The story shows how a little girl saved the lives of many tourists when a tsunami struck the beach, thanks to the geography lesson that she had learnt at school. She remembered the visuals of a tsunami and warned her parents.
Do you remember any incident when something that you learnt in the classroom helped you in some way outside the classroom?
Write your experiences in a paragraph of about 90-100 words or narrate it to the whole class like an anecdote.
Answer:
One day, I was going back home from school. On the way I saw a crowd, went closer and found that a person had been bitten by a snake. Seeing him, I immediately remembered the lesson taught by my science teacher that what treatment should be given first to a snake bite patient. I immediately tied it a little above the bite site so that the effect of the poison would not spread to the whole body. After that, with the help of people, he was immediately taken to the hospital, which saved his life. That day I felt very happy that the lesson learned in the class saved someone’s life.

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