PROSE – 5 THE SWAN AND THE PRINCES - CLASS 8 - TWO MARK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

PROSE – 5 THE SWAN AND THE PRINCES

Class 08 Second Language English THE SWAN AND THE PRINCES- Questions with Answers are provided below. Along with Questions and Answers, you can also check out THE SWAN AND THE PRINCES Part B Grammar also.

PART - A

1. What was the complaint of Dev Datt against prince Siddharth?

Ans: The complaint was that Siddharth had taken the Swan which he had shot down.

 

2. Why did Siddharth claim that the swan was his?

Ans: Siddharth saved the life of the swan so Siddharth claimed that the swan was his.

 

3. How did the bird react to Dev Datt’s call?

Ans: Dev Datt called the bird but the swan trembled and cried with fear.

 

4. What did Siddharth say to the swan? What did the bird do?

Ans: Siddharth asked the bird to come and sit on his arm and said not to be afraid. Suddenly the swan flied onto the Siddharth’s arms.

6. How did each of them defend their actions?

Ans: Dev Datt defended that he shot the bird so it belongs to him. Siddharth defended that he saved the life of the Swan so it belongs to him.

7. How did the Chief Minister resolve the dispute at the end?

Ans: The Chief Minister asked the princes to put swan on the stool and asked them to approach the bird one by one and ask it to come to them. Dev Datt called the bird but the swan trembled and cried with fear. Siddharth asked the bird to come and sit on his arm and said not to be afraid. Suddenly the swan flied onto the Siddharth’s arms. Thus the Chief Minister resolved dispute.

PART - B

Vocabulary:

Through prefixes, we can understand the meaning of many words. Some frequently used prefixes are given below with their meanings.

Anti : against, the opposite of
Auto : self, same
Bio : life, living organism
Hemi : half
Inter : between, among
Micro : very small, minute
Multi : many
Non : not, without
Pre : earlier, before

V1. Some definitions are given below. Substitute each of them with a single word using the prefix given above. One example is done for you. e.g.

1) One’s own signature autograph [_____graph]
2) Place of living organisms Biosphere [_____sphere]
3) More than one purpose Multipurpose [___purpose]
4) Effective against bacteria Antibiotic [____biotic]
5) Half of the earth’s surface Hemisphere [___sphere]
6) True, not fiction Nonfiction [___fiction]
7) Between nations International [___national]
8) To wash before Prewash [____wash]
9) Very small, not visible to naked eyes Microscopic [___scopic]

V2.

1] The suffixes ______ful, ____ous, ____y, mean ‘like’ or ‘full of’
2] The suffixes ____ism, ___ment, mean ‘act’ or ‘quality of’
3] The suffixes ____or and _____er, mean ‘one who’

Use the correct ending with the word below to complete the sentences.

e.g. Aswin was awakened with a feeling of excitement [excite]. It was a glorious [glory] day, not cloudy [cloud] at all. His teacher [teach] Mr. Pradeep had a guest speaker [speak] on that morning. Mr. Anil Kumar, the speaker, was an inventor [invent] of a machine and so, was famous throughout the world. By a continuous [continue] study of magnetism [magnet] and its forces, he was able to develop a device to generate heat using the sun rays.

V3. Add one letter and make a new word to mean the word given in the brackets.

WONDER [surprise]
COMPLAIN [express dissatisfaction]
STRANGE [unusual]
SAVE [protect]
ARMS [parts of the body]
BELONG [possess]

V4. Fill in the blanks with the given words using suffixes- ‘ful’ or ‘less’ appropriately.

e.g. Care:

i] Mohan usually drives on the right side of the road. He is a careless driver.
ii] The teacher is a very careful while crossing the road. She looks to her right and left and always uses the zebra crossing.

Cheer:

i] Hari’s father died just a few days before Dewali. It was a cheerless Diwali for Hari.

ii] My friend has many problems. He has to support a large family, but he is always smiling. He is a cheerful person.

Thought:

i] I was very ill. My neighbour called a doctor. It was a very thoughtful of him.
ii] Most young people live in the present. They are often thoughtless about the future.

Power:

i] A boy picked a quarrel with a boxer. The boxer lost his temper and gave him a powerful blow.

ii] I was going for a walk with my friends. Suddenly a robber pounced on me and held my arms from behind. I felt totally powerless