Trees : Our Saviours | Class 8 | Lesson 4 | Exercises Question Answer | MPBSE

“Trees : Our Saviours” is a lesson of Class 8 Textbook of MPBSE. Here all the Exercises Questions are done by teachers.

A) The letters ‘dis’ and ‘un’ before a word often mean ‘not’. Make new words by adding the correct prefixes.

1. Friendly → Unfriendly
2. Happy → Unhappy
3. Continue → Discontinue
4. Agree → Disagree
5. Fair → Unfair
6. Kind → Unkind
7. Approve → Disapprove

B) Fill the right word in the right place:

1. Clothes are made of cloth.
2. My elder brother obviously is older than me.
3. My grandfather is old and is child-like, but my uncle often behaves in a childish manner which I don’t like.
4. We can adapt to western ways of living but not adopt them.

C) The word ‘landslide’ is made of two separate words

land + slide = landslide similarly fire + wood = firewood axe + men = axemen

First Word	Second Word	Compound Word
Black	Board	Blackboard
Tooth	Brush	Toothbrush
News	Paper	Newspaper
Tea	Pot	Teapot
Note	Book	Notebook
Rain	Coat	Raincoat
Farm	House	Farmhouse
Fore	Head	Forehead
Suit	Case	Suitcase
Bar	Graph	Bar graph

Comprehension

A) Answer the following questions:

1. Why did the workers from a factory come to the village of Gopeshwar?
The workers from a factory came to the village of Gopeshwar to cut ash trees for making railway sleepers.

2. What did the villagers decide when the axemen refused to return?
The villagers decided to hug the trees so that the axemen could not cut them.

3. What did the axemen do when the villagers hugged the trees and shouted “Chipko, Chipko”?
The axemen were frightened by the villagers’ actions and ran away.

4. What did the villagers do when the contractors chose another forest?
The villagers marched in a procession to the forest, carrying banners and shouting slogans like “Chop me – not the tree” and “Kill us first, before you cut a single tree.”

5. What is the work of “Dasohli Gram Swarajya Mandal”?
The “Dasohli Gram Swarajya Mandal” works to regenerate degraded forests and supports forest conservation efforts, especially involving women.

B) Say whether the following statements are True or False:

1. Trees were being saved by the contractors. → False
2. In 1953, a group of people from a factory arrived at the village of Gopeshwar. → False
3. ‘Chipko’ or ‘Hug the trees’ was a non-violent movement of the mountain people to save their trees. → True
4. Dasohli Gram Swarajya Mandal is an organisation to regenerate the degraded forests. → True
5. Chipko Movement proved very valuable in the conservation of forests. → True

Let’s Learn

Read the following sentences carefully.

A) Look at Reena. She is studying. Mother and father have come to see her. They are glad to see her studying . She is also glad to see them.

The words that can replace nouns
he / she / it / they / I / you / we / them / are Pronouns.

Now fill in the blanks with suitable pronouns .

Leena was on her annual visit to her uncle’s house. She always enjoyed it because she was allowed to spend most of the day down at the mango grove. Reena’s uncle was a friend of the man who owned the grove and he always gave mangoes at a special rate. This year her aunt joined her, and together they set off across the fields to the grove. The branches of the trees were covered with fruits, and so bowed down with the weight that they almost touched the ground. They spent hours picking the fruit, eating most of it, and sleeping in the shade.

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B) Explanation of the Past Perfect Tense:

Examples:

1. The train had left before I arrived.
2. I had finished my work before you came.
3. I had answered all the questions before the bell rang.

Use the words given in the box in the blanks below to make the Past Perfect Tense.

1. Harry had died before the doctor came.
2. The rain had stopped before you arrived.
3. I had reached the school before the bell rang.
4. There was a storm after the plane had landed.
5. The thief had run away before the police came.

Let’s Talk

Look at the picture given below carefully –

Imagine you went to a park for a morning walk. Your friends wanted to know about your visit. The answers you gave are given below. Frame the questions related to the answers.

Q.1 Where did you go in the morning?
Ans. I went for a morning walk.

Q.2 Who went with you?
Ans. My mother and sister went with me.

Q.3 What did you see there?
Ans. We saw a large number of people and children there.

Q.4 What were the people and children doing?
Ans. Some were walking about, some were reading newspapers. Some were exercising, children were playing, and some of them were chatting.

Q.5 At what time did you come back?
Ans. We came back at 9 o’clock.

Q.6 Did you enjoy your visit?
Ans. Yes, we enjoyed and returned home full of energy.

Read the following notice which the Cultural Secretary of Vallabh Bhai School put up on his school noticeboard and answer the questions given below:

Vallabh Bhai School, Bhopal
Notice
Tree Plantation Ceremony

A tree plantation ceremony will be held in the school premises on 15th Oct. 2006. Students are invited to participate in this ceremony with wholehearted cooperation to make it a grand success. A minimum of five plants should be contributed by each class. We intend to give a green and clean environment to the school.

Anurag
Cultural Secretary

A) Fill in the blanks:

1. Anurag has put up a notice on his school noticeboard.
2. Anurag is the cultural secretary of Vallabh Bhai School.

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B) Answer the following questions:

1. Which ceremony was being held at Vallabh Bhai School?
The Tree Plantation Ceremony was being held at Vallabh Bhai School.

2. How many plants are to be contributed by each class?
A minimum of five plants are to be contributed by each class.

3. Write the name and designation of the student who has written the notice.
The name of the student is Anurag, and his designation is Cultural Secretary.

4. Which word in the notice has the meaning ‘complete and enthusiastic’?
The word wholehearted in the notice means ‘complete and enthusiastic.’

Let’s Write

Imagine you are Anu/Anurag. You live at 403, D. K. Rainbow, Chunna Bhatti, Bhopal. One day you saw some people cutting a green, flourishing tree near your house. It appeared that they had some commercial purpose behind it. You were sad to see this. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper complaining against the cutting of trees, with the help of guidelines given in the box.

403, D. K. Rainbow
Chunna Bhatti
Bhopal
The Editor
The Hindustan Times
Bhopal
15th Oct, 2006

Sir,

I would like to draw your attention to the cutting of trees prevailing in our area. Recently, I witnessed some people cutting down a green, flourishing tree near my house for what seemed to be a commercial purpose.

Trees are valuable to all of us. They bring rain, keep the air clean, provide fruits, and add beauty to the environment. However, such reckless actions pose a serious threat to the environment and disturb the delicate balance of our ecology. If we continue to allow the cutting of trees, it will not only harm the environment but also jeopardize the future of our planet.

I urge the concerned authorities to take immediate and strict action against such practices. Measures should be taken to promote awareness about the importance of trees and to implement laws that prevent unnecessary deforestation.

I hope this issue will receive due attention in your esteemed newspaper.

Yours sincerely,
Anurag