CLASS VIII - UNIT 1 – FAMILY

A) Write a few words about your family.

B) Write a few words about the advantages of Joint family and small family
Advantages of Joint Family
Advantages of Small Family

Reading A – The Tattered Blanket

Para 1: (Page 3) When he arrived …………. ‘Why this sudden unexpected visit?’

1. Who was lying in the armchair ?

2. Where did she sit ?
3. Who was sitting on a thinna ?
4. What was she covered with ?
5. Who came in the car ? How was she ?

She saw a bald, ……………………. making her unhappy.’

Imagine that you were kamala and express your personal feelings in the form of a diary
entry
‘I got a promotion last year. After that ……………. drop in to see you, Amma.’

Amma couldn't hear anything. If you were in the place of Amma how do you feel . Write a
letter to your friend.

Do you love your mother if so why do you love your mother and what are the qualities you love
in your mother.
Reading B - “ My Mother ” (Poem)
1. What happens in the autumn ? Which reminds the poet of his mother ?
2. What do you think the poet's mother did with the shiuli flowers ?
3. When did the poet's mother hum the song ?
4. What is the poet doing when reminds his mother ?
5. Why do you think the poet does not remember his mother ?
Home work : Collect some of the childhood memories of your father and mother and write them in the
place provided. Compare those of yours with them and what is the difference that you found :

Reading C - “ Letter to a Friend ”

Now I am working at ….. have forgotten our family.
1. What is the writer ?
2. What is the writer's wife ?
3. What is their daily routine ?
4. How do they work ?
5. What do they forget ?

How happy we were……… neighbour are the same.

Remember your childhood memories and write any one of the incident that you feel is really
memorable.
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