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Class VIII English It So Happend 5 tea and a Siamese cat. S OMERSET M AUGHAM [slightly abridged] Comprehension Check 1. In the following sentence elaborate the parts given in bold. U...
Class VIII English It So Happend 6 6 The fight I • Ranji discovers a pool in the forest and plunges into it for a swim. • There is serious trouble between him and someone else over w...
Class VIII English It So Happend 6 saw the pool, he did not hesitate to get into it. He had often gone swimming, alone or with friends, when he had lived with his parents in a thirst...
Class VIII English It So Happend 6 said (as though this would settle the matter once and for all), “Don’t you know I am a Warrior? I do not take replies fr om villagers like you!” “S...
Class VIII English It So Happend 6 spluttering and covered with mud, they groped for each other’s head and throat. But after impasse: (also pronounced ampass) deadlock; place or posi...
Class VIII English It So Happend 6 ‘explain’ himself. (i) What did he expect Ranji to say? (ii) Was he, in your opinion, right or wrong to ask this question? 3. Between Ranji and the...
Class VIII English It So Happend 6 encounter. But he could not refuse the challenge. Not to turn up at the pool would be an acknowledgement of defeat. From the way he felt just then ...
Class VIII English It So Happend 6 “It is easy,” said Ranji, treading water, waiting for a further challenge. “Can’t you dive?” “No,” said the other. “I jump straight in. But if you ...
Class VIII English It So Happend 6 smooth grey rock. “My name is Suraj,” said the warrior. “What is yours?” “It is Ranji.” “I am strong, am I not?” asked Suraj, bending his arm so th...
Class VIII English It So Happend 6 the knowledge that he had won the day. RUSKIN B OND Comprehension Check 1. What is it that Ranji finds difficult to explain at home? 2. Ranji sees ...
Class VIII English It So Happend 7 7 Jalebis I • An honest boy is on his way to school carrying money in his pocket to pay the school fees. • The sight of crisp, syrupy jalebis in th...
Class VIII English It So Happend 7 If I spend you today, then how shall I show my face to Master Ghulam Mohammed in school tomorrow and after that to Allah miyan at Qayamat? You prob...
Class VIII English It So Happend 7 I was among the most promising students. In the fourth standard exams, I had even won a scholarship of four rupees a month. Besides, I came from a ...
Class VIII English It So Happend 7 5. He reached home with the coins in his pocket. What happened then? II • A heap of jalebis he eats, and shares them liberally with one and all. • ...
Class VIII English It So Happend 7 mob would have been willing to kill and get killed for me. I bought jalebis for the remaining two rupees as well and distributed them. Then I washe...
Class VIII English It So Happend 7 the jalebis would be completely digested. But when I got to school, I found out that the scholarship was going to be paid the following month. My h...
Class VIII English It So Happend 7 is time to pay the fees, what does he do? How is he disobeying the elders by doing so? III • Remorseful and scared, he prays to God for monetary he...
Class VIII English It So Happend 7 good boy. I have memorised the entire namaaz. I even know the last ten surats of the Quran by heart. If you wish, I can recite the entire ayat-al-k...
Class VIII English It So Happend 7 weren’t even four paise in my bag. Just a few textbooks and notebooks. One pencil. One sharpener. One Id card my Mamu had sent me last Id. I felt l...
Class VIII English It So Happend 7 up the rock. What if the coins were not there? But then, I thought, what if they were? Finally after saying bismillah, when I lifted up the rock, t...
Class VIII English It So Happend 7 ASMI (translated from the Urdu by SUFIYAP ATHAN) wazu: ablution (washing face, hands and feet before praying) 64 It so happened... Reprint 2024-25 ...
Class VIII English It So Happend 8 8 Ancient Education System of India I • Did you know that India has been the centre of learning since ancient times? How did we come to know about ...
Class VIII English It So Happend 8 healthy mind and healthy body. You can see that education in India has a heritage of being pragmatic, achievable and complementary to life. SOURCES...
Class VIII English It So Happend 8 WAY OF LIFE In ancient India, both formal and informal ways of education system existed. Indigenous education was imparted at home, in temples, pat...
Class VIII English It So Happend 8 education system in ancient India? 4. What was the role of guru in pupils’ lives? II • In Part I, you have read about the ancient education system ...