Balbharati solutions for एकात्मिक ८ कक्षा भाग १ [मराठी माध्यम] महाराष्ट्र स्टेट बोर्ड chapter 1.3 - Trees are the Kindest Things I Know [2023 edition]

When do you receive gifts?

Do you like to give gifts?

From whom do you get gifts? 

What is the best gift that you have ever received? Why is it special for you?

What gifts do trees give to mankind?

Name two parts of a tree that begin with.

Name two parts of a tree that begin with. 

Name two parts of a tree that begin with. 

In most countries in the Northern Hemisphere, there are four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. 
Try to guess what is the season in the months given below.

March/April/May 

In most countries in the Northern Hemisphere, there are four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. 
Try to guess what is the season in the months given below. 

June/July/August

In most countries in the Northern Hemisphere, there are four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. 
Try to guess what is the season in the months given below. 

September/October/November 

In most countries in the Northern Hemisphere, there are four seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. 
Try to guess what is the season in the months given below. 

December/January/February 

An artist paints pictures using colours. A poet/writer can also paint pictures in your mind / imagination by using descriptive phrases. 

For example, blue sky, soft white clouds, floating clouds etc.

Write down four such phrases which describe anything beautiful in Nature. 

Pick from the poem words that rhyme with the following word.

fun → ______ ______

Pick from the poem words that rhyme with the following word.

no → ______ ______ 

Pick from the poem words that rhyme with the following word.

now → ______ ______ 

Pick from the poem words that rhyme with the following word.

sight → ______ ______

Pick from the poem words that rhyme with the following word.

fly → ______ ______

Pick from the poem lines that create a picture in your mind. 

The poet refers to trees as the ‘Kindest Things’. From the poem pick out 5 facts which prove the kindness of trees towards others. 

Find a word that describes the following. 

cows

Find a word that describes the following. 

new buds 

Find a word that describes the following. 

sun

Find a word that describes the following. 

lullaby

Find a word that describes the following. 

trees

Pick out a line that means the following.

Trees provide shelter for animals: 

Pick out a line that means the following.

Trees provide food for all: 

Pick out a line that means the following.

Trees are most lovable:

Pick out a line that means the following.

Kids love to listen to songs from trees: 

Pick out a line that means the following.

Trees live a simple life: 

Think and write in your own words.

What living things can cause harm to one another? Name any five. 

Think and write in your own words.

Why are trees called harmless?

Think and write in your own words.

Hallowe'en is a festival celebrated in many western countries on 31^st October. What is the season there? Why do you think is there a need to burn leaves on Hallowe'en? 

Think and write in your own words.

'They are the last to hold the light, when evening changes into night'. Which part of the day is referred to in the above lines? Which part of the trees hold the last light of the day? 

Search for a short poem about 'Trees' in your mother tongue. Write it in your notebook and translate any two stanzas from the poem into English. 

Your neighbour is having a huge old banyan tree chopped down to make space for another construction. Write an imaginary conversation between you and your neighbour, trying to stop him from having it cut down.
Begin with the following: 

Degrees of Comparison of Adjectives. Read the following sentences.

1. Yatin is strong.
2. Amit is stronger than Yatin.
3. Pravin is the strongest of all.

In sentence (i) the Adjective 'strong' is in its simple form. It is called Positive Degree. 

In sentence (ii) the Adjective 'stronger' refers to a higher degree, when there is a comparison of two nouns. It is called Comparative Degree. (-er is added to the basic adjective.)

In sentence (iii) the adjective 'strongest' refers to the highest degree of comparison of one with more than two nouns. It is called Superlative Degree (-est is added to the basic adjective.)

Fill in the gap in the table of Degrees of Comparison. 

Adjectives which have more than two syllables (long words) take 'more' and 'most' before them to form Comparative and Superlative degrees. 

For example: successful - Positive Degree
more successful - Comparative Degree
most successful - Superlative Degree

Give the Comparative and Superlative forms of:

When in a line of a poem human characteristics are given to something non human, the figure of Speech used is Personification.

For example: humming trees, running river, smiling flowers.

Find the examples of Personification from the poem.