Balbharati solutions for एकात्मिक ८ कक्षा भाग ३ [मराठी माध्यम] महाराष्ट्र स्टेट बोर्ड chapter 2.2 - The House-builder [Latest edition]

Make groups and discuss the following.

What is retirement from occupation? 

Make groups and discuss the following.

When do people retire? 

Make groups and discuss the following.

For what reasons do people have to retire from their occupation? 

Make groups and discuss the following.

How do people spend their time after retirement? 

Discuss and match the professionals involved in. construction with the work they do. 

A word can be broken up into units of pronunciation each having one vowel sound (with or without consonant sounds around it). 

Each such unit is called a syllable.

For example: • to, got, will, see etc. have just one syllable.

                      • fa-ther, ma-son, buil-der have two syllables.

                      • en-gin-eer, car-pen-ter, cons-truc-tion etc. have three                            syllables.

Write down names of any five of your classmates and break them up into syllables. Write down the number of syllables in each of their names. 

Why was the mason a very good workman? 

What sudden decision did the mason take?

What was the contrast in the workmanship of the last house?

What shock awaited the mason?

Find from the story the Noun form of the following.

dedicate: ______

Find from the story the Noun form of the following.

measure: ______ 

Find from the story the Noun form of the following.

decide: ______ 

Find from the story the Noun form of the following.

perfect: ______  

Find from the story the Noun form of the following.

own: ______

Find from the story the Noun form of the following.

give: ______ 

Find from the story the Noun form of the following.

responsible: ______

Find from the story the Noun form of the following.

persist: ______ 

Choose the proper phrase / expression to complete the sentence meaningfully.

(to send for, with full dedication, in great demand, to meet the needs of, make up one's mind, to no avail, to hand over)

She does her job ______. 

Choose the proper phrase / expression to complete the sentence meaningfully.

(to send for, with full dedication, in great demand, to meet the needs of, make up one's mind, to no avail, to hand over)

One should ______ to help others, when needed.

Choose the proper phrase / expression to complete the sentence meaningfully.

(to send for, with full dedication, in great demand, to meet the needs of, make up one's mind, to no avail, to hand over)

As Mr. Jadhav was transferred to Chennai he had ______ his responsibilities to his assistant. 

Choose the proper phrase / expression to complete the sentence meaningfully.

(to send for, with full dedication, in great demand, to meet the needs of, make up one's mind, to no avail, to hand over)

The labourer's income was not sufficient ______ his family.

Choose the proper phrase / expression to complete the sentence meaningfully.

(to send for, with full dedication, in great demand, to meet the needs of, make up one's mind, to no avail, to hand over)

Because of a fault in the wiring, they will have ______ an electrician.

Choose the proper phrase / expression to complete the sentence meaningfully.

(to send for, with full dedication, in great demand, to meet the needs of, make up one's mind, to no avail, to hand over)

Mother tried hard to change her son’s habits, but ______.

Choose the proper phrase / expression to complete the sentence meaningfully.

(to send for, with full dedication, in great demand, to meet the needs of, make up one's mind, to no avail, to hand over)

Mangoes from Ratnagiri are always ______.

Read the story and answer in your words.

The owners of the new houses built by the mason would be extremely pleased. WHY?

Read the story and answer in your words.

The contractor compensated for the mason's good work. HOW?

Read the story and answer in your words.

The mason made a firm decision to retire. WHEN?

Read the following words from the story aloud and fill them in the proper columns.

(story, work, perfection, architect, leave, building, full, door, way, quality, responsibility, measurement, great, many, avail, excellent, material, complete, sufficiently, ready, documents, broad, happy, ownership, subsequently.) 

Words that have the same sound / pronunciation, but differ in spellings and meanings are called Homophones. For example: hair - hare

Pick out from the lesson Homophone of the following word:

waist

Words that have the same sound / pronunciation, but differ in spellings and meanings are called Homophones. For example: hair - hare

Pick out from the lesson Homophone of the following word:

knew

Words that have the same sound / pronunciation, but differ in spellings and meanings are called Homophones. For example: hair - hare

Pick out from the lesson Homophone of the following word:

lose

Words that have the same sound / pronunciation, but differ in spellings and meanings are called Homophones. For example: hair - hare

Pick out from the lesson Homophone of the following word:

maid

Words that have the same sound / pronunciation, but differ in spellings and meanings are called Homophones. For example: hair - hare

Pick out from the lesson Homophone of the following word:

grate

Words that have the same sound / pronunciation, but differ in spellings and meanings are called Homophones. For example: hair - hare

Pick out from the lesson Homophone of the following word:

won

Words that have the same sound / pronunciation, but differ in spellings and meanings are called Homophones. For example: hair - hare

Pick out from the lesson Homophone of the following word: 

sight

Words that have the same sound / pronunciation, but differ in spellings and meanings are called Homophones. For example: hair - hare

Pick out from the lesson Homophone of the following word: 

week

Words that have the same sound / pronunciation, but differ in spellings and meanings are called Homophones. For example: hair - hare

Pick out from the lesson Homophone of the following word: 

would

Words that have the same sound / pronunciation, but differ in spellings and meanings are called Homophones. For example: hair - hare

Pick out from the lesson Homophone of the following word: 

sea

• waist - waste
• knew - new
• lose - loose
• maid - made
• grate - great
• won - one
• sight - site
• week - weak
• would - wood
• sea - see

Select any three pairs of homophones from above and make simple sentences of your own to show the difference in their meaning. 

'Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later'.

Write a paragraph on the above topic with an interesting example of the same.