Samacheer Kalvi solutions for English Class 8 TN Board chapter 1.1 - The Nose-Jewel [Latest edition]

What are the life lessons that you can learn form the birds? Match the birds with the characters given in the box and fill in the blanks.

Arise and awake, Beautiful, Unity, Focused, Melodious, Time conscious
birds	Qualities of birds	Life lessons I can learn from the birds
	Time conscious	Be on time to school

Choose the correct synonym for the underline word.

Nice fun indeed.

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The poor woman is in a panic.

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The mother consoled her little girl.

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You are always self-centered.

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What is the secret you are whispering?

Find the antonym for the following word.

Delight × 

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Disgrace ×

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Careless ×

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Secret ×

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confine ×

The sparrows built their nests in the ______.

The diamond jewel was lying in the _______.

The diamond jewel belonged to _______ .

______ was the servant maid of Meenakshi Ammal.

Ramayya and his wife lived with the fear of ______.

Two sparrows built a nest on a tree top.

Kuppayi swept out the diamond jewel.

Ramayya gave the diamond jewel to the magistrate.

Ramayya's wife put the stud away in her box.

The Police searched Rammaya’s home.

Where did the sparrows build the nest?

Why did the bird drop diamond stud?

What were the words of Meenakshi Ammal to her daughter?

Who was suspected of stealing the diamond nose stud?

What did Ramayya’s wife do with the stud?

What happened to Ramayya’s wife at the end?

Why did the sparrow throw the nose jewel into Ramayya's house?

Explain how Ramayya's wife reacted when she saw the nose jewel?

I am not ______ to drink soda.

The wind ________ the leaves.

I will __________ my friend.

He will play the _________ in the second play.

I have _________ the movie already.

Every morning my father likes to look at the ________ on the grass.

Chennai is the ________ of Tamilnadu.

I was very ________ last weekend because my friends went to the village without informing me.

The cat caught the _______ of a mouse.

The _______ rises in the east.

Expand the following:

Why do birds sing?

Birds perch very high so that ______.

The health of a bird can be determined ______.

Shorter bird vocalizations are ______.

Young birds perfect their songs by ______.

Fitness is ______.

How do variations in the basic song help the birds?

To the Police commissioner about the noise caused by the loud speaker in a music shop near your school.

To the Postmaster General on non – receipt of book parcel.

To the Transport Manager, TNSTC on non-stopping of buses near your school bus stop.

Using the given informal letter as a model, write a letter about the topic given below.

Write a letter to your father asking permission to go on an educational tour.

Using the given informal letter as a model, write a letter on a topic given below.

Write a letter to your friend about your summer holidays.

Using the given informal letter as a model, write a letter on the topic given below.

Write a letter to your sister advising her to take part in the cultural programme in the school annual day celebration.

Pick out the words from the list and put them appropriately on the table.

Read the following paragraph and pick out the different types of nouns and put them in the table.

Hobby is an activity that we enjoy doing in our free time. It keeps us busy in our leisure time. People choose their hobbies on the basis of their interests and personality. Do you know what Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s hobby was?

Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.

a ______ of cows.

Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.

a ______ of birds.

Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.

a ______ of singers.

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a ______ of milk.

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a ______ of tea.

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A ______ of ants.

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A ______ of grapes.

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A ______ of rice.

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A ______ of shoes.

Fill in the blank with the suitable collective noun.

A ______ of rain.

Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.

I saw Mr. Balu this morning and gave Mr. Balu my homework.

Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.

Muthu likes computer games, but he doesn’t play computer games very often.

Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.

My aunt lives in Trichy but, my aunt often comes to visit my family.

Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.

Neil Armstrong was born in 1930. Neil Armstrong landed on the moon in 1969.

Change the underlined word with the correct pronoun.

He helped the old lady. He gave the old lady food.

Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.

This is my pen.

Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.

Shenbah missed her purse.

Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.

Her speech is nice.

Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.

My book is new.

Change the possessive adjective into a possessive pronoun.

My bike is costly.

List out the transitive and intransitive verbs in the following words.

come, buy, teach, learn, arrive, sing, run, draw, jump, write.