Balbharati solutions for Integrated 8 Standard Part 2 [Marathi Medium] Maharashtra State Board chapter 2.3 - The Little River [Latest edition]

You must have been for a family / class picnic to a riverside picnic spot.

What did you notice on the banks of the river?

You must have been for a family / class picnic to a riverside picnic spot.

In which season did you go? Was the river flow gushing or gentle? 

You must have been for a family / class picnic to a riverside picnic spot.

Did you notice other people by the river? What were they doing? 

You must have been for a family / class picnic to a riverside picnic spot.

What should we do to make sure that rivers do not get polluted?

Fill up the table of seasons in India.

Match the weather with the seasons. 

Poets make the poems musical and different from prose by using many poetic devices. 

One of them is using words that begin with the same sound in the same time. 

For example:

• beautiful birds
• sad song
• stepping stone
• city site
• No one knows 

This device is called Alliteration and belongs to set of similar devices, named Figures of Speech. Figures of Speech add to the beauty of a poem. 

Now write five pairs of words that begin with the same sound. 

(Please note: Here, the first sound is important, not the first letter in the spelling.) 

Play a game.

Set a time limit of 5 minutes. Using letters from the word ONOMATOPOEIA make as many four/five/six letter words and write them down. The one who makes maximum number of words, within the time limit is the winner. 

How do we know that the river is just knee deep?

What does one see along the banks of the river? 

How do young children enjoy in the river?

How does the river change in 'Ashadh'?

Name the following from the poem.

Two trees: ______ ______

Name the following from the poem.

Two animals: ______ ______ 

Name the following from the poem.

Two seasons: ______ ______

Name the following from the poem.

Two non-English words: ______ ______ 

Name the following from the poem.

Two different timings of the day: ______ ______ 

Pick from the poem words that describe sounds.

Pick out words that describe the flow of the river-water. 

Find out five lines from the poem that contain the Figure of Speech - Alliteration. Underline the initial sound of words, repeated in each of the lines.

Pick out 4 lines that contain the Figure of Speech 'Onomatopoeia'. 

Rearrange the words in Alphabetical order.

summer, sign, slime, sand, shade, stir, scour, sound, swirl, strong 

Rearrange the words in Alphabetical order.

banks, blossom, boys, bathe, babbling 

Rearrange the words in Alphabetical order.

these, though, too, throng, there, their, they, trap, torrent 

What aspect from the poem does the following phrase describe?

their cool shade 

What aspect from the poem does the following phrase describe?

only knee deep

What aspect from the poem do the following phrase describe?

not too steep

What aspect from the poem does the following phrase describe?

housework on the river bank

What aspect from the poem does the following phrase describe?

in spate

What aspect from the poem does the following phrase describe?

rife with sounds

The poem describes two different pictures of the river in summer and in rainy season.

Write down four points of contrast in the changing scene of the river.

Guess who I am. 

I always run, I never walk.
I often murmur, but never talk.
I have a bed, but never sleep.
I have a mouth, but hardly eat.
I love to fall, but can't climb up.
Guess who I am. Please don't give up. 

Try to translate the above riddle in your medium of instruction, in a poetic form.

Imagine you were at a river-side class picnic and slipped and fell into the river, while playing games. Write in about 12 - 15 lines how your classmates saved you.