Balbharati solutions for Integrated 8 Standard Part 2 [Marathi Medium] Maharashtra State Board chapter 2.4 - Excuses! (A Skit) [Latest edition]

Form groups and chat about the following.

Do you come to school on time, everyday? 

Form groups and chat about the following.

What do you feel, when you are late?

Form groups and chat about the following.

What action is taken in school, on late-comers?

Form groups and chat about the following.

Do you give excuses for your late-coming? Are they true or fake?

Form groups and chat about the following.

Why is punctuality so important in life? 

Can you underline the words in the joke that were used as an excuse for late-coming? 

Now discuss within groups and share some simple jokes about teachers and students. Try to write one or two such jokes in your own words in the above format. 

Can you underline the words in the joke that were used as excuses for late-coming? 

Now discuss within groups and share some simple jokes about teachers and students. Try to write one or two such jokes in your own words in the above format.

Speech or dialogues can be reported in two ways - Direct and Indirect. When. the exact words of the speaker are reported we call it Direct Speech. When the exact words of the speaker are not reported, but just its contents we call it Indirect Speech.

Direct Speech: Amar said, "I shall come to meet you tomorrow, Sanket." 

Indirect Speech: Amar told Sanket that he would go to meet him the next day.

Note down the changes you observe in the Indirect Speech.

In what sense was Ritesh early?

What was the first reason why Ritesh was delayed? 

What made Ritesh go back to the shop? 

When did the dog finally leave the school bag? 

How did Ritesh describe the same dog, the second time?

Why did Ritesh refuse to take part in the story-writing competition? Can you believe his last excuse for refusing to take part? 

Complete the following by inserting the correct word from the skit.

The heavy load would not ______.

Complete the following by inserting the correct word from the skit.

The police arrived to ______ the crime.

Complete the following by inserting the correct word from the skit. 

My friend ______ me to eat chocolates in the classroom. 

Complete the following by inserting the correct word from the skit.

I was ______ to find my lost notebooks.

Complete the following by inserting the correct word from the skit.

The injured child kept ______ with pain.

Complete the following by inserting the correct word from the skit.

He stole the cash and ______ in the dark night.

Rearrange the order of the following events as per the narrator.

1. The dog began to follow Ritesh to school.
2. The groaning man joined the thief and ran away.
3. A huge dog was sitting on Ritesh’s school - bag.
4. Ritesh heard a scream from the main road.
5. A thief came running out of a shop.
6. A man, groaning, with pain was lying near the pavement.
7. The dog refused to move.
8. The dog itself found its owner. 

Discuss and write the answer in your own words.

Were the excuses given by Ritesh for his late arrival, true? Give reasons for your response.

Discuss and write the answer in your own words.

Did the teacher believe Ritesh’s stories? How do you know that?

Discuss and write the answer in your own words.

Why did the teacher suggest that Ritesh should enter the story-writing contest? 

Discuss and write the answer in your own words.

What, according to you, is the best way to correct children who are regularly late to school?

Report the following in Indirect Speech.

Ritesh: May I come in, Madam?

Report the following in Indirect Speech.

Mrs. Sen: Ritesh, you are too early for the second period. 

Report the following in Indirect Speech.

Ritesh: I had left my bag at the shop.

Report the following in Indirect Speech.

Ritesh: I am sorry, Ma'am!

Report the following in Indirect Speech.

Mrs. Sen: There's a story - writing competition. 

Imagine there is story-writing competition in your school. 
Frame a notice about the some, to be put up on a notice-board.
Cover the following points.

• Name of the competition
• At what levels
• Date, Time and Venue
• Duration fixed for writing the story
• Points to be considered while judging winners.
• Prizes 
• Contact person for participant entries.