Balbharati solutions for Integrated 8 Standard Part 3 [Marathi Medium] Maharashtra State Board chapter 3.1 - "Why?" [Latest edition]

Why do we ask questions?

Do we get answers to all questions? 

How are questions useful in our life? 

Do we think critically, without questions?

Which five ‘Wh’ words are used to frame questions? 

Many WHY? questions of your childhood must have been answered by now. Yet you may want to know the 'WHY' of many facts. Write down 5 such questions based on reason/cause. One is done for you.

For example: Why do penguins live only in Polar region? 

Insert the proper question word to complete the question to get the expected answer given in the bracket.

(How / When / Where / What / Who / Whose / Which / Why)

______ is the capital of Maharashtra?
(Mumbai)

Insert the proper question word to complete the question to get the expected answer given in the bracket.

(How / When / Where / What / Who / Whose / Which / Why)

______ is your school located?
(On S.B. Road)

Insert the proper question word to complete the question to get the expected answer given in the bracket.

(How / When / Where / What / Who / Whose / Which / Why)

______ is your examination going to begin?
(Next Monday)

Insert the proper question word to complete the question to get the expected answer given in the bracket.

(How / When / Where / What / Who / Whose / Which / Why)

______ does the old man walk?
(Slowly)

Insert the proper question word to complete the question to get the expected answer given in the bracket.

(How / When / Where / What / Who / Whose / Which / Why)

______ colour is your favourite?
(Blue)

Insert the proper question word to complete the question to get the expected answer given in the bracket.

(How / When / Where / What / Who / Whose / Which / Why)

______ teaches you English?
(Mrs Ashwini Patil)

Insert the proper question word to complete the question to get the expected answer given in the bracket.

(How / When / Where / What / Who / Whose / Which / Why)

______ are you late to school?
(My bicycle got punctured on my way to school.)

Insert the proper question word to complete the question to get the expected answer given in the bracket.

(How / When / Where / What / Who / Whose / Which / Why)

______ pen have you borrowed?
(Aman's pen)

Is the little boy really curious? How do you know it?

What does the boy want to know about clouds?

What blows out of bellows?

What helps the dough to rise?

Read the poem, discuss and complete the following blank with the proper action word. (Verb)

wood - ______

Read the poem, discuss and complete the following blank with the proper action word. (Verb)

marbles - ______ 

Read the poem, discuss and complete the following blank with the proper action word. (Verb)

stars - ______ 

Read the poem, discuss and complete the following blank with the proper action word. (Verb)

winds - ______ 

Read the poem, discuss and complete the following blank with the proper action word. (Verb)

sun - ______ 

Read the poem, discuss and complete the following blank with the proper action word. (Verb)

flowers - ______ 

Read the poem, discuss and complete the following blank with the proper action word. (Verb)

ocean - ______ 

Read the poem, discuss and complete the following blank with the proper action word. (Verb)

fish - ______ 

Read the poem, discuss and complete the following blank with the proper action word. (Verb)

rain - ______ 

Read the poem, discuss and complete the following blank with the proper action word. (Verb)

ice - ______ 

Read the poem, discuss and complete the following blank with the proper action word. (Verb)

bees - ______ 

Discuss in pairs and write the rhyming pairs of words from the poem.

Why this, Why that, Why then, Why now, Why not, Why by-and-by? In these two lines the word 'why' is repeated, so it is a Figure of Speech called Repetition.

Now, find out the lines from the poem which show Repetition.

Complete the web diagram.

Complete the following blanks from the poem. (Pair Activity) 

Complete the following blanks from the poem. (Pair Activity) 

Imagine a senior student from your school has won a notional level Quiz Contest. Frame 8 to 10 Interview Question's that you would ask when you interview him / her at the school assembly, about the achievement.