Dokchory Learns About The Panchayat Class 8 English Lesson 4

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Dokchory Learns About the Panchayat

Lesson 4

ACTIVITIES

Q. 1.  Here are some words from the text and their meanings. Test your understanding by matching the words on the left with their meanings on the right.

Institution – manner of governing or ruling.
Elections – angry dispute, unfriendly relations with someone.
Sincerity – organisation or society
Differently abled – the exercise through which we vote for new leaders.
Schemes – the money citizens of a country have to pay the government to help it do different kinds of work.
Substancial – plans
Rural – large in size or amount.
Tax – relating to a village or the countryside.
Quarrel – having a physical or mental condition that makes it difficult for a person to do all the work that other people do.
Governance – devotion to a purpose.

Answer

Institution – organisation or society.

Elections – the exercise through which we vote for new leaders.

Sincerity – devotion to a purpose.

Differently abled – having a physical or mental condition that makes it difficult for a person to do all the work that other people do.

Schemes – plans.

Substantial – large in size or amount.

Rural – relating to a village or the countryside.

Tax – the money citizens of a country have to pay the government to help it do different kinds of work.

Quarrel – angry dispute, unfriendly relations with someone.

Governance – manner of governing or ruling.

Q. 2.  Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

(a)   Dokchory studies in Class ____________.

AnswerDokchory studies in Class VIII.

(b)   The name of her school is ____________.

AnswerThe name of her school is Disangmukh Janajati High School.

(c)   Her father’s name is ____________.

AnswerHer father’s name is Konke Mili.

(d)   He works in the ____________.

AnswerHe works in the Panchayat.

(e)   Dokchory goes to the school on ____________.

AnswerDokchory goes to the school on father’s bicycle.

(f)  She loves the ride because she ____________.

AnswerShe loves the ride because she get to know new things everyday.

(g)   To contest the Panchayat elections, one has to be ____________ years old.

AnswerTo contest the Panchayat elections, one has to be 21 years old.

Q. 3.  Answer the following questions to understand the text better:

(a)   What was the meaning of Panchayat long ago?

AnswerLong ago, Panchayat meant a system of governance by five elderly men called Panch Gramin Pramukh.

(b)   What is the meaning of Panchayat now?

AnswerNow, Panchyat means a body that is responsible for the development of villages.

(c)   What kind of work is done by the Panchayat?

AnswerThe Panchayat work for local development like builds and repairs roads, bridges, houses for the poor people and so on.

(d)   From where does the Panchayat get money to perform all its work?

AnswerThe panchayat gets an annual grant from the panchayat and Rural Development Department of the government. The local MLA or Ministers also contribute substantially. Apart from that, the Panchayat also raises money from taxes on vehicles, river ghats, bazaars and beel, etc.

(e)   How did the Panchayat help Dhaniram?

AnswerThe Panchayat helped Dhaniram by providing him a house.

(f)   How did the Dhaniram spend the cold December nights?

AnswerDhaniram spends the cold December nights on the open verandah of Dokchory’s school building.

Q. 4.  You have just read about the Panchayat. Using information from the lesson, fill in the table below:

The panchayat
Minimum age to contest:Powers of a Panchayat:Kinds of work a Panchayat does:Sources of money:

Answer

The panchayat
Minimum age to contest: Above 21 years
Powers of a Panchayat: The Panchayat can raise taxes, plan development schemes and work for local development.
Kinds of work a Panchayat does: A Panchayat builds and repairs roads, bridges, houses for the poor and so on.
Sources of money: Taxes on vehicles, river ghats, bazaars and beels etc. A Panchayat also get grants from the Panchayat and Rural Development Department of the government and sometimes from local MLA or Ministers.

Q. 5.  The morning assembly of Disangmukh Janajati High School begins at 8.45 every day. Each student of the school has to deliver a speech according to a roster prepared by the school authorities.

When Dokchory’s turn came she gave the following speech:

Good moring!Respected Principal, teachers, parents and my dear friends. I am Dokchory. Today I am going to talk about the Father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi, who is also known as Bapu. His full name is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Gandhiji was born on 2 October, 1869 in Porbandar, Gujarat in India. He was a great freedom fighter who led India in its fight against the British rule. Gandhiji died on 30 January, 1948. His factory is a source of inspiration for all of us.

Imagine that your turn to deliver a speech for the morning assembly is tomorrow. Prepare your own speech using Dokchory’s example, and present it in the class.

Your teacher will ask each student to deliver the speech one by one.

AnswerGood Morning ! Respected Principal, teachers, parents and my dear friends. Today I am going to talk about “Missile Man of India” Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam. His full name is Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam. Kalam was born on October 15, 1931, Rameswaram in India. He was a scientist, politician and writter. A.P.J Abdul Kalam played a leading role in the development of India’s missile and nuclear weapons programs.

S. L. No Contents (Class 8 English)
Lesson 1 The Prince of Panidihing
Lesson 2 My Native Land
Lesson 3 Explore India: Quiz Time
Lesson 4 Dokchory learns about the Panchayat
Lesson 5 Louis Pasteur
Lesson 6 A New Day A New Way
Lesson 7 Sympathy
Lesson 8 Chandraprabha Saikiani

Q. 6.  Discuss in small groups:

(a)   If you want to help the needy, would it be fine to do it immediately? Why or why not?

AnswerIf any needy want help from me, I will help that person immediately because helping the needy is like serving God. If I help them during their tough times, it will make it easier for them to handle the situation.

(b)   How would you like to help a person with special needs? Share your ideas in your group.

AnswerI would help that person by providing basic needs like food, clothes, shelter and by donating a sufficient amount of money to overcome their problems.

(c)   Did Konke Mili plan the right thing to help Dhaniram? Give more suggestions.

AnswerYes, Konke Mili did all the right things to help Dhaniram by building a house and providing all his basic needs.

Q. 7.  Dokchory will work for the Panchayat when she finishes school. Write a paragraph on what you will do for your village or town when you grow up.

AnswerWhen I grow up, I will work to improve our village by creating more job opportunities and enhancing community services.

Q. 8.  In class VII you learnt about Reported Speech and Reporting Verbs. In this lesson, we see more of such sentences.

Look at this sentence from the lesson:

She said to her father, “What is a Panchayat?”

The reported clause starts with a ‘wh’ question. Wh words are who, when, whom, whose, what, where, which, why and how. A wh-question is changed into the indirect form by using the question word at the beginning of the reported clause.

e.g. She asked her father what a Panchayat was.

Let’s practise changing other questions into the reported form:

(a)   She said to her father, “What kind of work do you do?”

(b)  She said to her father, “Where do you get all the money from?”

(c)  She said to her father, “Is that money enough to do so much work?”

(d)  She asked him, “Why don’t you build a house for poor Dhaniram?”

(e)   She said to him, “What is a Panchayat?”

Now read this sentence. It is another type of reported sentence:

(a)   She said to her father, “Do something for the old man.”

Here the reported clause is an Imperative sentence. In an Imperative sentence, the subject, which is usually the second person ‘you’ , is generally left unwritten.

b) Do something for the old man. (= You do something for the old man. )

There are other types of imperatives such as negative and emphatic imperatives. For example, the imperative sentences.

(c). Come in please.

can be turned into:

Negative:  Don’t come in, please.

Emphatic:  Do come in, please.

Find out how much you have understood. Change the following imperative sentences into their negative and emphatic forms:

(a)   Repair the roads.

AnswerNegative: Don’t repair the roads.

Emphatic: Do repair the roads.

(b)   Build a house for Dhaniram.

AnswerNegative: Don’t Build a house for Dhaniram.

Emphatic: Do build a house for Dhaniram.

(c)   Work for local development.

AnswerNegative: Don’t work for local development.

Emphatic: Do work for local development.

(d)   Close the door, please.

AnswerNegative: Don’t close the door, please.

Emphatic: Do close the door, please.

(e)   Please wash your hands.

AnswerNegative: Please, don’t wash your hand.

Emphatic: Please wash your hands.

Q. 9.  Say the words in the box aloud:

Panchayat                child                   Dokchorymuch                         change              Panch

Did you notice that they all have the sound ch?

Now, find other words from the lesson which have similar ch sound in them. Write them in your notebook. Add a few more and practise saying them aloud.

AnswerChores.

Q. 10.  Here is a crossword puzzle for you to find out the adjectives (describing words) in the puzzle to fill up the blanks on the right. One is done for you. 

B U N G I R Q A S
I M P O R T A N T
T S O O M Y V N W
T H O D C E P U J
E O R W R U R A L
R R S O C I A L B
F T I N Y N E W A
E L D E R L Y P D
V E R Y Z O P E N

(a) open     verandah

(b) ____    grant

AnswerAnnual grant

(c) ____  roads

AnswerRural roads.

(d) ____ institution

AnswerTiny institution.

(e) ____ things

AnswerGood things.

(f) ____ change

AnswerGood change.

(g) ____ questions

AnswerImportant questions.

(h) ____ cold

AnswerBitter cold.

Q. 11.  Let’s play a game. Look at the following pairs of words quickly. Each pair looks the same, but are different in meaning as well as in spelling. The different meanings are given against each pair. Fill in the blanks by putting in one or two letter(s) to show the difference in spelling. The one who completes it first will be the winner.

(a)  d——ry        :     a record of everyday’s events or thoughts.

d——ry        :     a place where milk is processed to make different milk products.

(b)  w——ther   :     temperature of a place.

w——ther   :     expressing a doubt.

(c) l——ke          :      a large area of water.

l——ke          :      similar to

(d) w——sh        :      to make something clean by using water.

w——sh        :      to want something to happen.

(e) n——w          :       fresh, not old or used

n——w          :       the present time

Answer

(a) diary, dairy

(b) weather, whether

(c) lake, like

(d) wash, wish

(e) new, now

Q. 12.  Rupalee Chetia is a contestant for president in the coming Panchayat election. In groups, design a poster seeking votes for her victory.

AnswerDo it yourself with the help of your class teacher.

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