BSEB Class 8 English Book Chapter 12.  Beat The Clock

Bihar Board Class 8 English Part III Chapter 12.  Beat The Clock Text Book Questions and Answers

12.  Beat The Clock

TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS

B. LET’S COMPREHEND :
B.1. THINK AND TELL :

Answer the following questions briefly :

Q. 1. How can we avoid wasting time ?
Ans. Avoiding trivial things and prioritising the tasks making list, we can avoid wasting time.

Q. 2. Why should we keep our table clutter free?
Ans. We should keep our table clutter-free, so that we may not waste time rummaging through a debris before finding what we need.

Q. 3. What step should we take to do the most important things first ?
Ans. To do important things first, we should make list of our work according to the priority.

B. 2. THINK AND WRITE:

B.2.1. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements.
1. Rimjhim was able to study according to her plan.
2. There are many things that disturb us and waste our time.
3. Proper organisation and planning can help avoid wasting time.
4. It is not necessary to have separate notebooks for different subjects,
5. During study time we should avoid talking to our friends on telephone and mobiles..
6. It saves time if we keep the study table clean and free from unwanted things.
7. We should never say “no” to our friends.
8. Preparing a list helps us to do important things first.

Ans. 1. (F),  2. (T),  3. (T),  4. (F),  5. (T),  6. (T),  7. (F),  8. (T),

B.2.2. Answer the following questions in about 70 words.

Q. 1. Why couldn’t Rimjhim study as much as she wanted to do? Have you ever faced such a situation? What did you do?
Ans. Rimjhim did not submit her fixed time for study. She was busy talking with her friends on telephone and looking for notebook, etc. So, she could not study as much as she wanted to do.
Yes, I have faced such situation many times and tried to avoid the unwanted condition.

Q. 2. List the do’s and don’ts which can help save your time? Do you agree with these ways?
Ans.
Do’s                                                    Don’ts
Priorities the work.                             Don’t calls during work.
Avoid trifle.                                        Don’t call up during work.
Make table clutter free.                       Don’t keep things in disorder.
Keep the table arranged.
Learn to say ‘no’ when needed.
Yes, I agree with these ways, because they are systematic and time saving.

Q. 3. Telephone and mobile often waste our time. List some of the ways in which we can use them properly.
Ans. 1. Use telephone and mobile af particular times.
2. Don’t attend calls during work hours.
3. Request friends to call up of particular times.
4. Request falks and servants to inform the caller that he will be called up later.

Q.4. How does a chart/list of things to be done help us use time properly? Discuss.
Ans. Proper organisation and planning can help avoide wasting time. Chart/list gives a system for notes homework, etc. writing notes in the right notebooks avoids wasting time in looking for them. If we keep our notes neatly and leave space for extra notes, it will avoid rewriting them.

C. WORD STUDY :
C.1. Encircle the words with wrong spellings and correct them:
sistam              marthon          grammer         writing
necessary         particular        different          debris
inturupt           crazy                shuttle             trevial

Ans. Sistem – System
       Inturupt – Interrupt
       Grammer – Grammar
        Trevial – Trivial

C.2.Read the lesson again and pick out the synonyms of the following words, and write them down in the space given below:
anxiety            ……….
correct             ……….
assist               ……….
plead               ……….
certainly          ……….
discipline        ……….
tidily               ……….
afterwards       ……….
strong!             ……….
insignificant    ……….

Ans. worry,  polite,  right,  clutter–free,  help,  later,  request,  firm,  sure,  trivial.

C.3. Use the following phrasal verbs from the text you have just studied in your own sentences:
sat down   take over   take up   call up   speak over

Ans. Sat down–After an hour, I sat down in chair.
Take over–Don’t let the time-waster take over.
Take up–The minister took the responsibility of the security of people.
Call up–Call up your friend in need.
Speak over–The leader spoke over the current affairs in the meeting.

C.4.There are many compound words used in the text. Here are two of them :
Notepad, homework

Q. Pick two more compound words from the lesson. Add ten more such compound words to the list. What do these compound words consist of? For example, notepad consists of note + pad (n + n). Analyse the compound words in the list in the same way.
Ans. dinnertime  –      dinner + time (n + n)
Time–wasting     –      time + wasting (n + n)
Time–waster       –      time + waster (n + n)
Clutter–free        –       clutter + free (n + adj)
textbook             –       text + book  (adj + n)
notebook            –       note+book  (n + n)
drugstore            –       drug + store  (n + n)
well–dressed      –       well + dressed  (adj + adj)
everywhere        –        every + where  (adj + conj)
ice–cream         –         ice + cream (n + n)
lifeboat             –         life + boat (n + n)
something        –         something (adj + n)

D. GRAMMAR :

D.1. Read the following sentence carefully.
1. Try to keep your study table clutter–free.
2. Be firm about not letting other things interrupt you.
3. Priorities your tasks.

All the sentences given above begin with Verbs (Try, Be, Priorities). So these sentences are imperative sentences. An Imperative sentence is a sentence which conveys an advice/order/command/request etc. and it and begins with a verb. In such a sentence, the subject (you) is silent understood.

D.2. Change the following imperative sentences into statements with an object pronoun plus an infinitive.

Example: The mother says to her daughter, “Close the door”.
     = She wants her to close the door.

1. The teacher says to her students, “Write an essay”.
She wants …………

2. The mother says to her children, “Turn off the TV”.
She wants …………

3. The father says to his son, “Don’t come home late”.
He doesn’t want …………….

4. The father says to his children, “Study hard”.
He encourages ………….

5. The teacher said to the girl, “Read good story book”.
He advised ……………….

6. The student said to the teacher, “Repeat the word please”.
The student wanted …………..

7. I said to my sister, “Help me on Sunday”.
I would like ……………

Ans.
1. them to write an essay.
2. them to turn off the TV.
3. him to come late.
4. them to study hard.
5. her to read good story books.
6. him to repeat the word.
7. her helping me on Sunday.

D.3. Modals
All the auxiliary verbs except be, do and have are called modals. Unlike other auxiliary verbs modals only exist in their helping form; they cannot act alone as the main verb in a sentence. They are verbs which ‘help’ other verbs to express a meaning: it is important to realise that “modal verbs” have no meaning by themselves. A modal verb such as would has several varying functions; it can be used, for example, to help verbs express ideas about the past, the present and the future. It is therefore wrong to simply believe that “would is the past of will”; it is many other things.

The modals auxiliaries are : can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, ought to.
Aniket should learn English.
She might win a prize,

* Use a base form of the verb after a modal.

He should leave now (NOT should to leave; NOT should leaving)

* Modals never have an -s/-es, -ed, or -ing ending.

She can speak English well. (NOT: She cans)

* Don’t use two modals together.

You will have to go to school. (NOT: You will mist go to school.)

I might have to leave early. (NOT: I might must leave early.)

* Compare affirmatives, negatives and questions with modals:

Affirmative : Anuj can speak Tamil.

Negative: Anuj can’t speak Tamil.

Yes/No Question: Can Anuj speak English?

Short Answer: Yes, he can / No, he can’t.

WH-Question: Why can’t Anuj speak Tamil?

Subject Question: Who can speak Tamil?

* To express an obligation or necessity for an action in the present or the future we can use must or have to. There is a difference in meaning.

(a) Must is used when the authority comes from the speaker.

You must eat vegetables and fruits. I insist.

(b) Have to is used when the authority comes from outside the speaker : You have to eat vegetables and fruits. The doctor said you need more vitamins.

Must does not have a past, a future or non-finite forms (infinitive, -ing or participles) so it cannot we used in tenses or constructions that require those forms Instead we have to use have to. Have to can be used in present, past and future tenses.

I can’t talk to you now, I have to go to school.

Anuj had to go to his village to see his ailing mother.

The rainy season has arrived, I will have to buy an umbrella.

D.3.1. Complete the following sentences with appropriate modals.
1. We……… visit them in Birmingham for the summer holidays.
2. I ……… leave now as they are waiting for me.
3. You ……… brush your teeth after breakfast.
4. We……… leave very early tomorrow or we will be late.
5. All of us ……… attend a meeting now.
6. You look tired. You ……… go to bed now.
7. You ……… touch burning items.
8. You ……… drive too fast in the city.
9. They ……… go out later when the weather improves.
10. She ……… ……… been asleep when the burglar entered the house.
11. We ……… do the training in order to be eligible.
12. You are coughing loudly. You ……… see a doctor.
13. He……..see the doctor every month to treat his skin disorder.
14. The police think he …….. seen the robbery and are looking for him.
15. Students ……… leave the classroom before the ring bells.
16. ……… you pass my pencil to me?
17.You ……… talk aloud in the library.
18. I ……… seen my parents for a long while. I ……… visit them at the weekend.
19. If you don’t start working harder, you ……… repeat the course next year.
20. I have no time. I ……… leave now or I ……… miss the bus.
21. I wish I ……… buy a new mobile phone but I don’t have enough money.
22. ……… I go to the bathroom, please?
23. Anwesha is not at home. She …… have gone to Patna. I don’t know.
24. Anita ……… play cricket quite well.
25. ……… we go out tonight, please? Yes, but you ……… be late.
26. I haven’t decided yet where I ……… go in my next holidays. I think I……… go to Sikkim.
27. What do you want to do? Well, we ……… have a picnic, but it looks like rain.
28. Phone her now. She ……….. home by now.
29. ………. you water my plants while I am away? If they don’t get enough water they ………. certainly die.
30. We…… pay the fees at the fixed time.
31. You ………. clean your room more often.
32. If it rains on Saturday, we ………. go to beach.
33. ……… you speak Bengali ? No, I ………..
34. According to the forecast on the TV, it ……… rain tomorrow.
35. ……….. you help me move this table?
36. You ………. remember to do your homework!
37. This ……. be a great idea, but it’s definitely not!
38. I`……. move the table. It was too heavy.
39. I have lost my pen. I …… to buy a new pen.

Ans. 1. will,  2. shall,  3. should,  4. should,  5. will,  6. should,  7. shouldn’t,  8. must’nt,  9. should,  10. might have,  11. ought to,  12. should,  13. would,  14. must have,  15. shouldn’t,  16. will,  17. shouldn’t,  18. could have, will,  19. must,  20. ought to, shall,  21. could,  22. may,  23. might,  24. can,  25. should, mustn’t,  26. shall, shall,  27. might,  28. must have reached,  29. may, will,  30. should,  31. should,  32. won’t,  33. can, can’t,  34. may,  35. would,  36. ought to,  37. could,  38. couldn’t,  39. ought.

E. LET’S TALK:

Q. Work in groups and talk about the things that waste your time. Then make a list and share with other groups.
Ans. Ritik      :           There are so many things, Chhotu, which waste our time.
       Chhotu   :           What are they?
       Montu     :           Telephone, mobile, TV, cinema, cricket, chatting with friends, etc.
       Ketan      :           We should avoid time-wasters.
       Hritic      :           We should minimise our time using telephone, mobile, TV, etc.
       Rahi        :           But these are somewhat essential today.
       Ritik       :           Well we must use these things but in controlled way.

F. COMPOSITION:

Q. Prepare a chart of ‘Do’s’ and ‘Don’ts’ for ‘Saving Your Study Time’.
Ans.

G. TRANSLATION :
हमें अनुशासनबद्ध होना चाहिए। समयबद्धता भी अनुशासन का ही एक प्रकार है। समय को बर्बाद करने का अर्थ है — खुद को बर्बाद करना । इसलिए हमें समय को बर्बाद नहीं करना चाहिए । समयबद्ध इन्सान ही सफलता प्राप्त करता है ।

Ans. We should be disciplined. Timeliness is also a kind of discipline. To waste time means to destroy self. So we should not waste time. Time- keeping person alone gets success.

SOME OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

Q. 1. Why did Rimjhim assured her mom not to worry ?
Ans. Rimjhim’s mother was worry on account of Rimjhim’s examination. So, she assured her not to worry.

Q. 2. How was Rimjhim sure of her preparation of examination?
Ans. Rimjhim was careless of her examination. She was taking her examination as a piece of cakes.

Q.  3. Was Rimjhim able to take her study in the evening? Why or why not?
Ans. No, Rimjhim was not able to take her study in the evening, – because she wasted her time on calls and getting ready for study.

Q. 4. Give details of how Rimjhim could not take her study in the evening.
Ans. Rimjhim sat to study at 6 pm and became busy talking on calls. After a marathon yapping sessions she realised the time was 7.30 pm. After that she could not find her notepad till for half an hour.. At 8 pm it was dinnertime which took an hour. Finally she sat down at 9 pm, just an hour to go before bedtime.

Q. 5. What, in your opinion, are the time–waster?
Ans. Bitten by the time-wasting bug, telephone calls, gossiping with friends, keeping study table untidy, keeping textbooks, notebooks etc. and rough messed and other disturbances are some of the time-waster.

Q. 6. Can anybody avoide the time-wasters? Do you think to avoide time–wasters during your study time? How?
Ans. Yes, if anybody is attentive to his study, he can avoide the time- wasters.
I, too, think to avoide time–wasters.
By proper organisation and planning and control over disturbing things we can avoid time–wasters.

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