Bihar Board Class 8 English Part III Chapter 17. The Recycling Rap Text Book Questions and Answers
17. The Recycling Rap
TEXTBOOK QUESTIONS AND THEIR ANSWERS
B. LET’S COMPREHEND :
B.1. THINK AND TELL :
B.1.1. Answer the following questions orally.
Q.1. What according to the poet, it is the only way to save this planet for future generation?
Ans. According to the poet, recycling of the waste materials is the only way to save this planet for future generation.
Q. 2. Where should the waste materials be stored ?
Ans. The waste materials should be stored in Save-A-Can.
Q. 3. What should one do with the bottles before putting in the waste box? 00 hoan i
Ans. Before putting in the waste box the bottles should collected and saved.
Q. 4. Where should we put glass bottle and jam-jars ?
Ans. We should put glass bottles and jam-jars in the bottle bank, then at the factory.
Q. 5. Which household items, according to the poet, can be recycled?
Ans. According to the poet, papers, bottles, jars, empty drink. Can, etc can be recycled.
B.2. THINK AND WRITE:
B.2.1. Tick (✔) the most appropriate option that will complete the following sentences:
1. To save this planet for future generation
(a) collect all the used materials
(b) use things carefully
(c) recycle the waste material
2. Get yourself doing the recycling rap to
(a) make money
(b) to entertain yourself
(c) keep busy with reusing the waste material.
3. Take the waste material to the bottle bank in order to:
(a) deposit them there
(b) earn money
(c) recycle them
Ans. 1. (c), 2. (c), 3. (c).
B.2.2. Answer each of the following questions in about 30 words:
Q. 1. What advice does the poet give to the children ?
Ans. The poet gives advice to the children not to throw away the waste materials, to collect and save them and get recycled.
Q. 2. What method does the poet suggest to dispose off the empty drink Cans? List the steps.
Ans. The poet suggests to collect, wash, squash, squeeze flat and then the empty drink. Cans and take them to the Save-A-Can and post them in. B.2.3. Answer each of the following questions in about 60 words.
Q. 1. List all the don’ts that the poet has suggested to save for the future generation.
Ans. The poet has suggested for :
1. not to give any opinion against the recycling not to make any claptrap.
2. not to throw old newspapers, not just take them and dump them on the tip.
3. not to chunk away empty drink Cans.
Q. 2. What word in the last stanza sums up the advice of the poet to the children for saving the future generation ?
Ans. ‘No more pussy footing. No more claptrap. Get yourself doing the recycling rap’ sums up the advice of the poet to the children for saving the future generation.
Q. 3. Why has the poet repeated the first stanza at the end of the poem ?
Ans. The poet suggests the children the fact given in the first stanza after repeating it at the end.
Q. 4. Which line or words are repeated several times in the poem ? What is the significance of this repetition ?
Ans. The line ‘You’ve got to start recycling’ is repeated several times in the poem. This line is the central idea of the poem. The wants to inculcate this idea in the mind of the children. So, he repeats it again and again.
C. WORD STUDY:
C.1. Pick out words from the poem that mean the following:
not taking sides
places/containers where you put your garbage
a container for holding liquids.
pressing something with fingers
putting down something carelessly g
Ans. pussy-footing, Save-A-Can, Jar, Squeeze, dump.
C.2. Find out the dictionary entries for the following words from the poem. Tick the sense in which these words have been used in the poem;
post can rap skip tip
Ans. post–delivering letter, length of wood, job
Can– be able to, container
rap–quick sharp blow, rhythmic monologue, snatch
skip–skipping, container for rubbish
tip–pointed and, money given for service, rubbish dump.
D. GRAMMAR :
D.1. Gerund
In the title of the poem ‘Recycling Rap’, ‘recycling’ is used as an adjective but as a noun in ‘We’ve got to start recycling’. In fact, a noun made of a verb + ing is called a Gerund which is a verbal noun.
Read the following uses of gerunds and the explanations given for each use.
D.1.1. Complete each statement by using a gerund (phrase).
Example : Ar you lazy about writing essays?
1. Are you tired of singing song?
2. Are you worried about playing football?
3. Do you ever complain about coming late?
4. Are you interested in playing cricket?
5. Were you excited about listening radio?
6. Did anyone stop you from going market?
E. LET’S TALK:
Q. Talk about things (water, electricity, food, time, etc.) that you waste everyday. Suggest ways how you can save them.
Ans.
Agni : We are not careful about wastage of useful materials of our life.
Ritu : Yes, some of us waste food daily. Some of us are habituated to waste water, electricity, etc.
Rubi : The most worrying matter is that some of us very fond of wasting time.
Agnesh : We should not waste the useful things of our life. We should use them very carefully, and save them hit by hit.
F. COMPOSITION
Q. Your school is celebrating the Environment Day. Prepare a poster showing ‘Do’s’ and ‘Don’ts’ for saving our environment’.
Ans. Environment Day
G. TRANSLATION:
Q. Translate the first stanza of the poem into Hindi.
Hint : See the ‘पद्य का अर्थ’ on page 183.
SOME OTHER IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. WITH ANSWERS
Q. 1. Who is the poet of the poem “The Recycling Rap’? Or, Who has written the poem “The Recycling Rap’ ?
Ans. John Foster has written the poem “The Recycling Rap’.
Q. 2. What does John Froster wants to say the children?
Ans. John Froster wants to say the children to be cautious of their behaviour and to be helpful in getting recycling of the waste materials for the safety of the planet, earth and welfare of the future generation.
Q. 3. What is the use of saving waste materials and not throwing them scattered ?
Ans. Throwing waste materials scattered makes the environment and surroundings dirty and polluted. By saving the waste materials we can help the environment and surroundings keep clean and pollution free and recycling them we can also earn benefit.
Q. 4. Why should we save this planet for future generation ?
Ans. Human beings are associated with each other, even with that of past, present and future. So, saving the planet for future generation is the need of human beings.
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