Chapter-8 An Earthquake
Activity 1
1. trembling-noun
2. confirmed-verb
3. crashing down-verb
4. stood tall-verb
5. fragmented-verb
6. crawls-verb
7. rubble-noun
8. debris-noun
9. cosy-adj
10. tombs-noun
11. expansion-noun
Activity 2 Write five pairs of rhyming words from the poem:
1. _________awake_________ shake
2. __________down_________ town
3. _____________found__________ ground
4.
___________fake______ quake
5. __________debris________ trees
Activity 2 Look at the picture on the previous page and make a list of
all the natural as well as man-made disasters.
Natural disasters
1. Cyclones 2.Landslides 3. Drought
4.Earthquakes 5.Epidemics
Man-made disasters
1. Terrorism 2.bomb-explosion 3.industrial accidents 4.pollution 5.war
Activity 4: Answer
the question below
1.
What is the poem about?
Ans: The poem is about an earthquake.
2.
What happened as the poet lay awake?
Ans: His bed began to shake.
3. How did the poet come to know about the
earthquake?
Ans: the poet came to know about the quake
that everything was shaking.
4.
What confirmed the poet's fear about the quake?
Ans: the trembling fan confirmed the quake.
5.
What happened after the quake?
Ans: After the quake the houses,
roads, parks and trees turned into debris and fell on the ground.
Activity 5: Explain the meaning:
1: Kissing and talking to the ground.
Explanation: Everything the houses,
roads, parks and trees which stood tall a moment ago were turned into debris
and laid on the ground.
2: Some of which have now become
tombs
Explanation: Some living beings like human and
animals have also been died and buried under the debris.
Activitv6 Choose suitable prepositions from the box to fill in the
given blanks. The first one is done for you.
on to from infront of
with at into behind for
by
1. There are trees in front of our
house.
2. Look at the blackboard.
3. Keep the bags on the
table.
4. The boy is looking for an
answer.
5. We went by bus to Amritsar.
6. He travelled with me from Chandigarh
to Patiala.
7. The girl stood behind the
bench.
8. Look into the bags for our papers.
9. Go with Sameer to the market.
10. Run to call the man.
Activity 7 Using the words followed by preposition, make sentences of
your own. The first one is done for you.
interfere with, fit for, confident of, sorry
for, mix with
make fun of, prays at, acted upon, bent on,
superior to
1. I do not let my music lessons
interfere with my studies.
2. I am confident of my success.
3. He is sorry for his misbehavior.
4. Don't mix with bad boys
5. Don't make fun of the poor.
6. He prays at the temple.
7. He acted upon my advice.
8. He is bent on joining his old school.
9. You are superior to me.
Activity 9: Listen to your teacher
regarding an earthquake and fill in the blanks:
1: The earth is creaking and rattling.
2: Books are falling from the bookcase.
3: The fans are swinging.
4: The bookcase has fallen on the
floor.
5: The houses are rattling.
6: There are noises / cries outsides
7: A car alarm is blowing.
8: Dogs are barking.
9: A baby is crying.
10: People are shouting
11: The quake is making temple bells ring.
12: There are cracking sounds from bricks
falling to the ground.
13: Trees branches are swaying.
14. Drop, take over and hold on to an
object.
15. Stay in the Drop, take over and hold on
position under your desk
