PIS BARODA STD-8

English 1.      Prose: The Lady with the Lamp 2.       Grammar: Adjectives 3.       Comprehension: Flamingoes 4.      Poetry: Up – Hill   5.       Grammar: Finite Verbs 6.       SR: In Times of Adversity 7.        Composition:  Diary Writing 8.        Prose:  The Flying Sikh  9.   Grammar:  Non Finite Verbs 10.   Comprehension:  The Silk Road 11.   Grammar:  Tenses 12.   Poetry : Ozymandias     13.   SR:  Feathered Friend 14.   Grammar:  Subject Verb Agreement 15.   Composition:  Data Interpretation Math v   Chapter 8: Understanding Shapes v   Chapter 2: Squares and Square roots v   Chapter 3: Cubes and Cube roots v   Chapter 9: 3 – D Visualisation v   Chapter 11: Perimeter and Area Science v   Ch 8: Fuel, Fire and Flame

Science-Friction(workbook)

Science-Forces in action(workbook)

. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words. 1. How did Mr. Cao react when the author expressed his desire to go for a swim in Heaven Lake? The hotel manager was astounded when the author expressed his desire to go for a swim in the Heaven Lake. For a while he did not reply to the author’s query regarding the water temperature. He pretended to be busy with his work.  2.  How was the author discouraged from taking a swim in Heaven Lake? The hotel manager informed the author that people often drowned in the Heaven Lake. The last one was a Beijing athlete from an athletics college, who swam to and fro every day across the lake. But one day he swam across and never returned. It could be he had a heart attack, or got a cramp or the water was too cold or perhaps the undercurrent got him. All this scared the author and retying his shoelaces he gave up the idea of a swim in the lake.  3. How did John and the author spend a day at the ‘small ice-blue pool’?  John a