English Question Answers Chapter 4.5 – Festivals of North East India Class 8 Maharashtra Board

1. Insert the proper words / phrases in the gaps to make the narration
meaningful. Use them in their proper form.

(discard, revive, diverse, handed down, bring out, sumptuous)

While shopping, I suddenly met Lata Shankaran. Meeting my classmate after twenty years revived our friendship. We spoke on diverse topics-our past, present, and future. We realized that we could not discard old school memories. She showed me a beautiful ring handed down from her great-grandmother. We discussed how we should bring out the best in our children. Before we parted, we decided to meet again that night and have a sumptuous dinner at a five-star hotel along with our families.

2. Correct the wrongly spelt words from the lesson and make a word chain of
nouns, with them.

Corrected words:

1. mannor → manner
2. saeson → season
3. natere → nature
4. dram → drum
5. lacals → locals
6. festivel → festival
7. erd → herd
8. retual → ritual

Word chain (Festival – l – – – – -)

Festival → Local → Leaf → Farm → Music → Culture → Event

3. Read the lesson and fill up the table.

4. Choose the appropriate alternatives to complete the following

(1) Every festival of North-East India is incomplete without
(a) food and sweets
(b) dance and music
(c) lights and crackers

Answer: (b) dance and music

(2) People of are true lovers of nature and its beauty.
(a) Assam
(b) Mizoram
(c) Arunachal Pradesh

Answer: (c) Arunachal Pradesh

(3) The festival is celebrated three times a year to mark the stages of agriculture.
(a) Bihu
(b) Chapchar Kut
(c) Wangala

Answer: (a) Bihu

(4) In Tripura, the festivities represent
(a) preparing special dishes
(b) reaching greater heights
(c) hunting, fishing, food-gathering

Answer: (c) hunting, fishing, food-gathering.

(5) An additional advantage of the festive celebrations is
(a) listening to festive music
(b) bringing out the natural talent of the people
(c) getting a holiday from work

Answer: (b) bringing out the natural talent of the people.

5. A. Pick out the Adjective forms of the following words from the lesson.

1. diversity → diverse
2. festival → festive
3. joy → joyous
4. variety → varied
5. tradition → traditional
6. mountain → mountainous

B. Pick out the Noun forms of the following words from the lesson.

1. complete → completion
2. move → movement
3. live → life
4. rhythmic → rhythm
5. prosper → prosperity
6. green → greenness

C. The 3 words below can be used in sentences as Nouns as well as Verbs.
Make sentences of your own, that show the different usage.

1. end (Noun): The end of the festival was grand.end (Verb): The festival will end tomorrow.
2. dance (Noun): The dance performance was amazing.dance (Verb): We love to dance during celebrations.
3. harvest (Noun): This year’s harvest was excellent.harvest (Verb): Farmers harvest crops in October.

Language Study

Change the form of the sentences below as per instructions, without changing meaning or Tense.

1. The people offer thanks to the Gods.→ The people are offering thanks to the Gods. (Present Continuous Tense)
2. Hardly a month passes without a festival or two.→ No month passes without a festival or two. (Using ‘No’ in the sentence)
3. The Spring Festival is an important occasion, isn’t it? (Adding a Question Tag)
4. The Bihu dance is performed by both young men and women.→ The Bihu dance is performed by young men as well as women.
5. The Bihu dance is a very joyous one.→ What a joyous dance the Bihu is! (Exclamatory Sentence)
6. Read about how different festivals are celebrated.→ How are different festivals celebrated? (Wh-question form)