LBA 8th English (TL) 7.Authorship

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LESSON BASED ASSESSMENT MODEL QUESTION BANK

CLASS-8 Sub.- English (TL) POEM - 7: AUTHORSHIP

Learning Outcomes (L.O.)

1. L.O. 1: Speaker Identification: Students can correctly identify the speaker of the poem as the child and the primary listener as the mother.
2. L.O. 2: Theme Comprehension: Students can explain the poem's central theme: the child's feeling of unfairness regarding different rules for children and adults.
3. L.O. 3: Vocabulary and Glossary: Students can define and correctly use key words like *cross, slightest, heap, giants*, and *fairies* based on the text.
4. L.O. 4: Contrast/Comparison: Students can recognize the contrast between the father's "work" (writing books) and the child's "play" (making boats or writing ABC).
5. L.O. 5: Contextual Detail: Students can recall specific examples of the father's forgetfulness (bath, food) and the mother's scolding (noise, wasting paper).
6. L.O. 6: Poem Structure: Students can complete the missing words in the lines of the poem accurately.

Part A: Poem & Content Assessment (50 Questions)

Complete the Line or Fill in the Blank

Question 1 (Fill in the Blank)

You say that father writes a lot of ______, but what he writes I don’t understand.

Answer: books

Question 2 (Fill in the Blank)

Did he never hear from his own mother stories of Giants and ______ and princesses?

Answer: fairies

Question 3 (Fill in the Blank)

Mother calls the child a ______ child for playing in the father's room.

Answer: naughty

Question 4 (Fill in the Blank)

The mother waits and keeps father's ______ warm for him.

Answer: dishes (food)

Question 5 (Fill in the Blank)

Father always plays at making ______.

Answer: books

Question 6 (Fill in the Blank)

When the child writes on the book, he writes the ______.

Answer: alphabet (or a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i)

Question 7 (Fill in the Blank)

The child wants to take one sheet of paper to make a ______ with.

Answer: boat

Question 8 (Fill in the Blank)

The father spoils sheets of paper with ______ marks.

Answer: black

Question 9 (Fill in the Blank)

If the child makes the ______ noise, Mother gets angry.

Answer: slightest

Question 10 (Fill in the Blank)

You never say a word when father ______.

Answer: writes

Choose the Correct Answer (MCQ)

Question 11 (MCQ)

Who is the speaker of the poem?

(a) The Father     (b) The Mother     (c) The Child

Answer: (c) The Child

Question 12 (MCQ)

What does the child want the father to write about?

(a) Politics     (b) Fairies and Giants     (c) Science

Answer: (b) Fairies and Giants

Question 13 (MCQ)

Why does the mother call the child "naughty"?

(a) For wasting food     (b) For getting late for bath     (c) For playing in Father's room

Answer: (c) For playing in Father's room

Question 14 (MCQ)

What does the father forget while writing?

(a) His pen     (b) His bath and food     (c) The child’s name

Answer: (b) His bath and food

Question 15 (MCQ)

The word "cross" means:

(a) very happy     (b) sleepy     (c) slightly angry

Answer: (c) slightly angry

Question 16 (MCQ)

The child compares the father's writing marks to:

(a) stars     (b) black marks     (c) bright lines

Answer: (b) black marks

Question 17 (MCQ)

Who wrote the poem "Authorship"?

(a) Sarojini Naidu     (b) Rabindranath Tagore     (c) Mahatma Gandhi

Answer: (b) Rabindranath Tagore

Question 18 (MCQ)

What did the child want to make with one sheet of paper?

(a) A picture     (b) A hat     (c) A boat

Answer: (c) A boat

Question 19 (MCQ)

The word "heap" means:

(a) A single piece     (b) An untidy pile     (c) A small basket

Answer: (b) An untidy pile

Question 20 (MCQ)

What is the mother good at?

(a) Writing books     (b) Telling nice stories     (c) Painting

Answer: (b) Telling nice stories

Answer in One Word

Question 21 (One Word)

What is the child’s name for the father’s writing activity?

Answer: play

Question 22 (One Word)

What famous collection of songs is Tagore known for?

Answer: Gitanjali

Question 23 (One Word)

What utensil does the child take to write on the father's book?

Answer: pen (or pencil)

Question 24 (One Word)

What does the mother keep warm for the father?

Answer: dishes (food)

Question 25 (One Word)

What word in the poem means 'slightly angry'?

Answer: cross

Question 26 (One Word)

What is an untidy pile of things called?

Answer: heap

Question 27 (One Word)

Where did the father have to go that he was late for?

Answer: bath

Question 28 (One Word)

What kind of powers do 'fairies' have?

Answer: magical

Question 29 (One Word)

What does the mother say the child is when he makes a boat from paper?

Answer: troublesome

Question 30 (One Word)

Where was Rabindranath Tagore born?

Answer: Calcutta

True or False (T/F)

Question 31 (T/F)

The father writes books that the child finds very interesting to read.

Answer: False (The child doesn't understand them.)

Question 32 (T/F)

The mother gets angry when the father wastes heaps of paper.

Answer: False (She doesn't seem to mind.)

Question 33 (T/F)

The father sometimes forgets his bath and meal because he is busy writing.

Answer: True

Question 34 (T/F)

The mother only scolds the child for making loud noises.

Answer: False (She scolds for paper waste too.)

Question 35 (T/F)

The child thinks the father's writing is a fun game.

Answer: True (He says, "Father always plays at making books.")

Question 36 (T/F)

The mother tells nice stories about the father's books.

Answer: False (She tells nice stories herself, not about his books.)

Question 37 (T/F)

The child thinks the father should write like the mother tells stories.

Answer: True

Question 38 (T/F)

Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.

Answer: True

Question 39 (T/F)

The child is asking why the father cannot stop writing at all.

Answer: True ("What’s the fun of always writing and writing ?")

Question 40 (T/F)

The father's books contain stories of adventure and wonder.

Answer: False (The child asks why they *don't* contain these stories.)

Grammar and Opposite Words

Question 41 (Opposite)

Give the opposite of late.

Answer: early

Question 42 (Opposite)

Give the opposite of naughty.

Answer: good (or obedient)

Question 43 (Opposite)

Give the opposite of cross (angry).

Answer: happy (or pleased)

Question 44 (Opposite)

Give the opposite of always.

Answer: never (or sometimes)

Question 45 (Opposite)

Give the opposite of forget.

Answer: remember

Question 46 (Plural)

What is the plural form of the word story?

Answer: stories

Question 47 (Noun)

Give the Noun form of the verb write.

Answer: writing (or author)

Question 48 (Verb)

Give the past tense of the verb say.

Answer: said

Question 49 (Opposite)

Give the opposite of troublesome.

Answer: helpful (or easy)

Question 50 (Grammar)

What type of animal is a giant?

Answer: imaginary creature

Answer in 2-3 Sentences

Question 51 (2-3 Sentences - Comp 3)

Why does the father forget to have his bath and food?

Answer: The father gets lost in his writing work. He goes on writing and forgets about the time for his bath and the food that the mother has kept warm for him.

Question 52 (2-3 Sentences - Comp 4)

Why does the mother keep scolding the child?

Answer: The mother scolds the child mainly when he disturbs the father's work. She calls him naughty for making noise or taking up the father's paper, as she wants the father to be able to concentrate on his writing.

Question 53 (2-3 Sentences - Comp 6)

Explain the unfairness the child feels about wasting paper.

Answer: The child sees the father spoil "heaps of paper" with "black marks" but the mother does not mind. But when the child takes *only one sheet* to make a fun boat, the mother scolds him for being troublesome.

Question 54 (2-3 Sentences)

What does the child think is the "fun" of the father's constant writing?

Answer: The child cannot see any "fun" in the father's continuous writing. He believes the father should write nice stories like the mother tells, instead of the boring books he cannot understand.

Question 55 (2-3 Sentences)

How does the child show that he wants to be like his father?

Answer: The child tries to copy his father by taking his pen or pencil. He then writes the alphabet (a, b, c, d, i) on the father's book, just as he sees his father writing.

MODEL ANSWERS

1. Answer (Q1): books
2. Answer (Q2): fairies
3. Answer (Q3): naughty
4. Answer (Q4): dishes (food)
5. Answer (Q5): books
6. Answer (Q6): alphabet (or a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i)
7. Answer (Q7): boat
8. Answer (Q8): black
9. Answer (Q9): slightest
10. Answer (Q10): writes
11. Answer (Q11): (c) The Child
12. Answer (Q12): (b) Fairies and Giants
13. Answer (Q13): (c) For playing in Father's room
14. Answer (Q14): (b) His bath and food
15. Answer (Q15): (c) slightly angry
16. Answer (Q16): (b) black marks
17. Answer (Q17): (b) Rabindranath Tagore
18. Answer (Q18): (c) A boat
19. Answer (Q19): (b) An untidy pile
20. Answer (Q20): (b) Telling nice stories
21. Answer (Q21): play
22. Answer (Q22): Gitanjali
23. Answer (Q23): pen (or pencil)
24. Answer (Q24): dishes (food)
25. Answer (Q25): cross
26. Answer (Q26): heap
27. Answer (Q27): bath
28. Answer (Q28): magical
29. Answer (Q29): troublesome
30. Answer (Q30): Calcutta
31. Answer (Q31): False (The child doesn't understand them.)
32. Answer (Q32): False (She doesn't seem to mind.)
33. Answer (Q33): True
34. Answer (Q34): False (She scolds for paper waste too.)
35. Answer (Q35): True
36. Answer (Q36): False (She tells nice stories herself, not about his books.)
37. Answer (Q37): True
38. Answer (Q38): True
39. Answer (Q39): True
40. Answer (Q40): False (The child asks why they *don't* contain these stories.)
41. Answer (Q41): early
42. Answer (Q42): good (or obedient)
43. Answer (Q43): happy (or pleased)
44. Answer (Q44): never (or sometimes)
45. Answer (Q45): remember
46. Answer (Q46): stories
47. Answer (Q47): writing (or author)
48. Answer (Q48): said
49. Answer (Q49): helpful (or easy)
50. Answer (Q50): imaginary creature
51. Answer (Q51): The father gets lost in his writing work. He goes on writing and forgets about the time for his bath and the food that the mother has kept warm for him.
52. Answer (Q52): The mother scolds the child mainly when he disturbs the father's work. She calls him naughty for making noise or taking up the father's paper, as she wants the father to be able to concentrate on his writing.
53. Answer (Q53): The child sees the father spoil "heaps of paper" with "black marks" but the mother does not mind. But when the child takes *only one sheet* to make a fun boat, the mother scolds him for being troublesome.
54. Answer (Q54): The child cannot see any "fun" in the father's continuous writing. He believes the father should write nice stories like the mother tells, instead of the boring books he cannot understand.
55. Answer (Q55): The child tries to copy his father by taking his pen or pencil. He then writes the alphabet (a, b, c, d, i) on the father's book, just as he sees his father writing.