NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English The Great Stone Face II

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NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Chapter wise Solutions

Honeydew

• Chapter-1 The Best Christmas Present in the World
• Chapter-2 The Tsunami
• Chapter-3 Glimpses of the Past
• Chapter-4 Bepin Choudahry’s Lapse of Memory
• Chapter-5 The Summit Within
• Chapter-6 This is Jody’s Fawn
• Chapter-7 A Visit to Cambridge
• Chapter-8 A Short Monsoon Diary
• Chapter-9 The Great Stone Face-I
• Chapter-10 The Great Stone Face- II
• Chapter-11 The Ant and the Cricket ( Poem)
• Chapter-12 Geography Lesson (Poem)
• Chapter-13 Macavity – The Mystery Cat (Poem)
• Chapter-14 The Last Bargain (Poem)
• Chapter-15 The School Boy (Poem)
• Chapter-16 The Duck and the Kangaroo (Poem)
• Chapter-17 When I Set Out For Lyonnesse (Poem)
• Chapter-18 On the Grasshopper and Cricket (Poem)

It So Happened

• Chapter-1 How the camel got his hump
• Chapter- 2 Children at work
• Chapter-3 The selfish giant
• Chapter-4 The treasure within
• Chapter-5 Princess September
• Chapter-6 The fight
• Chapter-7 The open window
• Chapter-8 Jalebis
• Chapter-9 The comet

NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English The Great Stone Face II

Class –VIII English

The Great Stone Face II

Page No: 136
Comprehension Check

1: Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following statements.

1. Ernest’s words reminded people of the wise old sayings. ______

Ans: True

2. Total strangers from far away, who visited Ernest in the valley, found his face familiar. ______

Ans: True

3. The Great Stone Face confirmed Ernest’s view that the poet could be worthy of its likeness. __________

Ans: False

4. When Ernest and the poet met, they respected and admired each other equally. ______

Ans: True

5. The poet along with Ernest addressed the inhabitants of the valley. ______

Ans: False

6. The poet realised that Ernest’s thoughts were far nobler than his own verses. ______

Ans: True

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NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English The Great Stone Face II

Working with Text

Answer the following questions.

1. How was Ernest different from others in the valley?

Ans: Earnest was a humble, hardworking and thoughtful person. He was not an unknown person unlike others. As he grew old, he had become well known personality beyond limit of valley. College professors and even active men of cities came from far to meet him. Earnest received those people with gentle sincerity and spoke with them freely with open heart. He led a life of good deeds and with self-less love for others. He used to deliver thoughtful words from the depth of his heart. His words had power since they agreed with the reality of his life. While talking to his audience, his face would brighten and shine upon them, as with as mild evening light. In this way Earnest was different from others in the valley.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English The Great Stone Face II

2.Why did Ernest think the poet was like the Stone Face?

Ans: The poet wrote songs with lofty thoughts. The poetry of the poet found his way to Earnest also. Earnest used to read the poet’s poems and songs after his day’s work and found them worthy. When the poet came to meet Earnest, he looked wise, gentle and kind. Even the Great Stone Face appeared bending forward to listen to his talk. For all these reasons, Earnest began to think that the poet was like the Great Stone Face.

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3.What did the poet himself say about his thoughts and poems?

Ans: The poet said that Ernest could hear the distant voice of a heavenly song in his thoughts and poems. However, the poet felt that his own life had not corresponded with his thoughts. He had grand dreams, but they had been only dreams. Sometimes he even lacked faith in his own thoughts.

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4.What made the poet proclaim Ernest was the Stone Face?

Ans: The poet observed Earnest while he was talking to his audience. Earnest was speaking kindly but from the depth of his heart and mind. The poet felt that Earnest’s own life and character were a nobler strain of poetry than he had ever written. The poet found great similarities between the misty white clouds around the Great Stone Face and the white hairs around the brow of Earnest. So, the poet proclaimed that Earnest himself was the Stone Face.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English The Great Stone Face II

5. Write ‘Ernest’ or ‘Poet’, against each statement below.

(i) There was a gap between his life and his words.

(ii) His words had the power of truth as they agreed with his thoughts.

(iii) His words were as soothing as a heavenly song but only as useful as a vague dream.

(iv) His thoughts were worthy.

(v) Whatever he said was truth itself.

(vi) His poems were noble.

(vii) His life was nobler than all the poems.

(viii) He lacked faith in his own thoughts.

(ix) His thoughts had power as they agreed with the life he lived. 

(x) Greatness lies in truth. Truth is best expressed in one’s actions. He was truthful, therefore he was great.

Ans. (i) Poet

(ii) Ernest

(iii) Poet

(iv) Ernest

(v) Ernest

(vi) Poet

(vii) Ernest

(viii) Poet

(ix) Ernest

(x) Ernest

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NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English The Great Stone Face II

6.(i) Who, by common consent, turned out to be like the Great Stone Face?

(ii) Did Ernest believe that the old prophecy had come true? What did he say about it?

Ans: (i) By common consent, Ernest turned out to be like the Great Stone Face.

(ii) No, Ernest did not believe that the old prophecy had come true. Even though everybody had agreed that he was the likeness of the Great Stone Face, he himself hoped that some wiser and better man than himself would appear, bearing a resemblance to the Great Stone Face.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English The Great Stone Face II

Working with Language

1: Mark the meaning that best fits the word or a phrase in the story.

(i) (sun) going down

(a) becoming smaller

(b) weakening

(c) setting

Ans: (c) setting

(ii)brightening

(a) making (it) look bright and cheerful

(b) lending (it) a special glow

(c) causing (it) to appear hopeful

Ans: (b) lending (it) a special glow

(iii) spacious

(a) lonely and wild

(b) big and wide

(c) special and important

Ans: (b) big and wide

(iv) prophecy

(a) proverb

(b) prediction

(c) rumour

Ans: (b) prediction

(v) marvelous

(a) wonderful

(b) surprising

(c) shocking

Ans: (a) wonderful

(vi) proclaim

(a) reveal

(b) declare

(c) shout

Ans: (b) declare

(vii) cease

(a) happen

(b) stop

(c) remain

Ans: (b) stop

(viii) (a night’s) shelter

(a) stay

(b) safety

(c) hospitality

Ans: (a) stay

(ix) gazed

(a) wandered about

(b) stared at

(c) thought of

Ans: (b) stared at

(x) took on

(a) challenged (an expression)

(b) resembled

(c) assumed

Ans: (c) assumed

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NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English The Great Stone Face II

2: (ii) Which form of the verb is more natural in these sentences? Encircle your choice.

(a) I’m not free this evening. I will work/am working on a project.

Ans: I’m not free this evening. I am working on a project.

(b) Have you decided where you will go for your higher secondary?  Yes, I have. I will go/am going to the Kendriya Vidyalaya.

Ans: Have you decided where you will go for your higher secondary? Yes, I have. I will go to the Kendriya Vidyalaya.

(c) Don’t worry about the dog. It won’t hurt/isn’t hurting you.

Ans: Don’t worry about the dog. It won’t hurt you.

(d) The weatherman has predicted that it will snow/is snowing in Ranikhet tonight.

Ans: The weatherman has predicted that it will snow in Ranikhet tonight.

(e) Swapna can’t go out this evening. Her father will come/is coming to see her.

Ans: Swapna can’t go out this evening. Her father is coming to see her.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English The Great Stone Face II

3: Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs given.

(a) Rani: Why are you turning on the radio?

Ravi: I ___________ (listen) to the news.

(b) Rani: Oh, I can’t buy this book. I have no money.

Ravi: Don’t worry. I ___________ (lend) you some.

(c) Rani: Look at those dark clouds.

Ravi: I think it ___________ (rain).

(d) Rani: What shall we have for dinner?

Ravi: I can’t decide.

Rani: Make up your mind.

Ravi: All right, then. We ___________ (have) fried rice and dry beans.

(e) Rani: Why are you filling the kettle with water?

Ravi: I ___________ (make) coffee.

(f) Rani: We need some bread and butter for breakfast.

Ravi: All right. I ___________ (go) to the bakery and get some.

(Before he goes out, Ravi talks to their father.)

Ravi: I ___________ (get) some bread and butter. Do you want anything from the bakery?

Father: Yes, I want some salt biscuits.

Ravi: Fine, I ___________ (get) you a packet.

Ans: (a) Rani: Why are you turning on the radio?

Ravi: I am going to listen to the news.

(b) Rani: Oh, I can’t buy this book. I have no money.

Ravi: Don’t worry. I will lend you some.

(c) Rani: Look at those dark clouds.

Ravi: I think it is going to rain.

(d) Rani: What shall we have for dinner?

Ravi: I can’t decide.

Rani: Make up your mind.

Ravi: All right, then. We will have fried rice and dry beans.

(e) Rani: Why are you filling the kettle with water?

Ravi: I am going to make coffee.

(f) Rani: We need some bread and butter for breakfast.

Ravi: All right. I will go to the bakery and get some. (Before he goes out, Ravi talks to their father.)

Ravi: I am going to get some bread and butter. Do you want anything from the bakery?

Father: Yes, I want some salt biscuits.

Ravi: Fine, I will get you a packet.

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