Class 8 English Chapter 7 Sympathy

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Sympathy

Lesson – 7

1) Read the poem and choose the correct options to complete the sentences. 

a) The poet was in deep sorrow. A proud man came and helped him by –

i) Offering him kind words.

ii) Ignoring him.

iii) Giving him gold.

iv) giving him pleasant company.

Ans:- iii) Giving him gold.

b) When the poet lay in want and grief, the one who helped him was –

i) A rich man.

ii) A poor man.

iii) A proud man.

iv) A holy man.

Ans:- ii) A poor man.

c) The poor man gave the poet –

i) A cold look.

ii) Sympathy.

iii) Gold.

iv) Not a kind word.

Ans:- ii) Sympathy.

d) When the poet’s sorrow passed, he went to the proud man and –

i) Gave him back the gold.

ii) Ignored him.

iii) Didn’t give back the gold.

iv) Helped him.

Ans:- iii) Didn’t give back the gold.

e) The poet refers to sympathy as ‘heavenly’ because sympathy –

i) Is a feeling found in proud people.

ii) Is found only in rich people.

iii) Is an ordinary human feeling.

iv) Is a blessing from God.

Ans:- iv) Is a blessing from God.

2) a) Here are some questions to help you find out how much you have understood the poem :

i) How did the proud person help the poet when the poet was unhappy ?

Ans:- The proud person help the Poet by giving  gold when the poet was unhappy.

ii) What did the poor man do when he found the poet lying in pain and sadness ?

Ans:- When the poor man found the poet lying in pain and sadness he bounded his head. He gave him bread and watched him day and night.

iii) Why does the poet think that he cannot help the poor man back in the same way ?

Ans:- The poet thinks so because kindness is a heavy act that cannot be paid easily.

iv) Why is the poor man’s help greater than gold ?

Ans:- Because the poor man’s help is greater than gold.  Gold can be returned, but human assistance, empathy and support are invaluable. 

v) “Oh, gold is great, but greater fa Is heavenly sympathy.” Why does the poet think so ?

Ans:- The poet thinks so because his way of help was a heavenly act where the proud man offered him money, but did not offer any words of sympathy.

b) Find in the poem lines that match the meaning of the following sentences.

i) I was sad and very unhappy.

ii) I was in need and was sad and hurt.

iii) He fed me and took care of me.

iv) Gold is valuable but sympathy and love are far more valuable.

Ans:- i) I lay in sorrow, deep depressed.

ii) I lay in want, and grief and pain.

iii) He gave me bread, he watched me night and day.

iv) Oh, gold is great, but greater far Is heavenly sympathy.

c) Make sentences with the following phrases :

i) Look were cold :- …………………………………………………………………………………………

Ans:- Look were cold :- The proud man’s looks were cold.

ii) Night and day :- ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Ans:- Night and day :- The man works hard night and day.

iii) Pay him back :- ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Ans:- Pay him back :- I could not pay him back what he gave me.

3) Below are some lines from the poem with some words underlined. Choose the correct meanings of the words from the options given in brackets.

a) I lay in sorrow, deep distressed. (tired/unhappy/angry)

Ans:- Unhappy.

b) He gave me gold.(money/jewellery/sheets)

Ans:- Money.

c) And blessed his charity.(money/kind help/pride)

Ans:- Kind help.

d) A poor man passed my way.(to move past/stopped me)

Ans:- To move past.

e) Is heavenly sympathy.(selfishness/godly goodness/pride)

Ans:- Godly goodness.

f) Greater far is heavenly sympathy.(the feeling of being sorry at another’s sadness/the feeling of pain/a superior feeling)

Ans:- The feeling of being sorry at another’s sadness.

4) Let’s have fun with words ! 

The jumbled words below have been taken from the poem. Spell the words correctly. List their antonyms (if any) alongside. Mention whether the words are nouns or adjectives. One has been done for you.

Ans:-

5) As you know, the lines of a poem are not always written like prose. Here are some of the main ideas of the lines of the poem, but in a jumbled order. Rearrange each set of words to get a complete sentence. Remember to start the sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop.

a) deeply/distressed/was/he.

Ans:- He was deeply distressed.

b) heard/a proud man/of/his grief.

Ans:- A proud man heard of his grief.

c) looks/cold/were/his.

Ans:- He looks very cool.

d) didn’t offer/he/a/kindly word.

Ans:- He didn’t offer a kind word.

e) the gold/him/back/paid/to/he.

Ans:- He paid back the gold to him.

f) even/thanked/him/I.

Ans:- I even thanked him.

g) gave him/bread/the poor man/and/him/looked after.

Ans:- The poor man gave him bread and looked after him.

h) than/the poor man’s/is/gold/greater/sympathy.

Ans:- The poor man’s sympathy is greater than gold.

6) Read the paragraphs and then match them to the appropriate stanzas of the poem : 

The poet was lying in sorrow and in pain. A poor man saw him and took care of him. He also offered him food to restore the poet’s health. He took great care of the poet until the poet regained his health.

When the poet recovered, he went back to the man and repaid all the gold. He also stood straight, offered the man thanks, and blessed him for his help.

Once the poet was full of grief and very depressed. A rich and proud man heard about the poet’s problems and came to help him. The proud man offered him money, but did not offer any words of sympathy.

The poet wonders how to repay an act of selfless kindness. He realises that having money to repay a debt is a great thing, but kindness is a heavenly act that cannot be easily repaid.

Ans:- Stanza-1.

 Once the poet was full of grief and very depressed. A rich and proud man heard about the poet’s problems and came to help him. The proud man offered him money, but did not offer any words of sympathy.

Stanza-2

When the poet recovered, he went back to the man and repaid all the gold. He also stood straight, offered the man thanks, and blessed him for his help.

Stanza-3

The poet was lying in sorrow and in pain. A poor man saw him and took care of him. He also offered him food to restore the poet’s health. He took great care of the poet until the poet regained his health.

Stanza-4 

The poet wonders how to repay an act of selfless kindness. He realises that having money to repay a debt is a great thing, but kindness is a heavenly act that cannot be easily repaid.

7) a) Look up the dictionary to find out what is meant by the word ‘values’. 

b) Discuss what is meant by the term ‘human values’.

c) Make a list of different types of human values. Taking the help of the dictionary, write the meaning of each of the human values you have listed. Also, write at least one synonym and antonym for each human values you have selected. One example has been worked out for you.

Ans:- 

8) In groups, turn the theme of the poem “Sympathy” into a story. You can write about four men in a village – one who is very rich, one who is very poor and two who are neither too rich nor too poor.

Hints :-

• One man fell into deep distress (describe the type of distress)

• Approached a rich man; rich man gave money.

• He repaid the rich man’s money when he recovered from his problems.

• Later he fell sick; was nursed back to health by a poor man.

• Conclusion.

Ans:-

 Sympathy 

Once upon a time a man lived happily in a village. But, one day he was in trouble. He needed money to pay his landlord but his salary was delayed due to some problem. He was in deep distress. He went to the rich man of the village and asked him for help. The rich man gave him the money. When the honest man got his salary he repaid the money of the rich man with great respect and thankfully.

 After some day he fell sick and a poor man of his village rendered his service, offered him nursing care and took care of him until he became well.

The honest man is helpless because he cannot repay  the debt of the poor man.Money can be returned, but human assistance, empathy and support are invaluable.

9) Let’s learn some grammar :Read the following sentences –

a) Give me some bread .

b) Take me to the doctor. We can say these sentences in a polite way by using could and would as shown below :

a) i) Could/Would you give me some bread ?

ii) I wonder if you could give me some bread.

iii) Would you mind giving me some bread ?

b) i) Could/Would you take me to the doctor ?

ii) I wonder if you could take me to the doctor.

iii) Would you mind taking me to the doctor ?

Now let’s practise saying these sentences. Divide the class into two groups and give them names. Let one group ask questions beginning with will/would/can/could. The other group will give answers.

Ans:- Do yourselves

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