CHAPTER 8 STUDENT BOOK (MCB) ANSWER KEY

Warm up

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Visual impairment is the functional

limitation of the eye or eyes or the vision

system. The symptoms of visual impairment

can range from colour blindness to hazy

vision to total lack of vision.

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Visually impaired people learn to cope with

day-to-day activities by using the other four

senses.

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The senses of smell, touch, hearing and

taste help them to ‘see’ the world.

Comprehension

A. 1.

In the morning, John sees the sun pushing

through the curtains. Grandpa cannot see

the sunlight. He tells John that it touches him,

warming him awake.

2.

Grandpa knew

where Nana was by listening intently to the

sounds coming from the kitchen. Before he

closed his eyes, John could not hear the banging

of pots and the sound of water running in the

kitchen because he needed to concentrate on

his hearing.

3.

John protested when Nana

told him that it was easy to guess the names

of flowers by just smelling them. He said so

because he had incorrectly guessed that there

were carnations while Grandpa had correctly

guessed that the flowers were marigolds. John

felt that all the smells mixed together in the air

and therefore it was not easy to guess what the

smells were.

4.

Grandpa’s plate is arranged

like a clock while eating so that he knows exactly

where to reach for his food.

5.

John learns

to play music using sheets of music placed on

a stand before him. He knows all about musical

notes by reading them from music sheets.

Grandpa knows his music by heart. The notes

are in his fingers and he can play the instrument

with ease without having to look at the notes.

He learns new pieces by listening.

6.

After

breakfast, John and Grandpa played the cello

together in the living room. Later, they walk

outside, through the front yard and across the

field to the river. Grandpa identifies some birds

when he hears their call. They walked back

to the house and drank tea with Nana on the

porch. In the afternoon, Grandpa, Nana and

John take their books outside to read under

the apple tree. Grandpa reads his book with his

fingers, feeling the raised Braille dots that tell

him the words.

7.

Grandpa had told John

that Nana’s voice smiled to him. John decided

to test it to see whether it was true for him as

well. When John asked Nana to repeat what she

had said, she asked him to go to sleep. She said

it sternly but John realised that Grandpa was

right. Nana’s voice smiled to him too when he

looked through Grandpa’s eyes.

B. 1.

he is visually impaired.

2.

know how the

weather is outside.

3.

he uses his sense of

touch, smell and hearing to identify the things

around him.

4.

he knows when the cup is

full.

5.

he closes his eyes and tries to look

through Grandpa’s eyes.

6.

closing one’s

eyes and knowing the world by placing more

importance to the other senses like smell,

hearing and touch.

C. 1.

The first action shows that John sometimes

forgets that his Grandpa is visually impaired.

Grandpa is so independent in his ways that

it seems easy to forget that he cannot see.

The second action shows that he is very

affectionate towards his grandfather and

does not get irritated when he sometimes

makes mistakes because of his impairment.

2.

Yes, the story does give the impression that

Grandpa sometimes does ‘see’ things better

than others. While John doesn’t know where

his Nana is in the morning, his Grandpa knows

where she is by listening to the sounds coming

from the kitchen. He knows what flowers are

blooming by their smell and he learns new

music by listening. While John doesn’t know

the names of many birds, Grandpa can identify

the bird simply by listening to its call. He also

knows which way the wind is blowing and what

the weather is like outside by using his sense

of touch.

3.

John closes his eyes and tries

to experience things like his Grandpa does.

He tries to use his other senses to imagine the

world around him just like Grandpa does. While

eating, he arranges his food like a clock and

tries to eat with his eyes closed. He tries to see

the world with his eyes closed and thereby he

uses his imagination to know the world in the

way Grandpa does.

Know your Values

Free response

Grammar

A. 2.

All her old books have been donated by

Nitya to the library.

3.

The play was being

rehearsed by them last week.

4.

A model

aeroplane is going to be built by my sister

and me.

5.

The assembly is addressed

by the principal every morning.

6.

The

complicated machine is skilfully operated by

the technician.

B. 2.

The painters will whitewash the walls

next Saturday.

3.

Parents should not do

students’ projects.

4.

Do not ignore my

warning.

5.

The students designed the

costumes for the play.

6.

Our team won the

championship this year.

Vocabulary

A. 2.

d. a short, soft, uneven sound, like a small

explosion, iv. oil, batter

3.

a. a short, loud,

repeated sound, especially when something

shakes, vi. chain, teeth, windows

4.

f. a

sudden, sharp, loud sound, like something

breaking, ii. thunder, knuckles, branches

5.

b. a hissing sound, like water falling on

hot metal or food frying in hot oil, i. fire,

car engine

6.

c. the sound of something

repeatedly hitting a surface quickly and lightly,

v. footsteps, raindrops

B.

2.

jingle

3.

patter

4.

sizzled

5.

cracked

6.

rattled

Dictionary Work

A. 1.

lean-verb-to slope or tilt (bend forwards

or backwards) from an upright position