The Great Stone Face 2 NCERT Solutions for Class 8 English Honeydew Chapter 10
Question 1.
Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following state-ments:
1. Ernest’s words reminded people of the wise old sayings.
2. Total strangers from far away, who visited Ernest in the valley, found his face familiar.
3. The Great Stone Face confirmed Ernest’s view that the poet could be worthy of its likeness.
4. When Ernest and the poet met, they respected and admired each other equally.
5. The poet along with Ernest addressed the inhabitants of the valley.
6. The’poet realised that Ernest’s thoughts were far nobler than his own verses.
Answer:
(1) False
(2) True
(3) True
(4) True
(5) False
(6) True.
The Great Stone Face 2 Working With the Text (Page – 137)
Answer the following questions:
Question 1.
How was Ernest different from others in the valley ?
Answer.
Ernest was noble and had powerful thoughts. Moreover, he became famous beyond the valley. On the other hand, the other people were simple, ordinary and thoughtless.
Question 2.
Why did Ernest think the poet was like the Stone Face ?
Answer:
The poetry Ernest read found worthy and thoughtful. So Ernest thought that the poet was like the Stone Face.
Question 3.
What did the poet himself say about his thoughts and poems?
Answer:
The poet admitted that his songs were heavenly. Moreover his dream had been grand. But life did not agree with his great thoughts. His dreams were mere hollow dreams.
Question 4.
What made the poet proclaim Ernest was the Stone Face ?
Answer:
The poet felt that Ernest’s own life and character were nobler kind of poetry than he had ever written. He could not help declaring that Ernest himself was the Stone Face as he had seen white clouds of mist around the Stone Face and white hair on Ernest’s head.
Question 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.
Answer:
(i) Poet
(ii) Ernest
(iii) Poet
(iv) Poet
(v) Ernest
(vi) Ernest
(vii) Poet
(viii) Poet
(ix) Ernest
(x) Ernest.
Question 6.
(i) Who, by common consent, turned out to be like the Great Stone Face ?
Answer:
Ernest was 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?
Answer.
As Ernest walked homeword, he still hoped that some man wiser and better than himself, bearing a likeness to the great Stone Face, would appear. Of course, he didn’t
believe so.
The Great Stone Face 2 Working With Language (Page – 137)
Question 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
Answer:
(c) setting
(ii) brightening
(a) making (it) look bright and cheerful
(b) lending (it) a special glow
(c) causing (it) to appear hopeful
Answer:
(b) lending (it) a special glow
(iii) spacious
(a) lonely and wild
(b) big and wide
(c) special and important
Answer:
(b) big and wide
(iv) prophecy
(a) proverb
(b) prediction
(c) rumour
Answer:
(a) proverb
(v) marvellous
(a) wonderful
(b) surprising
(c) shocking
Answer:
(b) surprising
(vi) proclaim
(a) reveal
(b) declare
(c) shout
Answer:
(b) declare
(vii) cease
(a) happen
(b) stop
(c) remain
Answer:
(a) happen
(viii) (a night’s) shelter
(a) stay
(b) safety
(c) hospitality
Answer:
(a) stay
(ix) gazed
(a) wandered about
(b) stared at
(c) thought of
Answer:
(b) stared at
(x) took on
(a) challenged (an expression)
(b) resembled
(c) assumed
Answer:
(c) assumed
Question 2.
(i) Read the following sentences.
(a) I do hope I’II live to see him.
(b) He will come! Fear not, Ernest; the man will come.
(c) Gathergold is arriving tomorrow, people said.
(d) Blood-and-Thunder starts his journey back to the valley next week, everyone proclaimed.
(e) The great man is going to spend his old age in his native town.
Notice that in the above sentence, verbs in bold type are in four different forms, denoting four important ways of expressing future time. None of these can be said to be exclusively used to show future time, though each is used to refer to some action in future.
(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.
(b) Have you decided where you will go for your higher secondary ? Yes, I have. I will golam going to the Kendriya Vidyalaya.
(c) Don’t worry about the dog. It won’t hurt/ isn’t hurting you.
(d) The weatherman has predicted that it will snow/is snowing in Ranikhet tonight.
(e) Swapna can’t go out this evening. Her father will come /is coming to see her.
Answer:
(a) 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 to the Kendriya Vidyalaya.
(c) Don’t worry about the dog. It won’t hurt you.
(d) The weatherman has predicted that it will snow in Ranikhet tonight.
(e) Swapna can’t go out this evening. Her father is coming to see her.
Question 3.
(i) Complete these pieces of conversation using will or going to with the verbs given.
(a) Rani : Why are you turning on the radio ?
Ravi : …………………(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.
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.
(ii) Let pairs of children take turns to speak aloud the dialogues.
Answer.
(a) Ravi: I will llisten to the news.
(b) Ravi: Don’t worry. I will lend you some.
(c) Ravi: I think: it is going to (=will) rain.
(d) Ravi: All right, then. We will have fried rice and dry beans.
(e) Ravi: I will make coffee.
Ravi: All right. I will go to the bakery and get some.
The Great Stone Face 2 Speaking and Writing (Page – 139)
Question 1.
Each of the following words has the sound/f/as in feel. The words on the left have it initially. Those on the right have it finally. Speak each word clearly, flail life fact
Answer:
Classroom Activity.
Question 2.
Underline the letter or letters representing/f/in each of the following words.
Answer:
file, slough, faint, lift, cough, defence, afford, enough, photograph, staff, tough, aloof, affront, philosophy, sophistry
Question 3.
Imagine that you are the poet. You have come to your native valley to meet a famous preacher called Ernest. Narrate the incident of your first meeting with him.
Answer:
Once born in the valley I had gone far in search of some business. I toured various cities and developed interest in writing poetry and some other kind of literature. All of a sudden one day I heard about Ernest in my native land. I had a desire to visit the valley and see the person.
He was reading a book sitting in the door of his cottage. He was a quiet, mild, hospitable, famous preacher and amiable person of middle-age. His decency attracted the most. He served we with food and shelter. We exchanged our thoughts and experiences of our lives. He declared that I was perhaps the man with the likeness of Stone Face. I recited some of my poems to him. Ultimately I called him the pure seeker of the goodness and truth.
Question 4.
(i) Put each of the following in the correct order to construct sentences.
• a resident of Noida near Delhi/is visually impaired/George Abraham.
…………………….
• confidence and competitive spirit and infuses discipline among the participants/It provides
…………………..
• he has helped/The brain behind the World Cup Cricket,/the disabled to dream
……………………
• to the blind school in Delhi/It was a chance visit/that changed his life sport is a powerful tool/the disabled/He believes that/for rehabilitation of
………………….
Answer:
• George Abraham, a resident of Noida near Delhi, is visually impaired.
• It provides confidence and competitive spirit and infuses discipline among the participants.
• The brain behind the World Cup Cricket, he has helped the disabled to dream.
• It was a chance visit to the blind school in Delhi that changed his life.
• He believes that sport is a powerful tool for rehabilitation of the disabled.
(ii) Now rearrange the sentences above to construct a paragraph.
George Abraham……………………
……………………………………………..
……………………………………………..
……………………………………………..
Answer:
George Abraham, a resident of Noida near Delhi, is visually impaired. He, the brain behind the World Cup Cricket has helped the disabled to dream. It was a chance visit to the blind school in Delhi that changed his life. He believes that sports is a powerful tool for rehabilitation of the disabled. It provides confidence and competitive spirit and infuses discipline among the participants.
The Great Stone Face 2 Introduction
Many years passed. Ernest was now a middle-aged man who was humble and hard working. He was the owner of wise thoughts. His neighbours never suspected that he was anything more than an ordinary person. He always thought himself as a thoughtful, wiser and better a person than the others. What was stored in fate for him
The Great Stone Face 2 Word Notes
Question 1.
Ernest had ceased to be obscure. What does ‘ceased to’ mean?
(a) ended
(b) became
(c) finished
(d) hurried
Answer:
(b) became
Question 2.
What were there in Ernest’s mind ?
(a) wise criticism
(b) wise thoughts
(c) wise dealings
(d) wise guys
Answer:
(b) wise thoughts
Question 3.
Who had come to see Ernest him in the valley ?
(a) correspondent
(b) poet
(c) critic
(d) None of the above.
Answer:
(b) poet
Question 4.
How did Ernest admire the poet for?
(a) great thoughts
(b) dream
(c) hospitability
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d) All of the above
Question 5.
Who drew the attention of the people to the Ernest greatness ?
(a) poet
(b) village sarpanch
(c) nextdoor neighbour
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a) poet
Question 6.
What is the noun form of ‘appear?
(a) appeared
(b) appearing
(c) appearance
(d) None of the above.
Answer:
(c) appearance
Question 7.
His thoughts were worthy. Whose thoughts ?
(a) Ernest
(b) poet
(c) villagers
(d) None of the above.
Answer:
(b) poet
