Ncert English Class 8 Solutions The Tsunami
Welcome to NCTB Solutions. Here with this post we are going to help 8th class students for the Solutions of NCERT Class 8 English Book Chapter 2, The Tsunami. Here students can easily find step by step solutions of all the questions in The Tsunami. Also our Expert English Teacher’s solved all the problems with easily understandable language with proper guidance so that all the students can understand easily. Here in this post students will get chapter 2 solutions. Here all Question Answer are based on NCERT latest syllabus.
The Tsunami Exercise question Solutions :
- Comprehension Check (I) :
Say whether the following are true or false.
(1) Ignesious lost his wife, two children, his father-in-law, and his brother-in-law in the tsunami.
Answer :
This statement is True.
(2) Sanjeev made it to safety after the tsunami.
Answer :
The statement is False.
(3) Meghna was saved by a relief helicopter.
Answer :
The statement is False.
(4) Almas’s father realised that a tsunami was going to hit the island.
Answer :
This statement is True.
(5) Her mother and aunts were washed away with the tree that they were holding on to.
Answer :
This statement is True.
- Comprehension Check (II) :
Answer the following in a phrase or sentence.
(1) Why did Tilly’s family come to Thailand?
Answer :
Tilly’s family come to Thailand from South-East England to celebrate Christmas at a beach resort.
(2) What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw?
Answer :
Tilly and her family had already been triggered by a massive earthquake off northern Sumatra earlier that morning. Her mother noticed that the water was swelling and coming close to them and beach was getting smaller and smaller. In the meantime, Tilly also sensed something odd. She saw the sea slowly rise and start to foam, bubble and form whirpools.
(3) Do you think Tilly’s mother was alarmed by them?
Answer :
Tilly’s mother had no idea about the tsunami and she did not alarmed by those warnings. She only realised, after seeing her frightened daughter, something big and serious was going to happen.
(4) Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion?
Answer :
Tilly had seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion in a video of a tsunami that had hit the Hawaiian islands in 1946. Her geography teacher had shown this in his class.
(5) Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape from the tsunami?
Answer :
The smith family and the others on the beach run towards the building and took refuge in the third floor of the hotel. The building withstood the surge of three tsunami waves.
(6) How do you think her geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?
Answer :
When Tilly’s teacher heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket, he must have felt elated of her. He was very happy to see that with the help of his lesson and video Tilly had saved the lives of her family as well as the lives of many other people of that beach.
- Comprehension check (III) :
Answer using a phrase or a sentence.
(1) In the tsunami 150,000 people died. How many animals died?
Answer :
Though in the tsunami the giant waves that rolled through the Indian ocean killed more than 150,000 people in a dozen countries; but not many animals have been reported dead. So, the exact number of dead animals was unknown.
(2) How many people and animals died in Yala National Park?
Answer :
In Yala national park sixty visitors were washed away from the patanangala beach inside the park; but the strange thing is no animal carcasses were found, except for two water buffaloes.
(3) What do people say about the elephants of Yala National Park?
Answer :
The people who were present at Yala national park had observed that three elephants running away from the patanangala beach, about an hour before the tsunami hit that park.
(4) What did the dogs in Galle do?
Answer :
A Sri Lankan gentlemen who lives on the coast near Galle said his two dogs would not go for their daily run on the beach. They may be sense the approaching disaster before.
- Working with the Text :
Discuss the following questions in class. Then write your own answers.
(1) When he felt the earthquake, do you think Ignesious immediately worried about a tsunami? Give reasons for your answer. Which sentence in the text tells you that the Ignesious family did not have any time to discuss and plan their course of action after the tsunami struck?
Answer :
No, when Ignesious felt the earthquake, he was not much worried about it. He took it as a normal earthquake. So, he carefully took his television off the table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break. The following sentence tells that the Ignesious family did not have any time to discuss and plan their course of action often the tsunami struck – “In the chaos and confusion, two of his children caught hold of the hands of their mother’s father and mother’s brother, and rushed in the opposite direction, he never saw them again.”
(2) Which words in the list below describe Sanjeev, in your opinion?
(Look up the dictionary for words that you are not sure of.)
cheerful, ambitious, brash, brave, careless
heroic, selfless, heartless, humorous
Use words from the list to complete the three sentences below.
(i) I don’t know if Sanjeev was cheerful, __ or __.
(ii) I think that he was very brave, __ and __.
(iii) Sanjeev was not heartless, __ or __.
Answer :
(i) I don’t know if Sanjeev was cheerful, humorous or ambitious.
(ii) I think that he was very brave, heroic and selfless.
(iii) Sanjeev was not heartless, careless or brash.
(3) How are Meghna and Almas’s stories similar?
Answer :
Both of the girls were swept away, by the giant waves of tsunami, along with their respective families. Both of them were the only survivors of their own families and they floated in the sea for several days. Meghna spent two days floating in the sea, holding on to a wooden door. Whereas, Almas climbed on a floating log of wood. Both of the girls become traumatised and dazed after this incident.
(4) What are the different ways in which Tilly’s parents could have reacted to her behaviour? What would you have done if you were in their place?
Answer :
When Tilly got the hints of the impending tsunami, she become hysterical. And her parents when noticed their frightened daughter they also sensed that something dangerous would going to happen. Then they took their daughters away from the beach and left the place. However, they could have reacted in different ways to her behaviour. They could ignore Tilly’s silly talking’s, or could try to calm down her. If I were in the similar place I would listened to her very calmly and would realised the hazard that was approximating to the beach and would left the hotel beach immediately.
(5) If Tilly’s award was to be shared, who do you think she should share it with – her parents or her geography teacher?
Answer :
In my opinion, Tilly should have shared her award with her geography teacher because due to his classes and videos about the earthquakes and tsunami, Tilly become aware of the forthcoming tsunami. For this awareness, she was capable to save the lives of her family as well as other people.
(6) What are the two different ideas about why so few animals were killed in the tsunami? Which idea do you find more believable?
Answer :
So, few animals were killed in the tsunami because many people believe that animals have a sixth sense. Indeed, they know when the earth is going to shake. Some experts also believe that animals have an more acute sense of hearing which helps them to feel or hear the earth’s vibration. Due to this efficiency they can sense an approaching disaster long before humans realise what’s going on. Since, it is scientifically proven that they have the ability of hearing the low frequency sounds, I think the second idea is more believable.
- Working with the Language :
(2) Fill in the blanks in the sentences below (the verbs given in brackets will give you a clue).
(i) The earth trembled, but not many people felt the __. (tremble)
(ii) When the zoo was flooded, there was a lot of __ and many animals escaped into the countryside. (confuse)
(iii) We heard with __ that the lion had been recaptured. (relieve)
(iv) The zookeeper was stuck in a tree and his __ was filmed by the TV crew. (rescue)
(v) There was much __ in the village when the snake charmer came visiting. (excite)
Answer :
(i) The earth trembled, but not many people felt the Trembling.
(ii) When the zoo was flooded, there was a lot of Confusion and many animals escaped into the countryside.
(iii) We heard with Relief that the lion had been recaptured.
(iv) The zookeeper was stuck in a tree and his Rescue was filmed by the TV crew.
(v) There was much Excitement in the village when the snake charmer came visiting.
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