Unit 6 (Grade 8) Life Saving Inventions (Part II)

 Unit 6 (Part I)

Reading II

Life  Saving Inventions

A. Find the words/phrases from the text for the following meanings.

a. …………. change for a new one

b. …………. hand over goods to the proper recipients

c. …………. undertook a scientific procedure to make

a discovery

d. …………. a thing or an idea that has been created

e. …………. harms done to a person's body

f. …………. goes through

 

Answer:

a. replace change for a new one

b. deliver hand over goods to the proper recipients

c. experimented undertook a scientific procedure to make

a discovery

d. invention a thing or an idea that has been created

e. injuries harms done to a person's body

f. passes goes through

 

B. Write whether the following statements are True or False.

If the information is not given, write NG.

a. Women in Africa walked for a long time to fetch water for their homes.

b. With the hippo-roller, people can carry more water than with a normal bucket.

c. LifeStraw is made of paddy straw.

d. LifeStraw never stops working.

e. Japanese technology was used in those three inventions.

f. Coca-Cola company worked with Simon Berry to design AidPod.

f. AidPod has been used successfully in many different countries.

 

Answer:

a. Women in Africa walked for a long time to fetch water for their homes.  True

b. With the hippo-roller, people can carry more water than with a normal bucket. True

c. Life Straw is made of paddy straw. False

d. LifeStraw never stops working. NG

e. Japanese technology was used in those three inventions. NG

f. Coca-Cola company worked with Simon Berry to design AidPod. False

g. AidPod has been used successfully in many different countries. NG

C. Answer these questions.

a. Why was life tough with traditional plastic buckets?

b. Who made the lives of African women easier?

c. How does LifeStraw work?

d. Where was LifeStraw used during disasters?

e. What made Simon Berry design the AidPod?

f. If his plan works well, what does Simon Berry hope to achieve?

Answer:

a. Life was tough with traditional plastic buckets because women and children had to carry heavy buckets of water on their heads for long hours which often caused injuries.

b. Pettie, Petzer and Johan Jonker designs the hippo roller which made the lives of Africans women easier.

c. Life straw is a long thin plastic tube that cleans the water as  if passes through it into somebody's mouth.

d. Life straw was used in Haiti, Pakistan and Thailand during disasters.

e. Simon Berry designed the AidPod because he noticed that people in the remotest villages of Zambia could buy cocacola but not medicine and one of five children were dying before their fifth birthday due to a lack of access to medicines.

f. Simon Berry hopes to achieve to do the same in other African countries and save thousands of lives with the Aid pod.

 

D. Which of the inventions mentioned above do you think is the most relevant in your locality? Talk to your friends. Give reasons.

Answer:

I think life straw is the most relevant in my locality because there are still many places in the world, including my locality where people do not have access to clean and safe drinking water.

 

 

Grammar II

 

A.   Do the verbs in the following sentences match with the subjects? Tick (v') the correct sentences and cross (X) the incorrect ones.

a.   i. The students attend the language course.

      ii. The students attends the language course.

b.  i. Aayush and her friends decorates her classroom.

      ii. Aayush and her friends decorate her classroom.

c.   i. Either my brother or my father do not let us come to the meeting.

      ii. Either my brother or my father does not let us come to the meeting.

d.                 i. Has utsav with his friends made preparations for the programme ?

      ii. Have utsav with his friends made preparations for the programme ?

e.   i. The story in a movie, including all the songs, attracts audiences' attention.

      ii. The story in a movie, including all the songs, attract audiences' attention.

f.                 i. They were made dance at the party.

      ii. They were made to dance at the party.

B.    Choose the correct option from the brackets to complete the following sentences.

a.     Writing an email ............. (needs/need) a lot of care.

b.     Two plus three ............. (make/makes) five.

c.     Mr. Karki and Mr. Mandal ......... (was/were) studying mathematics together last evening.

d.     Five years...................................... (pass/passes) too early.

e.     Either the child or the parents......................................... (need/needs)

to come to receive the prize.

f.      ................ (Was/Were) the scissors working properly?

g.     The director and the actor never......................................... (go/goes) late

for the shooting.

h.     A team of players....................................... (receive/receives) medals.

1.       Both of them ............. (has/have) returned home late.

J.   Jina ............. (do not like/does not like) tea.

 

Answer:

a. Writing an email needs a lot of care.

b. Two plus three makes five.

c. Mr. Karki and Mr. Mandal were studying mathematics together last evening.

c. Five years pass too early.

d. Either the child or the parents need to come to receive the prize.

e. Were the scissors working properly?

f. The director and the actor never go late for the shooting.

g. A team of players receives medals.

h. Both of them have returned home late.

i. Jina does not like tea.

j. Writing an email needs a lot of care.

k. Two plus three makes five.

j. Mr. Karki and Mr. Mandal were studying mathematics together last evening.

k. Five years pass too early.

l. Either the child or the parents need to come to receive the prize.

(My special thanks to Kanchan Chaudhary of Khairahani Secondary School for preparing this material.)

 

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