English Question Answers Chapter 3.1 – “Why?’’ Class 8 Maharashtra Board

Question Answers For All Chapters – English Class 8

Solutions

1. Read the poem, discuss, and complete the following blanks with proper action words (Verbs).

• Wood – floats
• Marbles – sink
• Stars – shine
• Winds – blow
• Sun – shines
• Flowers – bloom
• Ocean – ebbs and flows
• Fish – swim
• Rain – falls
• Ice – melts
• Bees – buzz

2. Discuss in pairs and write the rhyming pairs of words from the poem.

• Why – by-and-by
• Sink – drink
• Sky – die
• Nose – flows
• Fly – sky
• Stone – bone

3. Why this, Why that, Why then, Why now, Why not, Why by-and-by?
In these two lines, the word ‘why’ is repeated, so it is a Figure of Speech called Repetition:
It is a Figure of Speech in which one or more words are repeated in the same sentence.
Example: Son, son it gives me a great joy.

• The phrase “Why this, Why that, Why then, Why now, Why not, Why by-and-by?” is an example of Repetition because the word “why” is repeated for emphasis.