The School Boy Questions & Answers – Solution for UP Board Class 8 English Text Book Chapter 17. Get the Exercise Solutions of the activity Questions from The School Boy Class 8 English Chapter 17 English Text Book. You can comment below if you have any difficulty understanding the solutions.
(1) Find three or four words/phrases in stanza 1 that reflect the child’s happiness and joy.
Answer : The phrases or words are- ‘love torise’, ‘skylark sings with me’, ‘sweet company’.
(2) In stanza 2, the mood changes. Which words/phrases reflect the changed mood?
Answer : Words or phrases reflecting a changed mood include “it drives all joy away” and “in sighing and dismay.”
(3) ‘A cruel eye outworn’ (stanza 2) refers to
(i) the classroom which is shabby/noisy.
(ii) the lessons which are difficult/uninteresting.
(iii) the dull/uninspiring life at school with lots of work and no play.
Answer : (iii) the dull/in inspiring life at school with lots of work and no play.
(4) Why cannot a bird be joyful in a cage?
Answer : A bird soars high in the sky and roams freely throughout the day. Its joy and happiness are hindered if it is confined in a cage, unable to experience the freedom of flight.
UP Board English Class 8 Chapter 17 Word Power Solution
Question 1.
Find the antonyms of the following words from the poem:
