Tamil Nadu 8th Standard English Book Term 3 My Computer Needs A Break Solution | Lesson 2.2

Lesson 2.2  My Computer Needs A Break

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Warm-up

In pairs, tell each other how computer plays a vital role in all fields

  1. Computer helps students to learn new things.
  2. It is a boon to modern society.
  3. It is widely used in all fields such as Economics, Science, Medical, Law, Engineering, Designing, Graphics and Film making etc.
  4. Computer literacy is vital to success in today’s world.
  5. Computers have helped in the design of safety equipment in sports.

Glossary

  • brainy (adj) – very intelligent
  • absent-minded (adj) – being forgetful
  • vanish (v) – disappear
  • dreadful (adj) – unpleasant
  • gobbled (v) – ate hastily or greedily
  • erratically (adv) – unsteadily or unpredictably
  • squirm (v) – to twist the body in discomfort

B) Fill in the blanks.

1) Computers are ______ and _______.

Ans ; brainy, smart

2) We get answers for questions by a ______.

Ans ; click

3) The computer forgot to ______ the poet’s work.

Ans ; save

4) The computer actually gobbled a _______.

Ans ; worm

5) The poet feels that his computer needs _______.

Ans ; a holiday

C) Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.

  1. Smart – heart
  2. click – quick
  3. right – sight
  4. sick – quick

D) Match the poetic lines with Figures of speech

1) So brainyA) personification
2) MountainsB) personification
3) It’s so absent mindedC) hyperbole
4) Computer gobbled a worm –D) metaphor
5) Very sickE) metaphor
Ans ; 1 – D, 2 – C, 3 – A, 4 – B, 5 – E

E) Find the alliterating words from the poem

  1. Save – store
  2. Doctor – double
  3. Virus – very
  4. makes – most

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