Samacheer Class 8 English - Special Hero

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1Warm Up9 questions

Q.1He always saves me from harm ………………v

Solution

keeping me safe from harm

Answer:

keeping me safe from harm

Q.2I am so lucky to get you ………………v

Solution

How did I get so lucky

Answer:

How did I get so lucky

Q.3The affection between us has no end ………………v

Solution

our love is everlasting
C) Answer the following questions.

Answer:

our love is everlasting
C) Answer the following questions.

Q.2Who is the special hero mentioned in the poem?v

Solution

Her father is a special hero mentioned in the poem.
Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Prose Chapter 2 I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore

Answer:

Her father is a special hero mentioned in the poem.
Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Prose Chapter 2 I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore

Q.3How did the child feel when it was held by its dad?v

Solution

The child felt the love and kindness of her father. She felt that she was safe from harm. Seems it was sent to me From someplace up above.

Answer:

The child felt the love and kindness of her father. She felt that she was safe from harm. Seems it was sent to me From someplace up above.

Q.4What do the above lines mean?v

Solution

These lines mean that the love of a father is heaven-sent.
Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Prose Chapter 2 I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore

Answer:

These lines mean that the love of a father is heaven-sent.
Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Prose Chapter 2 I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore

Q.5What did the child want to tell its dad?v

Solution

The child wanted to tell her dad that he was her special hero.
D) Work in pairs and answer the questions below.

Answer:

The child wanted to tell her dad that he was her special hero.
D) Work in pairs and answer the questions below.

Q.1“There is something special about a father’s love”.v

Solution

Identify the alliteration in the given lines.
Something, special – alliteration
Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Prose Chapter 2 I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore

Answer:

Identify the alliteration in the given lines.
Something, special – alliteration
Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Prose Chapter 2 I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore

Q.2Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.v

Solution

see – me; love – above; know – so are the rhyming words.

Answer:

see – me; love – above; know – so are the rhyming words.

2Writing (Text Book Page No. 24)7 questions

Q.G1E) Write a paragraph on the father’s love as described in the poem.v

Solution

Father holds the baby in his arms. The child feels the love and tenderness of its father. The child feels security from harm when the father holds the baby. When the child looks up at the eyes of a father, the child is able to realise all love in the eyes of its father. The child thinks she is very lucky to have a father. Her father’s love is not an earthly gift. It appears to be a gift sent from heaven. Father’s love is a permanent one. It is an everlasting love. The child considers her father to be her special hero. The child wants her father to know it. The child wants to tell her father that he is the special hero of the child.
8th English Guide Special Hero Additional Appreciation Questions and Answers

Answer:

Q.1‘Keeping me safe from harm ’v

Solution

When does the child feel safe?
When the father holds the child in his arms the child feels safe from harm.

Answer:

When does the child feel safe?
When the father holds the child in his arms the child feels safe from harm.

Q.2How did I get so lucky;v

Solution

Why does the child feel lucky?
The child feels herself to be lucky since the child is gifted with a loving father.
Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Prose Chapter 2 I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore

Answer:

Why does the child feel lucky?
The child feels herself to be lucky since the child is gifted with a loving father.
Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Prose Chapter 2 I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore

Q.3‘There is something special about a father’s love.’v

Solution

What is special about a father’s love?
Father’s love is not an ordinary gift. It appears to be a gift sent by heaven. So there is something special about a father’s love.

Answer:

What is special about a father’s love?
Father’s love is not an ordinary gift. It appears to be a gift sent by heaven. So there is something special about a father’s love.

Q.4‘Seems it was sent to me from someplace up above our love is everlasting’v

Solution

Why does the poetess say, ‘our love is everlasting?
The child loves her father till the end of her life. The father also loves the child till the end of his life. Age does not change the love of the father and daughter so the poetess says that love is everlasting.

Answer:

Q.5‘I felt love and tenderness.’v

Solution

When did the poetess feel close?
When the baby was held in the arms of its father the child felt love and tenderness.

Answer:

When did the poetess feel close?
When the baby was held in the arms of its father the child felt love and tenderness.

Q.6‘I just wanted you to know.’v

Solution

What did the poetess want her father to know?
Father was the child’s special hero. The poetess wanted her father to know.
Special Hero Summary in English
This poem tells about the bond of love between a child and a father. The child feels that it is lucky to have a father. The child also thinks that her father has been a gift sent from heaven. The child thinks that their father is her special hero.
Special Hero Summary in Tamil
இந்த கவிதை மகளுக்கும் தந்தைக்கும் இடையே உள்ள அன்பு பிணைப்பு பற்றிக் கூறுகிறது. குழந்தை தன்னை அதிர்ஷ்டசாலி என்று எண்ணுகிறது. தன் தந்தை சொர்க்கத்திலிருந்து அனுப்பப்பட்ட பரிசு என்று எண்ணுகிறது. தனது விசேஷ கதாநாயகன் தன் தந்தை என்றே குழந்தை எண்ணுகிறது.
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