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Samacheer Class 8 English - My Computer Needs A Break

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Q.1How does the poet describe her computer?v
Answer:

The poet describes her computer as very intelligent and smart. The computer seems to know a lot of information by heart.

Q.2What happened to the computer?v
Answer:

The computer is absent-minded. It forgets to save her files. Sometimes the files vanish in the most dreadful way.

Q.3List four things that the computer could not do after it became absent-mindedv
Answer:

The computer forgets to save the poet s work.
It doesn’t check her spelling.
It hides all her files.
It makes her work vanish in the most dreadful way.

Q.4What made the poet squirm?v
Answer:

The naughty computer of the poetess gobbled a worm. The computer behaved so erratically that it made the poetess squirm.

Q.5Why did the poet call the doctor?v
Answer:

The computer caught a virus and fell very sick. So the poet had to call a doctor.
B) Fill in the blanks. (Text Book Page No. 201)

Q.2We get answers for questions by a ……………..v
Answer:

click of the mouse

Q.3The computer forgot to ……………. the poet’s work.v
Answer:

save

Q.4The computer actually gobbled a ……………..v
Answer:

worm

Q.5The poet feels that his computer needs ……………..v
Answer:

holiday
C) Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.
Smart – heart
click – quick
right – sight
sick – quick.
D) Match the poetic lines with Figures of speech.

Q.1‘My computer always gives me the answer really quick! ’ How does the computer give you an answer?v
Answer:

If we type in a question and gives the mouse a click, the computer gives the answer really quick.

Q.2‘And hides my files so that they vanish from sight’. What does a computer hide?v
Answer:

The computer hides the files.

Q.3‘My computer doesn’t check that my spellings are right ’ What does the computer fail to do?v
Answer:

The computer does not check the spelling.

Q.4‘My computer has always been so brainy and smart’ What are the qualities of a computer given in the above line?v
Answer:

The computer is brainy and smart. These are the qualities of the computer.

Q.6‘Then my computer caught a virus, and fell, very sick.’ Why did the computer fell sick?v
Answer:

The computer caught a virus and fell sick.
My Computer Needs A Break Summary in English
The computer is brainy and smart. It gives us quick answers to our questions. It has an absent-mindedness. It hides my files. Once it became a virus stricken. The computer falls sick. It is tiring. It needs a holiday.
My Computer Needs A Break Summary in Tamil
கணினி அறிவானது. சுறுசுறுப்பானது. மிக விரைவாய் பதில் சொல்லக் கூடியது. அதற்கு ஞாபக மறதியும் உண்டு. அது என் கோப்புக்களை மறைத்து விடும். வைரஸ் தாக்குதலுக்கு உள்ளாகி நோயுற்று விடும். சில சமயம் களைத்துவிடும். அதற்கும் கூட விடுமுறை தேவை.
My Computer Needs A Break About the Author in EnglishShanthini Govindan is a widely published, award-winning author of children’s literature in English in India, who has written over 50 books for children including poetry, picture books, and short stories for children of all ages.
My Computer Needs A Break About the Author in Tamil
சாந்தினி கோவிந்தன், பிரசித்தி பெற்றவர். விருதுகள் வாங்கியவர். குழந்தை இலக்கியத்தில் எழுத்தாளர் ஆக புகழ் பெற்றவர். 50 புத்தகங்களுக்கு மேல் எழுதியுள்ளார். இவற்றில் படக்கதைகள், கவிதைகள் அடங்கும். எல்லா வயது குழந்தைகளுக்கும் ஏற்றவாறு சிறுகதைகள் எழுதியுள்ளார்.
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