Class 8 English Chapter 4.1 The Vet Question Answer

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8th Class English Chapter 4.1 The Vet Questions and Answers

Chit – Chat

Question 1.
Where do we find all animals?
Answer:
We find all animals in the forests, zoos, and at a veterinarian’s clinic.

Question 2.
Do you have a pet?
Answer:
Yes, I have a cat and a dog.
[Note: The above answers are for reference.
Students are expected to attempt the above activity on their own.]

Question 3.
How do we understand that animals are not feeling well?
Answer:
It is difficult to understand when animals are not feeling well, because they cannot talk. However, one can find out whether an animal is feeling well or not by looking at the signs and symptoms. The symptoms could be loss of appetite, shedding of fur, fatigue, difference in their sound, loss of interest in various activities, etc.

Question 4.
Who gives medicine / treatment to the sick animals and birds?
Answer:
The veterinarian gives medicine / treatment to the sick animals and birds.

Question 5.
How do we help animals and birds?
Answer:
We can help animals and birds by being kind to them. We can keep bowls filled with water in our balconies or on our windowsills, so that birds can drink it. We can help by rescuing stray cats and dogs and arrange for them to be adopted. We can restrict urbanisation, so that we don’t destroy then- homes, the forests. We can plant more trees so as to keep our surroundings populated with birds.

8th English 4.1 The Vet Warming Up Answers

Question 1.
Doctors who do special advanced study of specific parts of the body have special terms.
In your group, try to match the specialist doctors with whom / what they treat.

Answer:
(i – d),
(ii – g),
(iii – f),
(iv – a),
(v – c),
(vi – b),
(vii – e)

Question 2.
Discuss in your group and write down the most important reason, why Paediatricians and Veterinarians have a tougher job to diagnose their patients’ illnesses.
Answer:
Both, animals and kids, can’t tell the doctor what exactly is wrong with them. The doctor has to look at the symptoms, probe and then make a diagnosis. It could be dangerous for the patient, if the doctor makes an incorrect diagnosis and prescribes the wrong medicine. Hence, Paediatricians and Veterinarians have a tougher job to diagnose their patients’ illnesses.

• Why is it so difficult to be a successful vet?
Answer:
It is difficult to be a successful vet because of the following reasons:

1. A vet’s patients have different body structures.
2. A vet needs to have a lot of knowledge to treat all the different patients.

• What is wrong with ducks and chickens?
Answer:
The ducks and the chickens are failing to lay eggs.

• What are the opposite illnesses of the lion and the Arctic fox?
Answer:
The opposite illnesses of the lion and the Arctic fox are that the lion has caught a cold and the Arctic fox is suffering from heat.

• Why have the giraffes got stiff necks?
Answer:
The giraffes have stiff necks because they have had a tiff.

• Why does the poet call the vet ‘omniscient’?
Answer:
The poet calls the vet omniscient because the vet is the only one who possesses all the knowledge to treat the birds as well as animals and can make everything right again.

• What is the poet’s advice to you? Do you think he means it?
Answer:

1. The poet advises us to take up a career where we could earn money in an easier way, because if we become a vet, we shall have to work really hard.
2. He suggests that instead of treating animals, we should become doctors and treat human beings.
3. No, he does not mean it. The poet is simply trying to bring out, in a comical manner, the difference in the profession of a doctor of humans and a doctor of animals.

4.1 The Vet English Workshop Answers Pdf

Question 1.
Write down the Rhyme scheme of stanzas 1 to 3 and the last two stanzas? How does it differ in the remaining stanzas 4 to 7?
Answer:

	Stanza (1,2,3,8,9)	Stanza (4,5,6,7)
Rhyme Scheme	abab	aabeeb
Number of lines	4	6

Question 2.
Write any five illnesses of the animals in the poem, that you find most amusing / laughable.
(1) ……………………..
(2) ……………………..
(3) ……………………..
(4) ……………………..
(5) ……………………..
Answer:
Following are the illnesses of the animals from the poem that I find the most amusing:

1. The centipede that has trouble with his feet.
2. The Arctic fox that is suffering from heat.
3. The bear that is too full of buns.
4. The panther that has a wife who chews his ears.
5. The giraffes that have stiff necks.

Question 3.
(A) Out of all names of birds and animals given in the poem, pick out 4 names that are similar in English as well as in Hindi / Marathi or your mother tongue.
Answer:
Giraffe, Zebra, Kangaroo, Chimpanzee

(B) Translate the names of the zoo animals given in the poem into your mother tongue.
Answer:

Question 4.
Think deeply and write. Is the poet really discouraging the youth from becoming vets? Explain your response.
Answer:
No, the poet is not discouraging the youth from becoming vets. He is simply trying to caution the youth about hardships they would have to face, if they choose to become a vet. The poet attempts to humorously convey his message, so that the youth are not discouraged to take up the profession. It is important for an individual to know the advantages and disadvantages of a field before choosing it as a career. Thus, the poet aims to only communicate how thoroughly an individual would have to be prepared when he/she chooses to become a vet.

Question 5.
Find out from a vet or from a website, what precautions does a vet have to take when he/she is called to treat wild, dangerous animals. Make point-wise notes of the same.
Answer:
A vet has to take the following precautions when he/she is called to treat wild, dangerous animals.

1. He needs to have tranquilizers with him, so that the animal can be made unconscious while it is being treated.
2. He should carry gloves and other such accessories, so that he does not come in direct contact with an infected animal.
3. The vet should carry the necessary medicines and injections required to treat the injury/illness of the animal.
4. The vet should also carry all the necessary antidotes and other supplies, in case he comes in contact with an infected animal, or gets bitten by a wild animal.

Chapter 4.1 The Vet Question Answer Extra Questions

Simple Factual

Question 1.
Complete the following web-diagram by writing the names of all the birds and animals mentioned in the extract.

Answer:

1. cat
2. dog
3. horse
4. parrot
5. ducks
6. chicken
7. canary bird

Question 2.
Match the animals in Column ‘A’ with their illnesses in Column ‘B’.

Specialists	Whom/What they treat
i. Dentist	a. bone
ii. Cardiologist	b. brain/with spine
iii. Ophthalmologist	c. small kids
iv. Orthopaedic	d. teeth
v. Paediatrician	e. animals/birds
vi. Neurologist	f. eye
vii. Veterinarian	g. heart

Answer:
(i – b),
(ii – e),
(iii – d),
(iv – a),
(v – c)
[“To be a successful ……….
……. number of things.”]

Complex Factual

Question 3.
State what a vet must say if he is called to the zoo.
Answer:
If a vet is called to the zoo, he must say an incredible number of things in order to properly explain the illnesses of the animals.

Vocabulary/Poetic Devices

Question 4.
Write down the rhyming words from the extract.
Answer:

1. vet – get
2. wide – inside
3. milk – silk
4. bone – groan
5. lay – say
6. sings – things

Question 5.
Write down the rhyme scheme of the extract
Answer:
The rhyme scheme of the extract is ‘abab’.

Question 6.
Give two examples of Hyperbole from the extract
Answer:
Two examples of Hyperbole from the extract are

1. “Needs knowledge exceedingly wide,”
   The vast amount of knowledge that a vet needs to possess, has been exaggerated by using the word ‘exceedingly’.
2. “An incredible number of things.”
   The detailed explanation to be given by the vet has been exaggerated by using the word ‘incredible’.

Question 7.
Pick out two lines from the extract that contain the figure of speech Consonance.
Answer:

1. “To be a successful and competent vet,”
   The consonant sound ‘t’ is repeated within the line for poetic effect.
2. “Possesses a different inside.”
   The consonant sound ‘s’ is repeated within the line for poetic effect.

Question 8.
Identify and explain the figures of speech used in the extract.

i. “Needs knowledge exceedingly wide,”
Answer:
a. Consonance – The consonant sounds ‘n’ and ‘d’ have been repeated within the line to create poetic effect.

ii. “He must know why the cat is refusing her ‘ milk,”
Answer:
a. Alliteration – The sound of the letters ‘h’ and ‘m’ have been repeated for poetic effect.

iii. “Why the dog is not eating his bone,”
Answer:
a. Consonance – The consonant sound ‘t’ is repeated within the line for poetic effect.

iv. “Why the coat of the horse is not shining like silk,”
Answer:
a. Simile – A direct comparison has been made between the ‘shine of the horse’s coat’ and ‘silk’.

v. “Why the parrot does nothing but groan;”
Answer:
a. Onomatopoeia – The word ‘groan’ denotes the sound made by the parrot.

vi. “Why the ducks and the chickens are failing to lay,”
Answer:
a. Consonance – The consonant sound ‘k’ is repeated within the line for poetic effect.

vii. “Why so faint the canary bird sings,”
Answer:
a. Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘s’ is repeated for poetic effect.

viii. “And if he is called to the zoo he must say”
Answer:
a. Repetition – The word ‘he’ has been repeated twice in the same line.

ix. “An incredible number of things.”
Answer:
a. Consonance – The consonant sound ‘n’ is repeated within the line for poetic effect.

Simple Factual

Question 9.
Complete the following web-diagram by writing the names of all the animals mentioned in the extract.

Answer:

1. lion
2. zebra
3. centipede
4. hippo
5. bison
6. Arctic fox
7. chimpanzee
8. tortoise
9. bear
10. cobra
11. panther
12. giraffe
13. hyena
14. monkey
15. rhino
16. elephant

Question 10.
Match the animals in Column ‘A’ with their illnesses in Column ‘B’.

Column ‘A’	Column ‘B’
i. cat	a. groans
ii. dog	b. refuses her milk
iii. horse	c. signs faintly
iv. parrot	d. coat does not shine like silk
v. canary bird	e. does not eat his bone.

Answer:
(i – c),
(ii – d),
(iii – b),
(iv – a),
(v – f),
(vi – e)

[“If the lion’s …………………………. and chokes.”]

Complex Factual

Question 11.
Spot the error and rewrite the correct statement
i. The centipede has trouble with his eyes.
ii. The cobra eats her daughters.
iii. The hyenas laugh at the keepers’ jokes.
iv. The monkey has bit his tail.
v. The rhino is looking dark.
Answer:
i. The centipede has trouble with his feet.
ii. The cobra eats her sons.
iii. The hyenas don’t laugh at the keepers’ jokes.
iv. The monkey has pinched his tail.
v. The rhino is looking pale.

Question 12.
Describe the panther’s problem.
Answer:
The panther’s problem is that he has a wife who chews his ears, which means that she talks too much.

Question 13.
State the reason why the elephant would need the vet.
Answer:
The elephant may require the vet if he eats paper-bags and chokes on them.

Vocabulary/Poetic Devices

Question 14.
Pick out any two lines from the extract that uses the figure of speech Consonance.
Answer:

1. “And their necks are feeling stiff’
   The consonant sound ‘f is repeated within the line for poetic effect.
2. “If the elephant eats paper-bags and chokes,”
   The consonant sound ‘s’ is repeated within the line for poetic effect.

Question 15.
Write down the rhyming words from the extract
Answer:

1. cold – old
2. feet – heat
3. ill- chill
4. disease – chimpanzees
5. years – ears
6. buns – sons
7. tiff – stiff
8. jokes – chokes
9. tail – pale

Question 16.
Identify and explain the figures of speech used in the extract.

i. “If the lion’s caught a cold,”
Answer:
a. Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘k’ has been repeated for poetic effect.

ii. “If the centipede has trouble with his feet,”
Answer:
a. Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘h’ has been repeated for poetic effect.

iii. “If the Arctic fox is suffering from heat,”
Answer:
a. Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘f has been repeated for poetic effect.
b. Consonance – The consonant sounds ‘f and ‘s’ have been repeated within the line for poetic effect.

iv. “If the tortoise hasn’t stirred for several years,”
Answer:
a. Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘s’ has been repeated for poetic effect.
b. Consonance – The consonant sounds ‘t’ and ‘s’ have been repeated within the line for poetic effect.

v. “If the bear’s too full of buns,”
Answer:
a. Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘b’ has been repeated for poetic effect.
b. Consonance – The consonant sound ‘f is repeated within the line for poetic effect.

vi. “If the cobra eats her sons,”
Answer:
a. Consonance – The consonant sound ‘s’ is repeated within the line for poetic effect. ‘

vii. “If the panther has a wife who chews his ears;”
Answer:
a. Consonance – The consonant sound ‘z’ is repeated within the line for poetic effect.

viii. “If giraffes have had a tiff”
Answer:
a. Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘h’ has been repeated for poetic effect.
b. Consonance – The consonant sound ‘f is repeated within the line for poetic effect.

ix. “If hyenas will not laugh at keepers’ jokes,”
Answer:
a. Consonance – The consonant sounds ‘f, ‘s’, ‘t’ and ‘k’ have been repeated within the line for poetic effect.
b. Personification – The hyenas have been given the human quality of being able to laugh.

x. “If the elephant eats paper-bags and chokes,”
Answer:
a. Consonance – The consonant sound ‘s’ is repeated within the line for poetic effect.

Simple Factual

Question 17.
Complete the following web-diagram by writing the names of all the animals mentioned in the extract.

Answer:

1. camel
2. kangaroo
3. crocodile

Question 18.
Complete the following sentences based on the extract.
i. The Camel may ……..
ii. The vet may be called if the kangaroo ………
iii. The crocodile may bite if ……..
Answer:
i. hurt his hump
ii. won’t jump
iii. it turns cannibal
[“If the camel ……….
……. illnesses of man.”]

Complex Factual

Question 19.
The poet pities the vet. Give reasons.
Answer:
The poet pities the vet, because the vet has to learn a lot of things in order to make a living.

Vocabulary/Poetic Devices

Question 20.
Write down extract. the rhyming words from the extract.
Answer:

1. hump-jump
2. bites – rights
3. get – vet
4. learn – earn
5. pay – way
6. crowd – allowed
7. plan – man

Question 21.
Find out two Alliterative lines from the extract.
Answer:
Two Alliterative lines from the extract are:

1. “If the camel-hurts his hump,”
   The sound of the letter ‘h’ has been repeated for poetic effect.
2. “To treat the illnesses of man.”
   The sound of the letter ‘t’ has been repeated for poetic effect.

Question 22.
Pick out four examples of Consonance from the extract.
Answer:
Four examples of Consonance from the extract are:

1. “And expect him to put everything to rights.” The consonant sound ‘t’ is repeated within the line for poetic effect.
2. “Don’t attempt to attend the zoological crowd;” The consonant sounds ‘t’ and ‘d’ have been repeated within the line for poetic effect.
3. “a far more advisable plan”
   The consonant sounds ‘r’ and T have been repeated within the line for poetic effect.
4. “Is to call yourself ‘Doctor’, and so be allowed” The consonant sound T has been repeated within the line for poetic effect.

Question 23.
Identify and explain the figures of speech used in the extract.

i. “If the crocodile turns cannibal and-bites,”
Answer:
a. Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘k’ has been repeated for poetic effect.
b. Consonance – The consonant sounds T and ‘b’ have been repeated within the line for poetic effect.

ii. “Profoundly I pity the vet, who must learn”
Answer:
a. Alliteration – The sound of the letter ‘p’ has been repeated for poetic effect.
b. Consonance – The consonant sound ‘t’ is repeated within the line for poetic effect.
c. Inversion – The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order should be “I profoundly pity the vet, who must learn”.

iii. “My son, I advise you most strongly to earn”
Answer:
a. Alliteration – The sound of the letters ‘s’ has been repeated for poetic effect.
b. Consonance – The consonant sounds ‘s’ and ‘m’ have been repeated within the line for poetic effect.
c. Inversion – The words in the line have been rearranged for poetic effect. The correct order should be “My son, I most strongly advise you to earn”.

Appreciation of the Poem

Question 24.
Write an appreciation of the poem with the help of the following points:

1. The title of the poem: The Vet
2. The poet of the poem: Unknown
3. Theme of the poem: The central idea of the poem is to convey the challenges faced by a vet. It aims to feaution the youth about the hardships they would have to face if they choose to become a vet.
4. No. of Stanzas: The poem has nine stanzas. The first three stanzas and the eighth and ninth stanza of the poem have four lines each. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh stanzas have six lines each.
5. Rhyme Scheme: Stanza 1 – abab
   
   • Stanza 2 – abab
     
   • Stanza 3 – abab
     
   • Stanza 4 – aabeeb
     
   • Stanza 5 – aabeeb
     
   • Stanza 6 – aabeeb
     
   • Stanza 7 – aabeeb
     
   • Stanza 8 – abab
     
   • Stanza 9 – abab
     
6. Figures of Speech: Alliteration, Consonance, Hyperbole, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Repetition and Simile.
   
7. The line I liked/Favourite line: “Is to call yourself ‘Doctor’, and so be allowed / To treat the illnesses of man.”

Activities

Speaking

Question 25.
From Q.24. under the header ‘Study Skills’, read aloud the names of animals written in English and Marathi.

Question 26.
Would you like to be a vet to treat animals and birds? Discuss your reasons to become a vet with your class.
Answer
Students are expected to attempt the above on their own.]

The Vet Glossary

The Vet Things to Remember

The Vet Paraphrase

‘The Vet’ is a poem that presents the problems vets have to deal with in their day-to-day lives. It attempts to put forth, in a comical manner, the challenges faced by an animal doctor. The poem consists of nine stanzas, out of which six stanzas describe the various ailments and illnesses of the birds and animals.

The seventh stanza talks about how a vet can help the animals by treating them. The eighth and ninth stanzas act as a warning against becoming a vet, because it is not an easy job. The poem ends with a suggestion that instead of becoming a vet, one should become a doctor and treat the illnesses of man.

The Vet भावार्थ

‘The Vet’ या कवितेत पशुवैदयांना (प्राणी व पक्ष्यांचे डॉक्टर) रोजच्या जीवनात सोडवाव्या लागणाऱ्या आव्हानांचे विनोदी पद्धतीने वर्णन केले आहे.

कवी म्हणतो, यशस्वी पशुवैदय होणे हे काही सोपे नाही यासाठी खूप ज्ञान असावे लागते; कारण ज्या रुग्णांवर उपचार करत असतो त्यांची शरीरे, आतील इंद्रिये वेगवेगळी असतात. मांजर दूध का नाकारात आहे? कुत्रा त्याला दिलेले हाड का खात नाही तसेच घोड्याच्या अंगावर असलेले क्रेस का चमकत नाही? आणि पोपट कण्हण्याचा आवाज करण्यापलीकडे इतर काही हालचाल का करत नाही? या सगळ्यांची महिती पशुवैदयाला असणे गरजेचे आहे.

बदके आणि कोंबड्या अंडी का देत नाहीत? कॅनरी पक्षी इतका क्षीण का गात आहे ? याची ही माहिती पशुवैदयाला ठेवावी लागते. पुढे कवी म्हणतो, जेव्हा त्याला प्राणिसंग्रहालयात बोलावले जाते, तेव्हा त्याला अनेक अविश्वसनीय गोष्टी कराव्या लागतात. सिंहाला ताप आला, झेब्याचे वय झाले, एखादया गोमेच्या (घोण) पायाला त्रास झाला अशा सर्व लहान-मोठ्या गोष्टी पाहाव्या लागतात; त्याचप्रमाणे पाणघोड्याला आलेला ताप, रानगव्याला जाणवणारा गारठा आणि उष्णतेने ग्रस्त असलेला हिमकोल्हा यांची देखील काळजी घ्यावी लागते.

एखादया विषाणूजन्य आजाराने चिंपाझीला ग्रासले असेल किंवा एखादे कासव वर्षानुवर्षे काहीही हालचाल करत नसेल तसेच बन पावाचे तुकडे खाऊन अस्वल सुस्तावले असेल, कोब्राने त्याच्याच पिलांना खाल्ले असेल आणि मादी पँथरने नर पँथरच्या कानाचा चावा घेतला असेल. या गोष्टींकडे पशुवैदयाला पाहावे लागते. कधी जिराफांमध्ये झालेल्या भांडणात त्यांची मान आखडलेली असू शकते किंवा माकडाने तरसाची शेपूट खेचल्याने त्याचे हसणे बंद झालेले असू शकते. कधी गेंडा दुर्बल झालेला आढळतो, तर कधी हत्तीने कागदी पिशव्या खाल्ल्याने त्याचा श्वास गुदमरला जाऊ शकतो अशा विविध अविश्वसनीय वाटणाऱ्या गोष्टींना पशुवैदयाला हाताळावे लागते.

कधी उंटाच्या पाठीवरील मदारीमध्ये दुखापत झालेली असते, तर कधी कांगारू उड्या मारत नसते, तसेच एखादया मगरीने नरभक्ष होऊन कोणाचा चावा घेतलेला असतो, तर अशावेळी या सगळ्यांची माहिती असलेल्या सर्वज्ञ अशा पशुवैदयाला बोलावले जाते आणि सर्व क़ाही योग्य करण्याची त्याकडून अपेक्षा केली जाते.

शेवटी कवी उपहासाने म्हणतो, की मला पशुवैदयांची दया येते; कारण आपल्या मोबदल्यासाठी त्याला एवढ्या सगळ्या आव्हानांचा सामना करावा लागतो. एखादा पशुवैदय बनून प्राणिसंग्रहालयातील गर्दी सांभाळण्यापेक्षा ‘डॉक्टर’ बनून माणसांचे आजार बरे करणे हे कितीतरी पटीने सोपे असल्याचा उपहासात्मक उपदेश या कवीने कवितेच्या शेवटी दिला आहे.