CLASS: VIII

SUB:ENGLISH
PROSE-1:PARTITION
I.SYNONYMS:
1.affection - liking.
2.raged - spread very quickly.
3.scorched - burnt.
4.quail - scared.
5.escort - to accompany.
6.frantically - in a hurried way.
II.ANTONYMS:
1.partition x unite.
2.wail x laugh.
3.substantially x slightly.
4.excerpt x whole.
5.terrible x minor.
6.former x latter.
III.THESAURUS:
1.bolster - strengthen,support,boost.
2.commotion - agitation,tumult,tranquillity.
3.gesture - action,body language,expression.

IV.PHRASAL VERBS:
1.moved down - go to a lower grade
 Interest rates on bank loans have moved down recently .
2.give up - to stop doing something
 We never give up hope during difficult times.

V.FRAME SENTENCES:
1.narrative(n) -He is writing a detailed narrative of his life on the island .
2.narrated(v) -The documentary is narrated by a famous actor.
3.narratively(adj) -The book presents history narratively.

VI.ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

1.Who wanted to meet Gulzar? Why?
GULZAR’S MEET:
Harbhajan Singh wanted to meet Gulzar because he thought that he was
his son,whom he had lost during the partition.
2.What was the situation at Harbhajan Singh’s qasba at the time of the
partition?
HARBHAJAN SINGH’S QASBA:
At the time of partition the entire qasba spent the night standing on the
roof of the houses,watching the caravan go past.They felt they were being
pulled out by the roots and it was time for them to go.
3.What happened to the children?
During partition,Harbhajan Singh lost his two children,a boy and a girl at
Mianwali.
4.What did Dilshad tell Harbhajan singh.
DILSHAD’S STATEMENT:
Dilshad ,the lost daughter of Harbhajan singh during partition told that
she had been taken care of by a good hearted family and got married.
5.Were they reunited with their children?
No,they weren’t reunited with their children.
6.How did Harbhajan’s family think that Gulzar might be the lost boy?
GULZAR-LOST BOY:
Harbhajan’s family thought that Gulzar might be the lost boy as Iqbal
read an interview of Gulzar in some magazine ,that his real name was
Sampooran and he was born in Pakistan.

VII.ANSWER IN A PARAGRAPH:
1.How did Harbhajan Singh lost his children?
TITLE: Partition
AUTHOR:Gulzar
CONCEPT:Partition of India and Pakistan
At the time of partition between India and Pakistan Harbhajan Singh’s
family was living in a qasba.There were terrible riots due to the partition ,fires
raged all around and scorched in those flames ,news and gossips reached
them,but they stayed put.The entire qasba knew that till the Zamindar was
there,no one could even knock on their door, but they were terrified when the
caravans travelling from the hinterland passed through their qasba.
‘One day, a caravan passed wailing and weeping so piteously that the
entire qasba spent the entire night standing on the roof of their houses
watching them go past.It seemed that the next morning would surely bring
catastrophe.So they planned to leave the qasba .They had heard that if they
managed to enter Jammu from Mianwali,an armed contingent would them on
their journey.
They marched forward to Mianwali with their children.It was a two day
journey.They would find something to eat in the villages they passed
through.The riots had taken place everywhere.several times in their
journey,they had to let go of their children’s hands, and in a panic they would
callout to them frantically.By the time they reached Mianwali at night,there
was a commotion.And then the roumour spread that there would be an attack
on Mianwali that night. That night,when they began their journey again,they
missed both their younger children in the crowd.
They went to each camp looking for their children.But they could not
find them.
“National partition is a sorrow that touches all Indians ,but for us
it is brought to the fore by unimaginable personal suffering”