English Chapter 2_Let Us Listen, Speak & Explore

🎧 Let Us Listen, Speak & Explore

Evelyn Glennie | Syllable Stress | Pausing & Chunking | Revolutions | Financial Literacy

✍️ Interactive Practice: Type your answer → Click "Check Answer" → If wrong, step-by-step solution appears.
✅ Based on NCERT Class 8 English (Poorvi) – Values and Dispositions.

🎵 Let Us Listen: Evelyn Glennie

About Evelyn Glennie: Dame Evelyn Glennie is a Scottish percussionist who has been profoundly deaf since age 12. She learned to feel music through vibrations in her body. She was taught by Ron Forbes, who encouraged her to use her skin and bones to sense sound. She has become one of the world's most successful solo percussionists.

I. Match the words with meanings

II. True or False

III. Answer in one or two words

🗣️ Let Us Speak: Pronunciation & Stress

I. Syllable Stress (Noun vs Verb)

Rules: PREsent (noun) vs preSENT (verb) • PROduce (noun) vs proDUCE (verb)
CONtract (noun) vs conTRACT (verb) • PROject (noun) vs proJECT (verb)
CONtent (noun) vs conTENT (verb) • REfuse (noun) vs reFUSE (verb)

II. '-sure' sound: /zhuh/ vs /shuh/

/zhuh/ sound: treasure, pleasure, measure, leisure, enclosure, exposure, seizure, composure, unsure

/shuh/ sound: pressure, reassure, fissure

III. Pausing and Chunking - Poem "Don't Quit"

Don't Quit by Edgar Albert Guest

When things go wrong,/ as they sometimes will,//
when the road you're trudging/ seems all uphill,//
when the funds are low/ and the debts are high,//
and you want to smile/ but you have to sigh,//
when care is pressing you down a bit/ —rest if you must,/ but don't you quit.//

Chunked version of "Life is queer":

Life is queer/ with its twists and turns.//
As everyone of us/ sometimes learns.//
And many a fellow/ turns about/ when he might have won/ had he stuck it out.//
Don't give up/ though the pace seems slow—//
you may succeed/ with another blow.//
Often the goal/ is nearer than it seems/ to a faint and faltering man.//

🌾 Let Us Explore: Revolutions, JSS & Financial Literacy

I. The White, Green & Blue Revolutions

White Revolution: Led by Dr. Verghese Kurien (Milkman of India) – increased milk production (Operation Flood).

Green Revolution: Led by Dr. M.S. Swaminathan – high-yielding wheat and rice varieties. Awards: Padma Shri (1967), Padma Bhushan (1972), Padma Vibhushan (1989), Bharat Ratna (2024).

Blue Revolution: Led by Dr. Hiralal Chaudhuri – increased fisheries production.

II. Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS)

JSS provides vocational training to rural populations under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. It aims to economically uplift rural people through skill-based training. Visit JSS Website

III. Financial Literacy - Discussion Questions

🌟 "Don't quit when things go wrong — rest if you must, but don't you quit." — Edgar Guest 🌟
Based on NCERT Class 8 English (Poorvi) – Let Us Listen, Speak & Explore