Students can Download English Lesson 3 Before The Match Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes Pdf, Activity, KSEEB Solutions for Class 8 English helps you to revise the complete Karnataka State Board Syllabus and to clear all their doubts, score well in final exams.
Karnataka State Syllabus Class 8 English Prose Chapter 3 Before The Match
Before The Match Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes
Textbook Questions And Answers
I. Comprehension
A. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two each:
Question 1.
Name the teams that are to play the cricket match in the lesson.
Answer:
Malgudi Cricket. Club and Young Men’s Union.
Question 2.
Who were the prominent players in the MCC team?
Answer:
Rajam, Mani and Swaminathan.
Question 3.
Who was the “Tate” of the team? Why was he called so?
Answer:
Swaminathan was called the “Tate” of the team. It was the nickname given him as he was the fast bowler. He was named so after the famous English fast bowler, Maurice Tate.
Question 4.
Why could Swami not attend the practice in the evenings?
Answer:
Swami could not attend the practice in the evenings because he had to attend Drill class, scouting and others periods.
Question 5.
What was Swami’s excuse for exempting him from drill for a week?
Answer:
The excuse Swami gave for exempting him from drill for a week was that he was delirious and the doctor has asked him not to attend Drill class.
Question 6.
What did Swami request the doctor to give him?
Answer:
Swami requested the doctor to give him a doctor’s certificate to exempt him from the drill class, scouting and other classes taken in the evening.
B. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
1. “There was only one who caused him the deepest anxiety day and night.”
Question a.
Who caused Rajam the deepest anxiety?
Answer:
Swaminathan
Question b.
Why was this so?
Answer:
Because he did not attend the cricket practice in the evenings.
2. “Just seven days before the match, Swaminathan realized that his evenings were more precious than ever.”
Question a.
What is the match referred to here?
Answer:
Cricket match.
Question b.
Why were the evenings more precious than ever?
Answer:
Because there were only a few days left for the cricket match and his team wanted to win the match.
3. “But contrary to the custom, he had not taken off his coat and cap.”
Question a.
Why did Swami not take off his coat and cap?
Answer:
Swami wanted to leave from the Drill class.
Question b.
What happened soon after?
Answer:
After listening to the reason the drillmaster asked Swami to ‘Get out’
4. “Well, I could do it. But is there anything wrong with you?”
Question a.
Who is speaking to Swami in these lines?
Answer:
The Doctor
Question b.
Was there anything really wrong with Swami?
Answer:
No there was nothing wrong with Swami
Question c.
What is the real purpose of Swami’s visit?
Answer:
The real purpose was to get a doctor’s certificate.
5. “I can’t give you the certificate. But I shall talk to your Head Master about you and request him to let you off after four-thirty.”
Question a.
Why does the doctor refuse to give a certificate?
Answer:
As Swami was healthy the doctor refuses to give a certificate.
Question b.
What does he offer to do instead?
Answer:
Instead, he offers to talk to Swami’s headmaster
Question c.
Do you think the doctor was kind to Swami?
Answer:
Yes the doctor was kind to Swami
C. Answer the following questions in about six or eight sentences each:
Question 1.
How did Swami manage to get the permission of the drillmaster?
Answer:
Swami and his friends had to play a cricket match against Young Men’s Union for which they needed practice. Everybody was practicing regularly to expect Swami. When only a few days were left for the match Swami realizes that he needs practice in the evenings. He goes to the drill class and it asks the drillmaster for permission telling him that he was delirious and did not sleep the last night. And the doctor had asked him not to attend drill for a week. The drillmaster did not believe him and asked him to get out.
Question 2.
What was Swami’s plan to get exemption from drill for a week?
Answer:
Swami had to practice for the cricket match against YMC. There were teammates practiced regularly in the evenings. But Swami could not attend the practice as he had to attend the drill and scouting classes. He asked the drillmaster for permission stating that he did not sleep the previous night as he was delirious and the doctor has asked him not to attend the drill for a week.
The drillmaster did not believe a word and sent him out. Hence the next morning Swami thought of a plan to get an exemption from drill classes in the evenings. He plans to get a doctor’s certificate to be free in the evenings for a week.
Question 3.
How did the doctor promise to help Swami?
Answer:
Swami meets Dr. T Kesavan in Sri Krishna Dispensary who was free at that time. He asks the doctor for a doctor’s certificate. The doctor asks him for the reason. Swami tells him the truth that he had to play a match in the next week against the YMU and he needed practice. But there were classes in the evenings. In order to get an exemption from these classes he needed the doctor’s certificate the doctor asks him for the reason and Swami says he has delirium.
After hearing this he checks Swami and finds he was hail and healthy and asks him to attend the evening classes. Swami tells the doctor the importance of practice for the match. Hence the doctor promises Swami that he would talk to Swami’s headmaster and would request him to let Swami off after four-thirty.
Example:
A Paragraph Outline:
Complete the following paragraphs with the help of the clues given below:
Keywords: palace, soldiers, fond of, storehouse, to eat, demanded, summoned, devised, noticed, investigation, keep watch, honey, stole, thief, stand, detect, lifted up, observed, identify.
Linkers: who, and, so, as soon as, thus.
1. There lived a king by name Krishna and Queen Radha lived in a very big _________ with hundreds of servants and ______. Both the King _________the Queen were _______ honey. They built a separate storeroom to store a few tins of _______. The king appointed twelve guards to round the clock.
Answer:
palace, soldiers, and, fond of, honey, keep watch.
2. One of the guards wanted __________ some of the royal honey _________. he made a secret entry to the ________ of honey and ______ a few tins of honey. The queen came to know of the theft in the palace and ________ her beloved husband to punish the __________.
Answer:
to eat, so, storehouse stole, demanded thief.
3. In the morning, the next day, the king ______ all the guards at once and ordered them to ________ in a line. The king _______a plan to __________ the guard who had stolen the honey. He told them in a polite tone that he ___________ a pinch of honey on the beard of one of the guards. _________ the king uttered these words, one of the guards _________ his hand to wipe his beard. The king ________ this act and he told the guard that he was the culprit ________. the king was able to ___________ the thief without any _________
Answer:
Summoned, stand, devised identify noticed As soon as. lifted up, observed, thus, detect, investigation.
Before The Match Additional Questions and Answers
I. Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions/ incomplete statements. Choose the most appropriate one.
Question 1.
Rajam lost all peace of mind because
a) His teammates did not support him
b) Mani often stopped the ball with his head
c) Swami did not come for the practice session.
d) The headmaster did not give permission for the practice.
Answer:
b) Mani often stopped the ball with his head
Question 2.
Swaminathan refuses to tell his headmaster about the practice because
a) he was frightened of his headmaster
b) he did not like his headmaster
c) he thought it was not necessary to tell him
d) he did not want to take Rajain’s suggestion.
Answer:
c) he thought it was not necessary to tell him
Question 3.
When Swami joined his friends for the practice all were happy because
a) he was a good friend of theirs
b) it was since long they saw him
c) as the Tate of the team he could take the wicket
d) they could chit chat with him
Answer:
c) as the Tate of the team he could take the wicket
Question 4.
The doctor laughed till a great fit of caught threatened to choke him why?
a) because Swami stated that delirium was some kind of stomach ache.
b) because Swami looked funny
c) because Swami wanted to escape classes state delirium to be the reason.
d) because Swami gave unwanted reasons to escape classes.
Answer:
a) because Swami stated that delirium was some kind of stomach ache.
Question 5.
The doctor did not give Swami the certificate because
a) he said the certificate would cost him more
b) he did not want to be prosecuted
c) he knew the headmaster
d) he did not want to make a false notion about Swami’s health.
Answer:
b) lie did not want to be prosecuted
II. Add prefixes to form antonyms:
- kind – unkind
- fortunate – unfortunate
- legal – illegal
- respect – disrespect
- appear – disappear
- literate – illiterate
- expected – unexpected
- real – unreal
- possible – impossible
- please – displease
III. Rewrite in reported speech
1. The doctor said: “It is all well. But I should be prosecuted if I gave you any such certificate”.
Answer:
The doctor said that it was all well. But he should be prosecuted if he gave him any such certificate.
2. Raj being said, “I will never see your face again.
Answer:
Rajam said that he would never see his face again.
3. Swami said, “I am beginning to feel of late that I have delirium.”
Answer:
Swami said that he was beginning to feel of late that he was delirium.
IV. Anology
- educate : verb :: educational: ________
- reason : reasonable :: attraction : _______
- man : men :: mouse : _________
- go : gone :: steel: ______
- hope : despair :: ofter : ______
- wise : wiser :: happy : _______
Answer:
- adjective
- attractive
- mice
- stolen
- Seldom
- happier
Question Tags
“Question Tags” are not questions but they are the expressions of agreement. They are always used with a statement and not expressed independently.
V. Match the sentences with related question tags sentences.
| Sentences | Question Tags |
| a) Ravi likes singing | 1) Wasn’t he? |
| b) Swami Vivekananda was an all-rounder | 2) didn’t she/he? |
| e) Suma and Kavya are good friends | 3) doesn’t he? |
| d) I have given you the textbook. | 4) aren’t they? |
| e) The teacher answered all the questions. | 5) haven’t 1? |
Answer:
a – 3, b – 1, c – 4, c – 5, e – 2
VI. Frame questions for the statements given below using the question words given in brackets.
- The briefcase was stolen at the station (Where)
- The auditorium was constructed last year (When)
- The money was collected by the students (By whom)
- The servant let out the secret (who)
- His house was destroyed by fire (How)
- My friend has purchased six pairs of dress (How many)
- It is my fault. (Whose)
- Raghu waited in the station for 3 hours (How long)
- I went to Mumbai last year. (When)
- Mr. Joseph is out Principal? (Who)
Answer:
- Where was the briefcase stolen?
- When was the auditorium constructed?
- By whom was the money collected?
- Who let out the secret?
- How was his house destroyed?
- How many pairs of dress has your friend purchased?
- Whose fault is it?
- How long did Raghu wait in the station?
- When did you go to Mumbai?
- Who is your principal?
VII. Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:
1. “I am great&il to you for your suggestion”.
Question a.
Who is the speaker?
Answer:
Swaminathan
Question b.
Who was he grateful to?
Answer:
Rajam the captain of the team.
Question c.
Why does he say so?
Answer:
Because Rajam suggested that Swami get the permission of his headmaster.
2. “I don’t believe a word. Get out.”
Question a.
Who is the speaker here?
Answer:
The Drill Master
Question b.
What word did he not believe?
Answer:
Swami said that the doctor has asked him not to attend Drill for a week as Swami was delirious. The drillmaster did not believe this word.
Question c.
Was there truth in Swami’s reason?
Answer:
No Swami was lying
3. “Boy did you say delirium?”
Question a.
Who is the boy here?
Answer:
Swaminathan
Question b.
Who is the speaker?
Answer:
The doctor Dr. T. Kesavan
Question c.
What does delirium mean?
Answer:
Delirium means a state of excitement when one cannot think or speak clearly, usually caused by fever.
4. “I wish you all success. Don’t worry.”
Question a.
Who is the speaker here?
Answer:
The doctor
Question b.
Why did he wish him success?
Answer:
Because Swami was going to play the cricket match.
5. “That will do, you are very kind to me”!
Question a.
Who is the speaker here?
Answer:
Swaminathan
Question b.
Who was king to him?
Answer:
The doctor
Question c.
How was he kind to him?
Answer:
The doctor said that he would talk to Swami’s headmaster regarding exemption from drill classes in the evening.
Before The Match by R K Narayan About the Author:
R K Narayan was an Indian writer, who was among the three most important writers who carved a place for Indian writing in English. In his first novel, Swami and Friends, he describes the adventures of a group of schoolboys in India in the 1930s.
Before The Match Summary in English
The lesson ‘Before the Match’ is an extract from Swami and friends written by R.K. Narayan. The cricket match was scheduled on Sunday two weeks late. Rajam the captain of MCC had lost all his peace of mind. He was confident that his team could, thrash the young men’s union team. His teammates were practicing regularly in the evenings. But the trouble was with Swami.
The ‘Tate’ of the team on whom was a great responsibility. He did not care much for the practice with only a fortnight left for the match. Rajam pleads Swamy to spare at least an hour in the evening for the practice and Rajam suggests Swamy to tell his headmaster regarding this Swamy disagrees to his suggestion. Rajam wants Swamy to have good practice, that he would never see Swamy’s face again if he keeps any batsman standing for more than five minutes.
Swami realized the importance of practice in the evenings. Hence as the evening bell rang he joined the others in the drill ground but did not wear his coat and cap while the others wore their shirts and dhotis tucked up. The Drillmaster looked at him and muttered that Swami would not get leave. Swami became desperate and persuaded the master that he shall die if he attended the Drill as his health condition was not good.
Swami kept on dogging with the Drillmaster to excuse him for the drill classes. The Drillmaster grew wild and asked Swami what was the matter? He replied he was delirious the whole of last night. The Drillmaster was stunned. Swami lied that he did not sleep a wink last night, so the doctor has asked him not to attend Drill for a week. The Drillmaster asked him to get out.
Swami teammates who were at the field were happy to see him and Rajam jumped with joy. The next morning before Swami could go to school Swamy meets the doctor and asks for a doctor’s certificate. The doctor asks him for the reason. Swami tells him the truth that he has to play the match and needed practice. Hence he needed permission to exempt him from drill class scouting held in the evening thereby the MCC could win the match.
The doctor asks Swami if there was something wrong with him. After half a second Swami answers that he was delirium. The doctor asks him for the meaning of delirium. Swami was not sure but says it is some kind of stomach ache.
The doctor laughs wholeheartedly and later thoroughly checks Swami and declares that he was in good health and asks him to attend drill to get rid of delirium. Swami persuaded the doctor to give him a certificate but the doctor denies and tells Swami that he would not give a false certificate but instead would talk to the Headmaster to let him off after four-thirty. Swami agrees and leaves the shop.
Glossary:
- Peace of mind: a state in which one feels calm and quiet, not worried
- Thrash: defeat someone very badly in a game
- Anxiety: worry or fear about something
- Tate: Swami is given the nickname “Tate” after the famous English fast bowler, Maurice Tate, who was well known in’ the 1920s and 1930s.
- Fortnight: two weeks
- contrary to the custom: different from what usually happens every day
- lucked up: the edges of their dhotis were folded and turned up. so that they were held in place
- muttering: saying something in a quiet voice, that is difficult to hear, especially when you are annoyed
- became desperate: tried something when everything else had failed
- pursued: followed purchased someone
- oath: a word or phrase that is used to express anger, surprise, shock, etc.
- delirious: a state of excitement, when you cannot think or speak clearly, usually caused by a fever
- Scouting: activities related to an organization called the Scout Association. It was originally meant for boys, to train young people in practical skills and involve them in many activities like camping, etc.
- Of late: in recent times
- Choke: make it difficult for someone to speak because they do not have enough air
- Examined: looked at someone/something closely, to see if there was anything wrong
- In the pink of health: be in very good health
- To get rid of: to free yourself of something that is annoying or causing a problem
- Prosecuted: charged with a crime in a court of law