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8th Class English Notes (Unit-3) The Twins [PTB New Book]
This page provides 8th Class English Notes of Unit #3 titled “The Twins” from the Class 8 English book (new edition) of the Punjab Textbook Board.
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Class 8 English Notes (Unit-3) The Twins – [PTB New Edition Book]The Free Key Book
Urdu Translation of the Lesson #3 “The Twins”
جڑواں بچے
اپنی (جسمانی) ساخت ، خصوصیات (شکل و صورت)، چہرہ اور اعضا میں،
میں اپنے بھائی جیسا ہو گیا تھا،
کہ لوگ مجھے اس کی جگہ سمجھنے لگے،
اور ہم دونوں کو ایک دوسرے کے طور پر پہچاننے لگے۔
یہ بات ہمارے تمام رشتہ داروں کو الجھا دیتی تھی،
یہ خوفناک حد تک پہنچ گئی؛
کیونکہ ہم میں سے ایک جڑواں پیدا ہوا تھا،
لیکن کسی کو معلوم نہیں تھا کہ کون۔
ایک دن، حالات کو اور خراب کرنے کے لئے،
ہمارے ناموں کے مقرر ہونے سے پہلے،
جب ہمیں نرس نہلا رہی تھی،
ہم مکمل طور پر مل گئے؛
اور اس طرح آپ دیکھتے ہیں، تقدیر کے حکم سے
یا شاید نرس کی خواہش سے،
میرے بھائی جان کا نام مجھے دیا گیا،
اور مجھے اس کا نام دیا گیا۔
یہ جان لیوا مشابہت حتیٰ کہ میرے پیچھے پیچھے تھی
اسکول میں بھی میرے قدموں کے ساتھ ساتھ،
اور مجھے ہمیشہ سزا ملتی،
کیونکہ جان بے وقوف نکلا۔
میں نے یہ سوال بے سودی سے پوچھا،
ہر اس شخص سے جسے میں جانتا تھا،
آپ کیا کریں گے، اگر آپ میری جگہ ہوتے،’
‘یہ ثابت کرنے کے لئے کہ آپ آپ ہیں؟
Exercise
Task: Listen to the story and orally answer the questions given at the end.
A. Oral Questions
1. What was the problem faced by the people of Hamelin?
Answer: The problem that the people of Hamelin faced was that there were too many rats over there.
2. What did the chief of Hamelin announced?
Answer: The chief of Hamelin announced a reward for the person who would save Hamelin. He proclaimed that he would give ten sacks of gold to anybody who saves them from rats.
3. How was Hamelin freed from rats?
Answer: Hamelin was freed from rats very amazingly. It all happened when the Pied Piper played his pipe and led all the rats to the river where they drowned.
4. Why was the Pied Piper angry with the chief of Hamelin?
Answer: The Pied Piper was angry with the chief of Hamelin because of his ill wills. The chief did not want to pay him the gold after he got rid of the rats.
5. How did the Pied Piper teach a lesson to the people of Hamelin?
Answer: As the chief of Hamelin played tricks with him and did not want to give the promised reward, the Pied Piper decided to teach them a lesson of life. He started to play his pipe again and led all the children to a cave. There he trapped them inside the cave until the chief agreed to pay him the gold.
6. Why was the chief sad?
Answer: The chief was sad because the Pied Piper took all the children away and trapped them in a cave.
B. Elements of Story
Task: Identify these elements of a story.
Answer
| Element of Story | Identification and Description |
|---|---|
| Beginning | The begins with the introduction of the problem of too many rats in Hamelin and the chief’s offer of a reward for anyone who would save Hamelin from them. |
| Middle | The middle of the story describes how the Pied Piper gets rid of the rats and the chief refuses to pay him the reward. Eventually, this the Pied Piper decides to take revenge by taking the children away into a cave. |
| Ending | The story ends with scene where the chief and the people are begging for forgiveness and they promise to pay the Pied Piper, who then releases the children. |
| Character(s) | The characters in the story are the chief of Hamelin, the Pied Piper, the people of Hamelin, and the children. |
| Place | The place where the story happens is a town called Hamelin. |
| Problem | The problem in the story is the infestation of rats in Hamelin and the chief’s refusal to keep his promise to the Pied Piper. |
Exercise
A. Comprehension Questions
Task: Answer the Questions.
1. How did the twins resemble as mentioned in the poem?
Answer: The twins resembled each other in form, feature, face, and limb.
2. How did people take them?
Answer: People could not make difference between them, and thus, they often mistook one twin for the other. This confused them completely.
3. When did the twins mix up?
Answer: The twins got mixed up when they were being washed by the nurse before their names were fixed.
4. What happened to the twins when they were at school? Why?
Answer: When the twins were at school, one of the them always got punished at school because the other one was a fool, and people couldn’t tell them apart.
5. What question did the poet ask in the last lines of the poem?
Answer: The poet asked, “What would you do, if you were me, to prove that you were you?” Apparently, it is a simple question that asks the readers about their way of handling such a situation.
6. Identify and write the rhyming words from the poem “The Twins”. Then write a poem using these rhyming words.
Answer: The rhyming words from the poem are:
- “limb – him”
- “brother – another”
- “pitch – which”
- “fixed – mixed”
- “whim – him”
- “school – fool”
- “knew – you”
A Poem Using These Rhyming Words
In the dim light, I saw him,
Thinking he was my twin brother.
This confusion, like a pitch,
Made me wonder which was which.
The names were fixed, yet we were mixed,
By fate’s whim, not knowing him.
At school, it was not cool,
As he played the fool.
I asked everyone I knew,
What would you do to prove you are you?
B. Figures of Speech
Task: Read the poem “The Twins” again and notice the use of alliteration and hyperbole.
Answer
Read the poem “The Twins” again and notice the use of alliteration and hyperbole.
The poet has used alliteration in the poem “The Twins” to create rhythm and emphasis, while hyperbole is used to stress the extreme confusion and consequences of the twins’ identical appearance.
The following are the examples of alliteration and hyperbole from the poem.
Examples of Alliteration:
- Form and feature, face and limb
- Repetition of the “f” sound.
- What would you do, if you were me
- Repetition of the “w” sound in “what” and “would.”
Examples of Hyperbole:
- It puzzled all our kith and kin
- Exaggeration that the resemblance puzzled all their relatives.
- It reached a fearful pitch
- Exaggeration to emphasize the extreme confusion.
- This fatal likeness even dogged my footsteps at school
- Exaggeration that the resemblance constantly caused trouble.
Task: Find at least two examples of assonance in the story “The Pied Piper”.
Answer
The following are the two examples of assonance in the story “The Pied Piper”.
- “The chief of the town called a meeting.”
- “The clever man took them all to the river.”
Exercise
A. Word Matching
Task: Match the words with their meanings.
Answer
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| limb | a part of the body |
| kith and kin | relatives |
| fearful | feeling or showing fear or anxiety |
| fruitlessly | without results or success |
B. Rewriting
Task: Rewrite the following lines in simple sentences.
Answer
| Given Lines | Simple Sentences |
|---|---|
| 1. That folks got taking me for him | People confused me with him. |
| 2. For one of us was born a twin | One of us was born as a twin. |
| 3. We got completely mixed | We were totally mixed up. |
| 4. This fatal likeness ever dogged | This dangerous similarity always troubled. |
| 5. And I was always getting flogged | I was always being punished. |
C. Pronoun
Task: Complete the sentences below. Use appropriate pronouns.
1. I was drying my hair after taking shower.
2. It is unusually hot this year.
3. Where are the children? They were here a minute ago, but now I can’t see them anywhere.
4. Amjad and I would like to go for a swim. Do you want to go with us?
5. Mrs. Malik brought her baby daughter to the picnic. She fed her yogurt and biscuits.
6. We have done our duty.
D. Reflexive Pronouns
Task: Complete the following sentences using appropriate reflexive pronouns.
1. He set himself a hard mission.
2. I was sitting by myself.
3. The girl choked herself.
4. You yourself can best explain.
5. The city itself is not very large.
6. They themselves admitted their mistake.
E. Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
Task: Rewrite the given paragraph. Make sure that pronouns are in agreement with their nouns.
Finally, one day, a stranger came to Hamelin. They said to the city that it would get rid of rats. Then he took their pipe and started playing an odd but wonderful tune. All the rats in the town heard the music and began to run to his. As he walked through the streets of Hamelin playing him pipe, more and more rats followed him. The clever man took it all to the river. There all the rats fell into the water and drowned.
Answer
Finally, one day, a stranger came to Hamelin. He said to the chief that he would get rid of the rats. Then he took his pipe and started playing an odd but wonderful tune. All the rats in the town heard the music and began to run to him. As he walked through the streets of Hamelin playing his pipe, more and more rats followed him. The clever man took them all to the river. There all the rats fell into the water and drowned.
F. Indefinite Pronouns (Vague Pronouns)
Task: Read the story “The Pied Piper” and encircle the indefinite pronouns.
Answer
We know that the indefinite pronouns refer to a person or thing in a general way, but do not refer to any person or thing in particular. Therefore, the following examples of indefinite pronouns are taken from the story “The Pied Piper”.
- too many
- everything
- anything
- anybody
- all
- more and more
- any
- only
- one
- little
G. Tenses
Task: Put the given verbs in the correct present tense (simple or continuous).
- Mother (peel) potatoes in the kitchen at present.
- They (lead) a happy life.
- My uncle (own) this house, but I (live) in it at present.
- I (not wish) to talk about this matter at present.
- “Is the gardener (water) the plants?” asked my father.
- Zara (admire) the poetry of Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
- I (understand) what you (try) to tell me.
- I usually (go) to school by bus but today I (go) on foot.
- I (know) what you (think) about.
- The teacher (advise) the students to frame a time table for the holidays.
Answer
- Mother is peeling potatoes in the kitchen at present.
- They lead a happy life.
- My uncle owns this house, but I am living in it at present.
- I do not wish to talk about this matter at present.
- “Is the gardener watering the plants?” asked my father.
- Zara admires the poetry of Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
- I understand what you are trying to tell me.
- I usually go to school by bus but today I am going on foot.
- I know what you are thinking about.
- The teacher advises the students to frame a timetable for the holidays.
Exercise
A. Paraphrasing Skills
Task: Paraphrase the given lines in your own words.
In form and feature, face and limb,
I grew so like my brother,
That folks got taking me for him,
And each for one another.
It puzzled all our kith and kin,
It reached a fearful pitch,
For one of us was born a twin,
Yet not a soul knew which.
Answer
I looked so much like my brother in every way, from our faces to our bodies, that people often confused us with each other. This confusion puzzled our friends and family a lot and became a big problem. One of us was a twin, but no one could tell which one of us it was.
B. Summary Skills
Task: Write the summary of the poem “The Twins.”
Answer
Summary of the Poem “The Twins”
The poem “The Twins” describes two brothers who look exactly alike. People constantly mix them up, causing many problems. Even their family and friends can’t tell them apart.
This confusion especially troubles the poet (who is less smart as compared to his twin brother), who often gets blamed for his brother’s mistakes.
As a result, life becomes very challenging for both twins. The poet concludes by wondering how he can prove his identity when everyone keeps confusing them.
C. Paragraph Writing
Task: Write a paragraph about your daily routine using the simple present tense.
Answer
My Daily Routine
Every day, I wake up early in the morning and start my day with a prayer. After that, I brush my teeth and take a shower. I have a healthy breakfast, which usually consists of eggs, toast, and a cup of tea. I leave for school at 7 AM and attend my classes diligently. During the lunch break, I enjoy chatting with my friends. After school, I come home, have lunch, and then rest for a while. In the evening, I do my homework and study for a couple of hours. After dinner, I spend some time with my family, where we watch TV or discuss our day. Finally, I read a book or listen to some interesting story from my grandmother before going to bed at 10 PM.
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