Solution of Chapter 2. The Tsunami (Honeydew Book)

Ignesious lost his wife, two children, his father-in-law, and his brother-in-law in the tsunami.

Sanjeev made it to safety after the tsunami.

Meghna was saved by a relief helicopter.

Almas’s father realized that a tsunami was going to hit the island.

Her mother and aunts were washed away with the tree that they were holding on to.

Why did Tilly's family come to Thailand?

What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw?

Do you think Tilly’s mother was alarmed by them?

Where had Tilly seen the sea behaving in the same strange fashion?

Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape from the tsunami?

How do you think her geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?

In the Tsunami 150,000 people died. How many animals died?

How many people and animals died in Yala National Park?

What do people say about the elephant inYala National Park?

What did the dogs in Galle do?

When he felt the earthquake, do you think Ignesious immediately worried about a Tsunami? Give reasons for your answer. Which sentence in the text tells you that the Ignesious family did not have any time to discuss and plan their course of action after the tsunami struck?

Which words in the list below describe Sanjeev, in your opinion?

In the list brave, heroic and selfless are the words that describe Sanjeev in my opinion.

Use words form the list to complete the three sentences below.

(i) I don’t know if Sanjeev was cheerful, humorous………. or ……ambitious……. .

(ii) I think that he was very brave, …heroic………. and ……selfless…….. .

(iii) Sanjeev was not heartless, …careless…. or …brash…… .

How are Meghna and Almas’s stories similar?

What are the different ways in which Tilly’s parents could have reacted to her behaviour? What would you have done if you were in their place?

If Tilly’s award was to be shared, who do you think she should share it with-her parents or her geography teacher?

What are the two different ideas about why so few animals were killed in he tsunami? Which idea do you find more believable?

Go through Part-I carefully, and make a list of as many words as you can find that indicate movement of different kinds. (There is one word that occurs repeatedly – count how many times!) Put them into three categories.

The term “swept away” is used four times. The lesson talks about Tsunami and since in is nothing but a humongous wave that is created mostly because of an earthquake, or at times by volcanoes or landslides. Such huge waves are naturally very destructive and sweeps away everything with less strong base that stands in its way. This is why the particular phrase “swept away” is used so many times in the lesson.

Can you explain why there are many words in one column and not in the others?

Fill in the blanks in the sentences below (the verbs given in brackets will give you a clue).

(i) The earth trembled, but not many people felt the ______ (tremble)

(ii) When the zoo was flooded, there was lot of ______and many animals escaped

Into the countryside. (confuse)

(iii) We heard with ______That the lion had been recaptured. (relieve)

(iv) The zookeeper was stuck in a tree and his ______ was filmed by the TV crew. (rescue)

(v) There was much ______In the village when the snake charmer came visiting. (excite)

Study the sentences in the columns A and B.

Compare the sentences in A to the ones in B. Who is the ‘doer’ of the action in every case? Is the ‘doer’ mentioned in A, or in B?

Notice the verbs in A: ‘was swept away’, ‘was hit’, ‘were washed away’, ‘were found’. They

are in the passive form. The sentences are in the Passive Voice. In these sentences, the

focus is not on the person who does the action. In B the ‘doer’ of he action is named. The

verbs are in the active form. The sentences are in the Active Voice.

Say whether the following sentences are in the Active or the Passive voice. Write A

or P after each sentence as shown in the first sentence.

(i) Someone stole my bicycle.

(ii) The tyres were deflated by the traffic police.

(iii) I found it last night in a ditch near my house.

(iv) It had been thrown there.

(v) My father gave it to the mechanic.

(vi) The mechanic repaired it for me.

Suppose you are one of the volunteers who went to the Andaman and The Nicobar Islands for relief work after the tsunami. You work in the relief camps, distributing food, water, and medicine among the victims. You listen to the various stories of bravery of ordinary people even as they fight against odds to bring about some semblance of normalcy in their lives. You admire their grit and determination. Write a diary entry.

The story shows how a little girl saved the lives of many tourists when a tsunami struck the beach, thanks to the geography lesson that she had learnt at school. She remembered the visuals of a tsunami and warned her parents.

Do you remember any incident when something that you learned in the Did classroom help you in some way outside the classroom?

Write our experiences in a paragraph of about 90-100 words or narrate it to the a whole class like an anecdote.

Find three or four phrases in stanzas one and two which are likely to occur in a geography lesson.

Seen from the window of an aeroplane, the city appears

(i) as haphazard as on ground.

(ii) as meat as a map.

(iii) as developed as necessary.

Mark the right answer.

Which of the following statements are examples of “the logic of geography”?

(i) There are cities where there are rivers.

(ii) Cities appear as they are not from six miles above the ground.

(iii) It is easy to understand why valleys are populated.

(iv) It is difficult to understand why humans hate and kill one another.

(v) The earth is round, and it has more sea than land.

Mention two things that are

(i) clear from the height.

(ii) not clear from the height