SHALOM HILLS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

CLASS -8 ENGLISH

CHAPTER -1 (S.R)
How The Camel Got His Hump

Meanings of words and phrases:

• idleness : laziness
• puffing up: growing bigger
• hump: a round raised part on an animal’s back
• saddle: a seat, usually made of leather, used on a horse
• trot : gait of animals like horse
• yoke : a wooden bar that is tied over the necks of two animals, especially cattle, and
connected to the vehicle or load that they are pulling
• edge : the outside limit of an area
• cud : partly digested food returned from the first stomach of ruminating animals to the
mouth for further chewing

Question 1:
Why did the camel live in the middle of the desert?
Question 2:
What made the dog, the horse and the ox very angry?
Question 3:
The camel said, “Humph” repeatedly. How did it affect him?
Question 4:
What, according to the Djinn, was the use of the “humph”?
Question 5:
“…he has never yet learnt to behave”. In the light of this, what is the writer’s opinion about the
camel? Why did early man domesticate a few animals? Which animal in your opinion is man’s
best friend and most useful too? (word limit: 120 words)

MORAL OF THE STORY

The chapter – How the Camel Got His Hump teaches students that we should not waste our time
by sitting idly. One who is lazy and does not perform his duties or fulfil his responsibilities on time
tends to suffer in the end.