NCERT Solutions for 8th Class English It So Happened: Chapter 7-The open window

Class 8: English It So Happened Chapter 7 solutions. Complete Class 8 English It So Happened Chapter 7 Notes.

NCERT Solutions for 8th Class English It So Happened: Chapter 7-The open window

NCERT 8th English It So Happened Chapter 7, class 8 English It So Happened Chapter 7 solutions

(Page 57)

Questions:

1. Why had Framton Nuttel come to the “rural retreat”?
2. Why had his sister given him letters of introduction to people living there?
3. What had happened in the Sappleton family as narrated by the niece?

Answers:

1. Framton Nuttel was suffering from some nervous disorder and worry. So he decided to spend a few days in some village and relax in peace.
2. His sister knew that Framton would meet very few people in the countryside. He would feel lonely and bored. His condition could grow worse. So she gave him let­ters of introduction to all people she knew there. One was addressed to Mrs. Sappleton.
3. The niece played a practical joke on Sappleton when she came to know that he was a total stranger. She said that her aunt’s husband, two brothers and a dog had gone for hunting through the window three years ago. They never returned. But the aunt was still hoping to see them back through the open window.

NCERT 8th English It So Happened Chapter 7, class 8 English It So Happened Chapter 7 solutions

(Page 60)

Questions:

1. What did Mrs Sappleton say about the open window?
2. The horror on the girl’s face made Framton swing around in his seat. What did he see?

Answers:

1. Mrs Sappleton said that her husband and brothers would be entering the house any time. The window was kept open till it was dark. They would enter through the open window
2. Framton swung around to know the reason for the girl’s horror. Soon he saw three figures coming towards the window.

NCERT 8th English It So Happened Chapter 7, class 8 English It So Happened Chapter 7 solutions

(Page 61)

Questions:

1. Why did Framton rush out wildly?
2. What was the girl’s explanation for his lightning exit?

Answers:

1. The niece had told Nuttel that her aunt’s husband and brothers had been missing, for three years. When Framton saw them coming, he thought they were ghosts. So he rushed out wildly in fear.
2. The girl explained that Framton had a bitter experience of the dogs. So he made a sudden exit on seeing the dog.

NCERT 8th English It So Happened Chapter 7, class 8 English It So Happened Chapter 7 solutions

Exercise (Page 61)

Discuss in Small groups.

Question 1:
Is this a mystery story? Give a reason for your answer.

Answer:
The open window is not truly a mystery story. It shows the fertile imagination of a young girl. She plays a practical joke on Framton and tells a cooked up story. Poor Framton falls a prey to her prank and runs out of the house hurriedly.

Question 2:
You are familiar with the ‘irony’ of the situation in a story. (Remember the cop and the Anthem in Class VII Supplementary Reader!) Which situations in The Open Window’ are good examples of the use of irony?

Answer:
“Irony’ refers to the contrast between what is intended or expected and what actually occurs. The open window has irony of situation. Poor Framton goes to countryside for rest and relief from his nervousness. But Mrs Sappleton’s niece plays such a joke that he suddenly rushes out. He mistakes Mrs sappleton’s husband and brother as their ghosts.

Question 3:
Which phrases/sentences in the text do you find difficult to understand? Select a few and guess the meaning of each. Rewrite a simple paraphrase of each.

Answer:

• Came into the nice division – The category of nice people.
• Masculine habitation. – The room seemed to suggest that there lived some male persons there.
• “Bertie, why do you bound? – Bound means ‘jump’. But here it means a person whose behaviour is unpleasant to other people.

NCERT 8th English It So Happened Chapter 7, class 8 English It So Happened Chapter 7 solutions

NCERT Solutions for 8th Class English It So Happened: Chapter 7: Download PDF

NCERT Solutions for 8th Class English It So Happened: Chapter 7-The open window

Download PDF: NCERT Solutions for 8th Class English It So Happened: Chapter 7-The open window PDF

Chapterwise Class 8 English Honeydew Prose

Chapterwise Class 8 English Honeydew Poem

Chapterwise Class 8 English It So Happened

About NCERT

The National Council of Educational Research and Training is an autonomous organization of the Government of India which was established in 1961 as a literary, scientific, and charitable Society under the Societies Registration Act. Its headquarters are located at Sri Aurbindo Marg in New Delhi. Visit the Official NCERT website to learn more.