Class - VIII
Subject : English 1st Paper
Time : 3 hrs. Marks. 100
Part : A - Reading test
Read the following passage and answer questions 1-8 :
Mrs. Aayesha Amin liked to tell stories to her students every month. She told them from memory, beccause she didn't like to read to her students from story books. Did Aaesop read the stories from books ? "asked kishan, "Oh no,"replied Mrs Amin, " If you stand in front of people and read from books, it's boring! "She exclaimed.
All the students like Mrs Amin's stories. "What kind of stories did Aesop tell ? asked Anwar. "Fables, "replied Mrs Amin. "Do you know what fables are ? "Nobody replied because nobody knew. "Well, continued Mrs Amin, "Fables are stories with a message or a moral. They help to teach a lesson, like, 'Work hard, don't be lazy. In fact, that's the moral of my story this morning. You've all helped to make our scchool better and worked very hard in the school garden. Now we can see the result. My story's about that."
"Was Aesop like a teacher then ? "asked Sarah. "Well, yes, replied Mrs Amin. "He liked to teach people, but he also liked to entertain them. People like being entertained. They learn better when they enjoy themselves. Aesop thought, and I agree with him. Stories with a moral help to make us wiser ! "
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1X5 = 5
(a) Mrs Amin is a good
(i) businesman (ii) nurse (iii) sister (iv) story teller.
(b) To her telling stories from books are
(i) interesting (ii) amusing (iii) boring (iv) tough.
(c) "Work hard and don't be lazy" is a
(i) story (ii) fable (iii) moral (iv) poem.
(d) Mrs. Amin's students aren't
(i) honest (ii) lazy (iii) hard-working (iv) interested
(e) Stories with a moral help to make us wiser because
(i) we can learn better when we are enjoying ourselves.
(ii) they can make our school better.
(iii)we can be entertained by them.
(iv) we can be rectified.
2. Write whether the following statements are true or false. If false, give the correct answer. 1X5= 5
(a) People learn lesson from stories without having a moral.
(b) Aesop told stories only for entertainment.
(c) The students did not work hard in the school garden.
(d) Mrs Amin agrees with Aesop that people learn better through enjoyment.
(e) To tell stories from books is boring.
3. Choose a word from the box and put it in the blank next to its meaning. .5X10=5
agree, amuse, dull, result, remembrance, coutinue, fable, message, ethical, exclaim. |
a) ........... stories with a moral | f) ............ saying of the sage. |
b) ........... effect | g) ............ cry out. |
c) ........... to go further. | h) ............ boring |
d) ........... memory | i) ............. to give similar opinion |
e) ........... entertain | j) ............. moral. |
4. Make sentences from the following substitution table. 1X5= 5
a) Students liked Mrs Amin's stories | they are full of moral. | |
b) People liked Aesop's stories | they worked very hard. | |
c) Mrs Amin used to tell stories from her memory. | because | they made a garden in the school. |
d) The school looked better | they delighted the students more. | |
e) The school garden looked beautiful | they are interesting. |
5. Give short answers to the following questions. 1X5= 5
a) Why did Mrs Amin tell stories from memory ?
b) What kind of stories did Aesop tell ?
c) What is the moral of Mrs Amin's story ?
d) When do people learn better ?
e) What do stories with moral do to man ?
6. Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the text. Use only one word for each gap. .5X10=5
Mrs Amin was (a) of telling stories to her students. (b) Aesop she told stories from her memory. She thinks that (c) stories from books is boring. Anwar asked her what kind of stories Aessop (d) to tell. She said that Aesop told (e) , in order to (f) his people moral lesson. Sarah wanted to (g) if Aesop also was a (h) like Mrs Amin. She replied that he liked to (i) but also to (j) .
7. Write in about 70-80 words about Aesop. 5
8. Read the passage in A again. Now write the main ideas of the story in your own words in not more than five sentences. 5
Part B - Vocabulary Test
9. Fill in each blank with a word form the box given below. 1X10= 10
upto, import, Illiteracy, attain, removes, compulsory, level, simple, root, hand. |
The meaning of (a) primary education is that all the children (b) the age of 10 must complete their education upto the (c) of class V. Its purpose is to (d) knowledge of reading, writing and (e) Arithmatic. (f) is a curse. It is the (g) cause of poverty. No development prgrame can (h) success due to illiteracy. On the other (i) education is the backbone of a nation. It (j) darknes and enlightens mind.
10. Fill in tthe gaps with one word only. 1X10= 10
(a) are those persons who (b) adjacent to us. Man is a (c) being. He cannot live (d) the society. So he (e)__ to live with other neighbours in a (f) place. (g) _ neighbours are very (h) _ and helpful. Theys are (i) __ well-behaved. We must (j) _____ good relation with our neighbours.
Part C : Writing Test
11. Read the following table and make ten meaningful sentences. Maintain the sequesnce. 1X10= 10
(i) Cinderella's father and mother | very unhappy. | |
(ii) She | Lived | both dead. |
(iii) She | were | with her aunt |
(iv) They | wore | to daughters. |
(v) The aunt and her daughters | hated | both fat and ugly. |
(vi) They | made | Cinderella because she was beautiful |
(vii) She | was | very hard |
(viii) They | worked | her do all the work in the house. |
(ix) But Cinderella | had | only one dirty dress. |
(x) She | fine clothes. |
12. The following sentences are in wrong order. Write them in correct order. 1X10= 10
Then he told him a poem about a smithy like that. They were helped by another boy named Ganesh. There was a smithy near the college pond. They went there to buy some tools for the school. It was not far from the school. It was written by an American poet called Henry Wadsworth Long Fellow. One day Mr. Ahmed went to the smithy with Anwar and some other students of calss 8. They found there two blacksmiths working in front of the forge. When they reached there, Mr Ahmed and the boys walked up to the smithy and looked in. when Anwar reached home late in the evening, his father asked him if he enjoyed his visit to the smithy.
13. Write a paragraph in about 100 words by answering the following qurstions. Give the paragraph a suitable title. 10
(a) How is a winter morning ?
(b) How do animals feel in a winter morning ?
(c) How do people feel in a winter morning ?
(d) What do people and children do in a winter morning ?
(e) When do people get up ?
(f) What kinds of food do people eat ?
14. Your younger brother doesnot know the importance of physical exercise. Now write a letter to him describing the importance of physical exercise. 10
Or, Write a composition in about 150-200 words about the Duties of a student. 10
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