English
Enfant
India International School
Std.: VIII Marks: 40
(Paper is divided
into two parts Section A (English Literature) & B (English Grammar)
Each section has 20 Marks
SECTION A
(20)
Answer all questions.
Question
1:- Read these lines and answer the questions that follow. [2*3=6]
It is
evening and the sun goes down.
The
waste of Joradighi lies wan and grey before us.
The
land is desolate and barren.
i)
Who are us in these lines?
ii)
By what means are they travelling?
iii)
What
do the travelers think and say about the place?
Dejection: -
Elusive: -
Infested: -
Quiver: -
a.
What
problem was he thinking of?
b.
What
was the work that is being referred to here?
a.
Illustrate
how happiness is a result of good conduct.
b.
Why
did Pope Julius prefer Michelangelo to Bramante?
Section B (20 Marks)
(Attempt all questions. Each
question has 5 marks.)
A) Complete the following sentences using an
adjective belonging to the categories specified.
i) Meera is a…………………………..students.
(Adjective of quality).
ii) The………………………………….football team won the World Cup
Championship. (use a national adjective)
iii) …………………………………are the passengers going to Pune.
(Demonstrative)
iv) Not……………………………milk is required to prepared this dish.
(Adjective of quantity)
v) ……………………………..finish their homework first?
(Interrogative)
B) Find the errors in the following sentences and
correct them.
i) We are playing tennis every Sunday.
ii) I own two dogs and a cat. I loved
animals.
iii) My suitcase is weighing four kilos.
iv) When Mary come in I talked to mother on the
phone.
v) We pass the
hotel two minutes ago.
C) A
few of the sentences below have errors in them. Spot these and rewrite them
correctly in your notebook.
i) The price of these items have risen.
ii) Every one of the players deserve a prize.
iii) Two and two makes four.
iv) A series of matches is being played in this
tournament.
V) There are no shortage of new jobs for young graduates.
D) Fill in the blanks with suitable –ing or ed /
en forms of the verbs given in brackets.
i) A passer-by was seen………………………….the
injured man. (help)
ii) He came ……………………………..to me. (run)
iii) We saw cars……………………………..all over the place. (park)
iv) I heard him…………………………….to himself. (talk)
v) Having…………………………….against injustice all his life, he
found the present scenario extremely………………………….(fight, depress).
