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Std 8 English Unit test II

 

English

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 UNIT II –  2020-21

                                         Enfant India International School

       Std.:     VIII                                                                               Marks: 20

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 (Paper is divided into two parts Section A (English Literature) & B (English Grammar)

Answer all questions.

 

Question 1:- Read these lines and answer the questions that follow.                  [2*3=6]

There, in his noisy mansion, skill’d to rule,

The village master taught his little school;

i)                    Where is the school situated?

ii)                  Why is the mansion noisy?

iii)                What is meant by ‘skill’d to rule’?

 

Question 2:- Write the meaning of the following words.                                               [1*4]

pensive:   -

solitude:   -

sprightly:   -

jocund:   -

 

A)  Fill in the blanks with the comparative degree of the adverbs given in the box.

Loud

Hard

Little

Dark

Early

Regular

Polite

Close

Fast

Late

Old

High

 

  i) If you want to win the game, practice……………………………..

ii) If you want reach school on time, wake up……………………….

iii) if your want to earn others’ respect, behave………………………

iv) if you want to walk to school, live somewhere……………………

V) If you often get headaches, use the computer……………………….

 

B)  Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals.
  i) I can do my brother’s homework for him, but I………………………

ii) You could easily make a fool of her,  but you…………………………

iii) He would love to go on the picnic with us too, but he………………..

iv) They think that we’ll support them, but we…………………………

V) She tried to open the jammed window, but she……………………..