Maxfort School-Rohini. Model Test Paper English for Class-VIII

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1 Maxfort School-Rohini Model Test Paper English for Class-VIII Time- 3 hours Name M.M.80 Class Instructions for students: 1. The question paper consists of 5 sections- Section A 15 Marks Section B 20 Marks Section C 15 Marks Section D 20Marks Section E (Long Reading Text) 10 Marks 2. Please read the paper carefully and write your answers only on the Answer Sheet provided separately. 3. Copy the question number and its part number on your answer sheet correctly from the question paper and write it in the left margin. 4. This paper consists of 4 pages printed on both sides. Section A-Reading Q 1- Read the following poem carefully: (8 marks) Trees Cannot Name the Seasons Trees cannot name the seasons Nor flowers tell the time But when the sun shines They take a longday breath What we call night Is their soft exhalation. And when joints creak yet again And the dead skin of leaves falls. Trees don t complain. Nor mourn the passing of hours. What we call winter Is simply hibernation. And as continuation Comes to them as no surprise

2 They feel no need To divide and itemize Nature has never needed reasons For flowers to tell the time On trees to put a name to seasons. A- Complete the following sentences by filling in the gaps. (6) a) The poet feels that nature is not worried about b) However, men to the passage of time. c) Flowers and trees accept as normal. d) What we call winter is simply e) Night is.. f) Nature does not feel the need to obtain and list because B- By talking about flowers and trees what comment is the poet making on man? (2) Q 2- Read the following passage and answer the following questions. (7) Sight is our most precious sense and many people fear blindness more than they fear any other disability. Eye, the organ of sight is our most important organ for locating and observing the world around us. We use our eyes in almost everything we do ---reading, working, watching movies and television, playing games and countless other activities. The human eyeball measures only about 25min in diameter. Yet the eye can see objects as far away as a star and as tiny as a grain of stand. The eye can quickly adjust its focus between a distant point and a near one. On the basis of your reading of the above passage answer the following questions: i. What is our most precious sense? ii. Which disability the people fear most? iii. What is the chief function of the organ of sight? iv. Name a few activities in which we use our eyes. v. What is the average measurement of the human eyeball? vi. How can the eye see distant and near objects immediately one after the other? vii. Assign a suitable heading to the passage. Section B- Writing

3 Q 3- You feel disturbed by the depleting natural resources. Your decide to write an article on Save Environment to be published in Hindustan Times. Write an article in not more than 150 words. (8 Marks) Q 4-You are Gautam/ Garima. You and your family shifted to a new home in South Delhi. Your donot like the environment there. You do not have a friend also. Write an e mail to your grand father who resides in USA in not more than 150 words expressing your feelings. (8 Marks) Q 5-You are Aman/ Nidhi. Your teacher has changed your seat. You are made to sit away from your best friend. You don t feel good. You write a diary entry when you go back home. Write a diary entry expressing your feelings (in about 100 words). (4 Marks) Section C-Grammar Q 6- In the passage given below, some words are missing. Choose the correct word from the given options to complete the passage meaningfully. (1/2*6=3 Marks) Timely help (a) the locals saved the life of a student caught (b) heavy snowfall in Shimla. The girl was returning home when the taxi she ( c) in was caught in the heavy snowfall. (d) people spotted her and (e) her on their back, (f) walked almost three kilometres to safety. (a) (i) to (ii) from (iii) of (iv) for (b) (i) under (ii) in (iii) during (iv) over (c) (i) travelled (ii) travels (iii) had travelled (iv) was travelling (d) (i) some (ii) any (iii) few (iv) no (e) (i) lifted (ii) lifting (iii) has lifted (iv) were lifting (f) (i)we (ii) they (iii) she (iv) you Q 7-Read the conversation between two friends and complete the dialogues by choosing from the options given. (1*3=3Marks) Tanya: Do you visit the book fair on Carmel Street? Riya: No. (a) Tanya: Yes. I had gone there yesterday. Riya: (b) Tanya: There are books for all age groups. Riya: Any idea ( c) Tanya: I m not sure. But I guess it will go on for a month. Riya: Then I must go and buy a few books. (a) (i) Did you go to the book fair? (ii) Were you going to the book fair? (iii) Will you go to the book fair? (iv) Are you going to the book fair? (b) (i) Are you finding any books for teenagers?

4 (ii) Were you finding some books for teenagers? (iii) Did you find any books for teenagers? (iv) Do you find any books for teenagers? ( c) (i) How long would the fair be going on? (ii) How long the fair will go on for? (iii) How long is the fair going on? (iv) How long will the fair go on? Q 8- The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each of the lines. Write the incorrect word and the correction in your answer sheet as given below against the correct blank numbers. (1/2*6=3 marks) Incorrect Correct Father s Day celebration was held was is throughout a world. But sadly enough, (a) the day have been commercialized and (b) children celebrates the day by sending (c) cards to there fathers rather than by (d) honouring him and cherishing the bond (e) we share by them. (f) Q 9- Rearrange the following words and phrases to form meaningful sentences. Write your answers neatly in your answer sheet. (3 Marks) (a) The/body/ sleep is/ essential/ a good night s/for (b) to/ catch/ people/get/sleep/colds/7 hours/ who/less than/of/are likely (c) Loss of/ may also/appetite/ they/ experience/ Q 10- Look at the newspaper headlines below and use the information to complete the sentence: (3 Marks) (a)suspect ARRESTED Delhi Police repots theat the suspect in Jaipur. (b) MINISTER TO OPEN HOSPITAL The Health Minister will arrive at Lucknow next week. The new hospital by him. (c) INDIA WINS TOP CHESS PRIZE The International Chess Tournament by and Indian. Section D-Literature Q 11-With candles and lanterns Throwing giant scorpion shadows On the sun-baked walls They searched for him: he was not found.

5 They clicked their tongues. With every movement that the scorpion made His poison moved in mother s blood, they said. On the basis of your reading of the above lines answer the following questions: (5) i. Name the poem and the poet. ii. Whom does they refer to in the above lines? iii. Do you think the above lines describe their superstitious attitude? Why / Why not? iv. Pick out two examples of imagery from the above lines. (2) Q 12- Answer any three of the following questions: (2 3=6) i.why was Sen forced to postpone the swim? ii. Why did the narrator want to pay the old man half of the money he ha earned from the sale of the frog? iii. How does the narrator describe the two boys whom he sees one morning? iv. Do you think the glow-worm could really spoil the nightingale s song? Why / Why not? v. What did the villagers do in their wish to help the mother? Then my father blamed himself for having taken advantage of those three men s ignorance. Unhappily he discovered those he called his victims. Q 13-On the basis of your reading of the above lines answer the following questions: (4) i. Who is the speaker of the above lines? ii. How did the father take advantage of three men s ignorance? (2) iii. What regret the father had about his deed? Q 14- Draw a brief character sketch of Mihir Sen. (5 Marks) OR Q 14-Write a brief summary of the poem, The Nightingale and the Glow-worm. (5 Marks) Setion E-Long Reading Text Q 15-Draw a brief character sketch of Estella. (5) Q 16-Suggest a different ending to the text Great Expectations. (5) =======================================================================================