ANNUAL EXAMINATION
CLASS 8 (VIII) WBBSE
ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER
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Set-1
Third Summative Evaluation
Class VIII
Sub : English
Full Marks : 70 Time : 2.30 mnts
BARUIPUR GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL
Annual Exam – 2022
Class VIII Sub : English
Time – 2.30 hrs. F.M. 70
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
[Lesson 11, Midnight Express, Page No. 99]
It was a battered old book, bound in red leather. When Mortimer was twelve years old, he found the book in his father’s library. When the rest of his large old house was covered in darkness, he took the book to his bedroom to read by candlelight The clock ticked in the hall below and the sea roared outside.. Mortimer was fascinated by the battered old book. It contained a story called “Midnight Express”. There was an illustration on page fifty, which threatened him for some unknown reason. Mortimer was now a young man. One day around midnight, he was waiting for a train in a dark, empty junction.
A. Choose the correct alternatives. 1×3
(i) Mortimer was waiting for the train in a/an-
(a) crowded plat-form
(b) empty platform
(c) village platform.
(ii) Mortimer was fascinated by the-
(a) brand new book
(b) rare pictures
(c) battered old book.
(iii) The book contained a story called-
(a) The Afternoon Train
(b) Midnight Express
(c) Evening flight.
B. Answered the following questions in complete sentences. 2×3=6
(i) How old was Mortimer when he found the book in the library ?
(ii) Describe the appearance of the book.
(iii) What threatened Mortimer ?
C. Write T for true and F for false statements. Give supporting statements. 2×3
(i) Mortimer found the book when he was twenty years old.
S.S. _____________________________
(ii) The illustration was there on the page fifteen.
S.S. _____________________________
(iii) Mortimer took the book to his bedroom to read the book by the night lamp.
S.S _____________________________
2. Read the following lines and answer their questions.
[Lesson 12, Someone, Page No. 110]
Only the busy beetle.
Tap tapping in the wall.
Only from the forest.
The screech owl’s call.
Only the cricket whistling.
While the dew drops fall,
So I know not who came knocking,
At all, at all, at all.
A. Match the column A with the column B. 1×4=4
| A | B |
| (i) Beetle | (a) was shouting |
| (ii) Someone | (b) was knocking at the door. |
| (iii) Owl | (c) making whistling sound |
| (iv) Cricket | (d) was making continuous noise |
B. Complete the sentence with information from the given lines. 1×1=1
The beetle was busy making ___________.
READING COMPREHENSION
(UNSEEN)
3. Read the passage and answer the questions.
Malaria is caused by a germ that grows in the patient’s blood. When a mosquito bites a man who has malaria, it sucks up into its stomach, some of the man’s blood. There are malaria germs in his blood. And when the mosquito bites another man, it in- jects into his body some of these malaria germs and this soon results in an attack of fever. But not all mosquitoes carry ma- laria. The malaria mosquito can be distinguished by the appear- ance of its body and by its position when standing on some- thing. To prevent the spread of malaria, all that is necessary to do is to destroy the mosquitoes.
A. Answer The following questions in complete sentences. 2×3=6
(i) How does malaria spread ?
Ans.
(ii) How can you identify a malaria mosquito ?
Ans.
(iii) How can malaria be prevented ?
Ans.
B. Find out the nearest meaning of the words given below from the passage. 1×2
(i) immediately ____________
(ii) Stop ______________
C. Write T for true and F for false statements. 1×2
(i) All mosquitoes carry malaria.
(ii) The malaria mosquito cannot be distinguished.
4. A. Fill in the gaps with appropriate articles and prepositions. 1×3
(a) I saw _______ deer.
(b) This is ________ one rupee coin.
(c) I wrote the letter _______ a pen.
4. B. Choose the correct answers.
1×3
(i) They are ______ (playing/play/ played) football.
(ii) She has _______ (did/do/ done) the work.
(iii) He will be _______ (read/ reading/ has read).
C. Fill in the gaps with appropriate modals. (may, can, would, should) : 1×3
(i) As good citizens, we _________ obey laws.
(ii) You _________ buy that.
(iii) Hope you _________ do it for me.
D. Change the voice. 1×3
(i) They were playing football.
(ii) I shall read the book.
(iii) Rina has drawn the picture.
E. Change the mode of narration. 1×2
(i) She said, “I have seen the beautiful bird”.
(ii) The man said, “Obey your parents”.
F. Underline the subordinate clause. 1×2=2
(i) Tamagno is sure that he will score high in the exam.
(ii) Rabindranath who is a great poet won the Nobel Prize.
5. Write a paragraph in about 80 words on the famous Bengali writer Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. 8×1
Born- 12.09.1894
Early education Bongaon High School.
Intermediate and Graduation – Surendranath College.
Worked as Headmaster – Jangipara High school and Harinavi Anglo Sanskrit institution.
Famous novels – Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Aranyak, Chander Pahar
Death 01.11.1950
6. Write a letter to your friend about your visit to a tourist spot during Puja holidays. 8×1
7. Write a short story from the following outline. 8×1
A fat dog met a thin dog – the rich dog invited the thin one to live with him – thin fog agreed, but saw the collar on the dog’s neck – thin dog did not like to be bound.
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