CLASS VIII – ENGLISH (WBBSE)
FIRST SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
MODEL QUESTION PAPER

Set-2

Syllabus: সিলেবাসঃ
1. The wind cap
2. Clouds
3. An April day
4. The Great escape
Grammar & vocabulary
Writing Skills

First Summative Evaluation
Class : VIII Sub : English
Time : 30 Min. F.M. 15

Section-A

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

It was 1.35 am. The night was moonlit.Subhas and Sisir hugged the inner wall of the long house-corridor and tiptoed down the back stairs to the car. Subhas sat in the back, Sisir drove the car. He started the engine and drove out from 38/2, Elgin Road as he had done on so many past occasions. At Subhas’s Elgin Road residence. the light glowed in his bedroom to give the impression that he was still there. As Calcutta slept, uncle and nephew crossed Howrah Bridge and went beyond the city’s precincts. Subhas poured Sisir coffee from a thermos. They shared a few anxious moments together when the ear engine faltered once. It started again and Sisir dashed at high speed through the dark night.

A. Tick ( √ ) the correct alternative : 1×3=3
(i) They shared a few
(a) happy moment
(b) anxious moment
(c) sad moment
(d) bad moment

Ans. (b) anxious moment

(ii) The light glowed in-
(a) corridor
(b) bed-room
(c) Subhas’s bed-room
(d) back stairs

Ans. (c) Subhas’s bed-room

(iii) Out of the city-
(a) Sisir offered coffee to Subhas
(b) Subhas and Sisir had drunk coffee
(c) Subhas dashed at high speed

Ans. (b) Subhas and Sisir had drunk coffee

B. Answer the following questions: 1×2=2 

(i) In which direction did Sisir drive after leaving Elgin Road ?

Ans. Sisir drove the car towards Howrah Bridge.

(ii) Why did the light glow in Subhas’s bedroom ?

Ans. The light glowed in Subhas’s bedroom to give the impression that he was still there..

Section – B

Grammar & Vocabulary

2. Do as directed 1×5-5

(i) I shall have obtained my graduation degree by then. [Underline the Future Perfect Tense]

Ans: I shall have obtained my graduation degree by then.

(ii) This handwriting is legible. [Rewrite the sentence using the antonym of the word underlined]

Ans: This hand writing is illegible.

(iii) This is a system. It controls air traffic [Join the two sentences using nominal compound]

Ans. This is an air traffic control system.

(iv) Tell your _______ not to play in the ________. (sun /son) [Choose the correct homophone and fill in the blanks]

Ans: Tell your son not to play in the sun.

(v) The lady said to me, “Will you come along?” (Change into an indirect speech]

Ans. The lady asked me if I would come along.

Section-C

Writing Skill

3. Write a story in about 80 words using the outline given below. Give a suitable title to the story: 5

Points: a soldier, prisoner of war for many years – the soldier returns home – sees a man selling caged birds – buys all caged birds — sets the birds free

Ans:

THE SOLDIER AND THE CAGED BIRDS

Once upon a time, a war started between England and France. In the war many English soldiers were imprisoned. After many days, one of the soldiers was released and he returned home. One day he was going to the market. Then he saw a bird-seller carrying a few cages, full of birds. Seeing the condition of the poor birds, the soldier took pity on them. Then he remembered his own condition in the French prison. The soldier bought all the cages and set the birds free. The bird-seller said to the soldier, “Why did you release the birds?” The soldier said, “I was once captivated.

So, I know the miseries of the captivity”