2ND SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
CLASS 8 (VIII) WBBSE
ENGLISH QUESTION PAPER

CLASS 8 ENGLISH UNIT TEST

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Set-3

সিলেবাস/Syllabus—
Lesson 4 : The Great Escape
Lesson 5 : Princess September
Lesson 6 : The Sea
Lesson 7 : A king’s Tale
Lesson 8 : Happy Prince
Grammar, Writting

2ND SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
Class – VIII    Sub : English
Time : 50 mints           Full Marks-25

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

1. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

(Lesson 5: Princess September Part-2)

Suddenly, September heard a tweet-tweet just behind her ear. The bird had come in quietly. September felt her heart go thump-thump against her chest, and she made up her mind to take no more risks. She put up her hand and took hold of the bird. The bird was quite used to this, so he suspected nothing. He was surprised when she carried him to the cage, put him in, and shut the door on him. He hopped up on the ivory perch and said, “What is wrong ?

A. Complete the sentences with information from the text : 1×3=3

(i) September felt her heart go thump-thump against her chest because __________________________________.

Ans. the bird had come in quitely.

(ii) He suspected nothing because __________________________________.

Ans. the bird was quite used to this.

(iii) He was surprised when ______________________________________________________________________.

Ans. she carried him to the cage, put him in and shut the door on him.

2. Read the extract of the poem and answer the given questions :

The sea is a hungry dog.
Giant and grey.
He rolls on the beach all day.
With his clashing teeth and shaggy jaws
Hour upon hour he gnaws

The rumbling, tumbling stones,
And ‘Bones, bones, bones!”
The giant sea-dog moans,
Licking his greasy paws.

A. Answer the following questions : 1×3=3

(i) What does the giant sea-dog moans for ?

Ans. The giant sea- deg moans for bones.

(ii) Why is the sea described as hungry ?

Ans. Because the sea is always unstable and full of tumul to us waves.

(iii) What do you mean by ‘greasy paws’ ?

Ans. Greasy paws refers to the Slippery huge paws of the giant sea-day.

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

3. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Surprisingly, Salim Ali had no university degree. Although he joined college his intense dislike for mathematics did not allow him to continue his studies. He left for Burma to help his brother in his farm. But there again he proved a failure. In the jungles of Burma he looked for birds instead of animals. When he returned home he did a course in Zoology and was appointed a guide at the museum of

the Bombay Natural History Society. But, for the lack of funds his post in the museum was abolished. He spent his life threading his way through the obscure regions of the Indian sub continent, discovering, studying and identifying about 300 birds in the Indian region. One of his most noted theories is that birds have their own language.

A. Say if the following sentences are true or false. Write T for true and “F” for false sentence in the boxes : 1×3=3

(i) Salim Ali went to Burma to start a business. [F]

(ii) Salim Ali lost his job of a guide for his own inefficiency. [F]

(iii) Salim Ali was not fond of Mathematics. [T]

B. Answer the following questions : 1×3=3

(i) Why did Salim Ali could not continue his studies ?

Ans. His intense dislike for mathematics did not allow him to continue his studies.

(ii) Where did Salim get a job of guide at ?

Ans. Salim got a job of guide at the museum of the Bombay Natural History Society.

(iii) What is Salim Ali’s most famous theory ?

Ans. Salim Ali’s most famous theory is that birds have their, own language.

4. A. Do as directed : 1×3=3

(i) Gandhiji belived in ____________ violence. (Fill the blank adding suffix or prefix to the word given in the bracket)

Ans. non-violence

(ii) The mother said to her little boy, “Why can’t you be happy ?” (Change the narration)

Ans. The mother asked her little boy why he couldn’t be happy.

(ii) There is no objection __________ the proposal. (Use preposition to fill the gap)

Ans. of

B. Find out the words in Question No. 3 (Unseen) which mean the following : 1×2=2

(1) famous : _______ (ii) not very well known : ____________.

Ans. (i) noted (ii) Obscure

Writing

5. Write a letter to your cousin telling him about your resolution or plan to distribute new clothes to the poor children of your age on the occasion of Durga Puja in about 80 words. 8

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