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

CLASS 8 ENGLISH UNIT TEST

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Set-5

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

Section-A

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

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

(Lesson 7, A King’s Tale)

It was Christmas time, a time of festivity. But all around Britain, people were hungry, cold and frightened. One day, in a churchyard, people found a large stone on which was fixed a magnificent sword. Upon the stone, in gold letters, was inscribed “whoever pulls out this sword is by right of birth the king of England”.

Immediately, the eager barons who longed to become the king, jostled among themselves to lift the sword. None succeeded. The sword remained fixed to the stone. It was Arthur, at the age of eighteen, who succeeded in lifting the sword for the first time. The barons were angry and disappointed. They demanded a test.

A. Answer the questions: `\1frac1(2)`x2=3

(i) What was the condition of British people on Christmas time ?

Ans. On Christmas time British people were hungry, cold and frightened.

(ii) Why the barons were angry and disappointed ?

Ans. The barons were angry and disappointed because it was only Arthur who succeeded in lifting the sword.

B. Fill in the blanks with information from the seen passage: 1×3=3

(i) The sword was found __________.

Ans. on a large stone.

(ii) The barons were jostled because ____________________.

Ans. they wanted to lift the sword.

(iii) Arthur was succeeded in _________________.

Ans. lifting the sword.

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

2. Read the following passage and then answer the questions that follow:

Cold drinks have no nutritional value. They contain sugar, chemical preservatives, edible colour and quite a lot of unknown ingredients and finally, highly pressurized carbon dioxide. These ingredients are not good for our health. They are also harmful for diabetic patients.

Because of higher acid content cold drinks damage the thin membranes in the stomach and the small intestine and so enzymes that help digestion cannot function properly. The acidity is damaging to teeth and bones. Cold drinks are also bad for the human body because these are drunk at extremely low temperature, much lower than the normal body temperature of 37°C. These may cause serious respiratory troubles which, if unattended may lead to
cardiac failure.

A. Complete the sentence with information from the unseen text: 1×4=4

(i) The ingredients of cold drinks are not _____________.

Ans. good for our health.

(ii) Cold drinks destroy ____________.

Ans. our health.

(iii) Cold drinks have no nutritional value because ________________.

Ans. they contain sugar, chemical preservatives, edible colour, unknown ingredients and highly pressurized carbon dioxide.

(iv) Some enzymes help us _______.

Ans. in digestion.

B. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false: 1×3=3

(i) The ingredients of Cold drinks are always good for our health. [F]

(ii) Cold drinks are beneficial for teeth and bones. [F]

(iii) Diabetic patients should take cold drinks regularly. [F]

C. Find out words from the unseen passage which mean the following: 1×3=3

(i) Fit for eating

Ans. Edible.

(ii) Related to heart

Ans. Cardiac.

(iii) Store for future uses

Ans. Preservative.

Section-B Grammar & Vocabulary

3. Do as directed : 1×3=3

(i) The bird said, “I will come because I love you.” [Narration change)

Ans. The bird said that it would come because it loved me.

(ii) I saw a man. He is my English teacher. (Join by Adjective clause)

Ans. I saw a man who is my English teacher.

(iii) Look at the Sun. [Write correct form of verb: (rises/rising/rose)]

Ans. Look at the rising Sun.

Section-C Writing Skill

4. Develop the following outlines into a story. Add a suitable title and a moral.6

[Points: A little boy-birthday-gets money from uncle as gift-go to buy toys-see a beggar-pale and hungry-boy’s heart soften-give all money-satisfy new joy.]

The Kind Hearted Boy

Once there lived a little boy. He was very happy and loved by elders. One of his birthdays he received many gifts. Only his uncle gave him some money to buy something of his own choice. He decided to buy new toys.