PUNJAB EXAMINATION COMMISSION

EXAMINATION 2015, GRADE

GRADE-8
ENGLISH PART B (Subjective Type)
Model Paper

Model
Paper

Part
Part-A = 48 Marks, Part-B
B = 52 Marks, Total Marks = 100
Student Name
(In Capitals)

For official use only

Signature of
Signature of
Marks
Head
Examiner
Examiner

Q.
No.
Roll Number
(In Figures)

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33
34
35
36
37
Total

General Instructions:
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Students are advised to attempt all questions.

Read the instruction
instructions carefully given with each question.
A question can consist of two or more parts.
Use the lines below each question to write the answer.
No additional page
pages will be given to write.

Part-B
B (Open Ended Questions)

Time Allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes

Q.No.33. Write a story of a farmer who had three quarrelling sons. How did he unite them?
What lesson do we learn from this story? Use correct capitalization, punctuation, grammar
and spellings.

Marks(10)

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Q.No.34. Write a paragraph about ten lines on Morning walk using the following hints.
Use correct capitalization, punctuation, grammar and spellings.
Morning_____Fresh air_______Healthy body _________Blessing

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Q.No.35.(a) Translate the following paragraph into Urdu OR rewrite the following paragraph in
simple English.

Marks (6)

Once Newton wanted to boil an egg for his breakfast. He was asked to hold the watch in his hand and
keep the egg in the boiling water for a few minutes. Left to himself, Newton put the watch in the boiling
water and held the egg in his hand to count minutes. Much later his servant pointed out the blunder to
him to his great shock.
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(b). Translate the following paragraph into Urdu OR rewrite the following paragraph in simple
English.

Marks (6)

The poor wife cried and cried. She was so full of sorrow to hear this. But, at last, as the night wore on,
she agreed to her husbands plan. After all, she could not see her children die of hunger. She thought and
thought, but no other plan came to her mind.
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Q.No.36. Write an application to the Headmaster/ Headmistress/ Principal for a fee concession.
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Q.No.37. Write a letter to a bookseller requesting him to send you some books on English.
Use correct capitalization, punctuation, grammar and spellings.

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