The Educators

A Project of Beacon House School System

Satellite Town Campus
Grade VIII
Session 2022-23
Name: ________________________________ Grade: _____________________________
Subject: _______________________________ Date: _______________________________
Q1. For each pun below, underline the word or words that create the pun. On the lines underneath the pun, explain the two meanings.
1. It’s pointless to write with a broken pencil.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. It’s hard to beat a boiled egg for breakfast.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. A burglar at a construction site fell into the concrete mixer. He became a hardened criminal.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Growing up we were too poor to pay attention.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Why can’t a bicycle stand on its own? It’s two tired.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. He was a great doctor until he lost patients.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Elizabeth was fired from her job at the hamburger stand for putting her hair in a bun.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. A fish with no eyes is called a fish.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Q2. Choose a word from the word bank to help complete the sentences.
1. The bird loved to ___________________ a merry tune.
2. The ___________________ of the clock kept me up all night.
3. The food on the stove made a nice ____________________.
4. She kept making a _________________ noise with her pen and it drove the teacher crazy!
5. The little dogs like to _________________ at the cat.
6. Something upset the lion and it made a loud ________________.
7. I heard the ruler ___________________ against the desk.
8. His teeth started to ___________________ outside in the cold.
9. The fire made a _______________ when they added more wood.
10. As the car started up it made a loud ___________________.
11. The chalk went ___________________ on the black board.
12. The wheel went ______________ as we ran over a nail in the road.
13. The ducklings ___________________ behind their mother.
14. Her dress makes a ___________________ noise as she walks.
15. The bees happily ___________________ around the garden.
Q3. Tell which pronouns in the following sentences are reflexive and which are emphatic.
1. I will do it myself.
2. John hurt himself while he was jogging in the park.
3. He himself made the remark.
4. I wash myself when I get up.
5. The boys fooled themselves.
6. We have got ourselves into a mess.
7. Susie killed herself.
8. We enjoyed ourselves at the party.
9. You have set yourself an unattainable goal.
10. We exerted ourselves.
11. A house divided against itself cannot stand.
12. You always think about yourself.
13. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
14. He was sitting by himself.
15. I cannot bring myself to do it.
16. The poor woman poisoned herself.
17. I myself did the job.
18. They gave themselves a lot of trouble.
Q4. Complete the sentences below with: this, these, that or those.
1. ____________________ shoes are black.
2. ____________________ shoes are gray.
3. ____________________ pen is small.
4. ____________________ pen is very large.
5. The time on ____________________ clock is 5:00.
6. The time on ____________________ clock is 11:50.
7. ____________________ plane is a toy.
8. ____________________ plane isn’t a toy.
9. ____________________ cat is eating
10. ____________________ cat isn’t eating.
11. ____________________ glasses are for reading.
12. ____________________ glasses are sunglasses.
Q5.