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Name: _________________________________________
Grade 8
2021-22 2022-23
Roll No.: _____ Div.: ____ Date ____ /____ / _______
ENGLISH
2023-24 2024-25 Topic: Enjoy Reading
01
2025-26
Wkst No.

1. Read the passage on page 8,9,10 in your text book. Note the words that
you are not familiar in the box given below

2. Choose five words from the above list to fill in the table.

Which part
Meaning of speech
Refer the
[meaning that does it
dictionary to
No Word you have come belong to?
check the meaning
up with while [noun, verb,
Meaning
reading] adjective or
adverb]

5
3. Read the passage and find five word each that have prefix or suffix.

No Prefix Breakup No Suffix Breakup

1 connotation Con + notation 1 Darkness Dark + ness

2 2

3 3

4 4

5 5

6 6

4. Here are few words from the passage add appropriate prefix or suffix
and find out the part of speech it belongs to after adding the prefix or
suffix.

No Word Part of speech Prefix\suffix Part of speech

1. Gold noun golden adjective

2. troop

3. ceremonial

4. barbaric

5. massive

6. finery
 BCG / C-LS / gr8e1.1w01-02

Name: _________________________________________
Grade 8
2021-22 2022-23
Roll No.: _____ Div.: ____ Date ____ /____ / _______
ENGLISH
2023-24 2024-25 Topic: Enjoy Reading
02
2025-26
Wkst No.

Polysyllabic
Definition of polysyllabic
A word having more than one and usually more than three syllables
Examples : poly·syl·lab·ic in·for·ma·tion quo·ta·tion

1. Read the passage, choose five word that you think are polysyllabic, fill
in the tabular column below from 1-5.
Share with the class.
6-10 space provided to add words the you have not chosen but your
classmates have chosen.

How would you

Refer the
Breakup breakup the word
No Word dictionary to
according to you to remember the
check your work
spelling
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2. There are many double letter words in this passage note them here.

4. Identify few compound words.

5. Read the passage on pages 8,9and 10 and note down the answers for the
following big five questions.
a) Who is telling the story?

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b) What is going on?

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c) When does the parade happen?

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d) Where is the parade?

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e) Why might be the narrator be ‘in peril’?

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