Name________ Maximum marks: 50 Sample paper

Class: 8th Time: 2 hr Subject: English

(Section A) reading
Q1. Read the passage carefully and answer the following question. 5 marks

About the year 1900, a small, dark-haired boy named Charles Chaplin was often seen
waiting outside the back entrances of London theatres. He looked thin and hungry but his
blue eyes were determined. He was hoping to get work in show business. He could sing and
dance. His parents were music-hall performers and he had been born into the life of the
theatre. And, although his own boyhood was painfully hard, he knew how to make people
laugh.

His own father had died from drinking too much. And his mother was not really able to look
after Charles and his older half-brother, Sid. She was often sick in mind and had to be sent
to hospital.

Q 1) The boy Charles Chaplin was __________.

a) brown-haired

b) dark-haired

c) red-haired

d) light-haired

Q 2) Chaplin thought to get a job in __________.

a) soap business

b) hotel business

c) show business

d) hospital business

Q 3) His parents were __________.

a) music-hall performers

b) actors

c) singers
d) directors

Q 4) His father had died due to __________.

a) an illness

b) accident

c) drinking

d) suicide

Q 5) The meaning of ‘determined’ is ___________.

a) mind made up

b) mind turn up

c) mind fade up

d) mind turn down

Q2. Read the Poem and Answer the following. 5 marks

Be a bush if you can’t be a tree

If you can’t be a bush be a bit of the grass,

And some highway happier make;

If you can’t be a muskie then just be a bass

But be the liveliest bass in the lake!

We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,

There’s something for all of us here

There’s big work to do and there’s lesser to do,

And the task we must do is the near.

If you can’t be a highway then just be a trait

If you can’t be the sun, be a star,

It isn’t by size that you win or you fail

Be the best of whatever you are!

1. What is the poet’s tone in the poem ?

2. What should be our attitude towards our work ?

3. What is the message of the poem ?

4. Winning does not depend on…………………….

5. Which word in the poem means the same as “piece of work is difficult”.

(Section B) Writing

Q1. Write an e-mail to your friend about your trip of Kumbhalgarh trip what you have done
over there. 5 marks

Q2. Write a message cautioning students and parents not to take a garden path to the
school gate because of construction work on site. 5 marks

(Section C) Grammar

Q1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunctions. 5 marks

1. He must train very hard ______ he will lose the competition.

2. The teacher punished the boy ______ he misbehaved.
3. I will not allow you to watch television ______ you clean your room first.
4. Allan brought some food for the party ______ he was not asked to do so.
5. You had better hand in your work on time ______ you will be in trouble.

Q2. Fill in the blank with correct form of the present tense. 5 marks

1. Janet ______ karate class every Saturday. ( attend )

2. The market ______ usually noisy in the morning. ( to be )
3. The delivery man ______ the parcel already. ( delivery )
4. The athletes ______ for Canada tomorrow. ( leave )
5. Aida ______ her room for the past hour. ( paint )
 (Section D) Literature

Q1. Word meaning (any 3) 3 marks

1. Reputation:
2. Savouries:
3. Nags:
4. Divine
:

Q2. Answer the following question. (any 6) 10 marks

Q1. On the day of the annual fair, Minchu saw___________________________

Q2. How would you describe the character of the night angle?

Q3. How would you describe the character of the glow worm?

Q4. Why is Bermuda triangle called a ‘triangle’?

Q5. What solidified the mysterious reputation of the Bermuda Triangle?

Q6. What did the rescue team find while searching fot the SS Marine Sulphur queen tanker
ship?

Q3. Answer the question in brief? 5 marks

Q1. What is your take on the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle? Would you ever
want to visit the region?

Q4. True and False. 2 mark0073

1. The five US navy torpedo bombers that went missing, did so during the war.
2. The Bermuda Triangle is prone to unpredictable hurricanes.