Kendriya Vidyalaya Gachibowli, Hyderabad-32

MID TERM EXAM-2023-24

Class- 8th Duration: 2:30 Mns.
Sub: English Max. Marks: 60 Marks
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Section – (Reading) 20 Marks
A.2. Read the dialogues given below and write the answers in your answer sheets: (8 marks)
“Wait for me!”
Nesta: Hey! Give me that back!
Chema: Sorry, I can’t do that. It is mine now.
Thomas: Hey Chema. That is not fair. Give it back to Nesta please.
Chema: No way! I have it and I am not giving it back. Sorry.
Nesta: Come on Chema. I really need that. Please give it back to me.
Chema: I already said no.
Thomas: Okay, look Chema. You can have it today, but you must give it back to Nesta tomorrow.
Chema: No, it is mine now. I will never give it back.
Nesta: Fine, let’s go Thomas. We do not want it back Chema.
Chema: What! You don’t want it back?
Nesta: No. Good bye Chema.
Chema: Hey guys don’t leave! Wait for me!
Questions: Vocabulary:
1) The dialogue starts when Chema 5) Nesta says, “Give me that back!” This
A. takes something from Nesta. means____________.
B. gives something to Nesta. A. give me some help.
C. buys Nesta a present. B. give me some your back.
D. takes something from Thomas. C. return it to me.
2) Thomas _________________. D. None of the above.
A. wants to give Nesta something. 6) If something is fair, it is __________.
B. wants to give Chema something. A. equal for all involved.
C. wants Nesta to give Chema something. B. unequal for all involved.
D. wants Chema to give Nesta something. C. good for all involved
3) Thomas tells Chema that he ________ D. A and C
A. can have it today. 7) Chema says that there is “No way” he will give it back to
B. must give it back to Nesta tomorrow. Nesta. This means_____________.
C. A and B A. he will probably give it back to Nesta.
D. None of the above B. he is lost.
4) At the end of the story, Thomas and C. he will probably not give it back to Nesta.
Nesta _______________________. D. he will definitely not give it back to Nesta.
A. decide to leave Chema. 8) Nesta really needs the thing that Chema took from her.
B. help Chema. This means she _____________.
C. make friends with Chema. A. needs it.
D. None of the above B. will get it later.
C. needs it very much.
D. A and B
A.2. Read the passage given below and write the answers in your answer sheets: (7 marks)
One day, I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane
when suddenly a car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his
brakes, skidded and missed the other car by just inches ! The driver of the other car whipped his head
around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really
friendly.

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 So I asked, ‘Why did you just do that ? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!’
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call the ‘The law of the Garbage Truck’.
He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of anger, and
full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they’ll
dump it on you. Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don’t take their
garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life’s too
short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so ‘Love the people who treat you right. Forgive the ones
who don’t’. This attitude will help you sail through life. There will be fewer jerks and bumps. Learn to take
the bad with the good for life can never be perfect. Acceptance of what is, is the solution. Don’t react,
just accept and you will be a lot more happy.
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!
Questions:
(i) The narrator boarded a taxi (a)________ when all of a sudden a car jumped (b)________ (2 marks)
(ii) How did the taxi driver avert an accident? (1 mark)
(iii) To what did he compare the yelling driver? (1 mark)
(iv) The term ‘garbage’ in the context of the passage means________ (1 mark)
(v) The narrator learnt an invaluable lesson from the taxi river. What was it? (1 mark)
(vi) Give words from the passage that means the same as : (1×2 = 2 marks)
(a) to move briskly (para 1)
(b) feeling of defeat (para 2)
Section – B (Writing & Grammar) 10 + 10 Marks
B.3 You are Kunal/ Kimaya of, School Captain of KV Gachibowli, Hyderabad. Write a notice informing the
students about Annual Inspection in school which is scheduled on Friday, 22 September 2023 giving
instructions necessary details. 50-60 word. 4 marks
OR
Recently your school organised the Sports Day. The chief guest for this event was Kiran Bedi. Write her
biographical sketch with the help of the hints given below:
Born: 1949, Amritsar
Education: Post graduate from Punjab University; LLB from Delhi University
Achievement: First woman IPS officer, brought reforms in Tihar Jail; established two
organisations for underprivileged
Awards: President’s Gallantry Award, Magsaysay Award
B.4 Write an article with the help of following hints. 100-120 words 6 marks
Wonders of science
Hints:
 It is the age of science  Man can travel far off places at the
 Science is the life of human beings blink of an eye.
 Luxuries, comforts, Inventions are the gifts of  Science in kitchen to help mother
science
OR
I peeked at my watch. It was exactly 12 midnight. I had missed the last bus home and hence I had walked
for almost an hour. Thank God! Home was just a few kilometers away. Suddenly …. Complete the story in
any suitable way in about 120 words. Give a suitable title to your story.
C.5 Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given
below. (Any 3) 3
marks
Jessica Watson (1)_______ born in Australia on 18th May, 1993. She is currently the youngest
individual (2)________ non-stop and unassisted around the world. She (3) _______ from Sydney,
Australia on 18th October, 2009. At 1.53 pm on 15th May, 2010 Watson (4) ______ the finish line in Sydney
Harbour, three days before her 17th birthday.

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 (1) (a) has (b) was (c) is (d) were
(2) (a) was sailing (b) sailing (c) to sail (d) is sailing

(3) (a) departure (b) departed (c) has departed (d) will depart
(4) (a) to cross (b) has crossed (c) crossed (d) was crossing
C.6 The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Identify the error and
write down its correction against the correct blank number. The first one has been done for you.
(any four)
Error Correction 4 marks
The pleasure in being outdoors e.g. in of
is fundamental for human (a) _________ _________
happiness. There are so much (b) _________ _________
to learn and it is an constant (c) _________ _________
source of delight to know more on the (d) _________ _________
flora and fauna around. One discover (e) _________ _________
how exciting the world is.

C. 7. Change the following sentences into indirect speech. 3 marks

(Eg.) First man: We must educate our brothers.
Ans: First man said that they must educate their brothers.
(i) First soldier: The white soldier gets huge pay, mansions and servants.
(ii) Second soldier: We get a pittance and slow promotions.
(iii)Third soldier: Who are the British to abolish our customs?
The first soldier said that _______________a_____________________________
The second soldier remarked that ________ b _______________________________
The third soldier asked __________________ c________________________________

Section C (Literature) 25 Marks

D.1. Read carefully the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: 4x1=4 Marks
(A) A silly young cricket, accustomed to sing
Through the warm, sunny months of
gay summer and spring,
Began to complain when he found that, at home,
His cupboard was empty, and winter was come
Not a crumb to be found
On the snow covered ground,
Not a flower he could see,
Not a leaf on a tree.
Oh! What will become, say the cricket, of me?
Questions:
1. The word ‘accustomed’ means?
2. Why does the poet call the cricket silly?
3. Where all did the cricket look for food? Could he find?
4. What was the weather during the winter?
OR
(B) When the jet reached ten thousand feet,
it was clear why the country
had cities where the rivers ran
and why the valleys were populated.
The logic of geography
that land and water attracted man

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 was clearly delineated
when the jet reached ten thousand feet.
Questions:
1. What became clear as the jet attained that height?
2. What attracted the man?
3. The word delineated means.
4. What became obvious on seeing the city from that height?
D.2. Read carefully the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: 4x1=4 Marks
(A) "Sanjeev was a policeman, serving in the Katchall Island of the Nicobar group of islands. He
somehow managed to save himself, his wife and his baby daughter from the waves. But then he heard
cries for help from the wife of John, the guesthouse cook. Sanjeev jumped into the waves to rescue her,
but they were both swept away."
Questions:
1. Sanjeev was serving as ______________?
2. Who all were saved from the waves?
3. Find the phrase which mean ‘archipelago’.
4. Should we call Sanjeev a failure?
OR
(B) “That was the moment her eyes lit up with recognition and her face became suffused with the
sudden glow of happiness. I explained about the desk, about how I had found it, but Idon’t think she was
listening. For a while she said nothing, but stroked the letter tenderly with her fingertips.”
Questions:
1. Who is the ‘her’ these lines?
2. Why did she keep stroking the letter?
3. Find the word which mean ‘spread all over’
4. Why did old Mrs Macpherson misunderstand the identity of her visitor?

D.3. Answer the following questions in about 30 words: (Any 4) 2x4= 8 Marks
1. Why did Tilly’s family come to Thailand? (The Tsunami)
2. How did the East India Company subdue the Indian princes? (Glimpses of the Past)
3. The poet failed to find answers to certain questions. What were these questions? (Geography Lesson)
4. The cricket says, “Oh! What will become of me?” When does he say it, and why? (The Ant and the
Cricket)
5. Why do Jim and Hans think that games or sports are good way of resolving conflicts? Do you agree?
6. How are Meghna and Almas's stories similar? (The Tsunami)
D.4. Answer any one of the following questions in about 30 words: 4x1= 4 Marks
1. What changes do you find in the Giant? What led to these changes? Explain.
2. Why does Velu decide to stick to Jaya?
3. What did the Djinn mean by "I'll humph him"?
4. What were the different tasks assigned to the three animals?
D.5 Answer any one of the following questions in about 50-60 words: 5x1= 5 Marks
Imagine you are the camel. Write a diary entry describing his feelings on being reprimanded by the Djinn.
OR
Should the narrator reveal his identity to old Mrs Macpherson or should he allow her to believe that he
was her husband?

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