SUBJECT : ENGLISH
STANDARD-8TH
Questions 1 – 5.read the passage from the story ‘A day in the country ‘and answer the question that follow. (1*5=5)
That’s a swarm of bees,Terenty informs them.They were flying looking for a home,and when the rain came down upon them they settled.If a swarm is flying,you need only sprinkle water on them to make them settle.Now if,say,you wanted to take the swarm,you would bend the branch with them into a sack and shake it,and they all fall in. Little Fyokla suddenly frowns and rubs her neck vigorously. Her brother look at her neck,and sees a big swelling on it.Hey-hey!laughs the cobbler. Do you know where you got that from,Fyokla,old girl? there are Spanish flies on some tree in the wood. The rain has trickled off them, and a drop has fallen on your neck that’s what has made the swelling.
1.How can we make the swarm of flies settle? 2.If you wanted to take the swarm of bees,what would you do? 3.What does Fyokla’s brother see on her neck? 4.What has made the swelling on the neck of little Fyokla? 5.Pick out the word from the passage which means’a group of flies’
Questions 6 – 9.Read the excerpt from the poem ‘My Grandmother’s House’ and answer the question that follow. (1*4=4)
There is a house now far away where once I received love…that woman died, The house withdrew into silence,snakes moved Among books,i was then too young To read,and my blood turned cold like the moon. How often i think of going There,to peer through blind eyes of windows or Just listen to the frozen air, Or in wild despair pick an armful of Darkness to bring it here to lie Behind my bedroom door like a brooding Dog…
6.Why did the house withdraw into silence?
7.What is the present condition of the house?
8.The mood of the poem is __________(joyful/nostalgic/thrilling)
9.Find out an instance of alliteration from the given lines.
Questions 10 – 14.Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. (1*5=5)
Once upon a time,a King placed a boulder on a roadway.He then hide himself and watched to see if anyone would move the boulder out of the way.Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many people loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear,but none of them did anything about getting the stone out of the way. A peasant then came along carrying a load of vegetables.Upon approaching the boulder,the peasant laid down his burden and tried to push the stone out of the road. After much pushing and staining ,he finally succeeded. After the peasant went back to pick up his vegetables,he noticed a purse lying on the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king explaining that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway.
10.Why did the king hide himself?
11.What did the peasant do when he saw the boulder?
12.What was written on the note?
13.Pick out the word from the passage which means’a large rock’
14.What do you think is the moral of the story?
Question 15.prepare a Profile of Kamala Surayya using the details given below.Use appropriate linkers wherever necessary.
Name : Kamala Surayya Birth : 31 March 1934,Punnayurkulam,Thrissur,Kerala. Occupation : Poet,Novelist,Short Story Writer. Nationality : Indian. Works : My Story,Padmavati the Harlot,Summer in Calcutta,The Descendants,etc. Death : 31,May 2009
Questions 16 – 17.attempt any one of the following.
16.Write a paragraph about the incidents that led to the arrest of Rosa Parks.
(Rosa gets on a bus – very tired – white passengers enter – Rosa sits still – passengers impatient – driver gets angry – police arrive)
17.’A Shipwrecked Sailor’ is the story of a group of sailors who were washed overboard during a storm in the middle of the caribbean sea.The media reported the news of the shipwreck with great importance.Prepare the likely news report.
Questions 18 – 20.Answer any two of the following.
18.After visiting miss beam’s School,the narrator E V Lucas writes down his wonderful experience in a diary.Draft the likely diary entry.
19.The boy in the story’the light on the hills’felt very sad on the unexpected death of his sister who had encouraged him always.He decided to write a letter to his friend sharing his thoughts.Prepare the likely letter.
20.Shylock is one of the dominant characters in the story’the merchant of venice’.Prepare the character sketch of Shylock.
21.Edit the following.
‘Everyone (a) are very Kind,Miss Beam continued,’and it is really something of a joke,although,of course,before the day is over the (b) raelity of the disability (c) become clear even to the (d) less thoughtful.
22.Fill in the blanks using appropriate words given in the brackets.
A long,long time ago________(a)________a small country village in Japan there lived______(b)_______poor farmer_______(c)_______his wife_________(d)________ were very good people. (who,a,in,and,on)