REVISION FOR III PERIODICAL TEST - JANUARY 2019
CLASS : VIII -C REVISION TEST NO.1 (READING PASSAGE) MAX.MARKS : 08 SUB: ENGLISH
1.Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:(8 marks)
A PURPOSE IN LIFE
1.A noble purpose gives meaning to one’s own life and is of benefit to others. I realized this while researching on and writing about the life of Jamshedji Tata. What gave one man living in a colonized country the vision to advance it in the community of nations? He not only gave India the power to steel and hydroelectric energy,but also an institution of research.
2.He sent an educationist to Europe and the United States to report on what should be the best model for India. The John Hopkins University in Baltimore was recommended as the model.But Jamshedji Tata made it a point to see that his name was not associated with the university. After his death, his dream came true with the establishment of the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru.It was to be fountain head of Science in the decades to come.
3.There are others too whose purpose in life has made a difference to society.Mother Teresa had a comfortable life at Lorrento Convent,Kolkata.On a train journey to Darjeeling ,she felt her ‘calling ‘ and wanted to give up her comfortable life in the convent and serve the poor and the needy.
4. After that, she took a three month nursing course and returned to Kolkata. She devoted her time to the sick and the homeless. Touched by her sacrifice,some of her students joined her and work began. Not everyone has such a strong calling. When I asked her how one could be sure of one’s calling, she replied, “Deep down in our hearts we know exactly what our calling is, if we are sincere.” One’s purpose is shaped over a period of time, but every noble purpose is based on a feeling for the suffering of others and our desire for alleviating that condition.
1.1 On the basis of your reading of the
above passage,answer the questions that follow:
(8 marks)
(a)Bring out the unique character
traits of Jamshedji Tata.
(b)Why did he send an educationist to
Europe and the USA?
(c) Mention two facts about Indian
Institute of Science.
(d) How did Mother Teresa start
working for the poverty stricken people?
(e) What was the first step Mother
Teresa took?
(f) How can we find our calling?
(g) Is it possible to find one’s
calling within a short period?Why/Why not?
(h) Find the word in para 4 which
means the same as ‘lessening’.
CLASS : VIII -C REVISION TEST NO.2 (Letter writing) MAX.MARKS : 06 MARKS SUB: ENGLISH
1.Write a letter to the
Editor of an English daily about the harm that is caused to the environment by
the use of plastic bags and plastic cups. You are Gaurav/Geeta of Kolkata.
(Word limit = 100-120 words)
2. Write a letter to the
Editor of a newspaper expressing your views on the importance of saving water
as you have seen people wasting water carelessly on one hand and on the other hand people fight for a
single drop of water and farmers die because of drought.
3.Write a letter to your
friend to inviting him/her to your place during the vacation as a museum and
library with rare collection of books has been opened recently.
4.Write a letter to your cousin inviting him/her to witness the cricket match going to be held in your place,Bangalore , next week.
CLASS : VIII -C REVISION TEST NO.3 (GRAMMAR) SUB: ENGLISH
INCORRECT CORRECT
1.Long
ago,before money is invented,people
eg. is
was
use to obtain goods by bartering. To get
an (a) ............... ................
axe, for example, they had to offer
anything (b) ...............
.................
in exchange. If the seller would not like
what (c) ................ .................
was offered, it would be impossible to
making (d) ................ ..................
the exchange.
2. Most of
the time of our youth boys and
eg. youth young
girls are spent in front of the mirror. (a)
..................
...................
They want to decorate himself in such (b) .................. ...................
a way that to attract every eye. (c)
...................
...................
In their desire to looking modern, they
go (d) ................... ....................
crazy
after new fashions.They dress themselves
in the last styles. With every change in
fashion,their (e)
...................
....................
hairstyles also changing. I hate these modern
clowns. (f) ................... .....................
3.Rama was a
naughty boy that lived eg. that who
in the village of Tenali. Her mother (a)
........................
......................
did not know what to do at him (b)
........................ .....................
since he refused to study or did any (c)
........................
......................
work. One day she take him to see (d) ........................ .....................a guru. She told an holy man (e) ......................... ......................
that she has brought the boy (f)
..........................
....................
to her so that he should (g) .......................... .......................
make something about him.
(h) .......................... .......................
4.The
passenger were waiting at the eg. passenger passengers
station when five policemen rushing (a)
................... .......................
into difference compartments of a (b)
................... .......................
train. After sometimes, one of them (c)
.................... ..........................
comes out with two young men (d) .................... ..........................
and soon the other policemen joined her. (e) ..................... ........................
The men which had been arrested (f)
....................... .........................
was been caught for a theft.
(g) ....................... .......................
They had stealed two cars
(h) ....................... ........................
and
a motorcycle.
REARRANGE
THE GIVEN WORDS
AND PHRASE S INTO MEANINGFUL
SENTENCES:
1.sports/building/physical
strength/necessary/are /for
2.they/sportsmanship/cooperation/include/and
3.sports/bring/definitely/closer
to/man/man
4.persons/of
different/meet/nationalities/commom ground/on a
5.the
watermelon/thirst quenchers/in summer/ is/one of the best
6.around/it
is/96 countries/cultivated in/the world
7.in
Africa/about 5000 years/grown/ago/it was/first
8.feared
by/snakes are/in our/worshipped and/many/country
9.of the/are
venomous/only/300 out/species/2,700 known
10.relieves
and amuses/soul/laughter/the depressed
11.children/vacations/can’t
/for fun/meant/are/compromise/and
12.measured/intensity/in/decibel/Noise/is/units
13.they/in
the hall/for/two hours/watching/had been/television
14.high
levels/contains/and sugar/of/junk food/fat/,/salt
15.grew
up/of the/amidst/Siddharth/pleasure/the/at/royal court/Kapilvastu
DO AS DIRECTED :
1.Fill in
with appropriate forms of the words given in the brackets:
(a) He was asked to ................ the meeting
when the President expressed his delay to attend the meeting. (chair)
(b) The king
declared his friend to be the most worthy ................ to him. (succeed)
2.Use all or
both to fill in the blanks:
(a).
.................... elephants are slow.
(b)There
were two windows in the room. It was very
warm,so I opened ......... of them.
(c)
............. the houses need to have a roof.
(d)
............... her eyes are blue in colour.
3.Complete
using the right form of adjective :
(a)
I was ………………………………………………..……….. in this
movie than in that one. [interested]
(b)
Going uphill was …………………………………………………………………. experience in my whole life!
[tiring]
(c)
I really need to get a ………………………………………………………..
computer. I can’t afford that one.
[cheap]
(d)
This exercise is ………………………………………………………… than the one before. [easy]
(e)
I’m going to tell you ………………………………………………………. joke I’ve ever heard! [funny]
(f
) It’s ………………………………………………….. today than yesterday, don’t you think? [cold]
(g)
This book is the ………………………………………………………. I’ve ever read! [enjoyable]
(h)Ms.
Thomas’s English class is the …………………………………………………………… class I’ve ever had! [fun]
4.Put
the verbs in the brackets into their
proper forms and rewrite the given sentences:
(a)We
(go) to the exhibition.Some people(buy)clothes while others (play)games.
(b)The
class (is) quiet.Some children (read) books and the rest (draw).
5.
Fill in using correct form of word:
(a)Ravi
................... (drum) on his desk in impatience.
(b)
The ................ (caw)of the raven disturbed the child’s sleep.
6.Complete
the sentences by using appropriate phrase:
(a)
He was ...................... to face the problem. (sure enough/kind
enough/brave enough)
(b)
My friend was .................. to help me in need. (sure enough/kind
enough/brave enough)
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