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8th Question Paper Design

Maarks-40 Time-1.30.Hours

1. Weightage to Content and skills Section’ A’

Percentage Marks

Prose 30 12

Poetry 20 8

Supplementary Reading 05 2

- - -

55 22

Section B

Total A & B 55+45=100 22+18=40

2. Weightage to Objectives

Percentage Marks

Knowledge 10 4

Comprehension 50 20

Expression 35 14

Appreciation 05 02

100 40

3. Weightage to Types of Questions

Percentage Marks

Multiple choice 10 4

Very Short Answer 40 16

Short Answer 50 20

Long Answer - -

100 40

4. Weightage to Difficulty Level

Percentage Marks

Easy 25 10

Avarage 50 20

Difficult 25 10

Percentage Marks

Reading 10 04

Writing 10 04

Language Use(Grammar) 10 04

Vocabulary 10 04

Reference 05 02

45 18

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8th I Summative exam 2017

Max marks-40 Subject- English Time-1.30 hrs

Choose The right Answer 2X1=2

1. Rabindranath Tagore named Shantinikethan in his songs as

a. The darling of our heart b. Gurudeva

b. Shantiniketan d. Different school

2 Raman borrowed science books from college students to read them because

a. he was irregular to school

b. he missed chance to go for higher study to England

c. he was very much interested in science

d. his relative asked him to leave science and take arts subject

Answer in 2-3 sentence each 2x2=4

3. What was the greatest disappointment in the life of Sir C V Raman?

4. How are the classes of Shantiniketan different from the classes in other schools?

Read the following extracts and answer the following questions. 1x3=3

5. ‘I know all about the game’.

a. Who is the speaker?

b Whom did the speaker tell this statement?

c. What is the talking about?

Answer the following question in 5-6 lines 1x3=3

6. Briefly explain the life of Oliver Twist in the poorhouse.

OR

Explain the circumstances under which Oliwer Twist was born.

POETRY

Choose The right Answer 1

7. People like the bee because a. it is clever b. it sits on the opening flower c. it works hard d. they get honey from it

Answer in 2-3 sentence each 2x2=4

8 What message does the poet want to convey us in the poem ‘No Men are Foreign’?

9 What does the child want his mother to see? What does the mother tell the child?

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Complete the poem 3

10. In work of labour………………………….

………………………………………………

………………………………………………

…………………………………hands to do.

Or

Beauty is seen

……………………………………………

……………………………………………

……………………….For their harvest.

Supplementary Reading

Answer in 2-3 sentence each

11 Why was Koushika Very Angry with the bird? 1X2=2

Or

What did the lion guess about the cause of the crash?

Vocabulary 4X1=4

12. Fill in the blanks with sutable phrasel verbs given in brackets.

( give up, make out, make up, give away)

a. My friend wrote letter illegibly so I couldn’t ……………anything

b. The doctor advised the patient to ………..his bad habits

13 Fill in the blanks with the noun forms of the underlined words.

a. Swapna is an honest student. The teacher admired the ……………….of the student.

b. Admit Rakesh to 8th class. Let Rakesh get………………to 8th class.

14. Fill in the blank with correct word given in brackets

a. Don’t worry, it will……..up after treatment (heel, heal)

b. You are diabetic and ……….., so it may take few days.(week, weak)

15 Make opposite by adding suitable prefix

a. open x………… b. lucky x……………

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Section –B

Reading

A paragraph is given below. Read it and answer the following questions 2X1=2

Train no/name

Departure Time Arrival Time

102265 Janashatabdi

Bengalore At 6.00 am Hubli 2 pm

606701 Intercity express

Hubli At 6.00 am Bangalore 1.30 pm

16. What is the train name and number that arrives to Bangalore at 1.30 pm?

17. What time does Intercity express arrive at Bangalore?

Read the following passage and answer the following questions 2X1=2

There was a merchant in a town. His name Parashuramappa. He had many friends. They helped him

in selling milk all over the town. Parashuramappa loved to live in peace. Also , he always spoke the

truth. These qualities endeared him to all the people in the locality.

18. What qualities does Parashuramappa have?

19. How did Parashuramappa’s friends help him?

Writing

20 Imagine you are Swapna / Rakesh studying in 8th standard Janata Girls High School

Hangal 4

Write a letter to the Head Master about 4 days leave.

Or

Write a letter to your father about your school.

Grammar

21. Read the following sentence and list them under different columns of countable and

uncountable 1

Students should speak truth

Countable noun Uncountable noun

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22. Fill up the blanks with appropriate article given in the bracket (a,an,the) 1

Ramesh is…….excellent football player. As …………..student, he won many prizes.

23. Use correct form of verb given in the brackets 1

Gandiji………….to india in 1914 ( return)

24. Frame questions for the statement given below using the question word given in brackets

India got independence in 1947. (When / Where) 1

Reference

25 Arrange the following words in the order in which they are in dictionary 2

Truth, teeth, trend, teach,

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