GOVT. HIGH SCHOOL JOLADAL, CHANNAGIRI TQ.
ENGLISH (II Language) SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT - I, SEPT/OCT. - 2018
Class : 8th Std. Marks : 40 Time : 1.30 Hour
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SECTION – A ( Prose, Poetry, Supplementary Reading )
Four alternatives are given for each of the following questions. Write the
correct answer.
3x1=3
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 stud
3. (c) he was interested in science
People like the bee because - (d) his relative asked him to take arts subject
(a) it is clever (b) it sits on the opening flower
(c) it works hard (d) they get honey from it
Answer the following question in a word / a phrase / a sentence. 1x1=1
4. Why does the bee sit on the flower ?
Answer the following questions in 2 / 3 sentences each. 4x2=8
5. Why was C. V. Raman not able to attend school regularly ?
6. How do the boys spend their evenings before they go to bed ?
7. How do you think we are all treated alike by nature?
8. What was the wild imagination of the hare ?
Read the following Extract and answer the questions that follow. 1x3=3
9. “Pick up that stick” (a) Who said this ?
(b) To whom did this say ? (c) Did he pick up the stick ?
10. Quote from memory.
Beauty is ....................... 4
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................. their harvest.
SECTION – B (Vocabulary, Reading, Writing, Grammar, Reference)
Fill in the blank choosing the appropriate homophone given in bracket. 1
11. Last .......... (week / weak) I went to a shop.
Fill in the blank using antonym of the words underlined. 1
12. Mahesh is tall but his brother is ..........
Fill in the blank with appropriate prefix. 1
13. Meena is a ......vegetararian.
Fill in the blank with appropriate suffix. 1
14. India has won the champion....... at Dubai.
Make compound words with the words given in columns ‘A’ and ‘B’. 3
15. A B (A) class (i) post (B) first (ii) mate (C) speed (iii) class
Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of word given in bracket. 1
16. English is an ........... ( interest ) subject.
Read the following words and list them as countable and uncountable. 2
17. Truth, students, help, colour
Fill up the blanks with appropriate article given in the brackets. (a,an,the) 2
18. Ramesh is..... excellent football player. As ....student, he won many prizes.
Read the following passage and answer the following questions. 3
There was a merchant in a town. His name Ramappa. He had many friends. They helped him in selling milk all over the town. Ramappa loved to live in peace. Also, he always spoke the truth. These qualities endeared him to all the people.
19. What qualities does Ramappa have ?
20. How did Ramappa’s friends help him ?
21. Find the opposite of ‘lie’ from the passage.
Read the following words and classify them /I/ and /i:/ sounds. 3
22. Heat, spit, hid, dream, fees, priest, fit, win
Give on word of the following sentence. 1
23. A man who cuts hair - (porter, surgeon, barber, tourist)
Arrange the following words in the order in which they are in dictionary. 2
24. truth, teeth, tool, tiles
