Class VIII Examination

English Challenge

Complete the activities below. Each question carries 1 Mark.

Literature Question

1 Mark

Activity 6(a): Identify Clauses

Read the sentences: (i) I expect that I shall get a prize. (ii) The umbrella which has a yellow handle is mine. (iii) When I was younger I used to fly kites. (iv) I remember the house where I was born.

1 Mark Identify the Noun Clause:

1 Mark Identify the Adjective Clause:

1 Mark Identify the Adverb Clause:

Activity 6(b): Indirect Speech

1 Mark (i) The sailor said to us, "There will be a storm".

1 Mark (ii) The teacher said to the student, "Did you come to school yesterday?"

1 Mark (iii) The tired guest said to the host, "Please give me a glass of cold water."

1 Mark (iv) Rita said, "How happy I am!"

1 Mark (v) My grandfather said, "May you live long!"

Activity 7: Make Sentences

1 Mark Make a sentence with: guest

1 Mark Make a sentence with: dreary

1 Mark Make a sentence with: narrow

1 Mark Make a sentence with: mischance

Activity 8(b): Identify Voice

Look at these sentences: (i) He told a story. (ii) The ball was thrown by the boy. (iii) I read many books. (iv) Football is played by them.

1 Mark List the Active Voice sentences:

1 Mark List the Passive Voice sentences:

Activity 8(c): Match Column A with Column B

Options in B:
(a) Food is cooked by her.
(b) A cricket match was watched by us.
(c) A paper boat was made by Rumita.
(d) The man is known to me.

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(i) Rumita made a paper boat.

Select matchabcd

(ii) I know the man.

Select matchabcd

(iii) She cooks food.

Select matchabcd

(iv) We watched a cricket match.

Select matchabcd

Activity 8(d): Change the Voice

(a) Riya sang a song.

(b) She knows my brother.

(c) I wrote a letter.

(d) They cleaned the classroom.

Activity 9: Combined Sentences

Make sentences using both words together in one sentence.

(a) met, shop

(b) remember, days

(c) moved, place

(d) fight, country

Activity 8(a): Active vs Passive Verbs

From sentences: (i) I am writing a letter. (ii) A letter is being written by me. (iii) The gatekeeper was opening the gate. (iv) The gate was being opened by the gatekeeper.

Type the Active Verbs:

Type the Passive Verbs:

Activity 8(b): Identify Voice (Continuous Tense)

Sentences: (i) The artist is painting a picture. (ii) A song is being sung by Shiela. (iii) The boy was flying a kite. (iv) Football was being played by the children.

Active Voice Sentences:

Passive Voice Sentences:

Activity 8(c): Match Columns

Options in B:
(a) Trees were being planted by the children.
(b) A lesson was being learnt by the students.
(c) Food is being cooked by mother for us.
(d) A cake is being baked by father.

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(i) Mother is cooking food for us.

Selectabcd

(ii) Father is baking a cake.

Selectabcd

(iii) The children were planting trees.

Selectabcd

(iv) The students were learning a lesson.

Selectabcd

Activity 8(d): Change the Voice

(a) The girl is watching a film.

(b) Rahul is driving a car.

(c) The author was writing a novel.

(d) The man was buying vegetables.

Activity 9: Vocabulary Search

Find words in your reading passage that mean:

(a) a passage built underground to allow a railway/bus to go through a hill

(b) to be very afraid of something

(c) shaking of the body

(d) the sound that a door sometimes makes when we open it

Activity 6(a): Fill in the Blanks

(i) The Mayor ______ to Pune next week. (go)

(ii) By next December, we ______ here for three years. (stay)

(iii) Perhaps they ______ Dooars later. (visit)

(iv) The boy ______ television since morning. (watch)

Activity 6(b): Identify Phrase Types

(i) He wanted to speak to his teacher.

(ii) At this moment it's raining hard.

(iii) To do well in the competition is my aim.

(iv) They live in a house made of wood.

Activity 6(c): Identify Clauses

(i) The child ran away as soon as she saw the strange man.

(ii) I saw an old woman who was carrying a child.

(iii) The dog follows his master wherever he goes.

(iv) We all thought that it would not rain today.

Change from Active to Passive

(i) India won the World Cup in cricket recently.

(ii) The teacher was teaching English.

(iii) Rani is singing a beautiful song.

(iv) The wind blew away the rooftops of the houses.

Activity 7: Make Sentences

(i) wee

(ii) stirring

(iii) busy

(iv) dewdrops

Activity 8(b): Present Perfect Continuous

(i) The dog ______ since last night. (bark)

(ii) The man ______ the newspaper for two hours. (read)

(iii) The students ______ themselves for several months. (prepare)

(iv) Mother ______ dinner for all of us throughout the evening. (cook)

Activity 8(c): Change to Past Perfect Continuous

(i) He said that he had tried to contact us over phone since 8 o'clock that day.

(ii) For a long time they had planned to visit the caves of Ajanta and Ellora.

(iii) The actor who had played the part of Netaji became ill after the show.

(iv) My sister explained that she got up late because she had studied till midnight.

Activity 8(d): Convert to Indirect Speech

(i) Mohan said, "My brother will leave tomorrow".

(ii) My friend said to me, "I will be grateful if you help me now."

(iii) The child said to his father, "Please give me a toy."

(iv) "Oh! what a hot day it is today," said Rita.

(v) "May we save our good earth!" said the teacher.