Class Viii Ray and Martin question bank page 97,Burdwan CMS High School
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Subject: English (Class – VIII)
Full Marks: ___ | Time: ___ Hours
Reading Skill (Seen)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
It was a battered old book, bound in red leather. When Mortimer was twelve years old, he found the book in his father’s library. When the rest of his large, old house was covered in darkness, he took the book to his bedroom to read by candlelight. The clock ticked in the hall below and the sea roared outside.
Mortimer was fascinated by the battered old book. It contained a story called The Midnight Express. There was an illustration on page fifty, which frightened him for some unknown reason. The illustration showed an empty railway platform at night lit by a dull, yellow lamp. A single man stood under the lamp, his face turned towards the black mouth of a tunnel. Mortimer never read beyond page fifty.
A. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements. Give supporting sentences:
(1 + 1) × 3 = 6
Sl. Statement T/F Supporting Sentence
(i) The book was new and bound in black leather. ❌ F
It was a battered old book, bound in red leather.
(ii) Mortimer found the book in a local library. ❌ F
He found the book in his father’s library.
(iii) The face of the man was turned towards the lighted mouth of a tunnel. ❌ F
His face turned towards the black mouth of a tunnel.
B. Answer the following questions:
(2 × 3 = 6)
1. When and where did Mortimer find the battered old book?
➤ Mortimer found the battered old book when he was twelve years old in his father’s library.
2. What did Mortimer do when his house was covered in darkness?
➤ When his house was covered in darkness, he took the book to his bedroom and read it by candlelight.
3. What did the illustration of the book show?
➤ The illustration showed an empty railway platform at night lit by a dull, yellow lamp and a man standing under the lamp facing the black mouth of a tunnel.
C. Find out words from the passage which mean the following:
(1 × 2 = 2)
(i) Damaged : Battered
(ii) Picture : Illustration
✳️ Reading Skill (Seen Poem)
2. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions:
Someone came knocking
At my wee, small door;
Someone came knocking;
I’m sure-sure-sure;
I listened, I opened,
I looked to left and right,
In the still, dark night;
Only the busy beetle
Tap-tapping in the wall,
Only from the forest
The screech-owl’s call,
So I know not who came knocking,
At all, at all, at all.
A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
(1 × 4 = 4)
1. The door was – ✅ (b) small
2. The poet looked – ✅ © left and right
3. The busy beetle was tap-tapping in the – ✅ (a) wall
4. The cricket was – ✅ (b) whistling
B. Complete the following sentences:
(2 × 2 = 4)
1. There was no stirring in the still, dark night.
2. The poet did not know who came knocking at his door.
✳️ Reading Skill (Unseen Passage)
3. Read the passage and answer the questions below:
Hyderabad is the capital of Andhra Pradesh. Most people here are farmers. They grow rice, jowar, tobacco, sugarcane and groundnut. People mostly speak Telugu. Urdu is also spoken in Hyderabad. Kuchipudi is the most popular dance form of Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh is famous for Bidri work on brass and copper.
The Char Minar and Salarjung Museum are popular tourist attractions. The Venkateshwara Temple at Tirupati is a pilgrimage centre. Lakhs of people visit it every year.
A. Complete the sentences:
(1 × 2 = 2)
1. Most people in Andhra Pradesh are farmers.
2. The Venkateshwara Temple is visited by lakhs of people every year.
B. Name five crops grown in Andhra Pradesh.
➤ Rice, Jowar, Tobacco, Sugarcane, and Groundnut.
C. Fill in the chart:
(1 × 5 = 5)
Information Answer
(i) Name of the State Andhra Pradesh
(ii) Capital Hyderabad
(iii) Languages spoken Telugu and Urdu
(iv) Popular dance form Kuchipudi
(iv) Name of pilgrimage centre Venkateshwara Temple at Tirupati
D. Answer the following:
(1½ × 2 = 3)
1. What is Andhra Pradesh famous for?
➤ Andhra Pradesh is famous for Bidri work on brass and copper.
2. Name two popular tourist attractions of Andhra Pradesh.
➤ The Char Minar and the Salarjung Museum.
✳️ Grammar and Vocabulary
3. Change the voice of the following sentences:
(1 × 3 = 3)
1. You must do it. → It must be done by you.
2. What do you want? → What is wanted by you?
3. The stone feels rough. → The stone is rough when it is felt.
4.Write the answer.
Get the answer written.
Have the answer written.
Let the answer be written.
You are instructed to write the answer.
4. Change the mode of narration:(1 × 4 = 4)
1. They said, “We will play now.”
→ They said that they would play then.
2. She said, “Is anybody here?”
→ She asked if anybody was there.
3. He said to me, “Let us have a picnic.”
→ He proposed to me that we should have a picnic.
4. The girl said, “Hurrah! I have won the debate competition.”
→ The girl exclaimed with joy that she had won the debate competition.
5. Do as directed:(1 × 7 = 7)
1. We saw a cottage. Eliot lived there.
→ We saw a cottage where Eliot lived.
2. Mt. Everest is the highest mountain peak in the world.
→ Mt. Everest is higher than any other mountain peak in the world.
3. He is a great fool.
→ What a fool he is!
4. I shall punish you because you have spoken rudely.
→ Adverbial clause: because you have spoken rudely
5. No other metal is so useful as iron.
→ Iron is the most useful metal.
6. If the roads are not repaired, driving will be difficult.
→ Driving will be difficult unless the roads are repaired.
7. The lady fought with courage.
→ Phrase: with courage → (Prepositional /Adverb Phrase)
✳️ Reading Skill (Seen)
1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
It was a battered old book, bound in red leather. When Mortimer was twelve years old, he found the book in his father's library. When the rest of his large, old house was covered in darkness, he took the book to his bedroom to read by candlelight. The clock ticked in the hall below and the sea roared outside.
Mortimer was fascinated by the battered old book. It contained a story called The Midnight Express. There was an illustration on page fifty, which frightened him for some unknown reason. The illustration showed an empty railway platform at night lit by a dull, yellow lamp. A single man stood under the lamp, his face turned towards the black mouth of a tunnel. Mortimer never read beyond page fifty.
A. Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements. Give supporting sentences:
(1 + 1) × 3 = 6
Sl. Statement T/F Supporting Sentence
(i) The book was new and bound in black leather.
(ii) Mortimer found the book in a local library.
(iii) The face of the man was turned towards the lighted mouth of a tunnel.
B. Answer the following questions:
(2 × 3 = 6)
1. When and where did Mortimer find the battered old book?
2. What did Mortimer do when his house was covered in darkness?
3. What did the illustration of the book show?
C. Find out words from the passage which mean the following:
(1 × 2 = 2)
(i) Damaged : ___________
(ii) Picture : ___________
✳️ Reading Skill (Seen Poem)
2. Read the poem carefully and answer the questions:
Someone came knocking
At my wee, small door;
Someone came knocking;
I'm sure-sure-sure;
I listened, I opened,
I looked to left and right,
In the still, dark night;
Only the busy beetle
Tap-tapping in the wall,
Only from the forest
The screech-owl's call,
So I know not who came knocking,
At all, at all, at all.
A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
(1 × 4 = 4)
1. The door was –
(a) big (b) small (c) wide (d) beautiful
2. The poet looked –
(a) backward and forward (b) up and down (c) left and right (d) here and there
3. The busy beetle was tap-tapping in the –
(a) wall (b) door (c) window (d) floor
4. The cricket was –
(a) singing (b) whistling (c) chirping (d) dancing
B. Complete the following sentences with information from the poem:
(2 × 2 = 4)
1. There was no stirring in ___________________________.
2. The poet did not know ___________________________.
✳️ Reading Skill (Unseen Passage)
3. Read the passage and answer the questions below:
Hyderabad is the capital of Andhra Pradesh. Most people here are farmers. They grow rice, jowar, tobacco, sugarcane and groundnut. People mostly speak Telugu. Urdu is also spoken in Hyderabad. Kuchipudi is the most popular dance form of Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh is famous for Bidri work on brass and copper.
The Char Minar and Salarjung Museum are popular tourist attractions. The Venkateshwara Temple at Tirupati is a pilgrimage centre. Lakhs of people visit it every year.
A. Complete the sentences:
(1 × 2 = 2)
1. Most people in Andhra Pradesh are ___________________.
2. The Venkateshwara Temple is visited by ___________________.
B. Name five crops grown in Andhra Pradesh.
C. Fill in the chart:
(1 × 5 = 5)
Information Answer
(i) Name of the State
(ii) Capital of Andhra Pradesh
(iii) Languages spoken
(iv) Popular dance form
(v) Name of pilgrimage centre
D. Answer the following:
(1½ × 2 = 3)
1. What is Andhra Pradesh famous for?
2. Name two popular tourist attractions of Andhra Pradesh.
✳️ Grammar and Vocabulary
4. Change the voice of the following sentences:
(1 × 3 = 3)
1. You must do it.
2. What do you want?
3. The stone feels rough.
5. Change the mode of narration:
(1 × 4 = 4)
1. They said, “We will play now.”
2. She said, “Is anybody here?”
3. He said to me, “Let us have a picnic.”
4. The girl said, “Hurrah! I have won the debate competition.”
6. Do as directed:
(1 × 7 = 7)
1. We saw a cottage. Eliot lived there.
[Join the sentences with an adjective clause]
2. Mt. Everest is the highest mountain peak in the world.
[Turn into comparative degree]
3. He is a great fool.
[Change into an exclamatory sentence]
4. I shall punish you because you have spoken rudely.
[Underline the adverbial clause]
5. No other metal is so useful as iron.
[Turn into superlative degree]
6. If the roads are not repaired, driving will be difficult.
[Rewrite the sentence using ‘unless’]
7. The lady fought with courage.
[Underline and identify the phrase]
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