HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION [2024 – 25]

SUBJECT- ENGLISH
CLASS - VIII
TIME- 2:30min M.M-80
Section-A
Attempt all the questions:-

Q1. Read the comprehension carefully and answer questions given below:-

One day while at work in the coal mine, I happened to overhear two mines talking about a great school for colored people somewhere in Virginia. This
was first time that I had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college that was more pretentious than the little colored school in our town.

I. Name the chapter from where this extract has been taken.

II. Who is the writer/author of this chapter?

III. Who were talking about a great school?

IV. Where was the school for coloured people situated?

Q2. Read the extract of the poem carefully and answer the following questions given below :-

I came from haunts of coot and hern;

I make a sudden sally,

And sparkle out among and fern,

To bicker down a valley.

I. Name the poem from where this extract has been taken.

II. Name the poet of this poem who wrote it?

III. Who comes from the haunts of coot and hern?

IV. What does it do among the fern?

Q3. Give the meaning of the following words:-

1. Pasture, 2. consented, 3. satchel, 4. astonished

Q4. Frame the sentence with the given words:-

1. Scornfully, 2. exchange, 3. greedy, 4. worthless

i. _________ was a young man.

ii. Let us_________ the bowl for a plate.

iii. Abdul always watched__________.

iv. The writer saw the___________ talking other students.

Q6. Answer the following questions with reference to context:-

“That seller was rude, but this one looks gentle.”

i. Name the lesson.

ii. Why did the speaker say these words?

iii. For whom the speaker said these words?

Q7. Match the following columns:-

Columns I Columns II

Throng no one care for

Hailing the snow help in a difficult time

Piled crowd

Uncared for walk over

Crowd down heaped up

Lend a heap shouting merily at the snow

Q8.Who said to whom?

i. “Exchange your old pots for new”.

ii. “Do you really want to exchange this bowl”.

iii. “And what will be the price?”

iv. “look, Monsieur”.

Q9. Answer the following questions.

i. How did the writer reach Richmond?

ii. Where was the bowl lying? What was it made of?
 iii. Who was Nicolas? What did he do?

iv. Describe the qualities of Abdul Kalam?

Section-B

Q1. Transform the following sentences by removing ‘too’:-

I. The tea is too hot for me to drink.

II. Thi s news is too good to be true.

Q2. Transform the following sentences into affirmative sentences:-

I. I do not deny the charge.

II. None but the brave deserve it.

Q3. Transform the following sentences into interrogative sentences:-

I. I can never go there.

II. Sweet music pleases everybody.

Q4. Underline the verbs and write whether they transitive and intransitive:-

i. The sun gives us heat.

ii. The children ran.

iii. Eat silently.

iv. The boy flew the kite.

Q5. Pick out finite and non-finite ver in the following sentences.

i. Preety was hungry.

ii. India hopes to win this match.

iii. Swimming is this match.

iv. The cows are grazing in the field.

Q6. Change the following sentences into Negative and interrogative sentences:-

i. He feels pain in the finger.

ii. The girl saw a white elephant.

i. There were_________ people in the theatre.

ii. _________ boy was present in the class.

Q8. Fill in the blanks using suitable models:-

i. Who _________ solve my problems?

ii. Students_________ pay attention to their studies.

Q9. Complete the sentences by using correct conjuctions:-

i. Run away_________ you will be caught.

ii. They were poor ________ they were honest.

Q10. Fill in the blanks by using correct preposition:-

i. The school van will come__________ 8 am.

ii. Wait here_________ I come.

Q11. Combine the following simple sentences by using participle:-

i. I saw a boy. He was carrying a basket.

ii. Seeta found a book. The book was lost.

Q12. Change the following sentences into passive voice:-

i. They believe me.

ii. The hunter killed a lion.

Q13. Change the following sentences into Indirect narration:-

i. The girl said “I have danced well”.

ii. Shivam said “I am reading a novel”.

Q14. You are at home. You got a call for your father but he is not at home. You are also going for your tuitions. Write a message for your father.

Q15. Write a letter to your father seeking his permission to join an educational tour organized by your school.

Q16. Write any one article from the given topics:-

i. The role of mobile phones.

ii. Air pollution and its perils.