CLASS 8th SYLLABUS & SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Analogy, Comprehension, Classification, Spelling Test, Jumbled word and sentences, Types of sentences,
Parts of speech, Tense, Error Finding, Voice, Direct and Indirect speech, Subject Verb agreement, Article,
Modals , Determiners, Clause, Antonyms/Synonyms, Homonyms, Sentence Completion, Idioms and phrases,
One word substitution, Story and Paragraph writing, Notice writing, Letter writing, Message writing,
Report writing, Differentiating between facts and opinion, Functional English

The Actual Question Paper Contains 40 Questions. The Duration of the Test Paper is 60 Minutes.

1. Below given is a notice with four blanks. Fill (A) QPRS (B) QSRP
those blanks with the options provided to (C) PRQS (D) SRQP
make it a sensible one. (E) None of these
NOTICE 2. Insert a verb in agreement with its subject.
ATTENTION! MUSIC LOVERS! I _____ him only once since last Monday in the
The school is hosting the _______I________ on classroom.
28th April, 2013 at the Siri Fort Auditorium, (A) see (B) saw
Khel Gaon Marg, New Delhi, at 4:00 p.m. (C) had seen (D) have seen
All the talented ______II____ to be conducted (E) None of these
in the presence of Sh. Sonu Nigam, 3. A sentence is given in four parts. One of the
________III_______,on 15th April, 2013 at 9:00 parts contains a grammatical error. Find the
a.m. in the school auditorium. part.
_______IV_____. A leader is a group member which (P) / exerts
Sashi Kumar profound influence (Q) / on the behaviour and
Secretary, Music Club attitudes (R) / of other members of the group.(S)
South Delhi Public School (A) P (B) Q
P: For further details contact the (C) R (D) S
undersigned. (E) None of these
Q: 6th Inter-School Musical carnival for 4. Fill in the blanks with suitable modals.
classes VI – IX Rita: _______I go to visit my friend in Shimla?
R: well-known playback singer from Father: No, you _______.
Bollywood (A) Can, cannot (B) May, may not
S: students with gifted voices may appear (C) Might, might not (D) All of these
for the audition (E) None of these

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5. Give the antonym of the word underlined in The cat family includes many kinds of wild animals
the given sentence. with similar body characteristics. Most members
of the cat family have many of the same habits.
He was a sulky disposition.
They are clever hunters and stalk their prey on pad-
(A) Mild (B) Cheerful ded feet. They use their sharp claws and teeth to
(C) Loving (D) Kind tear their food. Some also use their claws to climb
(E) None of these trees to seek food or escape enemies. Several of the
6. Which one of the following is an example of big cats can be man-eaters, including lions and leop-
gerund? ards and tigers. Tigers are the largest of the cats,
they employ a ‘stalk and ambush’ strategy. Tigers
(A) He saw a man sleep.
usually attack deer, but have been known to kill
(B) The man has climbed the wall to reach elephants and buffaloes. Humans, unable to run
the window. very fast, do fall prey to tiger although usually it is
(C) She has little sense of honesty. only old or injured tigers that become man-eaters.
(D) Maria’s first love is singing. All cats move in the same way. They walk on the tips
(E) None of these of their toes, not on the soles of their feet as do
humans and many other kinds of animals. All cats
7. A sentence that contains only one subject and
can swim, and many are excellent fishermen. The
one finite verb, expressed or understood is a:
ancient Egyptians used cats not only as hunters of
(A) Complex sentence mice but as catchers of fish as well. Some cats can
(B) Compound sentence and do swim for pleasure, and some, especially the
(C) Simple sentence tiger, can swim for long distances. Members of the
(D) Imperative sentence cat family, including the domestic cat, are among
(E) None of these the most highly specialized of all the meat-eating
animals for hunting game. Cats are solitary ani-
8. Give the usage of the word underlined. mals and usually hunt alone.
Both the boys must be guilty.
9. The family of cat includes:
(A) Adjective (B) Pronoun
(A) Lions and tigers
(C) Noun (D) Adverb
(B) Leopards and other cat species
(E) None of these
(C) Many wild animals
Direction: For Q9-10: Read the given passage (D) Wild animals with similar body
carefully and answer the questions that follow. characteristics
India is the only country in the world to have the (E) None of these
distinction of having three main species of cats in
10. The largest members of the cat family are:
its tally, which are the lions, the tigers and the leop-
ard along with many other smaller cat species. Even (A) Tigers (B) Lions
though they differ from each other in appearance (C) Leopards (D) Man-eaters
yet they all belong to one single family, the Felidae. (E) None of these

ANSWERS
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (C) 8. (B) 9. (D) 10. (A)

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