LOTUS VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

GRADE VIII
FINAL EXAM REVISION WORKSHEET

ENGLISH: LITERATURE

Prose- Tanni Grey Thompson

QI. State whether the following sentences are true or false.

1. Sports became an integral part of Tanni Grey-Thompson’s life much later. .................
2. Tanni Grey-Thompson did not let her disabilities block her way to the realisation of her dreams.
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3. She received ample support from her parents but not from her teachers. ...................
4. A number of schools in Turkey are sensitising their students to the differently abled students.
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5. Tanni is convinced that children with disabilities can realise their full potential through sports.
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QII. Based on your understanding of the account, tick the correct option.
1. Mouayyed Mohammad Badran
a. was happy that the PE activities were there for him and his friends.
b. did not feel any difference with the introduction of PE activities.
2. Special Olympics in India and Indonesia focus on what
a. children with disabilities can’t achieve.
b. children with disabilities can achieve.
3. Sports made Tanni Grey-Thompson realise
a. her limitation.
b. her physical and emotional strength.
4. One sad thing, according to Tanni Grey-Thompson, is millions of poor children are
a. denied their fundamental right to play.
b. deprived of nutritious diet.
5. Many people still do not realise that
a. sports and games are essential for the development of youth.
b. sports can promote goodwill and harmony.
QIII. What is it that you found inspiring about Tanni Grey Thompson? (3 marks)
QIV. Write down one strong message that the prose imparts. (2 marks)
 The Magical Island
QV. 1. Which part of the journey did Roald Dahl and family like the most? What does he write about
the surroundings?
2. Why do Norwegian children learn to swim at a very young age?.
3. Where would their journey end? Bring out the primitiveness of the hotel they used to stay in.
4. Why does Roald Dahl call the tiny secret island their regular destination? Who would be in charge of
rowing? How long was the journey to the secret island?
No Alarm On the Flight Deck
QVI. Answer with reference to the context.
1. ‘Has he got a little beside table for his cash. Does he put his slippers on and across them on the dash,
as the automatic pilot steers us out across the deep, does he slacken off his tie and gently fall asleep?’
a. What do you conclude from the body language of the pilot as explained in these lines?
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b. What is the mental state of the speaker at that time?
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c. What is the speaker thinking of in these lines?
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d. Describe the speaker in one adjective.
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QVII. ‘Bronzed and manly pilot, here’s a message from the rear, do not fall asleep for we are all
counting on you here, keep your wits about you as you circle, as you climb, so we die of fright, when
coming back in six weeks time.’
a. Whom is the speaker addressing here?
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b. What is the speaker’s concern?
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c. What does the speaker want the pilot to do?
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d. What is the speaker trying to convey to the pilot in the last line?
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ANSWERS
Tanni Grey Thompson

The Magical Island

1. They loved the journey in the little vessel with single tall funnel, sailing down the Oslo-Fjord, the
most. He finds the surroundings immensely peaceful and beautiful, so much so that he finds it difficult
to describe the sensation he feels at that time.
2. Norwegian children learn to swim at a very young age because there are no sandy beaches on the
Fjord. The rocks go straight down to the water’s edge and the water is immediately deep, so children
have to learn swimming early so as to be able to swim in deep waters.
 3. Their journey would end at the Island of Tjome. The primitiveness of the hotel has been brought out
by Roald Dahl when he describes the walls, ceilings and the floor of the bedrooms which are made of
unvarnished pine planks. Also, the toilets are in the wooden outhouse at the back of the hotel, with each
cubicle containing nothing more than a round hole cut in a piece of wood.
4. He calls the tiny secret island their regular destination because he would go there often to paddle and
play. They would stay there for three to four hours, messing about in the waters and in the rock pools
and getting sunburnt, without being disturbed.
No Alarm on the Flight Deck
1. a. The body language of the pilot tells us that he is getting ready to take a nap, as explained in the
above lines.
b. The speaker is concerned and worried at that time.
c. The speaker is wondering if the pilot is getting ready to take a nap now by using the table beside him
to put his cash, putting on his slipper and putting up his feet across the dash, loosening his tie and gently
sleeping off while the plane, in the automatic pilot mode, steers the plane to an altitude.
d. The speaker is worried/apprehensive.
2. a. The speaker is addressing the pilot.
b. The speaker’s concern is whether the plane is in the automatic pilot mode and the pilot is not paying
attention, or the pilot is awake and is in charge of the plane.
c. The speaker wants the pilot to be in complete charge of the plane, not to fall asleep because all the
passengers are depending on him to take them safely to their destination. The speaker wants the pilot to
keep his wits while steering and circling the plane, while taking it to higher altitude.
d. The speaker hopes to stay alive and travel back in six weeks’ time and experience the same emotion
of fear later, which is a sign of life and is anytime better than dying on this flight.