DON BOSCO SCHOOL, BANDEL

SESSION 2020-21
FINAL ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION: ONLINE
CLASS 8 TOTAL: 60 marks
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TIME: 1 Hr 30mins

General instruction::
 Write your Name, Roll, Class, section and Date at the top of EVERY PAGE.
 Start writing from fresh page in your assessment copy.
 Take a clear snapshot of your answer sheet(s) and send it in image/PDF format to the following mail id of
the subject teacher.
 ENSURE your answer should go to your respective subject teacher only.

8A – Ms Balaka Boral balakab02@gmail.com

8B – Ms. Piyali Dutta Roy assignment.8b.language@gmail.com
8C – Ms. Mekhola Chakraborty missmekhola8c@gmail.com
8D- Ms. Sumita Sil ssildbb8d@gmail.com
Note:

 Please ensure you send the paper to the correct email within the stipulated time.
 Check the outbox of your mail to ensure that your mail has been successfully sent.
 When you convert to pdf file, name the file with your roll no and name. [eg. 1.Amit]
 Read your paper very carefully before starting to answer.

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Q1. In not more than 200 words write an essay on any ONE of the following: [20]

a. Describe the days you spent with your family during the lock down. What changes did it
bring about in you?

b. Narrate an incident that actually scared you. How did you overcome your fear?

Q2. Write a letter to the Principal of your school asking for permission to take part in a reality show.
Explain how this experience will help you in future.
[15]
OR
You uncle has sent you some money to spend as you wish for your birthday. Write a letter thanking
him for it and telling him how you will be utilizing the same.

Q3. Read the following passage very carefully and answer the questions that follow.

From sandals to sneakers—boots to floaters, we wear them every day. We walk, run, jump, climb, and stand
in them for hours on end. Yet we hardly think about them because they are such an ordinary part of our daily lives.
Shoes were not always an important part of people’s wardrobes. The ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and Persians made
and wore sandals, but actually went barefoot most of the time. These people lived in regions where the weather was
temperate, and shoes were not needed to keep their feet warm. Archaeologists have found shoes in the ruins of these
civilizations, but they seem to have been worn mainly by royalty, who could afford to employ tailors and
shoemakers.
As shoes became more common in ancient Egypt, the first ones were simple sandals created mainly to protect the
soles of the feet from rough surfaces. The easiest way to make shoes in these ancient times was to use materials that
were readily available, including tree bark, leaves, and grasses. In ancient Egypt, sandals were made of rushes,
which are grassy plants with hollow stalks. Rushes are the same plants used today to make chair bottoms, mats, and
baskets. Among the ancient Greeks, sandals were woven of similar plant materials, but the Greeks also varied the
process by tying small pieces of wood together with dried grass. In later years, they made sandals with leather from
the hides of animals. The first Greek shoes were purely functional, but over time most were dyed and decorated to
make fashion statements. Women began to wear soft, enclosed leather shoes, and these grew increasingly fancy in
the later years of the Greek civilization.

The Romans wore sandals much like the Greeks did, but used more pieces of leather to make them. Some Roman
sandals had straps that wrapped around the ankles. Shoemakers often dyed these sandals in bright colors that
represented the different jobs held by the people wearing them. The patrician, or privileged classes, wore red sandals
with moon-shaped ornaments on the back. Senators wore brown shoes with four black leather straps wound around
the lower leg. Consuls, or legal officers, wore white shoes, and soldiers wore heavy leather sandals that were more
like boots—but with bare toes!

Meanwhile, people who lived in cold northern climates were making their shoes from the hides of furry animals,
such as polar bears and yaks. The soles and tops of these shoes were made from pieces of soft leather sewn together.
This type of shoe—whether or not it used fur—was called a moccasin. Some Native American groups made and
wore moccasins for thousands of years. Some moccasins were plain, and others were adorned with beadwork.

a. Find words in the passage that mean the same as below: [2x2=4]
i. useful or purposeful
ii. decorated

b. Answer the following questions as briefly as possible: [2x3=6]

i. What was found out by archeologists regarding shoes?

ii. What were the different kinds of the Roman sandals?
iii. What are Moccasins?

Q4.
a. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs given in the bracket: [1x2=2]
i. Chetan ________________ (continue) in the same class for two years now.
ii. If the guard had seen me, I _________________ (stop).

b. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words: [1x2=2]

i. Mina is very worried ______ her parents’ health.
ii. Hard work pays _____ the long run.

c. Make sentences with the given idioms and phrases to bring out the proper meaning: [1x3=3]
i. a feather in one’s cap
ii. fall back
iii. lay down

d. Rewrite the sentences following the directions provided with each: [2x4=8]
i. Respect your elders. [Rewrite in passive voice]
ii. Being tired, he went to bed. [Begin: He was………….. ]
iii. “I am here today as I am not sure where I will be tomorrow.” said Julius. [Begin: Julius said that………]
iv. Mrs. Davis, the English teacher, is on a long leave. [Rewrite using ‘who’]

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