N M M C SCHOOL NO 31 KOPARKHAIRANE

SECOND SEMISTER EXAM 2018-19

Std 8th Sub -English Total mark 50

Q1A) Listen carefully and write the words correctly. Mark- 5

1) 2)
3) 4)
5) 6)
7) 8)
9) 10)
B) Do the following as instructed.
a) Frame your own sentences by using word/phrases Mark-02
1) wonderful -
2)very well -
b) write rhyming words Mark- 02
1) cold- 2) buns- 3) feet- 4) years-
c) Write the missing letters and completes the words. Mark- 02
1) en-----ance 2) Ti----le 3) m----dal 4) er----se
d) Write the Acrostic words ( any 01) Mark- 02
1) class- 2) school-
e) Put the words in alphabetical order Mark- 01
1) Ship ,Speed ,Sailed ,Sea.

f) Punctuate the following. Mark- 02

1)Emperor asked Tansen , why cant you sing like him Ustadji

Q.2A) Match the games with the place where it is played. (05)
 Group ' A' Group ' B '
1)Cricket a) Board
2)Badminton b) Ground
3)Golf c) Rink
4) Skating d) Course
5) Carrom e) Court

Q.3Read the poem and answer the following questions .

Sticks and stones may break my bones,
But words can also hurt me.
stones and sticks break only skin,
While words are ghosts that haunt me.
Slant and curved the fall word-swords
to pierce and stick inside me.
Bats and bricks may ache through bones.
But words can mortify me.
Pain from words has left its scar
On mind and heart that's tender
Cuts and bruises now have healed;
It's words that I remember.
A)State whether the following statements are true or flase .
Mark- 02
1) The poet says that objects likes words injure our mind
deeply.
2) The scars on the mind and heart do not let us forget the
experience.
B) Pick out from the poem the synonyms Mark- 02

1) Injury-------
2) Cured-------
C) Write opposite words. Mark- 02
1) Forget ×
2) Outside ×
D) Meaning in Marathi. Mark- 02
1) Ghosts-
2) Scar-
Q.4A)Write essay ( any one). Mark- 05
1) Diwali 2)Holi 3) Chiristmas
B) Translate the following sentences in your Mothertongue .
Mark- 02
1) Everyone Called the Titanic the finest ship in the world.
2) Hats off to you sindhu, and wish you even greater success.

Q .5) Read the following passage and give answer.

A.J. Cronin has very well carved the idea of selfless help
and explained the importance of dedication towards
relationship in the story, the two Gentlemen of verona.The
story revolves around the two boys named Nicola and Jacopo
who do numerous things to earn money only to pay for their
sister's treatment who suffers from tuberculosis of spine.
 The story begins with the narrator driving down the
foothills of tha Alps . Here is when he first encourters the two
brothers selling wild strawberriesa.Even after the driver forbids
the narrator to buy the wild fruits he buys the biggest basket
and drives towards the town this scene emphasizes on the step
of growing intimacy beyween the narrator and the two boys.
Next day, the boys are found shining shoes in the public
square . This amazes the narrator . This is when they reveal the
fact that they do numerous kinds of things to earn money.
Here,the narrator is shown to develop a soft corner for them in
his heart. He finds them to be innocent,serious,pleasant and
earest.
A) Name the following. Mark- 02
1)Name of the boy around whom the story revolves-
2)Name the city which the boys belong to -
B) Meaning the words. Mark- 02
1) encounter
2) forids
3) reveal
C) What kind of old jobs do the two brothers do? Mark- 02
D) Complete the web with describing words. Mark- 02

boys

Q 6 A) Answer the Question Mark -02

1) what does the word titanic mean ?
2) how many passengers did titanic carry ?
B) write the compound words . Mark - 02
For example ( Ice berg = lce + berg)
1) some thing -
2) life boat -
D) Write the adjective of the following words. Mark - 02
1) joy -
2) mountain -