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EIGHTH CLASS MODEL PAPER (AP)
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT – 1
ENGLISH
Time: 2 Hrs.45 Mins.
et PART – A and B Max.Marks: 80

Instructions:

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1) 15 minutes of time is allotted for reading the question paper.
2) Answer All questions.
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3) Write answers neatly and legibly.

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SECTION - A

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Directions (1 - 5): Read the Passage and answer the questions that follow. 5 ´ 2 = 10

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Bell rang for the next class. The small break before the next class was enough for the children. They

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moved around and started chatting. The mandatory five minutes was over and the teacher did not come. The

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children started wondering. "Ramya! Do you think Janaki teacher is absent?" Ramya looking out of the class
room said, "How do I know?". A few students were grinning. Everyone knew Ramya loved Janaki teacher.
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Who taught them Social Studies?
Who did Ramya love?
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Which word means ‘compulsory’ in the above passage?

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a) wondering b) grinning c) mandatory
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They moved around and started chatting. Who are they refer to?

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a) teachers

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Which subject did Janaki teacher teaches?
b) children c) players
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a) Social Studies

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Directions (6 - 7): Read the Poem carefully and answer the questions that follow.
I cannot remember my mother,
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but when in the early autumn morning

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the smell of the shiuli flowers floats in the air

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the scent of the morning service in the temple.
Comes to me as the scent of my mother
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Who is 'I' in the above poem?
What are the things that the mother is associated with?

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Directions (8 - 10): Read the Poem carefully and answer the questions that follow.
For all day we drag our burden tiring
through the coal-dark, underground
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or, all day we drive the wheels of iron

In the factories, round and round
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8. We drag our burden ( )
Who drag the burden?
a) School children b) Playing children c) Child labour
9. Where do they work? ( )
a) Factories
et b) Play grounds c) Meadows
10. How do they feel?
a) Happy
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Directions (11 - 15): Read the Passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. 5´1=5

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Ramesh was fourteen years old. He left his widowed mother and three younger sisters back in Bihar.
He took up a long travel of hundreds of miles to find a new future. He reached Hyderabad, one of the main
cities in India.

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On reaching the city, he found that the streets were and paved with gold. Finding a job was not an easy

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task. Cursed by hunger, he joined a group of rag pickers. He started working early in the morning and toiled
until late evening, only to earn a mere Rs.10 a day. Life was not a dream for him.

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How old was Ramesh?
When did he leave back in Bihar?
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Why did he take a long travel? ( )

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a) to find a new future
Where did he reach?
b) to join in new school c) to search his family
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a) Delhi b) Hyderabad c) Bihar
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a) building workers

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Directions (16 - 20): Read the Passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. 5´1=5

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Dr. Aruna has made a speech on the Food we eat at Govt.primary school, Goplapatnam. Food is vital
for our survival. Good food is natural and nutritious. It is well balanced and tasty. We must choose to eat food

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that helps us to be alert and have energy. The food items such as soft idilies, tasty dosas, sweet smelling
sambar-rice, spicy biryani, eggs, fruits, etc., are both mouth watering and healthy. Junk food is unhealthy.

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Junk food contains lots of sugar, salt, additives and preservatives which are not healthy.
What was Aruna? On what did she make a speech?
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Name two food items which are mouth watering and healthy.

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Choose the correct answer from the choices given.
Dr. Aruna made a speech at ..... ( )

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a) primary school b) secondary school c) model school

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19. What is necessary for our survival? ( )

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a) energy b) water c) food
20. Which of the following statements is true with reference to the Passage? ( )

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a) Junk food is well-balanced and tasty
b) We get good food at school
c) Junk food is unhealthy

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Directions (21 - 25): Study the table given below carefully and answer the questions that follow.
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A new magazine sales in five months from January to May are given in the table.
Serial Number Month Copies sold
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March
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520
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What information does the table give us?
May 380

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How many copies are sold in all the five months put together?

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Choose the correct answer from the choices given.

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The difference in copies sold in the last two months (April and May) is .... ( )

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a) 980

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In which two months the copies sold are almost equal?
c) 220
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a) February and March b) January and May c) February and April
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Which of the following statements is true as per the table
a) 520 copies are sold in the third month of the year
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b) In April the copies sold are 500.

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c) The total number of copies sold in March and May is 800.

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(Creative Expression)
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You have read the lesson 'The Tattered Blanket' that Gopi visited his mother's place on his way back

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to Delhi from thiruvananthapuram. After talking to Gopi for some time Gopi's sister Kamala came to

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know that he had no concern and love for amma and he came only to sell the family property.

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Now write a possible conversation between Kamala and Gopi.
(OR)
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You have read the lesson 'The Selfish Giant'. The giant was very selfish at the beginning. Later on he
felt very sorry for the children.

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Now imagine that you are the old giant and write a diary entry about his beautiful garden - the
children at play - his rudeness - his feeling of sorry - a change in his character.
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Based on the details of the great political leader, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru given below, write a
biographical sketch of him. 10 ´ 1 = 10

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Full name : Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Date of Birth : 14th November, 1889

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Place of Birth : Allahabad
Family Background : Rich family
Education : Barrister at law, England
Occupation : Setup practice as a lawyer in India

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Politics : Active part in the struggle for freedom Non co-operation movement, Salt satyagraha, Quit
India movement etc.
Was sent to jail.
Positions : President of the Indian National Congress after independence, the first Prime Minister of

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India, served India for 17 years.
Writings : Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History

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Good qualities : Loved peace, friendship, children, co-existence with other countries, a great

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statesman, an eminent writer, a profound scholar
Death : 27th May 1964

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Write a story using the hints given below.
A crow - gets piece of cheese - in its beak - sits on a tree - a cunning fox - sees it - wants to get the

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cheese - fox asks crow - sing a song - innocent crow - opens mouth - to sing - cheese falls down - fox

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takes it - runs away - crow feels sorry - comes to know - deceived by fox.

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Choose the words with similar meaning (Synonyms) from the list given to the words underlined.

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task, near, insisted, continued, began, hint

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She persisted (a), can anyone tell me the name of the place? It is close (b) to our capital. There! I gave

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you a clue (c). The children started (d) shouting names of all towns in the state.

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Write the words opposite in meaning (Antonyms) to the words underlined. 4´ ¾
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She pinned them neatly (a) on the soft (b) board and the drab (c) class suddenly (d) looked vibrant.
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Fill in the blanks with the right form of the words given in brackets.

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I got ...... (a) (promote/promotion) last year. After that I am always on my toes. And there are tours
........ (b) (quiet/quite) often. I don't get any time to write letter.

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'Why don't you ask Vimala to write, or doesn't she get any time too?'

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'What are you ..... (c) (mumbling/mumble) over there?' Amma said ..... (d) (loud/loudly).
A) Complete the following words using au, ea, ee, ie, io, oi, oo, ou.
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i) w - - stcoat

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B) Complete the following words with the letters given in the brackets.
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i) delici ..... (us/ous)
ii) mandat ...... (ary/ory)
C) One word in the set given below is wrongly spelt. Rewrite it correctly in the space provided.
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i) memary, promotion, wrinkled, veranda, ........ 2
ii) autumn, determined, blosoms, children, ..........

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32. Put the following words under correct headings. 1
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warrior, widow, office, school, husband, village, washer man, madras
Persons Places
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2 ..........
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3 ..........
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4 .........
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Dictionary entry Read the dictionary entry and answer the questions. 2´1=2
racism (noun)
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prejudice, discrimination

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H Unfair ways of treating people of different races.
i) What is the given word?

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ii) What is the meaning of the word?
Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words from the box. 4´
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huddled, futile, reluctantly, mumbling
a) All my attempts to make him happy proved...

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b) What are you ....? I can't hear you.
c) It was very cold. So, I ..... in a corner.

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d) Forced by her parents, Sita ...
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Read the following passage and correct the parts underlined. Rewrite the corrected parts in the
space provided.

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A wood cutter was once cut (a) a tree besides (b) a deep river. By chance she (c) let slip his axe into

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the water. Sad at the loss of his tool, he sat down but (d) wept.
1) .........
3) .........
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4) .........
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Combine the sentences using 'Who'. 2´1=2

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i) An essayist is a person. He writes essays.

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ii) I saw a man. He was very old.

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A) Identify the gerunds and present participles in the following sentences. 4´1=4

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i) The north wind ceased roaring
ii) The child did not see the giant coming

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iii) Walking makes you healthy
iv) Why is the spring so late in coming?

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B) Complete the sentences with noun phrases using the words given in brackets. 4´1=4
i) I bought ..... (beautiful/a/umbrella/red)
ii) We saw ..... in the zoo (baby/elephants/of/ couple)
iii) Our grandfather lives in .......(big/house/a/stone-built)

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iv) Ramya has ..... (nice/a/sari/silk)
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Your friend is wasting time in playing video games and not concentrating on studies. Advice him
to stop playing video games.

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You to the shopkeeper: 'Give me a diary milk chocolate'.

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Change the above sentence into polite request.
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Identify the correct expression.
Your brother got a government job how would you greet him?
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a) I am sorry

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c) have a nice day d) may god bless you
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