Monthly Test - 1

Date: 25/04/2023 Time: 1 hour

Subject: English (Class-8) Total Marks: 40

Note: All the 7 questions in this question paper are mandatory to attempt.

PART-A (Grammar)
1. Identify and separate the subject and predicate part from the sentences
given below: [1mark X 5 = 5marks]
(a) Suman’s sisters are going to the pool.
(b) She and her brother always quarrel for little things.
(c) Holi and Diwali are my favourite festivals.
(d) After catching the cold, Mathew decided to take the medicine.
(e) Shut up.

2. Name the type of sentences. [1mark X 5 = 5marks]

(a) What a beautiful dress this is !
(b) Please shut the doors and windows.
(c) Go and try this new flavor.
(d) Sparrow is a beautiful bird.
(e) What time do you get up in the morning?

3. Change the gender. [1mark X 5 = 5marks]

(a) Bull (b) Hen (c) Dog (d) Bachelor (e) Drone

4. Use correct form of the verb given in brackets. [1mark X 5 = 5marks]

(a) A good dictionary ____________ (cost) a lot.
(b) Ten kilometers __________________ (be) a long distance to walk.
(c) They _____________ (look) gloomy.
(d) Either of you ________________(be) wrong.
(e) Neither of them ________________ here. (work)

PART-B (LITERATURE)

5. What were the hermit’s answers to the three questions? Answer them
separately. [10marks]
6. Why did the king want to know the answers to the three questions? [5marks]

PART-C (WRITING)

7. Write an application to your school principal asking leave for a week as you
are suffering from fever. [5marks]

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