Half-yearly Examination-2023

Class: Eight
Subject: English 2nd Paper
Full Marks-50 Time: 2 hours

N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate the value of each item.

Part A: Grammar ( 30 Marks)

1. Fill in the gaps with appropriate articles, put cross for no article. 0.5×6=3
Money is called (a)______fuel of life. Though money is (b) _______ must in life, it cannot ensure all happiness.
Happiness lies in (c) ________ contentment. Morality plays (d) ________vital role in this regard. We must
exercise (e) ________ morality in all walks of life for building up (f) _______ corruption free nation.

2. Fill in the blanks of the following text with appropriate prepositions. 0.5×6=3
Poverty was a hindrance (a) _______his success. It hindered him. (b) ________ going abroad. But he did not
lose heart. He was hopeful (c) _______ his success. He hit (d) _______a plan. The plan worked well. He
succeeded (e) ________his attempt. For this he was thankful (f)______Almighty Creator.

3. Make four meaningful sentences from the substitution table. 1×4=4

a. Robert Bruce was a famous king.
b. Enemies invaded his kingdom.
c. The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
d. He had to flee from his kingdom to save his life.
4. Change the following sentences into indirect speech. 4
‘Have you killed the rats?’ Said the Mayor. ‘Yes, I have,’ said the piper. ‘Please give me the promised money.’
‘How funny!’ Said the Mayor. ‘We cannot give you so much money. Take only fifty.’
5. Change the following sentences directed in the brackets. 1×5=5
a. She sells eggs in the market (passive.)
b. George is cleverer than most other boys in the village. (Positive.)
c. Weak students are not attentive to their study. (Affirmative.)
d. Exercise on grammar should be practiced frequently. (Active.)
e. The people of Cox’s Bazar are very hospitable. (Negative.)
6. Rewrite the following passage using capitalization and punctuation. 3
Ritu said to Mita how does the question seem to you have you got everything common no one item is
uncommon to me what about you said Mita i am in the same position like you replied Ritu
7. Fill in the gaps used in the following text by adding suffix and prefix or the both with root words
underlined in the text. 0.5×8=4
(a) ______(Kind) is a divine virtue. So we should not be (b)______( kind) to the people and even to the (c)
______(low) animals. Some (d) _______(heart) men (e) ________(joy) beating animals. Animal can
understand the act of (f)_______( kind). They can (g)_______(real) your behavior. As a result, (h)_____( friend)
grows instead of enmity.
8. Complete the following text with right form of verbs from the box. 0.5×8=4

wait take depend Be

go recover regain make

A proverb (a) ______ that time and tide (b) _______for none. Since the dawn of civilization time is moving. It
goes on and on. It (c) ________any rest. Lost health may be (d) _______ by medicine and proper caring and
nursing, lost wealth by dint of hard labour but lost time cannot be (e) _______by any means. Success in life (f)
_________on the best use of time. If we (g) _______a proper division of our time and do our duties
accordingly, we (h) ________ sure that we would be able to march in life and reach the cherished goal of our
life.

Part B: Writing (20 Marks)

9. Suppose, you are Anas. You have a friend named Jahid. His e-mail is jah444@gamil.com. He wants to
know about your aim in life. Now, write an e-mail to Jahid telling him about your aim in life. (120 words) 10
10. Write a short composition on The importance of Reading Newspaper. (300 words) 12