Grade: VIII Sub: English

Worksheet

SECTION A

Q.I Answer the following:

1. Who was the old man who met Hughie?

2. Why do you feel that some people avoid purchasing discounted products?
3. What are adults and children doing?
4. What is the distance between Suez and Aden?
5. What does Bab – el – Mandeb mean in Arabic?

Q.II Answer the following in detail:

1. Why couldn’t Hughie marry Laura?

2. What is your opinion on earning and saving money?
3. How did Phileas Fogg pass his time when he was aboard the Mongolia?
4. How do you think the narrator feels about visiting the Peak District?
5. What does the poet mean by the words ‘highway code’?

SECTION B

Q. I Identify the errors and rewrite them correctly:

1. I am going to meet you after ages, aren’t I?

2. They won this round, haven’t they?
3. You had lots of work, hasn’t you?
4. She can stay here by herself, can she?
5. Urmil won’t be at home right now, will he?
Q.II Choose the suitable preposition and rewrite the complete sentence:

1. _____ the new government rules, we are changing salary structures.

a) Outside of b) In compliance with c) With an eye to

2. the report, the theory was never proven correct.

a) According to b) In lieu of c) On account of

3. you fumbled over the word; your speech was great.

a) Up until b) Forward for c) As for

4. You could give up the habit of driving rashly your safety

a) For the sake of b) In accordance with c) On behalf of