Session- 2023-2024

English Revision Worksheet -1

Class -VIII

Q1. Rearrange the following words in meaningful sentences:

a) bats /to / harmless / most /people /are

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b) fact /tyres / father/ a / the/ her/olive /Shruti/about/told

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c) role/ education/ an /can / important /play

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Q2. Use the correct modal to fill in the blanks:
a) ______ I accompany to the bazar? (might /can / will)
b) They ______ play cricket when they were in junior classes. (can/ will
/used to)
c) _______ God bless you with a son. (should / may /might)
d) The teacher asked me if I______ solve the sum. (would /must/ could)

Q3. Underline the subordinate clauses in the following sentences identify

the type as adjective, adverb and noun clauses:
a) The patient had died before the doctor arrive.

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b) Can you guess who has come to attend the party?

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c) I am glad to hear that you have stood first.

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d) Ram’s father who lives in Mumbai, was shot dead.

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Q4. Change the following sentences into indirect speech:

a) “I have something to show you,” I said to her.

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b) “We have a lift but very often it doesn’t work,” they said.

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c) “I ‘ll come with you as soon as I am ready,” she said.

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d) The teacher said to the students, “Do not waste your time.”
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Q5.Choose the correct conjunctions given in the bracket to complete the

sentences:
a)________ I get up in the morning ,I ask for a cup of tea.( before/ as soon as/
while )
b) He pressed the brakes ______ the car did not stop .( and / so / but )

Q6. In the following passage one word has been omitted in each line. Write
the missing word along with word that comes before and the word that
comes after it:
Before Word After

Mammals vertebrates or animals with backbones. (a) ______ ______ ______

They large brains and a keen awareness of their (b)_______ _____ _______
surroundings .They are warm-blooded have their skin (c) ______ _____ _____
covered hair. The young ones are born alive and suckle (d) ______ ______ ______
milk from the milk glands their mother. You will (e) ______ ______ ______
be surprised know that many animals which are otherwise (f) ______ ______ ______
very different from one another come under this category.
Q7.Do as directed :

a) I put on my best clothes. I wanted to impress her. (Combine the two

simple sentences as one simple sentence – using infinitive)

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b) It is snowing. The ceremony will be held on time.( Combine the sentences

to form a compound sentence – using - but )

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c) He will make an excellent teacher. I believe it.(Convert the sentence into

complex sentence )

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Q7. You want to sell your flat at 15 B, Nehru Nagar, Kanpur. Draft an
advertisement in not more than 50 words, giving all the necessary details, to be
published in ‘The Times of India’ Kanpur, in the classified columns. You are
Swarish /Swati.
Q8. Write a letter to The Editor OF ‘The Hindustan Times’ complaining about
the nuisance created by the rickshaw pullers and auto drivers at the railway
station. You are Sudhanshu / Shubhra Arora – a resident of sector 57 Gurgaon –
Haryana .
Q9. Develop a story with the help of given clues in 150 words .Give a
suitable title and moral to it:
A poor woodcutter’s axe slipped and fell into a river—-a god heard him
cry and wanted to help him—–he dived into the river and brought a gold
axe for him——the honest woodcutter did not take this axe——the god
again went down into the river and brought up a silver axe, which the
honest woodcutter refused to accept——the god was very pleased and
gave him his own axe as well as the gold and silver axes.