KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN

BHUBANESWAR REGION
MID TERM EXAMINATION : 2023-24
CLASS-VIII SUB – ENGLISH
BLUE PRINT
M.M-60. TIME-2 ½ Hrs

Sections Typology MCQ/Objective SAQ LAQ Total

VSAQ (1mark) (2marks) (4marks) Marks

Reading Skills 2 Unseen passage 10 +10 20

(CBT questions)
Creative Informal letter writing 2 8
writing Skills Notice writing
Message writing
Diary Entry
Bio Sketch
Article Writing
Story writing

Grammar  Uses of Tenses in proper context 12 12

 Determiners
 Idioms & Phrases
 Subject – verb concord
 Active and Passive Voice
 Direct & Indirect Speech
 Adjectives
Gap Filling Exercise
Editing Exercise
Exercise on re-ordering words to construct
meaningful sentences
Literature Extract-based question from 4 6 1 20
prose/poetry (CBT questions);
Extended text-based question;
Extrapolative questions assessing
comprehension, inference, reasoning,
appreciation of character/plot/theme of
the given text.
36×1=36 marks 6×2=12 4×3=12 60
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