Key To Std. 8 Language paper, 2023/2024, St. Joseph High School, BBSR

1ST UNIT TEST 2024-2025.
 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, STD-8.
 
II. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH APPROPRIATE WORDS: (12 MARKS)
 
1. Rust has eaten………. the plate.
2. He agreed to carry ……….my orders.
3. How did you come ……………this purse?
4. You must cut………. your expenditure.
5. Please hear me…………. .
6. He seems to be well……….. .
7. I have set ………….a sufficient time for revision.
8. My brother has run ………..debt.
9. He doesn't want to part ……………his money.
10. Let me go …………….these papers.
11. You must prepare………… the examination
12. She is smarter ………….the two.
 
III. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH CORRECT TENSE FORMS: (8 MARKS)
 
A despotic sultan who was blind in one eye invited three artists to paint his picture. "If you …………..1 (do) a bad portrait, I ……….2 (punish) you," he warned, "but if you do a good one, I will reward you. Now ……….3 (start)." The first artist produced a picture that showed the sultan as he …………4 (be), blind in one eye. The sultan had him ……….5 (execute) for …………..6 (show) disrespect to his monarch. The second artist showed him with both eyes intact. The sultan had him flogged for trying ………7 (flatter) him. The third artist drew him in profile, showing only his good eye. The sultan, ……….. 8 (please), rewarded him with gold.
 
IV. DO AS DIRECTED: (10 MARKS)
 
1. This horse is better trained than yours. (Use: Your)
2. Her attitude often annoys me. (Use: annoyance)
3. He is too ill to come to school. (Use: so)
4. I heard of your success. I am extremely happy. (Join without using and, but, so)
5. Mark is brave. Joe is equally brave. (Join without using and, but, so)
6. He was running. (Re-write the sentence using question tag)
7. They arrived soon after. (Identify the parts of speech.)
8. I saw it with my own eyes. (Identify the type of adjective.)
9. He has landed himself in difficulties. (Identify the type of pronoun.)
10. Everyone of those books ……… fiction. (Choose: is/are)
 
Answers
 
II.
1. away
2. out
3. by
4. down
5. out
6. off
7. aside
8. into
9. with
10. through
11. for
12. of/between
 
III.
1. do
2. will punish
3. start/ get started
4. was
5. executed
6. showing
7. to flatter
8. pleased
 
IV.
1. Your horse is not as/so well trained as this one.
2. Her attitude often causes for my annoyance.
3. He is so ill that he cannot come to school.
4. I am extremely happy to hear of your success.
5. Joe is as brave as Mark.
6. He was running, wasn’t he?
7. ‘After’ is an adverb.
8. ‘Own’ is an emphasizing adjective.
9. ‘Himself’ is a reflexive pronoun.
10. Everyone of those books …is… fiction.
 
HALF YEARLY EXAM. 2024-2025.
 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, STD-8.
 
V. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH APPROPRIATE WORDS: (12 marks)
 
1. We sat ………the beach.
2. Let us go ……….horseback.
3. I caught him ……….the shoulder.
4. Give me change ………….a rupee.
5. Change places …………each other.
6. He is sitting ………….an armchair.
7. I saw a light ……….the distance.
8. The ship is bound ……….Australia.
9. It is a good rule to go………. .
10. The rebels laid ………..their arms.
11. I was let …………..her secret.
12. His uncle looks ……………him.
 
VI. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH CORRECT TENSE FORMS: (8 MARKS)
 
1. …….1 (convince) that my father ………2 (remember) by all those who value integrity. He …….3 (be) a man of learning and also saw to it that he …………4 (teach) his pupils with passion and patience. He, at times ………5 (use) lose his temper, but that was because he always wanted his pupils to learn well. As a person, he was honest and simple. His greatness ……..6 (lie) in the fact that he ……….7 (have) a pure heart, devoid of malice. Such a man is always valued and ……….8 (be) very rare to find.
 
VII. JOIN THE FOLLOWING WITHOUT USING AND, BUT, SO: (5 MARKS)
 
1. He may run anywhere. The police will arrest him.
2. I wear this expensive outfit very sparingly. I bought it last month.
3. Taniya asked me a question. I was unable to answer it.
4. You helped Riya. She will always be grateful.
5. The coffee isn't strong. It won't keep us awake.
 
VIII. DO AS DIRECTED: (10 MARKS)
 
1. He said to me, "Let us have breakfast." (Use: suggested)
2. She opened the kitchen door and a cockroach ran out. (End: cockroach)
3. Rahul is a better speaker than his brother. (Begin: His brother)
4. Father will send you a message if his flight is cancelled. (Use: Should)
5. He jumped up. He ran away. (Use: Jumping)
6. I can shift FOR myself. (Identify the parts of speech)
7. He tried hard, but he did not succeed. (Identify the type of sentence)
8. He is desirous of being praised. (Identify the non-finite verb)
9. Seeing, he believed. (Identify the non-finite verb)
10. You …….. see that I am right. (Choose-will/would)
 
Answers:
V.
1. on
2. on
3. by
4. for
5. with.
6. in
7. in
8. for
9. by.
10. down 
11. in on 
12. after
 
VI.
1. am convinced
2. will be remembered
3. was
4. taught
5. used to lose
6. lies
7. had
8. is
 
VII.
1. Wherever he runs, the police will arrest him.
2. I wear this expensive outfit very sparingly which I bought last month.
3. I was unable to answer a question that Taniya asked me.
4. You helped Riya, therefore she will always be grateful to you.
5. The coffee isn't strong to keep us awake.
 
VIII.
1. He suggested to me that they should have breakfast.
2. As she opened the kitchen door, out ran a cockroach.
3. His brother is not as good a speaker as Rahul.
4. Father will send you a message should his flight get cancelled.
5. Jumping up, he ran away.
6. ‘FOR’ is a preposition.
7. It’s a compound sentence.
8. ‘Being’ is a gerund.
9. Seeing: Present participle
10. You …will…see that I am right.
 
 
HALF YEARLY EXAM. 2023-2024.
 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, STD-8.
 
V. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH APPROPRIATE WORDS: (12 MARKS)
 
1. The fire gave ………..a dense smoke.
2. The governor gave ………..the prizes.
3. He promised to go……….. the matter.
4. She kept ………….talking.
3. The concert went………. Well.
6. His uncle looks………. him.
7. She is smarter ………..the two.
8. I cannot make ………..his handwriting.
9. The family always failed ……….want of help.
10. His lack of punctuality will be held ……….him.
11. The mouse crept stealthily……… the cheese.
12. The public was cautioned ……………pickpockets.
 
VI. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH SUITABLE TENSE FORMS: (8MARKS)
 
A boy saw a turtle on the beach. He began………1 (examine) it, but the turtle pulled in its head and closed its shell. The boy was upset. ……… 2.  (Pick) up a stick he tried to force it open. The boy's uncle from a distance remarked, "No, that's not the way! You'll not get it to open up with a force." The uncle took the turtle into house and put it near the fireplace. It ……….3 (not move) for a few minutes until it began ……. 4 (get) warm. Then the turtle pushed out its head, stretched out its legs and began to crawl. "Turtles………5 (be) like that," said the uncle," and people, too. You can't……… 6 (force) them into anything. But if you first ………7 (warm) them up with kindness, it is likely that they ………8 (do) what you want them to do."
 
VII. JOIN THE FOLLOWING WITHOUT USING AND, BUT, SO: (5 MARKS)
 
1. He lived in the city for many years. He couldn't find his way about.
2. He worked hard. He wanted to get a scholarship.
3. I wear this expensive outfit very sparingly. I bought it last month.
4. He waited a little. Then the candidates were ready for the Instruction.
5. Take heed. It is too late.
 
VIII. DO AS DIRECTED: (10 MARKS)
 
1. It is very simple. Everybody can do it. (Use: so)
2. "Punish the culprit," said the captain. (Change the speech.)
3. Raju did not complete the exercise on time. (Rewrite the sentence using a question tag.)
4. John is very handsome, but he isn't very clever. (Use: as)
5. Father will send you a message if his flight is cancelled. (Begin: Should)
6. We must finish this exercise. There are still three sentences. (Use: to)
7. The soldiers arrived. The mob dispersed. (Use: having)
8. I cannot consent to your plan. (Identify the parts of speech)
9. They rested when evening came. (Identify the kind of sentence.)
10. Playing cricket, he gained health. (Identify the type of non-finite verb.)
 
Answers
V.
1. off
2. away/out
3. into
4. on
3. off
6. after
7. of/between
8. out
9. for
10. by
11. towards
12. of
 
VI.
1.  to examine
2. picking
3. did not move
4. to get
5. are
6. force
7. warm
8. will do
 
VII.
1. Even though he lived in the city for many years, he couldn't find his way about.
2. He worked hard to get a scholarship.
3. I wear this expensive outfit very sparingly which I bought last month.
4. He waited a little until the candidates were ready for the Instruction.
5. Take heed that it is too late.
 
VIII.
1. It is so simple that everybody can do it.
2.  The captain ordered to punish the culprit.
3. Raju did not complete the exercise on time, did he?
4. Very handsome as John is, he isn't very clever.
5. Should father’s flight get cancelled, he will send you a message.
6. We have still three sentences of this exercise to finish.
Or, There are still three sentences of this exercise for us to finish.
Or, There are still three sentences of this exercise that we have to finish.
7. The soldiers having arrived, the mob dispersed.
8. Consent: verb
9. A complex sentence
10. Playing: a present participle

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