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$\n,orj,1v SET 1 KEN DRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN CLASS : VIII MARKS : 5O AHMEDABAD REGION SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-II SESSION.$

1 \n,orj,1v SET 1 KEN DRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN CLASS : VIII MARKS : 5O AHMEDABAD REGION SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT-II SESSION.2OL6-L7 SUBJECT : ENGLISH TIME : 2HRS 3OMIN This paper consists of three sections: secrron A (READTNG) SECTION B (WRITING & GRAMMAR) SECTION C (LITERATURE) l4marks 2OMARKS 20 MARKS OTBA 6 MARKS General Instructions: 1. Attempt all the questions. 2. Do not write anything on the questibn paper. 3. All the answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and written in the answer sheet provided to you. 4. Attempt all the guestions in each section before going to the next section. \ sectron A (READTNG) Q. 1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that Follow it. 8 MARKS Students tend to lose their pencils, break them without thinking, and find all sorts of non-writing uses for them. The pencil in your hand is one of the most remarkable and useful tools in the world. A man named Friedrich Staedtler invented the modern "lead" pencil in about L622 in Germany. He was the first person to massproduce them. Staedtler did not use lead, and there is no lead in your pencil. However, some pencils did use lead until the early twentieth century. Lead will make a mark, but it is toxic and not safe to use either in the hands or around the face and mouth where many pencils sometimes stray. Staedtler used black graphite, a soft form of carbon. Graphite is still used tbday. It is mixed with clay and wax and heated to high temperatures. The modern pencil is a superb piece of technology. The pencil is Vlll-Eng/A Page 1 of 8

a-_ less messy than ink, can be easily erased, and makes dear, &*, smooth, and smudgefree lines. The modern pencil can produce a conuntrcus line twentytwo miles long.

2 a-_ less messy than ink, can be easily erased, and makes dear, &*, smooth, and smudgefree lines. The modern pencil can produce a conuntrcus line twentytwo miles long. That's a distance of 116,160 foot-long rulers hid end to end. Enjoy your pencil. For a few cents each, it is a remarkable bargain. a) b) c) d) 'e) f) Mention two improper ways in which students make use of pencils. Lead is rarely used to make pencils. Why so? Of what material are pencils made? why can we consider the modern pencil to be a superb piece of technology? The modern pencil can produce something fantastic. what is it? Find words in the passage that mean the foilowing:- i) Poisonous ii) Removed something completely Q.2 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow it. 6 HARKS Have you heard peopte saying that the,rupiah makes the wortd go round? Do you know the story of the rupee? The word rupee comes from the sanskrit term ' Rupya' or ' Rupa' which means silver. The very early coins before the second century BC, wele atl made of silver but the coins were neither of any standard weight nor had any face or value printed on them. It was Sher Shah Suri who first gave the name "rupia" to the silver coins. The last sitver coins were minted in 1940 with the face of King George vi on them. rn L942 the silver coin was replaced by a cupro-nickel coin for the first time. \ Money was invented by man to get power but now money has become more powerful than man. All over the world, money and power go together. The more money a person has, the more successful he is judged to be. A rich man is accepted by society even if he is corrupt or evil. Man works hard to earn more and more money and saves a lot of it. He thinks that money will give him more freedom to enjoy himself and to have lots of fun. He thinks he will not be anyone's stave but be his own master. But soon he becomes the slave of money' The more he has, the more he wants. He is never satisfied with what he has got but always wants something more even though he knows that in the end, he cannot carry anything with him. Money can buy everything but it cannot buy peace or happiness or a ticket to heaven. Vlll-Eng/A Page 2 of 8

3 a) 'The early coins were made of..., (i) copper (ii) gold (iii) silver (iv) lead b) The cupro-nickel coins came into existence in the year... (i) L924 (ii) t942 (iii) 1429 (iv) L29a c) Today money is... (i) less powerful than man (ii) equal to man (iii) more powerful than man (iv) none of the above d) Society willingly accepts... from a rich man (i) honesty (ii) corruption (iii) bribery e) The word satisfied can be replaced by...:... (i) contented (ii) bright (iii) eager (iv) thrilled f) Choose the suitable title i) Importance of money ii) History of silver coins iii) Man and money iv) AII the above (iv) none of the above sectron B ( WRITTNG & GRAMMAR ) Q.3 Your school has planned an inter class debate competition. Write a NOTICE for the school notice-board informing students of the competition giving details like date, time, venue, topic of the debate, time provided for each participant, contact person etc in 50 words. Write the notice in a box. 5 MARKS OR Write a LETTER to your younger brother, who has got admission in a hostel, emphasizing the importance of a good breakfast. (120 words ) 5 MARKS Vlll-Eng/A Page 3 of 8

4 Q.4 Write an Article on '! The importance of education in one's life." 12O-15O words. HINTS: education helps in making one... *independent *confident *aware. 5 MARKS *access to information *wise *lead a better quality of life OR Write a story beginning with the following input: 5 MARKS It was a pleasant Sunday morning. I was enjoying a cup of tea when there came a cute puppy and started licking my feet in Q.5 Fill in the blanks using the words given in tle bracket. 4 MARKS t both, shoft, fastest] He has two brothers. More than 10 people called. are lawyers. of them wanted to see you My friend has one of the Ra,mesh and his wife are both ---- cars on the road. Q.6 Change the foltow,ing into reported speech: 1) Teacher: The sun rises in the east. 2) Rita.: Will you come to my birthday party,neha? 3) Sahil: I have submitted my Project work. 3 Marks Q.7 Rearrange the following jumbled words to make meaningful sentences a) in/other animals/elephant/anlexcels/ intelligence b) displays/ he/ his intelligence/little actions/in his c) is/one/the/oflloved/most/animals/world/in/the/he. Vlll-Eng/A Page 4 of 8

5 i sectron D (LTTERATURE ) Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow it. But to go to school in a summer morn O! it drives all joy away; Under a cruel eye outworn, The little ones spend the day, 3 MARKS In sighing and dismay a) What drives all the joy away of the poet? i) Going to school on a summer morn ii) Rising on a summer morn iii) Playing with birds iv) Singing with birds b) How do the little ones spend the day? i) Reading books ii) In sighing and dismay iii) Enjoying the company of his friends iv) All the above c) Name the poet. 1) Edward Lear ii) William Blake iii) Thomas Hardy iv) John Keats When I set out for Lyonnesse A hundred miles away The rime was on the spray And starlight lit my lonesomeness. OR 1) when the poet set out for Lyonnesse, the weather was (a) very cold (b) very hot (c) neither too cold nor too hot (d) rainy Vlll-Eng/A Page 5 of 8

2) What was his only companion? (a) Starlight (b) Moon (c) SkY (d) Earth Which word in the stanza means' frost'? 3) (a) Starlight (b) Moon (c) SkY (d) Earth 4) Which word in the stanza means' frost'?

6 2) What was his only companion? (a) Starlight (b) Moon (c) SkY (d) Earth Which word in the stanza means' frost'? 3) (a) Starlight (b) Moon (c) SkY (d) Earth 4) Which word in the stanza means' frost'? (a) Starlight (b) Moon (c) SkY (d) Earth s) Which word in the stanza means' frost'? (a) Lonesomeness (b) SPraY (c) Rime (d) LYonnesse Q.gReadthefollowingerGractandanswerthequestionsthatfollow.(3)..The first day of the monsoon mist. And ifs strange trow a[ the tirds fall silent as the mist comes up crimbing the hiil. perhaps thafs what makes the mist so melancholy; not only does it conceal the hills, it blankets them in silence too.,, 1 I i I I { From whose diary has this extract been taken? When do all the birds fall silent? What makes the mist melancholy? Vlll-Eng/A Page 5 of 8

lr Q;10. Answer any FrvE of the fo*owing guestions briefry 10 MARKS a) what are the three quarities that hetped the author in crimbing the mighty Everest?

7 lr Q;10. Answer any FrvE of the fo*owing guestions briefry 10 MARKS a) what are the three quarities that hetped the author in crimbing the mighty Everest? b) c) d) e) f) s) h) what had happened to Jody,s father? How did the fawn save ni, tirua what is the scientist's message for the disabred? (A visit to curo.iog"y What was the story attributed to the Stone Face? who was the better swimmer? How do you know it? (The Fight) what had happened to the sappteton,s famiry as narrated by the niece? what did the ordest coin teu the rittre writer? why did he."; ;,;; ;;" advice? What was Duttada,s secret ambition? Q'11 Good friends are rike stars. you they don,t are arways there. see Write your them, but you ;i.*;. -v'r t know 4 Marks Imagine you are that Ernest had a OR the poet. write a diary entry describing how you rearised face similar to that of the stone face. rgo-*orlr) ' ve'rrll' 4MARKS Vlll-Eng/A Page 7 of8

open TEXT BASED ASSESSMENT (OTBA) 6 MARKS INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS: 1. These questions are based on one of the themes provided to you by the school. 2.

8 open TEXT BASED ASSESSMENT (OTBA) 6 MARKS INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS: 1. These questions are based on one of the themes provided to you by the school. 2. please ensure that you get a copy of the test material of the relevant theme to refer while answering the questions' 3. Each question carries 3 marks. 4. The suggested word limit for the questions is words. However, depending on the questions your answer may be shorter or longer. It is important that you present your views, arguments and conclusions logically, coherently in your own language based on the concepts learnt during teaching learning lessons, their applicability with respect v to the open text material and your own awareness of the given theme. THEME I Our Expanding Universe: Age, History & Other Facts 3X2=6 e.1..astronomers thought that the universe was composed almost entirely of ordinary atoms, or "baryonic matter," According to NASA. Do you agree? Elaborate. e.2 What do you mean by Big Bang Theory? Why do you think it did not occur as an explosion? Describe. ort I THEME II! \, Strengths And weaknesses e.1 io become successful it is necessary to have self awareness. Explain. e.2 Why do you think strengths are more to be focused on rather than weaknesses? **x**x****x**** Vlll-Eng/A Page 8 of 8

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, NAD KARANJA HOLIDAY HOMEWORK WINTER BREAK CLASS :VIII(A,B,C)

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA, NAD KARANJA HOLIDAY HOMEWORK WINTER BREAK 2018-19 CLASS :VIII(A,B,C) ENGLISH GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 1) Attempt all questions 2) Read the instructions and questions carefully 3) Number