The City School PAF Chapter Comprehensive Worksheet December 2018 ENGLISH Year 8 Index Number: Section: Branch/Campus: Date: Maximum Marks: 100 Time Allowed: 2 hours INSTRUCTIONS: Write your index number, section, branch/campus and date clearly in the space provided. Read and follow the instructions of the given questions. Answer all the questions in the space provided. Select only one answers when made to choose, otherwise no marks will be given. Check your answers before handing your paper in. Marks for each section are shown below. This paper consists of 12printed pages including the cover page. For Examiner s use only Sections Section A: Writing Section B: Reading Total P1:Directed P1:Creative P1:Unseen P1:Seen Passage Max. Writing Writing Passage (Literature) 100 Marks 20 30 25 25 Marks Obtained Percentage Grade INVIGILATED BY MARKED BY MARKS TALLIED BY The City School/ PAF Chapter/ Comprehensive Worksheet/Dec 2018/ English / Class 8 Page 1 of 12
WRITING: PART 1 (DIRECTED WRITING) Question No.1: Write on ONE of the following topics. [20] a. What changes would you like to see in your country in the next five years? OR b. Write a story where an animal played an important role. OR c. Write a story about a letter which caused great disappointment or happiness. Word Limit: 120-150 words - The City School/ PAF Chapter/ Comprehensive Worksheet/Dec 2018/ English / Class 8 Page 2 of 12
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WRITING: PART 2 (CREATIVE WRITING) [30] Question No.1: Write on any ONE of the following topics. a. Write a story which includes the words: It was the same bus I got onto every day, but that day, as I sat down, I sensed something was different. OR b. Are we doing enough to save our planet? OR c. What are the best and worst aspects of being a teenager? Word Limit: 200-250 words The City School/ PAF Chapter/ Comprehensive Worksheet/Dec 2018/ English / Class 8 Page 4 of 12
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Reading : Part 1 (Unseen Passage) [25] Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. Growing up slowly spending warm summer nights on my grandparents porch in Foley, Alabama, has always been one of my favorite things to do. Last Sunday night was no exception. The temperature was just right it was 78 F with a light, cool breeze to deter the pesky mosquitoes from bothering us. The sun was close to setting, but we still could see it as it slowly descended behind the trees in the front yard of my grandparents house. I was in a rocking chair, enjoying a cool glass of lemonade. My grandparents were seated on the porch swing together, gently rocking back and forth. What a beautiful night, Grandma murmured. It reminds me of when we were younger, declared Grandpa. Remember all the fun yet simple things we used to do? My ears perked up, sensing a good story. Grandma said, The oranges are my favorite memory, and she launched into a wonderful, memory-filled narrative. I had just gotten a job at Rifkin s Grocery as a clerk. It was my very first job, and I was so apprehensive. I didn t want to make any mistakes, you see. I was saving up all my money for a trip south to Florida. Rifkin s sold all sorts of delicious fruits and vegetables. In fact, many of them were grown right in our own town. Everybody shopped there; it was a kind of meeting place for people to gather and visit with one another. One of my jobs was to help the farmers bring their produce into the store. I would help Mrs. Rifkin set out the fruits and vegetables in an attractive display for customers. Miss Amy always brought in her juicy, vivid red strawberries that were so sweet and delicious. Mr. Vroot was famous for his tender and mild okra. The O Malley children were experts in growing all kinds of sweet and flavorful tomatoes. However, my favorite fruit was relatively new to growers in Alabama the Satsuma orange. Grandma took a sip of her ice-cold lemonade before continuing. People in Alabama had tried to grow oranges before, but they had not had a tremendous amount of luck. The weather was often not very cooperative, since orange trees do not do well in cool weather. But by the 1940s, the Satsuma orange groves were doing quite well. In fact, the LaFay groves were the most luscious in town. I sat up very straight and alert. LaFay that was my last name! Was there a connection? Grandpa had a big grin on his face; it was clear he was enjoying the story, too. People were always asking for LaFay oranges, but they were only available during part of the year, Grandma declared. Mr. LaFay typically delivered the crates of oranges to Rifkin s Grocery early each Saturday morning so that we would have them for the weekend shoppers. Mr. LaFay was extremely friendly to me, and sometimes he even The City School/ PAF Chapter/ Comprehensive Worksheet/Dec 2018/ English / Class 8 Page 6 of 12
gave me an orange for free since his oranges were my favorite treat. One morning, when the weather was just like this, someone new delivered the oranges to the store. As the truck pulled up, I could see it wasn t Mr. LaFay but was someone younger, closer to my own age. The truck parked next to the back door and out jumped a young man dressed in a short-sleeved red shirt and blue jeans. Good morning! I ve come to deliver the oranges, he announced. The two of us had so much fun as we unloaded the oranges. Answer the questions: 1. Where did the author spend his summer? [1] 2. List the different fruits and vegetables for display. [3] 3. Describe Rifkin s Grocery. [3] 4. Why did the people of Alabama face bad luck? [3] 5. Summarize the passage in 50 words. [5] The City School/ PAF Chapter/ Comprehensive Worksheet/Dec 2018/ English / Class 8 Page 7 of 12
6. Change the following into reported speech. [4] a. The oranges are my favorite memory, said Grandma. b. It reminds me of when we were younger, declared Grandpa. 7. Write a synonym for each f the following words. [6] a. descended b beautiful c. delicious d. tremendous e. friendly f. unloaded The City School/ PAF Chapter/ Comprehensive Worksheet/Dec 2018/ English / Class 8 Page 8 of 12
Reading: Part 2 (Seen Passage / Literature) [25m] Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below. Then the stone door swung back with one big push, and they all went inside. There were bones on the floor and a nasty smell was in the air; but there was a good deal of food jumbled carelessly on shelves and on the ground, among an untidy litter of plunder, of all sorts from brass buttons to pots full of gold coins standing in a corner. There were lots of clothes, too, hanging on the walls too small for trolls, I am afraid they belonged to victims and among them were several swords of various makes, shapes, and sizes. Two caught their eyes particularly, because of their beautiful scabbards and jewelled hilts. Gandalf and Thorin each took one of these; and Bilbo took a knife in a leather sheath. It would have made only a tiny pocket-knife for a troll, but it was as good as a short sword for the hobbit. "These look like good blades," said the wizard, half drawing them and looking at them curiously. "They were not made by any troll, nor by any smith among men in these parts and days; but when we can read the runes on them, we shall know more about them."this was dreadful talk to listen to, not only use of the brave woodmen and their wives and children, but also because of the danger which now threatened Gandalf and his friends. The Wargs were and puzzled at finding them here in their very ting-place. They thought they were friends of woodmen, and were come to spy on them, and would take news of their plans down into the valleys, then the goblins and the wolves would have to fight a terrible battle instead of capturing prisoners devouring people waked suddenly from their sleep. So the Wargs had no intention of going away letting the people up the trees escape, at any rate not until morning. And long before that, they said, goblin soldiers would be coming down from mountains; and goblins can climb trees, or cut them down. Eventually, after a week or two of this sneaking of life, by watching and following the guards and g what chances he could, he managed to find where each dwarf was kept. He found all their e cells in different parts of the palace, and after e he got to know his way about very well. What was his surprise one day to overhear some of the guards talking and to learn that there was another f in prison too, in a specially deep dark place. He guessed at once, of course, that that was Thorin; after a while he found that his guess was right. At last after many difficulties he managed to find the e when no one was about, and to have a word the chief of the dwarves. Thorin was too wretched to be angry any longer at misfortunes, and was even beginning to think of g the king all about his treasure and his quest (which shows how low-spirited he had become), when he heard Bilbo's little voice at his keyhole. He could hardly believe his ears. Soon however he made his mind that he could not be mistaken, and he came to the door and had a long whispered talk with the hobbit on the other side. 1. Answer the following questions after reading the passage. a. What treasures did they find in the trolls cave? [3] b. Why did the two swords catch their eyes? [2] c. Who took the weapons from the trolls cave? [2] d. What did Bilbo take? [1] The City School/ PAF Chapter/ Comprehensive Worksheet/Dec 2018/ English / Class 8 Page 9 of 12
e. Why were the Wargs angry? [1] f. What did the Wargs think about Gandalf and his friends? [3] g. How did Bilbo find out about the dwarves? [2] h. What surprised Bilbo? [2] i. How do we know that Thorin had become low spirited? [2] 2. Write the character sketch of Bilbo Baggins with evidences [7] The City School/ PAF Chapter/ Comprehensive Worksheet/Dec 2018/ English / Class 8 Page 10 of 12
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