Organisation : Kendriya Vidyalaya Boudh
Exam Name : Formative Assessment-I 2015-16
Subject : English
Class : VIII
Document Type : Sample Question Paper
Location : Orissa, India
Website : https://boudh.kvs.ac.in/
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English Sample Question Paper :
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA BOUDH :
Formative Assessment-I 2015-16 :
Subject:English
Class: VIII
Time: 1.5 hrs
F.M: 40
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Instructions:-
1. Answer all the questions.
2. All answers must be correctly numbered as in the question paper and written in the answer sheet provided to you.
3. Attempt all the questions in each section before going on the next question.
4. Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.
SECTION A : (READING) (8 MARKS)
1. Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow(8)
In England ,Gandhiji, at first did not give his time entirely, to his studies. He tried to copy fashionable English gentleman in everyway. Like so many young man of his age ,he was attracted by what was new and foreign. He wasted a lot of money on buying smart English clothes. He started talking lessons in ball-room dancing, playing the violin etc. What a change from the shy boy on the ship who would not talk to other passenger ! After three months , he suddenly realized how silly it was to waste his good brother’s money on such thing. After this , he devoted all his time to serious study. From the very childhood,whenGandhiji found out that he wasdoing a wrong thing , he at once stopped doing it.
i) Who did not give his time entirely to his studies ?
ii) Where was Gandhijistudying ?
iii) What did he try to copy ?
iv) What was Gandhiji attracted by ?
v) How did he waste his money ?
vi) Who was shy ?
vii) What did Gandhijirealize ?
viii) Write the name of the city mentioned in the above passage.
SECTION B : (WRITING& GRAMMAR) (18 MARKS)
2. Your school is going to organize an essay writing competition in the up-coming CCA programme. Write a notice for the students’ notice board giving necessary details. You are Neha/Nihar ,the CCA captain of the school (4)
3. Write a letter to your grandfather thanking him for presenting you a beautiful birthday gift.
4. Edit the following passage by finding out one mistake in each line and writing the correct one. ( ½ X 8= 4)
INCORRECT CORRECTION :
Man is the social animal and _the_________ ___a________
he can’t lived without society. a) ____________ _ ____________
He have various responsibilities b) ____________ _ ____________
which he shoulder to lead c) ____________ _ ____________
the happy life. Without duty d) ____________ _ ____________
their life is meaningless. e) ____________ _ ____________
Duty give more happiness f) ____________ _ ____________
than right. Thus, it should be g) ____________ _ ____________
aware at his duty. h) ____________ _ ____________
5. Rearrange the following jumbled words to frame meaningful sentences.(1×4=4)
i. Superior / my bat / yours / to / is
ii. The second / the first sum / easier / than / is
iii. Than / friend / enemy / a foolish / a wise / is better
iv. Sincerely / duty / we / do / should / our
SECTION C : (LITERATURE) (14 MARKS)
6. Read the given extract and answer the following questions.(3)
But it was difficult to understand.
That the men on the earth found
Causes to hate each other, to build
Walls across cities and to kill.
Questions. :
i. What is difficult for the poet to understand?
ii. How do the men on the earth behave?
iii. Which word in the extract means ‘reasons’?
7. Answer any three of the following questions : (2×3=6)
i. How did the cricket spend his summer and spring?
ii. Why do Jim and Hans think that games or sports are good ways of resolving conflicts?
iii. What is Connie’s Christmas present ? Why is it the best Christmas present ?
iv. What made the dog, the horse and the ox very angry?
8. Answer any one of the following.(5)
The cricket suffered due to its laziness. Explain.
OR
Write a paragraph about the behavior of camel.