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Annual Examination- 2008-09 Class-viii Subject- English

Reading Skill (SEEN)-10 1. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
With only a few rupees in her hand, she went into the most wretched slums of the city, to begin her charitable mission. She started her work in the slum area around Loreto Convent, Entally. She took five or six children and began to teach them under a tree near a stagnant pool. Some people noticed this and donated tables and chairs, and a black board. Soon more children belonging to different religions joined her class. She asked for help and collected some money. With that she rented two rooms at five rupees per month. She took the children for a bath in the tank and taught them to be clean and tidy. She gave them lessons on hygiene and reading and taught them not to use bad language and always to help others. People liked what was happening and help came from various corners. Soon the school began to grow and was given the name 'Nirmal Hriday'. A. Tick off () the correct alternatives: 1x4 (i) Teresa commenced her work in the slum area around- (a) Loreto Convent [ ] (b) Margaret Convent [ ] (c) La Martin Convent [ ]. (ii) Loreto Convent is situated in -(a) Kolkata [ ] (b) Delhi [ ] (c) Mumbai [ ] . (iii) Teresa rented two rooms at (a) about five rupees per month [ ] (b) sixty rupees per year [ ] (c)more than five rupees per month[ ] . (iv) 'Nirmal Hriday' was (a) the name given to a school [ ] (b) a college [ ] (c) a hospital [ ].

B. Answer the following questions in one/two sentences. 2x3

(i) What did Teresa teach to the slum children? (ii) How did Teresa start her noble mission? (iii) How was the school turned into 'Nirmal Hriday'?

Reading (UNSEEN)-10
2. Read the following passage and answer the questions given below Tansen held a high position in Akbar`s court. This was not liked by many. They requested Akbar to ask Tansen to sing Deepak Raag. It was a wonderful Raag. When Sung properly, it makes the atmosphere so warm that gradually the 'Deepak' or the lamp will catch fire, and ultimately the singer himself will die out of immense heat. Akbar was ignorant of the effect of the Raag. So, he ordered Tansen to sin Deepak Raag. Tansen knew that it was almost a death sentence for him. But he could not disobey the emperor. Fortune favours the brave. He was not born to turn back at unseen danger. On the fateful day Tansen began the alap and the air became warm. As the tempo of the Raag eas created the birds fell down dead. People cried in horror as flames shot up and unlit lamps burnt. A. Answer the following questions in one/two sentences 2x3 (i) Who was Tansen? (ii) Why was he disliked by many? (iii)What happens when Deepak Raag is sung properly? B. Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements. 2 (i) Everybody loved Tansen. [ ] (ii) Tansen sang 'Badal Raag' [ ]

C. Find out words in the passage which are opposite in meaning to the following.
(i) Coward-(ii) Obey--

Grammar & Vocabulary. 3. Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions 1x3
(i) I prefer tea --------------- coffee. (ii) He died -----------------cancer. (iii) They are fond ------------------ sweets. 4. Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with appropriate phrasal verbs given below

(Change the form if necessary) 1x2 (i) Tolerate punishment, but not insult. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------(ii) Over eating affects my aunt. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5. Do as directed 1x5 (i) It is our duty not to support the corrupt (use modal and rewrite) ________________________________________________________________________________ (ii) It _______________________(rain) since the morning. (Fill on the blanks with verb in bracket) (iii) Come in (voice change)_______________________________________________ (iv)Charity begins at home. Who will deny it? (Join using noun clause) __________________________________________________________________________________ (v) I saw a boy. He was playing football. (Shorten the sentence) _________________________________________________________________________________ Writing Skill 20 6. The following advertisement appeared in The Telegraph on March 4, 2009. Write an application in response to it. (10) Rotary Club Kolkata announces "SIT & DRAW COMPETITION" (class viii) Subject: The Rising or Setting Sun Date of competition: - 20th March/ Last date of application: - 15th March`09 Write to: The Secretary Rotary Club, Kolkata.

7. Study the flowing flow chart and write a paragraph on how image is made. (10) Making bamboo structure-- wrapping the structure with straw -- Putting clay on straw--- left to dry--coilouring---decorating eiyh clothes and ornaments--ready for sale.