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CLASS : VIII ENGLISH (COURSE-'A')

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Underline the word that forms your answer. The first one has been<br />

done for you as an example.<br />

(3)<br />

Word that Missing Word that<br />

comes before word comes after<br />

Perhaps you're office worker. e.g. you're an office<br />

or a driver, a computer<br />

operator, or student<br />

(a) ____________________________________<br />

you're a person spends (b) ____________________________________<br />

a good portion of each day sitting.<br />

So why does back ache (c) ____________________________________<br />

The fact is most back troubles are(d) ____________________________________<br />

caused by poor posture weak<br />

muscles.<br />

(e) ____________________________________<br />

You take care of your back and keep (f) ____________________________________<br />

it fit by using good posture.<br />

9. Rearrange the following jumbled words/phrases to make meaningful<br />

sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example.<br />

(3)<br />

motivate / tips / are / a few / here / yourself / to<br />

e.g. – Here are a few tips to motivate yourself.<br />

(a) proper / day / with / start / your / planning.<br />

(b) new / as / come along / they / tricks / learn /<br />

(c) the / courage / right decision / moral / have / to take/<br />

10. Complete the following paragraph by choosing the correct option given<br />

in the brackets :<br />

(6×½=3)<br />

The novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is (a) ___________<br />

(of, about, for, around) a boy around the age of ten to thirteen years<br />

(b) ___________ (old, older, odest, elder) named Tom Sawyer. Tom is a very<br />

daring kid more or less to (c) ___________ (her, his, its, yours) own good.<br />

Tom has a friend, Huckleberry Finn who is (d) ___________ (banned, ban,<br />

banning, to ban) from entering the town. Tom is forbidden to speak to him<br />

(e) ___________ (and, but, so, or) does so anyway, being the daredevil that<br />

he (f) ___________ (is, was, has, had).<br />

11. Read the following instructions and complete the process by selecting<br />

the most appropriate answer from the options given below :<br />

(6×½=3)<br />

HOW TO MAKE TEA<br />

• Take half or quarter cup of milk.<br />

• Add water to fill the cup.<br />

• Pour it into a saucepan.<br />

• Put a half teaspoon of tea leaves and a half teaspoon of sugar into it.<br />

• Bring the mixture to a boil.<br />

• Allow it to simmer till it is light brown in colour.<br />

• Stain and pour the tea into a cup.<br />

<strong>VIII</strong>-<strong>ENGLISH</strong> <strong>COURSE</strong> - "A"<br />

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