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Summative-II Model Test Paper for class 8(English)

Class: VIII                                                                                                 Marks: 80 Subject: English
Name of the Student:                                                                                Roll Number:

Read the following narrative:
Once upon a time, there lived a poor man name APPAIAH, he was jobless. He
travelled on foot from village to village in search of occupation. During his sajourn, he
came across a goldsmith who requested him to visit his city and be his guest, wherever
he wished.
On the way, he came across the well. Inside the well were trapped a monkey, a
tiger, a snake and a man.
Task-I:
Answer the following questions: (10 marks)
1. What do you mean by the word “jobless” ?
2. How did the poor man travel?
3. Why did he go from place to place?
4. What was the request of the goldsmith?
5. APPAIAH travelled on foot. How do you go to you school, market, village
etc.,?
Continue reading the narrative:
“Help! Help!” cried all of them seeing APPAIAH, he was in a fix. If he pulled
out the tiger or the snake, they night have harmed. But both of them assured him that
they were not so ungrateful as to harm their saviour.

Task-II:

Write a possible conversation among APPAIAH, the snake and the tiger
APPAIAH:_________________
the Snake: _________________
APPAIAH:_________________
the tiger: _________________
APPAIAH:_________________

Task-III:

Write a paragraph on the feelings / thoughts of poor man at this point of the
story
(5 marks)
Continue reading the narrative:
So the APPAIAH pulled them out one by one. While taking leave the tiger
said, “I live in the jungle. Feel free to come for any help”, “just remember me and I
will be beside you,” promised the snake “if you ever need fruits for food, I am at your
service” offered the monkey.

Task-IV: (5 marks)

Did you help any one or receive any help from one on any occassion? write a
letter to your friend describing that occasion?
Continue reading the narrative:
It so happened that Appaiah met the monkey, the next day he received a large
gift of fruits from him. The monkey led him to the dean of the tiger. Happy on seeing
the brahmin, the tiger presented him a set a gold ornaments.

Task-V: (5 marks)

Have you ever received any gift / prize from anyone or have you ever presented
any one a gift. Describe that occasion / situation (10 min) in your words in five or six
sentences.
Continue reading the narrative:
“My worry is now over,” thought the brahmin, “I will sell the gold and live
happily.”

Task-VI: (10 marks)

Every one of us would like to live happily like Appaiah. What things would
you like to buy when you have enough money in your hands?

Task-VII:

Continue reading the narrative and write the opposites for the underlined
words. Appaiah then went to buy some jewels for this wife. He then remembered his
mother and he bought a shawl for her. He took reset under a tree for sometime and
continued to walk to his village. He could not believe his luck. When Appaiah reached
home, his children became happy seeing the gifts he brought for them. His wife and
children started questioning him about the gold, the money and the gifts.
Task-VIII: (10 marks)
Frame fire or six questions based on their conversion:
Clue: - How much, How long, How did, who, when, where etc.,

Task-IX: (10 marks)

Punctuate the following :
appaiah started narrating all the events he told them how he met the tiger and
others he described the hardships he went through.
Continue reading the narrative:
Appaiah after relaxing for sometime asked his son to show his notebooks. He
found certain errors in his books.

Task-X:

Given below are some sentences with errors identify them by drawing a line.
1. Suma is thin, Vani thin too
2. Where did the bat lived ever since the birds won the war?
3. Who the birds fighting with?
4. Look the following
5. The young ones and their mothers separated

Task-XI: (10 marks)

Read the following paragraph underlined words are misplaced. Rewrite the
paragraph putting them at correct places.
India is my unity, with country in diversity. A land of with cultures and many
vibrant colors. A union of having states and many different tastes. Tamilnadu for
apples and Kashmir for temples. Kerala for population and Uttar Pradesh for
Education

SUMMATIVE PAPER-II-2013 CLASS : IX (What Is Man Without the Beasts?)

 

SUMMATIVE PAPER-II-2013

CLASS : IX

SUBJECT : ENGLISH

Academic standards:

1.       Reading & Responding :  Tasks no 1 & 5

2.       Conventions of writing : Tasks  no  4

3.       Vocabulary : Tasks no : 2

4.       Grammatical  awareness : Tasks no 6

5.       Creative writing : 3 ,7,8 &9

                                                                                                                                               

Read  the  following  passage.

People choose different ways to protect the environment .Here is a speech delivered by a Red Indian Chief Seattle more than a century ago to save his land. Chief Seattle has become world famous for a moving speech he made in 1854, just before his lands were taken from him and his people. Seattle’s words resonate very well in the environmental community, and are in fact considered to be something like ‘a gospel of the greens’.

“How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the Earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clear and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people. The sap which courses through the trees carries the memory and experience of my people. The sap which courses through the trees carries the memories of the red man.

Task -1

Answer the quest ions.                                                    3 X 2 ½ = 7 1/2

1.   

Why did the Chief Seattle become world famous?

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2.    Is

it possible to sell the sky and warmth of the land ? If “yes” or “no”, how can you say?

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3.    What are the different ways to protect the environment? Explain.

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ask-2

Write the synonyms to any five underlined  words from  the above passage.                                                                               10 M

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Task-3

Prepare a speech on “ Environment  protection”.                                  10 M

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Task – 4

Edit the passage.   ( use punctuations,tense, articles, prepositions where necessary)                                                                                              5 M

It’s not funny she said  even mummy says he should have been a brigadier It was on the tip of his tongue to made a witty remark (‘Perhaps that’s why he’s still a colonel’), but he did not want to give offence. They stand on either side of the wall, appraising each other. What stopped the narrator from making an witty comment. Why.  ‘Well,’ she said finally. ‘If you don’t want to buy the house, what are you looking at?’ ‘I used for live here once.’ ‘Oh’ ‘Twenty-five years ago. As a boy, As a young man.... And then my grandmother died, and we sold the house and went away.

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Task – 5

Read the following passage.

You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of our grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the Earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the Earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. This we know - the Earth does not belong to man - man belongs to the Earth. All things are connected like the blood which unites one family. All things are connected . Whatever befalls the Earth - befalls the sons of the Earth. Man did not weave the web of life - he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. Even the white man, whose God walks and talks with him as friend to friend, cannot be exempt from the common destiny. We may be brothers after all. We shall see. One thing we know, which the white man may one day discover - Our God is the same God. You may think now that you own Him as you wish to own our land, but you cannot. He is the God of man, and His compassion is equal for red man and the white. The Earth is precious to Him, and to harm the Earth is to heap contempt on its creator. The whites too shall pass, perhaps sooner than all other tribes.

Answer the following questions.                                                         3 X 21/2= 71/2

1.    What is to be taught to the children?

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2.    How is the earth  useful to human beings?

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3.    What is the opinion of the  white about God?

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Task- 6

Prepare  five possible questions with the help of task -5 paragraph.             10 M

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Task- 7

Describe  any one  picture in your own words.                                                            

           

Task – 8

Prepare  a profile of Chief Seattle.                                                                             10 M

            A chief to the Duwamish people his native name is closer to Si'ahl. The city found in the state of Washington is named after him. He is famous for having made a speech that was generally in favor of being responsible to the environment and to have respect of the land rights of his people.

It is said he was born in 1780, on the Black River near what is now the city of Kent. He was just a young man when he earned the reputation of being both a warrior and a leader because of the many defeating ambushes that he led. He and his group primarily attached the S'Klallam and the Chimakum along the Green River up from the foothills of the Cascades.

At just about six feet he was considered both broad and tall for a Puget Sound native and there for given the nickname, Le Gros or The Big One by the traders with the Hudson Bay Company. His spouse name is La-Dalia olahi.He also became known as an orator because of his articulate address regarding relations between the Native Americans and the Europeans.

He was baptized Noah into the Roman Catholic Church. In March of 1854 he gave a speech to a great number of people just outside of Seattle in regards to Native lands. He spoke while resting his hand on the Governor and it has been translated several times. He reportedly thanked the Europeans for their generosity and also asked to have guaranteed access to the Native American burial grounds. He died on June 6^th 1866.

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Task- 9                                                                                                                        10 M

Prepare a possible conversation  between the two friends about environment.

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Weekly Test-IV 10th English T/M By Raghuram

WEEKLY TEST-IV

Subject: English                                                                                            Max. Marks: 25

 

Roll No.                                                                                                          Time: 1 Hour

I. Answer any FIVE questions:                                                                               5X1=5

1.      How is the narrator’s Christmas meeting different from that of Francis Randal?

2.      In what way are the two dogs different from their masters?

3.      Why was the conversation between Patel and Gandhi important?

4.      What kind of world does Tagore wish to have?

5.      What made Bassanio change his mind in presenting the ring to the lawyer?

6.      What was the gift that Lorenzo and Jessica got?

II. Complete the poem:                                                                                             2

Where the clear stream of reason ……………….let my country awake.

III. Read the following passage:     

Thank you for the letter. I would rather have a dog than you.          

Now answer the following questions:                                                                      1

a.       Who is the speaker?

b.      What does he mean about his neighbour?

IV. Read the following passage:

“Please run after that lawyer and give him this ring”

Now answer the following questions:                                                                      1

a.       Who is the speaker speaking to?

b.      Who is the lawyer really?

V. Read the following passage:

Because the human body is made up of billions of living cells, death nearly always occurs in stages. As the heart stops beating and the blood stops circulating, cells in all parts of the body die. Cells cannot live without the oxygen and the food that the blood supplies. The time of dying may be measured in minutes, hours, or even days.

Now answer the following questions:                                                                      1

a.       How does death occur?

__________________________________________________________________________

b. What happens when heart beating and blood circulation stop?

__________________________________________________________________________

VI. Read the following passage:

The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was not a tea party at all, but the first major act of defiance on the part of the American colonies against their British rulers. The British parliament had imposed taxes on the colonies. A party of prominent citizens disguised themselves as Native Americans and secretly boarded the ships that were laden with tea. They then threw the entire cargo of tea overhead this was the beginning of the American War if independence.

Now answer the questions:                                                                                       ½ +½+1= 2

1.      The Boston Tea Party was an act of --------------------------------

2.      A party of citizens -----------------------and boarded-----------------------

3.      Choose the words from List A to match the meaning in List B and write it in the space provided.

List A:            prominent, entire, defiance, laden

List B:

                          i.      Very important-----------------------------

                        ii.      Non-cooperation----------------------------

VII. Complete the following passage using the appropriate words give. Each blank is numbered

        and for each blank four choices are given. Write (a),(b),(c) or (d) in each blank.                   2          European slave traders took Africans ------ (1) North America ----- (2) force. They made them---- (3) as slaves on plantations. Today, black and white people live ----- (4) equal citizens in America.

1. a. than                     b. for                           c. of                             d. to

2. a. by                                    b. with                         c. away                        d. from

3. a. works                   b. working                   c. work                        d. worked

4. a.  like                      b. as                             c.  also                         d. so

VIII. Match the parts of sentence under A with those under B. Write the letter of the sentence part against the sentence part in ‘A’.                                                              1

A                                                                          B

1. They came by air,                                        (            )         shall we?

2.  Let’s go to the museum,                            (            )         b. didn’t they?

IX. Rewrite as directed:                                                                                            ½x4=2

a.       I was very tired. I went to bed early    (Combine the two sentences using ‘so ---that’)

b.      The bell rang .All the children rushed out. (Combine the two sentences using ‘As soon as ’)

c.       They played well. They won the trophy. (Combine the two sentences using ‘since’)

d.      “Were you able to meet her?” they asked me .( Report the sentence)

XI. Choose the right word from those given in brackets to complete the sentences            ½x2=1

a.       The old man is suffering from heart problem. He should  see  -------

(an ophthalmologist, a cardiologist, a neurologist)          

b.      The meeting ended ----- soon after the departure of the minister.( speedily, abruptly, nastily)

XII. Completr the following words by using ‘ie’ or ‘ei’                                                     1

  a. aud—nce                                                   b. shr—k

XIII. What do the following sentences mean?                                                        ½ X2= 1

i.        Shall I do it for you?

a. offering help                  b. seeking help            c. giving permission    d. making request

ii. If I were you, I wouldn’t miss the opportunity.

     a. request                            b. suggestion               c .command                 d. refusal

XIV.    Write a letter to your brother advising him to join NCC. Tell him the importance of NCC and the value of the certificate in interviews and other competitive exams.                                   5         

Prepared by

M. Raghuram