8th Half Yearly

ADITYA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, KOTPUTLI
Half Yearly Examination (2023-24)

Subject: English
Class: VIII
Time: 2.30 Hours. M.M. 80
Name: ________________ Roll No____________
Part- I
Choose the correct answer : (1×9)
1. I received your letter this morning. Here ‘received’ means :

(a) got (b) sent
(c) gave (d) provided
2. After the last visitor had left, the animals of a zoo used to assemble every day. The
meaning of the word “Zoo” is :
(a) a place where animals are sold.
(b) a place where animals are cut.
(c) a place where animals are kept and given artificial protection.
(d) a place where animals are treated.
3. Which of the following is not related to school ?

(a) Student (b) Teacher
(c) Mid Day Meal (d) Aeroplane
4. Which of the following is not a possessive adjective ?

(a) my (b) there
(c) his (d) your
5. Mohan is studying __________my room.

(a) on (b) in
(c) into (d) under
6. I ___________ her last year.

(a) am meet (b) was met
(c) met (d) meet
7. The tenants _________ lived in the surrounding houses have left.

(a) who (b) whose
(c) whom (d) which
8. He _______________ to Agra next year.

(a) will go (b) went
(c) have gone (d) had gone
9. She ___________ to school daily.

(a) is going (b) are going
(c) goes (d) went
Part-II
10. Write the opposite words for the following words : (1×2)
(a) Far
(b) Question
11. Write the plurals of the following words : (1×2)

(a) Story
(b) Book
12. Give one word for the following group of words : (1×2)
(a) A person who teaches in the school. t………
(b) A piece of land surrounded by water. i………
13. Write the missing letters in the following words : (1×2)

(a) el _ ph _ nt
(b) he _ rt
14. Make new words by adding “hood, ship” to the following words properly : (1×2)
(a) Child + ………… =
(b) Citizen + ………… =
15. Change the following sentences into passive voice : (1×2)

(a) She cooks food.
(b) Are you doing homework ?
16. Fill in the blanks with the help of the words given in the bracket : (1×2)
(share, close, assembly)
(a) Aman and Naman are ___________ friends.
(b) They always ____________ lunch with each other.
17. Fill Frame question of the following sentence: (1×2)

(a) How ......................................................?
I was running fast.
(b) ......................................................?
Yes, I am making tea.
18. Add Question Tag to the statement given below. (1×2)

(a) Mohan will go to school,........................?
(a) Her brother bought a new car last week,........................?
19. Fill correct form of the verb given in the bracket: (1×2)
(a) She generally ____________ tea but today she is taking coffee. (take)
(b) I _________________ food before I went to school. (take)
20. Change the degree of the adjective given in the bracket : (1×2)
(a) Budhraj is the ___________ man in this village. (tall)
(b) Sohan is ____________________ than his sister. (intelligent)
21. Use Punctuation marks such as comma, question marks and the capital letters in the
following sentences wherever required. (1×2)
(a) What is your name.
(b) she bought a pen three pencils and a notebook.
Part- III
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below : (1×5)
The next morning, when Sangeeta was going to school, she saw someone drowning in the
canal. She jumped into the canal immediately. The flow of the water was fast. Sangeeta
caught the hand of the drowning child tightly. After trying hard she could pull her to the
bank. When she saw the face of the rescued child she was astonished. She was none other
than Roshni’s sister Adhi Shri. By the time a large crowd gathered there everyone was
praising Sangeeta.
22. Who was going to school the next morning ?

23. What did Sangeeta see ?
24. Who was the rescued child ?
25. What was everyone doing ?
26. What was the name of Rohini’s sister ?
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below : (1×5)
Gandhiji wanted to live like a poor villager. He dressed like one and lived in a hut. His needs
were very few and he owned only a few things. He had only two or three dhoties, a pocket
watch, a pair of spectacles and a pair of chappals. He ate from a wooden bowl with a wooden
spoon.
Gandhiji led us in our fight against foreign rule and got us our freedom. But he fought
without arms. He practised ahimsa and was fearless. The foreign rulers put him in jail a
number of times. But he did not hate them. He never hated anyone. He loved all the people of
the world. So people everywhere called him a Mahatma.
27. How did Gandhiji want to live?

28. How did Gandhiji fight?
29. Why did people call him a Mahatma?
30. Identify and write one word for the following:
A person who does not fear anyone.
31. Find out the word from the passage which is opposite to “Violence”.
32. Answer any four of the following questions in about 30-40 words: (3×4)
(i) What are the three qualities that played a major role in the author’s climb?
(ii) What were the ‘symbol of reverence’ left by the members of the team on Everest?
(iii) Where did Bepin Babu say he went in October ’58?
(iv) How did the East India Company subdue the Indian princes?
(v) Why did Tilli’s family come to Thailand?
(vi) What jobs did Hans Wolf and Jim Macpherson have when they were not soldiers?
Part- IV
33. You are Mohan. Your friend Sohan got A+ grade in class VIII. Write a letter
congratulating him on his grand success. (1×8)
OR
You are Rohan or Rohini. Your father is a poor farmer. Write an application to your principal
to lend you books from Book-bank.
You may use the following clues-
(poor farmer, big family, cannot purchase books, well behaved, Book-bank)
34. Write a story with the help of given outlines in about 80 words. Give the title and moral
to it. (1×8)
An old farmer……………. Four sons ……………. quarrells ……………….
ill……………….. calls…………….. give ……………….. bundle of sticks ………………..
asks to break ……………………. unties ……………..easily……………… suggests
……………… live ……………….. harm ……………… again.
OR
A lion ………………. sleeping………….. a mouse ……………… comes ………………..
begins …………………… to jump ………………….. body ……………….. wakes up
………………. catches the mouse …………………. wants to kill ……………………
requests …………….. leave ………………… promises ………………… help
………………. laughs …………….. a net ………………. cuts …………… free and happy.
35. Write a short paragraph of about 80 words on anyone of the following : (1×9)
‘A visit to a fair’
OR
Write a short paragraph of about 80 words on ‘Deepawali’.

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ADITYA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, KOTPUTLI

Half Yearly Examination (2023-24)

1. I received your letter this morning. Here ‘received’ means :

3. Which of the following is not related to school ?

4. Which of the following is not a possessive adjective ?

5. Mohan is studying __________my room.

6. I ___________ her last year.

7. The tenants _________ lived in the surrounding houses have left.

8. He _______________ to Agra next year.

9. She ___________ to school daily.

11. Write the plurals of the following words : (1×2)

13. Write the missing letters in the following words : (1×2)

15. Change the following sentences into passive voice : (1×2)

17. Fill Frame question of the following sentence: (1×2)

18. Add Question Tag to the statement given below. (1×2)

22. Who was going to school the next morning ?

27. How did Gandhiji want to live?

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