Holiday Homework STD 8

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DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

SECTOR 14, ROURKELA 14

Holiday Homework Std 8

1) Read the chapter “Tsunami” and elaborate how people's lives were deeply impacted
because of that.
Also mention how and why a natural disaster like Tsunami occurs.

2) Read a book of your choice and write a review.


You can read a book by any of the following Authors:
I. Enid Blyton
II. O’Henry
III. Charles Dickens
IV. Ruskin Bond
V. Arthur Conan Doyle

3) Solve the Questions given below:

A.Choose the correct option.

1. A noun

a.is a person, place or thing.


b.shows action or state of being.
c.describes a noun or pronoun.
d.describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.

2. An adverb

a.is a person, place or thing.


b.shows action or state of being.
c.describes a noun or pronoun.
d.describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.

3. A verb

a. is a person, place or thing.


b. shows action or state of being.
c. describes a noun or pronoun.
d. describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.

4. An adjective

a.is a person, place or thing.


b.shows action or state of being.
c.describes a noun or pronoun.
d.describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.
B. Write the definition and give two examples of the following Parts of Speech.

1. Preposition:
2. Conjunction
3. Pronoun
4. Interjection

C. In the sentences given below, name the part of speech of the underlined words.

1. The hungry cat scratched at the back door.

2. We spend the summer months at the beach.

3. I left my backpack in the car this morning.

4. When it rains. I like to go to the movies.

5. He sat by the window and watched the rain.

6. I could hardly hear them speaking.

7. My cat prefers dry food.

8. He is always watching a football game.

9. I learned a lot about grammar in third grade.

10. I usually don't like to go shopping.

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