Class 8 Sample Paper 2023 English

CASE
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER

CLASS VIII SUBJECT: ENGLISH
TIME: 2.30 HOURS MAX MARKS-50

General instructions: The paper is divided into 4 sections.
Section – A: READING 10 MARKS

Section – B: WRITING 15 MARKS

Section – C: GRAMMAR 10 MARKS

Section – D: LITERATURE 15 MARKS

READING SECTION
Q.1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the question that follow:
Sarus is the largest bird found in India. It is as tall as an average sized person. It is also the biggest flying
bird in the biggest flying bird in the world. Sarus usually move about pairs. When they are with the
young ones; they may be seen in groups of three to four. In summer, four or five of them may group
together, especially near water bodies’.

The featherless head of the Sarus is ash coloured. The upper portion of the neck is red. The legs are pink
and the beak is coloured slightly with green. The rest of the body is grey. The neck, legs and beak are
long. When the wings are closed, their feathers hang over the tail. The male and female Sarus are alike.
Sarus is one of the few birds in India which tradition does not allow to be killed. 1x6

1. How does the Sarus move when with young ones?
2. Why is the Sarus the biggest flying bird?
3. What is the difference between the male and the female Sarus?
4. The Sarus does not have_________on its head but does have wings ?
5. How can you say that the Sarus is a colourful bird?
6. Why isn’t a Sarus killed?

Q.2 Look at the poster given below and answer the questions that follow.

EXAM STRESS ANXIETY
WORRY

 Do not stress during Exams
1.  What
Set should
time table
we use do to prevent stress during Exams? Give any TWO ways.
 Study regularly
 Eat healthy food
 Exercise Regularly
That’s the key to success

2. Students usually become anxious and _______during Exams.
3. How should a student study throughout the year?
4. Find a word from the passage which is the opposite of failure.

SECTION-B WRITING (10 MARKS)

Q.3 Write a letter to your younger sister encouraging her to work hard for the upcoming Exam. 5

OR

You are Yogita/Yogesh a student of class VIII of Bharati Gyanmpeeth . You missed unit test. Write a
letter to the principal of your school requesting him/her to allow you to reappear for the same giving
reasons for your absence.

Q.4 Write a Paragraph on any ONE of the following topics (word limit 80-100 words) 5

a. My favourite festival

b. Republic Day.

SECTION-C GRAMMAR
Q.5 Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition. 2 MARKS
1. The cat jumped_____the wall (in/into).

2. The land was divided __________the two brothers (between/among). 2 MARKS

Q.6 Fill in the blanks with the correct degree of Adjective. 2 MARKS

1. The picnic is going to the held ________Saturday. (on/at).

2. The sweets were distributed ____the students. (among/between)

Q.7 fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb. 2 MARKS

1. it _________(rain)since morning.

2. He ________(pass) the exam with flying colours.

Q.8 Add the correct Prefix or Suffix to complete the sentence. 2 MARKS

ily, in, dis, able

1. It is __________ (polite) to chew food with your mouth open.

2. The tortoise kept walking _______ (steady).

Q.9 Re arranges the given words to form a meaningful sentence. 2 MARKS

1. Smiling/have/morning/me/must/a/face/in/the.

2. must/each/help/we/other/need/times/of/in

SECTION-D LITERATURE
(15 MARKS)
Q.10 Read the extract given below and answer the questions given below:-
He said, “Ma,Pa says I can go bring back the fawn.”

She held the coffee pot in mid-air.

“What fawn?

“The fawn belonging to the doe we killed

(a) Why was the doe killed?
(b) What had Pa told Jody?
(c) What is the present farm of the verb ‘held’?

Q.11 Read the stanza given below and answer the questions that follow. (1x3)

‘Please give me a ride on your back!’

Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.

‘I would sit quite still, and say nothing but “Quack,”

(a) Where did the Duck want to sit?
(b) What did the Duck say she would do?
(c) What is the rhyme scheme in their lines?

Q.12 Answer any 3 of the following questions.

(a) Describe the activities of macavity in your own words.

(b) How could Bepin Babu’s loss of memory be treated according to Dr. Chanda.

(c) How did Jody look after the fawn?

(d) What did the king want from the speaker in the poem ‘The last Bargain’?

Q.13 Answer any one of the given questions in 40-50 words. 3

(a) Write a brief charater sketch of Bepin Babu.

OR

(b)Why did Jody want to bring the fawn home.