Class 8 Sample Paper 2022 English

CASE
SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER

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

(a)Reading: 15 Marks (b) writing: 10 marks
(c) Grammar: 10 marks (d) Literature: 50 marks

Q.1 Read the following passage and answers the questions that follow:

There are two different kinds of camel, one, known as the Dromedary, it has a single hump; the
other is called a Bactrian camel and has two humps. The humps help the animal to survive in the
desert, by acting as storage containers. They actually contain fat which gives food to the camel when
there is no food. 1x7 MARKS

(a) Name the two kinds of camels?
(b) How many humps does the Dromedary camel have?
(c) How many humps does the Bactrian camel have?
(d) How do the humps help the camel?
(e) What do the humps contain?
(f) Find a word from the passage which means the same as remain alive.
(g) Find the opposite of the word ‘take’ from the passage. Look at the poster given below and
answer the questions that follow:
Q.2

1.) We must eat a _____diet. 1x4
2.) Eggs contain ___________.
3.) We must include _______in our diet.
4.) ____________are good vegetables.
5.) What should we eat to be fit? 2x2
6.) Name the different things in a balanced diet.

WRITING SECTION
(10 MARKS)

Q.3 Write a letter to your younger brother advising him to study hard for his upcoming annual exam.
You may use the hints given in the box.

Hints: your exam approaching, you should work hard, hard work key to success, make time table,
concentrate on weak area. 5 MARKS

Address

Date

Dear

I am fine here __________________________________________

______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

Yours __________

_______________

OR

You have attended the birthday party of your close friend, write a diary entry sharing your view about
your joys and happiness. Use these hints. 5 MARKS

My close friend’s birthday, a big party, I bought gift games and dance, great snacks, cake cutting,
return gifts.

Q.4 using the hints given in the box, write a paragraph on the topic ‘my favorite festival’. 5 MARKS

Name of the favorite festival, when it falls, how it is celebrated, why it is celebrated exchange gifts
and wishes festivals given happiness.

OR

Complete the story by filing the blanks with the words given in the box 5 MARKS

Road, dry, water, fever, lightening blooms.

The gardener was down with __________. There was no one to ______the plants. He was worried about
the flower beds as they would be ______without water. He kept looking out from the inside of the hut
and wished someone to come that way. Hours passed but on one crossed form the ________outside his
hut. He was unable to move. Suddenly he heard thunder and ____________. His eyes were filled with
joy. Now the rain shall water the plants and the flowers will bloom.

SECTION ‘C’

GRMMAR 10 MARKS

Q.5 Choose the correct preposition to fill in the blanks 1x2=2 MARKS

1. We are going for a school trip _______Friday (on/at).

2. The match starts_8PM (at/on).

Q.6 chooses the correct degree of adjective to complete tree (short/shorter). 1x2=2 MARKS

1. The mango tree is ______than the coconut tree (Short/shorter).

2. Manish is the ________boy in the class (tall/tallest).

Q.7 uses the correct from of the verb to fill in the blanks. 1x2=2 MARKS

1. Raveena _________to the temple everyday (go/goes).

2. I _____football with my friends last Saturday (play/played).

Q.8 choose the correct prefix or suffix from the box to complete the sentence. 1x2=2 MARKS

Re, Able, ness, in

1. The teachers asked Ramesh to _______ (arrange) the books on the shelf.
2. We should wear __________ (comfort) clothes at work.

Q.9 Rearrange the given words to form a meaningful sentence. 1x2=2 MARKS

1. must/help/poor/the /we

2. work/hard/we/to/successful/must/be

SECTION –D
LITERATURE (15 MARKS)
Q.10 Read the extract given below and answers the questions. 1X3=3 MARKS
“Pa, I’m a big boy now and don’t need to drink milk.

Why don’t I go and see if I can find the fawn?”

“And bring it here?”

1. Who is the big boy being talked about in these lines?
2. Who does he want to give his share of mile to?
3. What did he want to do with the fawn?

Q.11 Read the stanzas and answers the questions that follow. 1X3=3 MARKS

Said the Duck to the kangaroo,

‘Good gracious! How you hop!

Over the field and the water too,

As if you never would stop!

My life is bore in this nasty pond,

And I long to go out in the world beyond!

1. Where all does the Kangaroo hop?
2. How is the life of the duck?
3. Give the Rhyme scheme of this stanza?

Q.12 Answer the following questions in 1-2 sentences (Do any 3?) 2X3=6 MARKS

1. Had Bepin Babu actually lost his memory?

2. What did the speaker say to the child in the poem ‘The last Bargain?

3. What had happened to Jody’s father?

4. Who was Bepin Babu’s doctor?

Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words. Do any one.

Q.13 Write a brief character sketch to Chunnilal. 3 MARKS

Or

How did Jody look after the fawn?