GREENFINGERS GLOBAL SCHOOL, KHARGHAR

REVISION PAPER II

ENGLISH

CLASS: VIII TIME: 3 hrs.

SECTION – A (READING)

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

I entered the second class compartment and took a corner seat. A few minutes later, a large, noisy family rushed in and spread themselves all over the compartment. The parents arranged and rearranged their belongings on the luggage racks. A suitcase fell on the grandmother‟s feet and she shouted at them. The children quarreled and the baby cried.

Suddenly the whistle blew and with much clanging and groaning the train moved out of the station. It soon gathered speed and rushed on through the night.

My companions opened large tiffin carriers and settled down to their meal. But the baby‟s cries became howls and the grandmother hung a sari from the chain on the side wall of the carriage. She put the baby in this cradle and the baby stopped crying almost at once.

At the same time the train came to a stop. There was a great commotion. I looked out of the window and found that a large crowd had gathered outside and everyone was asking who pulled the chain. Suddenly I saw that the grandmother had hung the cradle on the alarm chain.

Questions:

1. Who were the occupants of the second class compartment? 2. Why did the grandmother shout? 3. How did she make a cradle? 4. Why did the train stop? 5. What two things stopped almost at the same time?

Q.2 Read this poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and answer the questions that follow:

A CHILD’S EVENING PRAYER

Ere on my bed my limbs I lay, God grant me grace my prayers to say:

O God! Preserve my mother dear In strength and health for many a year;

And, O! Preserve my father too, And may I pay him reverence due;

And may I my best thoughts employee To be my parents‟ hope and joy;

And O! preserve my brothers both From evil doings and from sloth,

And may be always love each other Our friends, our father and our mother:

And still, O Lord, tom me impart An innocent and grateful heart, That after my great sleep I may Awake to thy eternal day! Amen

Questions:

1. What does the child want to do before he sleeps? 2. What is the child‟s prayer for his mother? 3. How does the child hope he will himself behave? 4. What is the child‟s prayer for the entire family? 5. Find word from the poem that mean the same as the following: a) before and b) everlasting.

Q.3 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

People often fail to achieve their cherished goals for want of confidence. It is a matter of common observation that a student with greater confidence shows a better result than the one with greater knowledge. In a debate, the most impressive speaker is the one who is the most confident, not the one whose arguments have greater substance. It is the most confident team that wins a tournament.

Imagination and will power can help you to develop confidence. Imagine that you have already achieved what you keenly desire to achieve. To you want to top the class? Imagine that you have already changed from a nervous fidgety student to a confident, energetic, dynamic student who is ahead of his classmate in all situations, weather it is a class discussion, a weekly test, or the annual examination. Create a mental picture of yourself with the desire change. Then use your will power to bring about that change and convert that mental picture in to a reality.

Remember that the change in your personality will be brought about by your will power. Improving is like climbing up a steep hill and climbing up needs real hard work. It is your will power that will goad you to work hard. Motivation and hard work are equally important success. Imagination will provide motivation; will power will enable you to work hard.

It is absolutely necessary that imagination and will power work in Unisom. If you WILL to achieve something but your imagination dwells on thoughts of failure, your WILL will turn ineffective and you will not be able to achieve anything. So when you WILL so succeed, you should also imagine that you have succeeded.

Questions:

1. Complete the following sentences: (5 marks) a) According to the writer, people often fail in life because…………… b) In a debate, arguments are not as important………….. c) One important part of the success formula requires that we should imagine………. d) All hard work will go waste if we…………. e) Actual achievement in life comes through……… but imaginations provide………..

2. Why does a confident student turn out a better performer then other? (1 mark) 3. Why are imagination and will power important for success? (1 mark) 4. Find words from the passage which mean the following: (2 marks)

a) Strongly desired and cared for b) One who keeps making small movements which annoy others c) Full of ideas and enthusiasm d) Not able to produce any impact

5. Give a suitable heading for the passage. (1 mark)

SECTION B: WRITING

Q.4 On a recent train journey you faced many difficulties. There was no water in the toilets and many people without valid tickets got in to the reserved compartment. Write a letter to your father about your experience in 150-200 words.

Q.5 You and your sister decide to give surprise gifts to your parents on their marriage anniversary. Write a diary entry on how you managed to make your parents happy. (100-120 words)

Q.6 A rally was organized by an orphanage. The slogan was „Save and Protect the Girl-Child‟. You are Rohini/ Mathew of The Hindu newspaper. Write a report for your paper on the event in 150 words.

Q.7 Write a story with the help of the given clues.

Sunday morning – busy streets and eateries – short-circuit in a building‟s basement – people trapped – cries for help – fire-fighters called – property damaged – but people saved.

SECTION C: GRAMMAR

Q.8 Complete the following sentences with suitable clauses:

a) I came to know______________________________________________________

b) This is the trophy _____________________________________________________

Q.9 Identify the subordinate clause and state its kind.

a) Wherever you may go, I shall be able to find you.

b) The book that you are holding is a masterpiece.

c) Tell her what she wants to know.

Q.10 Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals from the brackets given.

a) He _________ go out as it is raining.

b) The meeting will start just now. They _________ be present.

c) We ________ to spend our money carefully.

d) __________ you go there?

e) We __________ look after our aged parents.

f) They __________ abuse the beggars.

Q.11 Fill in the blanks with correct tenses of the verbs given in the brackets:

Romila (a) ________ (go) to a hotel to celebrate her birthday in the evening. Many guest (b) _______(invite).

Her father (c) _________ (buy) a new dress for her and the mother (d) ________ (order) a chocolate cake.

Today she (e) __________ (turn) sixteen. She remembers that last year, she (f) _______ (gift) a bicycle by

her parents.

Q.12 State whether the following sentences are simple, compound or complex:

1. This car is very old but it is in good condition. 2. Let us hear what the Prime Minister says. 3. It is a familiar story told in a very interesting manner.

Q.13 Identify the kinds of following sentences:

a. Oh! I forgot to bring my purse.

b. Have a good time at the picnic.

c. Are you coming for the picnic?

d. We will give money to the poor.

Q14 Rearrange the following jumbled words and phrases into meaningful sentences:

a) you/ must / always/ be / so / formal

b) incidents / the / road rage/ are /on rise

c) do not / time / waste / precious / your

Section – D: Literature

Q15 Answer the following with reference to the context.

1. “There‟s more on the table, have one of those.”

a) Who said these words to whom?

b) Why did the speaker say these words?

2. “I can see nothing. Tell me what you have deduced from this hat?”

a) Who is „you‟ referred to in the above line?

b) What do you mean by the word „deduced‟?

3. „Sheets of white blossoms new-garnered, to perfume the sleep of the dead.‟

a) Name the poem and the poet.

b) Explain the above line.

Q16 Answer in 30 – 40 words each:

1. Why is Ruskin Bond comfortable with his Indianness?

2. Describe the surrounding vegetation of Bhimbetka.

3. Why did Masterjee think that Salim would be one of the finest stonemasons?

4. Why people thought to ship Anton to Spain?

5. How did books help the poet George Bernard Shaw?

Q17 Answer in 60 – 70 words any one of the following questions:

1. How has science affected our daily lives? Describe your ideas in relation to the poem „The Microscope‟.

2. There is no end to the adventures we can have if we seek them with our eyes open. Comment based on the

unit „The Adventure Express‟.

THE END

GREENFINGERS GLOBAL SCHOOL, KHARGHAR

FRENCH PRACTICE WORKSHEET- II

CLASS –VIII

I Complétez le texte avec les mots donné:

(belle –mère, a possédé, belle, mal, perdu ,remarier)

Blanche –neige , la plus ____ fille du royaume, a ______ sa mere. Son père a decide

de se ________. La belle mere de Blanche –neige ______ une beauté inégalée. Mais

tout allait _____ parceque la bele-mère n’a pas aimé Blanche-Neige.

II. Donnez le participle passé des verbs suivants :

Naître 2. passer 3. revenir 4. devenir 5. mourir. 6. être 7.avoir 8. voir 9. mettre 10. prendre

III. Mettez au passé compose :

1. Elle part pour sa maison .

2. Tu rentre chez toi .

3. J’a un examen

4. Elle offer un cadeau à son am .

5. Tu remplis un verre avec de l’eau.

6. Nous buvons du jus .

7. Vous arrivez à l’aéroport.

8. Nous venons de Nice .

9. Elles sortent de la classe .

10. Elle travaille à 11 heure .

IV. Conjuguez au passé composé :

1. Vous ____ (naître ) en quelle année ?

2. Marc ____ (arriver) en avance .

3. Hiersoir , nous (retourner ) du Maroc.

4. Je _____ (ne pas aller) à l’école .

5. Je ____ (lire ) le livre d’anglais .

6. Tu ____ (décrire ) l’image en 5 lignes.

7. Elle _____ (ouvrir) la porte .

8. Hier ,j’ai _______ (manger) des fruits.

9. Ils _____ (faire) du ski.

10. Elles _____ (pouvoir ) faire des sandwiches .

V. Mettez les phrases au present :

1. Ils sont arrive en retard .

2. Tu as répondu à ma question.

3. Je ne suis pas sorti avec mes cousins.

4. Il a visité les monuments .

5. Vous avez écrit à votre professeur.

Vi. Ecrivez ce que vous avez fat hier soir en cinq lignes .

GREENFINGERS GLOBAL SCHOOL

HALF YEARLY PRACTICE PAPER – II

SUBJECT-MATHEMATICS

CLASS-VIII MARKS-80

INSTRUCTIONS: -

Question number 1 to 6 consists of 1 mark each.

Question number 7 to 12 consists of 2 mark each.

Question number 13 to 22 consists of 3 mark each.

Question number 23 to 30 consists of 4 mark each.

All questions are compulsory to attend.

1. Verify – (-x) = x, if x =3

5.

2. If PQRS is a parallelogram find ∠P - ∠R. 3. Find the sum of all the angles of hexagon.

4. Write ones’ digit of cube of 23.

5. How many natural numbers lie between 52 and 62.

6. If x is any non-zerointeger, then find x-1.

7. (213 x 657)-1= (213)-1 x(a)-1 find a.

8. The ratio between exterior angle and interior angle of a regular polygon is 1:5 find

number of sides of the polygon.

9. Find the measure of each angle of a regular polygon of 20 sides.

10. The lengths of right angled triangle are 3 and 4, find its hypotenuse.

11. Find the next two numbers in the number pattern 1,4,9,16, 25……

12. Find the least number multiplied to 72 to make a perfect cube.

13. The product of two rational numbers is −14

27 . If one of the numbers be

7

9 , find the

other.

14. 7

11of all the money in Arun’s bank account is Rs.77000. How much money does

Arun have in his bank account?

15. If 8 x – 3 = 25 + 17 x, then find value ofx.

16. The sum of three consecutive odd natural numbers is 69. Find the prime numbers

out of these numbers.

17. The diagonals of the Rhombus are 8 cm and 16 cm. find its sides.

18. Three numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3 and the sum of their cubes is 4500. Find the

numbers.

19. If the radius of a cylinder is tripled but its curved surface area is unchanged then

find its height.

20. Three cubes of metal whose edges are 6cm, 8cm and 10cm respectively, are

melted into one single cube. find the edge of the new cube.

21. Find the value of [1-2 + 2-2 + 3-2] x 62.

22. Divide 293 by 1000000 and express the result in standard form.

23. The volume of the water in a tank is twice of that in other. If we draw out 25 litres

from the first and add it to other, the volumes of the water in each tank will be same.

Find the volumes of water in each tank.

24. The sum of four consecutive integers is 266. what are the integers?

25. The playground in the town is in the form of a kite. the perimeter is 106 m. If one of

its sides is 23 m, what are the lengths of the other three sides?

26. Construct a Rhombus whose side is 5cm and one angle is 600.

27. A 5.5m long ladder is leaned against the wall. The ladder reaches the wall to a

height of4.4m. Find the distance between the wall and the foot of the ladder.

28. Three numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3 and sum of their cubes is 4500. find the

numbers.

29. Two cylinders of same volume have their radii in the ratio 1:6, the find the ratio of

their heights.

30. The radius and height of a cylinder are in the ratio 3:2 and its volume is 19404 cm3.

Find its radius and height.

GREENFINGERS GLOBAL SCHOOL, KHARGHAR

PRACTICE PAPER II (HALF YEARLY EXAM)

SCIENCE- CLASS-8

Q. I) Very short answer questions:

1) Name two plantation crops.

2) What are the raw materials used for making synthetic fibres?

3) Why are sodium and potassium stored under kerosene?

4) Define: Pitch of sound

5) What are the advantages of synthetic fibres?

6) What is a biosphere reserve?

Q. II) Answer in two to three sentences:

7) What is destructive distillation of coal? Name the products obtained from it.

8) Write about two properties of metals.

9) How is Nylon made? Write its two uses.

10) What is food poisoning? What are its symptoms?

11) What are the factors affecting irrigation?

12) How does sound travel?

Q. III) Answer in around 50 to 70 words:

13) Why do we have to change the machine parts after some years?

14) Write an activity to show the existence of atmospheric pressure with diagram.

15) Draw the different types of cells having various shapes.

16) What are national parks? What is project tiger? Why was it launched?

17) What happens when metals react with bases? Do all metal react with bases?

Give an example with appropriate equation.

18) Write all characteristics of synthetic fibres.

Q. IV) Answer in around 70 to 80 words:

19) What is reactivity series of metals?

Give the order of the metals according to their decreasing chemical reactivity.

Will copper displace zinc from zinc from zinc sulphate solution? Explain why?

20) Differentiate between audible and inaudible sounds.

Give two important uses of ultrasound.

21) Why are ball bearings used in machines? How do they workout in vehicles?

What are lubricants?

22) Force has magnitude as well as direction. Explain.

23) Write a note on all the organelles present in plant cell.

24) Write about diseases caused due to micro organisms in animals.

Q. V) Answer in detail:

25) Write disadvantages of friction.

26) What are non contact forces? Explain them.

27) What is natural gas? Where does it occur? What are the advantages of using

CNG as a fuel?

28) a) Differentiate between metals and non metals.

b) What are metalloids? Give examples.

GREENFINGERS GLOBAL SCHOOL

PRACTICE PAPER-II

HALF YEARLY

SUBJECT-SOCIAL STUDIES

CLASS-VIII

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

Q.1: Why did woad producers in Europe pressurize their government to implement ban on the import of

indigo?

Q.2: What is the question hour?

Q.3: What is sustainable development?

Q.4: What does the word bandanna refer to?

Q.5: Classify resources on the basis of development.

Q.6: Explain any three occupations undertaken by the tribal’s.

Q.7:Give examples to show that the state allows exceptions in the law.

Q.8:Give three Mitigation mechanism of landslides.

Q.9:Describe Delhi during the time of Shah Jahan.

Q.10:Explain the formation of Rajya Sabha.

Q.11:Give two the differences between rock and ore.

Q.12:How did the development of cotton industries in Britain affect textile producers in India?

Q.13:Eplain three different levels of courts in our country.

Q.14:Name the three zones of mineral deposits in north America.

Q.15:Why the nawabs and farmers were unhappy with the British government?

Q.16:Give the uses of minerals.

Q.17:How did Birsa munda grew?

Q.18:Why is petroleum known as Black gold?

Q.19:What did the mughal army comprise of and how were they trained?

Q.20:Give various measures of conservation of forest resource.

Q.21:Explain mahalwari settlement.

Q.22:How does the independence of judiciary help in protecting fundamental rights of the citizens?

Q.23:How bio gas helps in generating power? Draw neat and labeled diagram.

Q.24:What happened to Bahadur shah zafar, Rani laxmibai and Tantia tope after the revolt was crushed?

Q.25:Explain the difference between ruling party and opposition party.

Q.26:State the difference between solar energy and tidal power.