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Worksheet-1Comprehension
Ques.1) Read the following passage and answer the given questions:
New Delhi: it’s about the style. and India’s most innovative President, APJ Abdul kalaam, certainly has his own. Children visiting kalaam at the Rashtrapati bhawan are greeted with a ‘for them only’ visiting card, called the ‘knowledge card’. The president signs each card and hands it over himself,” says sources at the Rashtrapati bhawan.
The size of an average visiting card, the knowledge card carries the president’s name, photograph, the national emblem, his website address and a four line message: learning gives creativity, creativity leads to thinking, thinking provides knowledge, and knowledge makes you great.
Often, kalam asks the children to read the lines aloud. In his 10-month tenure, kalaam has interacted with over one lakh children. and he does not stop at preaching. The first citizen met a group of 12 thalassemic on world thalassemia day in his study. sitting down at his computer, he downloaded the latest information on stem cell research, promised to forward them more updates on the subject, and encouraged the children not to lose hope as research was bound to yield positive results.
1) List two qualities of president APJ Abdul kalaam.
2) How were the children welcomed at rashtrapati bhawan, when they visited the president?
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3) List four things that the special visiting card carry.
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4) What was the message written on the card?
5) How did the president kalam motivated the thalassemic children?
Worksheet-2
Comprehension
Ques) read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
US president barrack Osama’s energy plan calls for higher efficiency standards for cars as well as greater use of ethanol. It aims to cut US oil demand by about four million barrels a day. That’s equal to the combined oil consumption of France and Canada, and would knock the bottom off the world oil market. That has to be a good thing in a world of energy shortages, even though a study conducted at Stanford’s wood institute for the environment claims that reliance on bio fuels is not a good strategy.
If Osama’s new energy plan takes off, it would promote interest in research and development of clean, alternative energy options like those of wind, water, solar and hydrogen resources as well as develop hybrid vehicles. It could find ways of making crop based bio fuels viable. Oil’s long term costs, which include reliance on oilfields in geopolitically unstable parts of the world, would make it a far more expensive choice, besides its negative impacts on environment and health.
It might be that presently America’s ethanol from corn projects consume a great deal of energy and have driven upward the price of food crop on account of farmland diversion. But there are success stories in other places.
Now, complete the following statements:
1) President obama’s energy plan is aimed at:
2) A study at Stanford’s woods institute claims:
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5) find out the synonym of ‘planning’ from the passage.
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Worksheet- 3
REPORT WRITINGQUES.)You are John/Mary of holy heart convent school, Panji.as a member of the Eco club of your school, you organised a ‘Tree plantation week’ during the third week of July this year. Write a report of the programme in about 80-100 words for your school magazine. (Don’t exceed the word limit)______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Worksheet-4
REPORT WRITINGQues) You are Priya/Priyanshu .As a member of greenwood society, you have participated in the ‘campaign against polythene bags’. Write a detailed report of the campaign for a local newspaper in about 80-100 words. (Don’t exceed the words limit)______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Worksheet-5 Article writing
Ques.) Child labour is exploitation. Write an article for your school magazine on the topic ‘fight against child labour’ in about 120 words. You are Rajan/Rajni.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Worksheet – 6 Article writingQues.)You are a student of class VIII, DPS, NOIDA.Your name is Rahul. Your teacher has asked you to write an article in about 120 words on the topic ‘work your way to health’.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Worksheet – 7 Letter writingQues.) You are Anita Sharma of 10 M.G. roads, new town. Write a letter appealing to your fellow students to volunteer to take literary classes. Give reasons why literary classes should be held, what students can do and why they should do it. Don’t exceed 150 words.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Worksheet – 8 E-mail writingQues.1) You are Aruna living in Delhi. You wish to send a message to the editor of a local daily through the electronic mail. You wish to reveal the hazards of living in a metropolitan city. Write the same in not more than 150 words.
Ques 2.) You are Ashwani Ranjan. You believe that knowledge is power. You wish to share your ideas with your friend through e-mail. Write the same in not more than 150 words.
Worksheet- 9 Message writingQues 1.) You received a call for your father when he was not at home. On the basis of your conversation, write a message in not more than 60 words for him. You are Rajeev/Rajni.
Rashmi: Hello, is it 94376265Rajeev: Yes. May I know who is on the line?Rashmi: This is Rashmi here. Could I talk to Mr. Ram lal?Rajeev: My father is not at home. You can give your message to me.Rashmi: OK! Please note down. The meeting with his boss has been postponed and will be held at Asoka hotel on 9th
October, 2016 at 3.00 pm.Rajeev: Ok! Maam.I shall convey the message to my father.Rashmi: Thank you.
Ques.2) You are Amit/Amita working for waters India pvt.ltd. You have an important meeting with the delegates who are coming from America. But you have forgotten your important documents in your room. Write a message for your brother telling him to give the documents to the peon. Put the message in a box.
Worksheet – 10
DIARY ENTRY
QUES.1) You are Sam/Simmi. You participated in a singing competition and you won the best singer award. Write in your diary what you felt about it. Do not exceed 80 words.
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Worksheet – 11
Dialogue completionQues .1) Complete the following dialogue by filling in the blanks.
Manager: Mr.Somesh, What is your academic qualification?
Somesh : ________________________________________
Manager: would you like to study further?
Somesh :_________________________________________
I want to do a job also to be self reliant.
Manager: How will you manage work and studies both?
SOMESH :______________________________________.I will take it up as a challenge.
Manager: Congrats! You are selected for this post.
Ques .2) complete the following dialogue.
Master: what have you done with the money,
I _______________________________.
Servant: ________________________________..
Master: I want you to save it for your future.
Servant:_______________________________________.
I will never let you down..
WORKSHEET – 12
Active and Passive voice1. He is reading a book.
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2. Are they doing their work?
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3. Why are you wasting your time?_______________________________________________
4. Who is knocking at the door?_______________________________________________
5. The children are listening to the stories?_______________________________________________
6. He is writing a story._______________________________________________
7. The peon was ringing the bell.
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8. Was the teacher teaching the class?
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9. They will not have crossed the river.
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10. She will have written a letter.
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Worksheet – 13
Reported speechQues.) Read the conversation below and write the following passage in reported speech.
Raman: I have planned to go out with my friends for dinner today.
Renu : Then I’ll come along with my friends.
Raman: That will be a good idea.
Renu : So, where should we go for dinner?
Raman: Let us decide on the place.
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Ques.2) read the below given conversation and write the conversation in the reported speech:
Rajni : hey shalu! You don’t seem well. Is there any problem?
Shalu: yes feel a bit of headache.
Rajni: did you eat something heavy?
Shalu: may be. We attended a marriage yesterday.
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Worksheet – 14
Jumbled sentences
Ques.)Re arrange the following words to form meaningful sentences.
a. Honest/although/he/poor/is/is/he/yet.___________________________________________________
b. Found/standing by/my father/I/my bed side.____________________________________________________
c. Possible/life/on planets/only/is/our earth/as/such____________________________________________________
d. This universe/lonely/man/feels/very/moreover.e.f. By you/the work/be/will/when/finished.
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g. Before/never/this man/she/had/seen____________________________________________________
h. His courage/everybody/him/for/praised.____________________________________________________
i. Did not/for/something/punished/they/me/I/do.___________________________________________________
Worksheet – 15
Errors and omissions
Ques.1) In the following passage has not been edited. There I a mistake in each line. Write the incorrect word as well as the correction.
Once the stranger had an attack of influenza. _________ ________
During his illness he has nothing to do. So he ________ _________
Kept look at the face of some real ________ _________
Man and the man must be living somewhere. ________ _________
He decided that he will try to find _________ _________
This man out. He did not knew why he _________ _________
Want to meet him. But he felt that the _________ _________
Man and he was in some way linked by fate. _________ _________
Ques.2) In the following passage, one word has been omitted in each line. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and after it.
Last Sunday there was colourful ______ _______
Programme debates, group songs, ______ _______
Folk dance drama. Different teams ______ _______
Vied one another and _______ _______
Put up a fine show. The items _______ _______
Which presented were well prepared ________ _______
The presence the girl – students in the ________ _______
Fashionable and tight – fitting dresses lent ________ ________
charm it.
WORKSHEET
THANK YOU MA’AM
Answer the following questions:
Q 1.What is the full name of the woman?
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Q2.What did he want?
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Q3.How did the boy look like?
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Q4.What was he trying to do?
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Q5.What happened when he tried to snatch the bag?
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Q6.Where did the lady take him?
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Q7.What was the tone of the first line of the lesson?
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Q8.What did she asked the boy to do first when they reached her home?
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Q9.What did she give him after he finished his food?
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Q10.What did the boy wanted to say to the lady while he was departing?
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WORKSHEET
EARTHQUAKE IN ASSAM
Answer the following questions:
Q1. When did the earthquake hit the Bengal and Assam?
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Q3.What was ‘the sure intimation of natural disaster’?
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Q4.What was the condition of Shilling after the first shake-up?
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Q5.What did the writer see on his left side?
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Q6.What was the extra ordinary thing about the rain that day?
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Q7.What happened to the Brahmaputra River?
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Q8. Describe the journey of grandfather’s family to Calcutta?
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Q9. What was the scenario in Calcutta?
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Q10.What was the proposal of jubilee day celebration?
Worksheet
Oh, I had a Golden Thread
Answer the following questions:
Q1. What did the poet want to do with his needle?
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Q2.Which design he wants to weave?
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Q3. Write down two human qualities described by the poet in second stanza.
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Q4.what does the poet wants to show to his brothers and sisters?
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Q5.How does the poet describes the world?
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Q6.Why is the ‘thread ’called golden?
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Q7.Why were few lines repeated in the poem, by the poet?
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Q8.What message was conveyed by the poet?
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Q9.Find out the synonym of ’bravery and strand’.
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Q10.what did poet mean by ’rainbow design’?
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WORKSHEETS TERM II
SESSION 2017-18
VIII
ENGLISH
NAME:________________
ROLL NO:______________
SECTION:______________