DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL MIHAN, NAGPUR
PERIODIC ASSESSMENT 1 – (2025-26)
WORKSHEET
Subject: English Time: 90 Min
CLASS VIII MM: 40
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SECTION A – READING
1.Read the passage and answer the following questions. (1x5=5)
Thus we all have a role in making India great. India can soon emerge a major developed country
provided we all vow to ourselves to do the jobs we are doing using all our energies and keeping
the nation’s interests in mind. Don’t think that one person can’t do. Many drops make a flood.
Here are some suggestions that may be followed by different professionals.
If you are a politician, you can rise above your own and party’s interests and frame policies
and laws that are conducive to development. If you are a clerk in a government department,
you can work more efficiently in clearing a new project.
If you become an instrument in creating a feeling that Government works speedily and justly,
you have created necessary conditions for a developed country. If you are a worker in a factory,
you can decide to increase your productivity a little more and give attention to quality.
If you are a contractor, make it a point to spend on your own to improve some part of your
town. If you are a banker you could take interest in some innovative project and encourage
youth who are very capable and are enthusiastic about taking up something new.
If you are a doctor you can extend the benefits of free and inexpensive medical aid to the poor
at least to a limited extent. It will make the suffering person’s life a little better. If you are a
teacher you can constantly upgrade your knowledge and skills in order to enthuse the children
to think big. A student is generally as good as a teacher.
a. When can India emerge a major developed country? Justify.
(i) soon (ii) late (iii) immediately (iv) never
b. To which country are we to make great?
(i) Japan (ii) Australia (iii) USA (iv) India
i) Impurity ii) Purity iii) Environment iv) City
c. Find out the synonym of ‘revolution’.
d. Find out the antonym of ‘downgrade’.
e. What, according to Kalam, can a doctor do?
2.Read the poem and answer the following questions.
Once there were two magnificent towers,
Where lived and worked so many of ours.
It took seven long years to build them straight They stood near the Empire State.
This event happened on the eleventh of September,
It’s an occurrence that generations will remember.
Because thousands of people have died,
Not only of US, but the world’s pride.
Everyone saw with awe and fright,
Twin towers crash in broad daylight.
None quite knows what will happen now,
When? Where? And how?
May God give wisdom to those,
Who are devils in gentlemen’s pose.
Now let us all remove hatred and vice,
And let the world be happy and nice.
a. 1. The title implies that the poem is about………………….
(i) a day in the month of September
(ii) a tragedy that occurred on the 11th of September
(iii) the importance of number eleven
(iv) the wonderful events of the month of September
b. What can we infer from this line— ‘None quite knows what will happen now’?
(i) The future appears certain
(ii) No one knows about the twin towers
(iii) We must be prepared for everything
(iv) None but we know about what is to come
c. Find out the synonym of ‘fear’ from the poem.
d. Finde out the antonym of ‘love’ from the passage.
e. What is the hope of the poetess?
SECTION B – WRITING
3. Draft a notice for the students’ notice board.
You are Krrish, a student of Class VIII. You have lost an expensive watch in the school
premises. Draft a notice to be put up on the school notice board giving.
SECTION C – GRAMMAR
4. Complete the sentence by adding correct question tags.
a. She won’t speak to me.
b. We tried this already.
5. Identify the kind of sentence and change it into the other three kinds.
a. He will work for our home. – (change it into interrogative sentence)
6. Insert determiners where necessary and rewrite the sentence. Justify the answer
a. This is wonderful picture.
b. He has taken watch from the table.
7. Complete the sentence using each or every.
a. We enjoyed ___________ minutes of our holidays.
b. These lemons cost 2 rupees __________
8. Rearrange the words or phrases to make meaningful sentences.
a. time / it / in / measures / seconds / and / hours / minutes
b. shapes / different / a wristwatch / sizes / and / is available /it
SECTION D – LITERATURE
9. Write the meanings of the following words.
a. Valour b. homage
10. Write the singular form of the following words.
a. mischiefs b. griefs
11. Write the opposites of the following words.
a. brave b. defeat
12. Make sentences with the help of the following word/phrases.
a. in a nut shell b. In a polite manner
13. Reference to context.
The king wrote a poem,” she began, here voice trembling. “It was filled with vague
expressions-sun, moon, stars, beautiful sky-but it made no sense. When he tried reciting it to
his ministers, they all avoided him, making excuses. it was late evening when he came to me,
seeking an audience. He began reciting it to me, but I was so exhausted after a tiring day that
I yawned-not once, but several times. The king thought was disrespecting his poem and
stormed off. Since then, he has not sp?oken to me.
i) Who is the speaker of the given lines?
ii) how did the speaker react while listening to the king’s poem
iii) What did the king assume when the speaker yawned during the recitation?
14. Annotate the following line
Even the wisest rulers face moments of disharmony?
15. Answer in brief ANY 2 from the following questions.
a. Why Tenali Rama is different from other courtiers?
b. What are the positive traits of Major Somnath Sharma?
c. How Badgam battle is important?
16. Answer the following question in detail.
What were some of the suggestions given by the ministers?
OR
How the sacrifices of our soldiers inspired you?
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