WBBSE Solutions For Class 8 English Second Summative Evaluation Test

Second Summative Evaluation Test Set 1

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below :

“Wake up, wake up, little bird,” she said. She began to cry and her tears fell on the little bird. “I cannot sing unless I’m free and if I cannot sing, I die,” he said.

“Then take your freedom,” the Princess said. “I shut you in a golden cage because I loved you and wanted to have you all to myself. But I never knew it would kill you. Go. Fly away among the trees that are round the lake and fly over the green rice fields. I love you enough to let you be happy in your own way.”

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She threw open the window and gently placed the little bird on the sill.

“I will come because I love you, little Princess,” said the bird. “And I will sing you the loveliest songs I know. I shall go far away, but I shall always come back, and I shall never forget you.”

1. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statements. Give Supporting Statements:

Question 1. The little bird would sing for Princess even in cage.
Answer: False

SS: “I cannot sing unless I’m free and if I cannot sing. I die”, he said.

Question 2. The little bird promised to return to Princess.
Answer: True

SS: “I will come because I love you, little princess,” said the bird.

2. Answer the question:

Question 1. Why did the princess free the little bird?
Answer: The Princess felt that she loved the bird enough to let it be happy in her own way.

Read the poem and do as directed:

The sea is a hungry dog.
Giant and grey.
He rolls on the beach all day.
With his clashing teeth and shaggy jaws Hour upon hour he gnaws
The rumbling, tumbling stones,
And ‘Bones, bones, bones !’
The giant sea dog moans,
Licking his greasy paws.

1. Choose the correct answer:

Question 1. The sea rolls on the beach

1. Only at night
2. All day
3. At midnight

Answer: 2. All day

Question 2. The sea is compared to a

1. Lazy man
2. Active man
3. Hungry dog

Answer: 3. Hungry dog

2. Complete the sentences with information for the passage:

Question 1. The sea dog moans, licking ___________
Answer: His greasy paws

Question 2. The colour of the sea is ___________
Answer: Grey

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

Read the following passage and do as directed:

My next pet was a pigeon, the most revolting bird to look at, with his feathers, pushing through the wrinkled scarlet skin, mixed with the horrible yellow down that covers baby pigeons and makes them look as though they have just played holi. Because of his repulsive and obese appearance, we called him Bhutum. Since he had on unorthodox upbringing, without parents to teach him, Bhutum became convinced that he was not a bird at all, and refused to fly. He walked everywhere. He was always eager to join us in anything we did.

He would even try to come for walks with us. So you had to either carry him on your shoulder, which was risking an accident to your clothes, or else you let him walk behind. If you let him walk, then you had to slow down your own pace to suit his, for should you get too far ahead you would hear the most frantic and imploring coos and turn around to find Bhutum running desperately after you.

1. Choose the correct answer:

Question 1. The narrator describes the pigeon as a ‘revolting bird’ because:

1. He could not fly
2. He had to be carried everywhere
3. He had wrinkled skin covered with yellow feathers

Answer: 3. He had wrinkled skin covered with yellow feathers

Question 2. Bhutum got his name because:

1. He was fat and ugly.
2. He was attractive
3. He could not fly

Answer: 1. He was a fat and ugly.

Answer the following questions:

Question 1. What happened when Bhutum would go out on a walk and you went far too ahead?
Answer: When the narrator went far too ahead leaving Bhutum behind, he would hear the most frantic and imploring coos, and turning around, he would find Bhutum running desperately after him.

Grammar: Do as directed

Question 1. The boy said to his father, “I am going to my friend’s house now.” (Change the narration)
Answer: The boy said to his father that he was going to his friend’s house then.

Question 2. Do not tell lies. (Change the voice)
Answer: Let lies not be told.

Question 3. He was a man full of hope. (Underline the Adjective Phrase).
Answer: He was a man full of hope.

Question 4. The boy wore a new shirt. (Replace the underlined word with their antonym).
Answer: The boy wore an old shirt.

Question 5. She is the girl who saved the little boy from drowning. (Underline the main clause)
Answer: She is the girl.

Question 6. Find out the word which is the type of bird.
Answer: Pegion.

Writing

Question 1. Suppose you have gone to your friend’s house and see she has a pet bird. Suddenly. the bird starts talking to you. Write an imaginary dialogue between you and the caged bird.
Answer:

Me: Hi Rohan, how are you? Looks like you have a new pet. What have you named it?

Pet: My name is Ria.

Me: Wow! Rohan. Did I hear the bird talk?

Rohan: Yes

Pet: I can speak well. Rohan got me 3 weeks back.

Me: How do you like it here?

Pet: Rohan takes really good care of me. He takes me to the garden, and I can hear the | other birds there. He gives me food and water and shows me around. Life is pretty comfortable stop I don’t have to hunt for worms and food. However, sometimes, I | do miss the bright blue skies, the feeling of having the wind beneath my wings, and the adventures of unknown lands.

Second Summative Evaluation Test Set 2

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

Read the below passage and do as directed.

“This is the Excalibur.”, Merlin said. “Only an honest and fearless knight who protects the common people can possess this sword.”
King Arthur accepted the enchanted sword from the mysterious hand appearing from the depths of the lake. “I shall never use this magic sword for any personal benefit,” King Arthur declared.

King Arthur could gift peace and prosperity to England. The greedy barons were unhappy with King Arthur because he was gentle and just. He married the beautiful Lady Guinevere, daughter of the king of Cornwall. On the wedding day, Merlin took him to a richly gilded pavilion, painted crimson and dark blue. The floor was marbled. In the middle of the room was a huge, round, oak table, richly carved, capable of seating fifty people. This was the famous round table around which gathered King Arthur’s devoted knights. These knights promised that they would help the helpless, be gentle to the weak, and to punish the wicked.

1. Fill in the blank with information from the text :

Question 1. The Excalibur can be possessed by ___________
Answer: Only an honest and fearless knight who protects the common people

Question 2. King Arthur declared ___________
Answer: He would never use that magic sword for any personal benefit.

2. Answer the following questions:

Question 1. Describe King Arthur’s round table.
Answer: It was a huge round table made of oak. It was richly carved, capable of seating fifty people.

Question 2. Why were the barons unhappy with King Arthur?
Answer: The barons were unhappy because they were greedy and did not like that King Arthur was gentle and just.

3. Write True or False:

Question 1. There were 20 devoted knights of King Arthur.
Answer: False

Question 2. Excalibur was the name of King Arthur’s horse.
Answer: False

Read the poem and do as directed:

But on quiet days in May or June,
When even the grasses on the dune
Play no more their reedy tune,
With his head between his paws
He lies on the sandy shores,
So quiet, so quiet, he scarcely snores

1. Fill in the blanks with words from the text:

Question 1. The _________ is green on the other side of the fence.
Answer: Grass

Question 2. The dog is licking its _________
Answer: Paws

Question 3. I was born in the month of _________
Answer: May

Question 4. Children loves to _________
Answer: Play

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

Read the passage and do as directed:

Last year my parents and I went to Susunia in Bankura. We put up in the forest guest house there. The place was rich with flora and fauna. The guest house was situated on about a 500 feet tall hill. It was the full moon day in August. The entire region looked amazing in the silver light. Unknown birds and animals were interrupting the nocturnal silence. The smell of unknown flowers reigned in the air. We decided not to stay at the room. We went out. The silver plate in the sky was our guide. Suddenly we heard a rustling sound. Dad told us that a herd of elephants might be coming. So we quickly went back to the guest house. The beauty and mystery of that silvery night is still fresh in my memory.

1. Fill in the blanks with information from the text:

Question 1. I went to ____________
Answer: Susunia in Bankura

Question 2. The guest house was situated on about ___________
Answer: A 500 feet tall hill

Question 3. The _______ was our guide.
Answer: Silver plate in the sky

2. Answer the following questions:

Question 1. What was the rusting sound about?
Answer: The rustling sound could have been a heard of elephants coming

Question 2. What remained fresh in the narrator’s memory?
Answer: The beauty and mystery of that silvery night is still fresh in the narrator’s memory.

Grammar: Do as directed

Question 1. He said to me, “Yesterday was a holiday.” (Change the Narration)
Answer: He said to me that the day before was a holiday

Question 2. He _________ (meet) us next week. (Fill with the correct form of verb given in the bracket).
Answer: He will be meeting us next week

Question 3. India became _________ (dependent) nation in 1947. (Add a suitable prefix or suffix)
Answer: India became an independent nation -in 1947

Question 4. Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world. (Change into positive degree)
Answer: No other mountain is as high as Mt. Everest

Question 5. The mother hugged the child. (Change the voice)
Answer: The child was hugged by the mother

Writing

Question 1. Recently you help an elderly person cross a very busy street. Write a letter to your friend (in about eighty words) how you felt after helping the old man.
Answer:

XYZ Road
Narendrapur
14.10.22

Dear Deba,

How are things with you? I wanted to share an incident today that made me happy. I was trying to cross the main Gariahat junction around 6 p.m. The traffic was really bad cars, buses, and rickshaws all honking at each other and trying to move forward.

There was an elderly gentleman with a walking stick next to me. He had glasses on and it seemed he couldn’t see properly. He was getting anxious and frustrated. I rushed to his side to hold his hand and slowly walked him across to the other side while dealing with traffic. He was almost in tears and blessed me. His smile made my day!

Love,
Krish

Second Summative Evaluation Test Set 3

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

Read the below passage and do as directed:

Swallow: It’s cold night. But strange, I am feeling warm.

Statue: That happens when you do something good to help someone. [Stage light changes to yellow]

Swallow: I will leave for Egypt tonight. I will stay with you through the day.

Statue: Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, please stay with me for one more night.

Swallow: But all my friends are waiting for me. Tomorrow they are going to fly up River Nile to Luxor.

Statue: Far away in a little attic. I see a brown-haired young man. He is unhappy and poor. He is writing a play. for the theatre. Little Swallow, take one of my sapphire eyes and give it to him.

Swallow: Dear Prince, I can’t do that!

Statue: Swallow, little Swallow, you must.

1. Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

Question 1. The Swallow was feeling warm because ___________
Answer: He had helped someone

Question 2. The statue wished to help the brown-haired boy because ___________
Answer: Unhappy and poor.

2. Write the opposite of the following words:

1. Going:
2. Cold:
3. Good:
4. day:

Answer:

1. Going: Coming
2. Cold: Hot
3. Good: Bad
4. Day: Night

3. Answer the following question:

Question 1. The Swallow wanted to leave for Egypt. Why?
Answer: The Swallow wanted to leave for Egypt because his friends were waiting for him.

Read the poem and do as directed:

And when the night wind roars
And the moon rocks in the stormy ‘cloud,
He bounds to his feet and snuffs and sniffs,
Shaking his wet sides over the cliffs,
And howls and hollos long and loud.

1. Choose the correct answer:

Question 1. The wind roars during:

1. Morning
2. Afternoon
3. Night

Answer: 3. Night

Question 2. Cliff means:

1. Overhanging pieces of rocks
2. Stormy cloud
3. Hollos

Answer: 1. Overhanging pieces of rocks

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

Read the above passage and complete the following sentences:

A girl, returning home from school, stepped on a banana skin that someone had left on the pavement, slipped, and fell. She was taken to hospital with a badly broken leg. Though her life is not in danger, it is feared that she will not get back the full use of her leg. In fact, she had to limp all her life.

The life of the girl was ruined because someone was careless. I am sure that neither you nor I would care to think that either of us was that someone. Yet how often do we not do similar thoughtless things? We throw banana skins in the street or send a stone high up into the air for fun. We take dirty sweepings from our house and leave them about in the lane, and are too lazy to carry them to the dustbin although it is so near. We spit everywhere. Smokers often throw burning matchsticks and cigarette ends everywhere. People do all these things themselves and never think about the result.

1. Read the above passage and complete the following sentences:

Question 1. Someone had left a ________ on the pavement.
Answer: Banana skin.

Question 2. Neither you nor I would care ________
Answer: To think that either of us was -that someone.

Question 3. We send stone high up ___________
Answer: Into the air for tun.

2. Write True or False:

Question 1. The life of the girl was ruined because someone was careless.
Answer: True

Question 2. Smokers often throw burning matchsticks and cigarette ends everywhere.
Answer: True

Grammar: Do as directed

Question 1. _________ old man helped the little boy. (Fill in the blank with appropriate Article).
Answer: An

Question 2. The statue said to the Swallow, ‘Please give her the sapphire remaining in my other eye.” (change the narration.)
Answer: The statue requested the Swallow to give her the sapphire remaining in this other eye.

Question 3. She knows him. (Change the voice).
Answer: He is known to her.

Question 4. She _________ (run). (Fill with Present Continuous Tense.)
Answer: Is running

Question 5. A square is an area that has four equal sides. (Underline the Adjective Clause)
Answer: which has four equal sides

Writing

Question 1. Write a paragraph on about 80 words on ‘A Winter Morning.’

[Points: Introduction – chill morning – look of nature-fog-silent all round-road wet- people under the quilt or heavily dressed-some basking in the sun].

Answer:

My favorite season

My favorite season is winter and I love the winter mornings. The smell of the air and the smell of the soil is so refreshing. There is dew in the grass and it is moist. When the sun shines through, it is very pleasant and warms up the body. On weekends, I love to stay inside my quilt and my mother brings me tea and tasty snacks. I love to snuggle with my cat inside my blanket and she is very warm too.