WBBSE Solutions For Class 8 English First Summative Evaluation Test

First Summative Evaluation Test Set 1

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

Read the following passage and do as directed:

There was once a lad who wanted to be a sailor but his mother would not let him go to the sea. “Child, what do you know of sailing?” she would say. “You’re a farmer’s son, you know the turn of the seasons and the smell of the soil but you do not know the sea.”

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Now the boy whose name was Jon, had always obeyed his mother. So he went about his farm work with a heavy heart but did not again mention the sea.

One day, he had been walking behind the plow. He all but ran over a tiny green turtle on a clod of dirt. He picked the turtle up and set it on his head where he knew it would be safe. When he was done with plowing, Jon plucked the turtle.

1. Choose the correct answer:

Question 1. The lad wanted to be a

1. Doctor
2. Sailor
3. Pilot

Answer: 2. Sailor

Question 2. The lad was the son of a

1. Sailor
2. Farmer
3. Doctor

Answer: 2. Farmer

2. Write True or False:

Question 1. Jon always obeyed his mother.
Answer: True

Question 2. Jon’s mother wanted Jon to go to the sea.
Answer: False

3. Answer the following questions:

Question 1. Why did the boy go about his farm work with a heavy heart?
Answer: The boy went about his farm work with a heavy heart because he wanted to be a sailor, but his mother would not let him go to the sea.

Question 2. What did the boy know?
Answer: The boy knows about the turn of the seasons and the smell of the soil.

Grammar: Do as directed

Question 1. They ______ (study) since morning. (Fill in the blanks with either the Present Perfect Continuous or the Past Perfect Continuous).
Answer: They are studying since morning.

Question 2. She was very unpopular in the school. (Replace the word with its antonym).
Answer: She was very popular in the school.

Question 3. I shall be playing in the field. (find the Future Continuous Tense).
Answer:  I shall be playing in the field.

Question 4. Please give me ______ egg for breakfast. (Fill in with the appropriate article).
Answer: Please give me an egg for breakfast

Writing

Question 1. Write a paragraph on the ‘Your likes and dislikes.’
Answer:

My likes and dislikes

I like spending time with my friends, books, and movies, but my favorite is nature. I like to go to the mountains and trek there. I love to go to the sea and rivers as well. I love to run around I bare feet in the grass and feel the soil in my feet. I dislike traffic, noise, and pollution. The traffic causes pollution and it makes me allergic. The sound of the horns are too loud. They hurt my ears. I wish I could be in nature for more time.

First Summative Evaluation Test Set 2

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

Read the following passage and do as directed:

He stopped the man and asked,

“Have you seen the clouds there?”

“Clouds ?”

The grass-cutter was amazed, as though he had been asked the most peculiar question.

“Yes, clouds,”

He was disappointed to see that the grass-cutter was still mystified.

He walked on until he came upon a farmer plowing his field. He asked him the same question, “Did the clouds come here ?”.

The farmer, too couldn’t make sense of the question. “Clouds ?” he asked.

“Yes clouds.”

He was asking after the clouds like a man who has lost a child and asks wayfarers if they have seen a child wandering. Perhaps the clouds, too, were lost children and he was going around asking people about them. But no one could give him a satisfactory answer.

1. Complete the following sentences with information form the above passage:

Question 1. Seeing the grass cutter mystified, the little boy felt ______
Answer: Seeing the grass cutter mystified, the little boy felt Disappointed

Question 2. He was asking after the clouds like a _________
Answer: Man who has lost a child and asks wayfarers if they have seen a child wandering.

2. Choose the correct answer:

Question 1. The boy was looking for

1. The clouds
2. His mother
3. The grass cutter

Answer: 1. The clouds

Question 2. The farmer was

1. Sleeping
2. Drinking water
3. Plowing his field

Answer: 3. Ploughing his field

3. Write True or False. Give a Supporting Sentence to your answer:

Question 1. The farmer answered his question promptly ______
Answer: True

SS: The farmer, too couldn’t make any sense of the question.

Grammar: Do as directed

Question 1. Underline the verbs that denote actions that will be in progress at a time in the future
Answer: I shall be going to Delhi next week.

Question 2. Underline the verb that denotes an action that will be completed in the future.
Answer: We will have left before you go to see the doctor.

Question 3. “Come in.” (Change the narration)
Answer: You are requested to come in.

Question 4. Find out word from the passage which mean the following- surprised.
Answer: Surprised: Mystified

Question 5. Find out word from the passage which mean opposite to the following: (found)
Answer: Found: Lost

Writing

1. Write a story in about eighty words using the following hints :

[Outline: A farmer’s sons quarrel among themselves Father worried – asks them to bring some sticks – sons break sticks easily but cannot break the sticks when tied in a bundle Father explains the reason.]

Answer: Farmer and his sons

An old farmer had four sons. They always quarreled among themselves. They made their father unhappy. He would always advise them not to do so, but they would not listen.
One day the unhappy farmer gave his sons a bundle of sticks. He then told each of his sons to break the bundle of sticks. They tried with all their might to break it, but none of them succeeded. Then the farmer told them to untie the bundle and break the sticks one by one. This time they broke | the sticks easily.
Then the farmer advised them by saying, “Thus you see, my sons, as long as you remain | untied like the bundle of sticks, no one can do any harm to you. But if you quarrel and fight, anyone | I can easily break you down” The sons realized their folly and promised to follow their father’s advice. They lived together in peace and happiness.

Moral: Unity is strength.

First Summative Evaluation Test Set 3

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

Read the following passage and do as directed:

On 16th January 1941, Sisir finished his dinner early and drove to Elgin road around 8.30 p.m. He parked the Wanderer at the back of the house.

Sisir and Subhas had maintained total secrecy about the plan of escape. None of the family members knew anything except Subhas’s niece Ila and a male cousin, Dwijen. Subhas and Sisir waited until the rest of the Bose family had fallen asleep.

Subhas had changed into his disguise as Muhammad Ziauddin. He was dressed in a long, brown coat, baggy shalwars, and a black fez. He wore gold wire-rimmed spectacles.

1. Choose the correct alternative:

Question 1. Sisir had his ___ early and rode to Elgin Road.

1. Breakfast
2. Lunch
3. Dinner

Answer: 3. Dinner

Question 2. Subhas had changed into his disguise as

1. Muhammad Ziauddin
2. Muhammad Zilauddin
3. Muhammad Ziakuddin

Answer: 1. Muhammad Ziauddin

2. Complete the following sentences with information from the passage:

Question 1. Subhas was dressed in a long _________
Answer: Brown coat, baggy shalwars, and a black fez. He wore gold wire-rimmed spectacles.

Question 2. Sisir and Subhas maintained _____________
Answer: total secrecy about the plan of escape.

3. Answer the question:

Question 1. What is the name of Subhas’ niece?
Answer: Subhas’s niece name is Ila

Grammar

4. Write the opposite of the underlined word by adding a prefix:

Question 1. He understood the situation.
Answer: understood: Misunderstood

5. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct form of verb from those given in the bracket:

Question 1. My father and I __________ (go) to Puri next week.
Answer: Will go

6. Auntie gave Rakee a nice dress on her birthday. (Change the voice)
Answer: A nice dress was given to Rakee on her birthday by her auntie.

7. The apple is not fit to eat. (Underline the infinite).
Answer: The apple is not fit to eat

8. Find out the word which means opposite to the meaning of late
Answer: Late: Early

Writing

9. Write a letter to your friend describing how you are feeling after returning to school after a gap of two years because of Corona Virus.
Answer:

Babuijore
Birbhum
14.7.22

My dear Piku,

Hope things are going well with you. On my side, we are finally back in school in person, after 2 years because of the pandemic.

I cannot tell you how excited I am to go back to school. I love the sight and smell of everything our corridors, playground, classrooms, prayer hall, etc. I am really excited to be able to meet all my friends, my teachers, and Principal in person and catch up..

I really think that while online classes were our only option at the time, education is far more impactful when we are able to interact in person. We, as human beings, require the human touch, a hug, a smile, or even a tap on the shoulder to feel complete.

Hope you are having the same experience.

Love,
Kabir