WBBSE Solutions For Class 8 English Third Summative Evaluation Test

Third Summative Evaluation Test Set 1

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

Read the text and answer the questions that follow:

In 1920, when I was still only three, my mother’s eldest child, my own sister Astri, died from appendicitis. She was seven years old when she died. Astri was far and away my father’s favorite. He adored her beyond measure and her sudden death left him literally speechless for days afterwards. He was so overwhelmed with grief that when he himself went down with pneumonia a month or so afterward, he did not much care whether he lived or died.

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If they had penicillin in those days, neither appendicitis nor pneumonia would have been so much of a threat, but with no penicillin or any other magical antibiotic cures, pneumonia, in particular, was a very dangerous disease indeed. The patient had to fight to survive. My father refused to fight. He was thinking. I am quite sure, of his beloved daughter, and he was wanting to join her in heaven. So he died. He was fifty-seven years old.

My mother had now lost a daughter and a husband all in the space of a few weeks. Here she was, suddenly having to face all alone the very gravest problems and responsibilities. She had five children to look after. She sold the big house and moved to a smaller one a few miles away in Llandaff. It was called Cumberland Lodge and was nothing more than a pleasant medium-sized suburban villa. So it was in Llandaff two years later, when I was six years old, that I went to my first school.

1. Answer the following questions:

Question 1. What did Astri die of? How old was she then?
Answer: Astri died of appendicitis.- She was only seven years old then

Question 2. Why did the narrator’s father refuse to fight the dangerous disease?
Answer: Astri’s father loved her very dearly. So when Astri died, he was so grief-stricken that he lost his will to live. He wanted to join his daughter in heaven. So he gave up the fight against the deadly disease.

Question 3. What could save both the father and the daughter in those days?
Answer: Penicillin could have saved both the father and the daughter in those days.

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

Question 1. The narrator’s father became overwhelmed with grief after the death of the eldest child.
Answer: True

SS: He was so overwhelmed with grief that when he himself went down with pneumonia a month or so afterward, he did not care whether he lived or died.

Question 2. The narrator’s family moved to a new house as big as the previous one.
Answer: False

SS: She sold the big house and moved to a smaller one a few miles away in Llandaff.

Question 3. The narrator’s mother had now lost a daughter and a husband within a year.
Answer: False

SS: My mother had now lost a daughter and a husband, all in the space of a few weeks.

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

Question 1. Without penicillin the patient _____________
Answer: Without penicillin, the patient had to fight to survive.

Question 2. The narrator’s father was ________ years old when he died.
Answer: The narrator’s father was fifty-seven years old when he died.

Question 3. The narrator was __________ old when he went to his first school.
Answer: The narrator was six years old when he went to his first school.

Read the poem and do as directed:

The Swallow is a summer bird;
He in our chimneys, when the weather
Is fine and warm, may then be heard
Chirping his notes for weeks together.
Come there but one cold wintry day,
Away will fly our guest the Swallow:
And much like him we find the way
Which many a gay young friend will follow.

In dreary days of snow and frost
Closer to Man will cling the Sparrow
Old friends, although in life we’re crost,
Their hearts to us will never narrow.
Give me the bird-give me the friend-
Will sing in frost-will love in sorrow-
Whate’er mischance to day may send,
Will greet me with his sight tomorrow.

1. Choose the correct alternative:

Question 1. The swallow comes to the poet in ________

1. Spring
2. Summer
3. Winter

Answer: 2. Summer

Question 2. The behavior of many young friends is like

1. Swallow
2. Sparrow
3. Crow

Answer: 2. Sparrow

Question 3. The swallow lives in the _____ of the house.

1. Roof
2. Chimney
3. Room

Answer: 2. Chimney

2. Name the poet and the poem.
Answer: The name of the poem is “Summer Friends” by Mary Lamb.

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

The next day was Sunday. The school was closed. All the boys in the village were free. It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. The trees and the flowers looked so fresh and lovely. Tom, of course, wanted to go swimming. All the other boys were going.

Tom came sadly out of the house. In one hand, he held a long brush. In the other, he carried a bucket full of whitewash. His aunt was making him whitewash the fence. Tom looked sadly at the fence. “How high it is! How long it is!’ he thought. Indeed, the height of the fence was nine feet and its length was thirty yards. Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden. Sighing, he put his brush into the whitewash. He drew it slowly across the fence. It made a very small white mark. Tom tried again. Another very small white mark. Tom sat down feeling discouraged.

1. Fill in the following chart with information from the passage:

Answer:

2. Rearrange the following sentences in the correct order:

1. Tom could make very small white marks.
2. Tom had to whitewash the fence.
3. Tom sat down feeling discouraged.
4. Tom looked sadly at the large fence.

Answer:

2. Tom had to whitewash the fence.

4. Tom looked sadly at the large fence.

1. Tom could make very small white marks.

3. Tom looked sadly at the large fence.

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

Question 1. It was Sunday. All the boys, in the village were ________
Answer: Free

Question 2. Like all the boys Tom wanted to go for ________
Answer: Swimming

Question 3. Tom’s aunt was making Tom ________
Answer: Whitewash the fense

Question 4. Sighing, __________
Answer: He put his brush into the whitewash

Question 5. Tom sat down feeling _________
Answer: Discouraged

4. Answer the following questions:

Question 1. What day of the week was it?
Answer: It was a Sunday.

Question 2. What was Tom holding when he came out of the house?
Answer: In one hand Tom held a long brush. In other, he carried a bucket full of whitewash.

Question 3. What colour mark did Tom make on the fence?
Answer: Tom made white color marks on the fence.

Grammar And Vocabulary: Do as directed

1. Change the narration:

Question 1. She said, “I went to school.”
Answer: She said that she had gone to school

Question 2. Ravi told me, “I will meet you tomorrow.”
Answer: Ravi told me that h6 would meet me the next day

2. Change the voice:

Question 1. He was elected secretary of the club.
Answer: Someone elected him secretary of the club.

Question 2. The mason is building the house.
Answer: The house is being built by the mason.

3. Underline the principal clause:

Question 1. Take the new dress for exchange.
Answer: Take the new dress

Question 2. Wait at the cafe till I come back.
Answer: Wait at the cafe

4. Underline the subordinate clause and state its kind:

• Unless you work hard you will fail.
• The book which I brought is quite interesting.

Answer:

• Unless you work hard — Adverb Clause
• The book which I brought — Adjective Clause

5. The cat chased the rat. (Underline the Subject).
Answer: The cat chased the rat.

6. The Sun rises in the East. (Underline the Predicate)
Answer: The Sun rises in the East.

7. The boy ______ (watch) television since morning.
Answer: The boy has been watching television since morning.

8. Make a meaningful sentence of your own:

1. Chirping
2. Friend

Answer:

1. The chirping of the birds is very pleasant to the car
2. My best friend lives near my house.

Find words from the unseen passage in Question 3 to match the following:

1. Unhappy
2. Tall
3. Load

Answer:

1. Sad
2. High
3. Burden

Writing

Question 1. Write a letter to the Headmistress of your school informing her about your absence due to sickness.
Answer:

The Principal
XYZ School
Date: 7.9.22

Sub: Application of leave

Dear Sir,

I am a student in Class 8, Section B. I have been running a temperature of 100 degrees since last night. I am also having COVID symptoms.

I would like to request time off for at least 2 days. I will be testing for COVID and will keep you informed of the results.

Please consider my request for leave of absence starting today.

Sincerely,
Rohit Dutta

Question 2. Write a dialogue between two friends on India’s performance in Commonwealth 2022.
Answer:

Ravi: Hey, Rohan! Have you been watching the Commonwealth Games on TV.
Rohan: Of Course! I am glued to it when I come back from school. I quickly finish my homework and study so that I can catch up on it.
Ravi: Its amazing. Our medal tally is outstanding. Its unbelievable-we have 61 medals
Rohan: Agree. Out of the 61 medals, we have 22 Golds, 16 silvers, and 23 bronze medals. We have done so well this year. I am very proud of our team.
Ravi: My heart is bursting with pride. Even though sports activities have not been our strength in the past, we have come a long way and put India on the global map.
Rohan: I feel the same way. I hope we win many more medals in the future.

Third Summative Evaluation Test Set 2

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

Read the passage below and do as directed:

The shadowy figure took him to an upper room, where a bright fire was burning. There was an armchair beside the fire. By the armchair was a small, oak table on which lay a battered old book bound in red leather. The shadowy figure put the candle on the table and departed silently.

Mortimer collapsed into the armchair and picked up the old book. With a shock, he realized it was the same book from his childhood, the book which contained the story of ‘Midnight Express’. Mortimer was greatly afraid. He turned the pages with trembling hands. He began to read. The story was about a man who in his childhood had read a book which contained a frightening picture.

Mortimer tried to grasp the strange cycle of events he was going through. He was filled with acute dread. “Who is the strange man who asked me into this cottage ?” Mortimer asked himself fearfully.

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

Question 1. The shadowy figure led Mortimer to an __________
Answer: Upper room where a bright fire was burning

Question 2. On the oak table was __________
Answer: A battered old book bound in red leather

Question 3. The book contained the story ___________
Answer: of “Midnight Express”.

2. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statements. Give Supporting Sentences for each of your answers.

Question 1. Mortimer was very happy to read the book.
Answer: False

SS: With shock, he realised it was the same book form his childhood.

Question 2. Mortimer understood the strange cycle of events very easily.
Answer: False

SS: Mortimer tried to grasp the strange cycle of events he was going through

Question 3. Mortimer sat on an armchair confidently.
Answer: False

SS: Mortimer collapses into the armchair

3. Fill in the Chart with information from the text:

Answer:

Read the poem and do as directed:

Someone came knocking
At my wee, small door,
Someone came knocking;
I’m sure-sure-sure;
I listened, I opened,
I looked to left and right,
But nought there was a stirring
In the still, dark night;
Only the busy beetle
Tap-tapping in the wall,

Only from the forest
The screech-owl’s call,
Only the cricket whistling
While the dewdrops fall,
So I know not who came knocking
At all, at all, at all.

1. Fill in the blanks with words given in the above poem:

Question 1. Someone is _________ at the door.
Answer: Knocking

Question 2. I _______ outside the window.
Answer: Looked

Question 3. A cute __________ was trying to climb the wall.
Answer: Bettle

Question 4. I saw a huge tiger in the __________
Answer: Frest

Question 5. I was surprised to see my sister when I ________ the door.
Answer: Opened

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

Tansen had a high position in Akbar’s Court. This was not liked by many. They requested Akbar to ask Tansen to sing Deepak Raag. It was a wonderful Raag. When sung properly, it makes the atmosphere so warm that gradually the ‘Deepak’ or lamp will catch fire and ultimately the singer himself will die out of immense heat. Akbar was ignorant of the effect of the Raag. So he ordered Tansen to sing ‘Deepak’. Tansen knew that it was almost a death sentence for him. But he could not disobey the emperor. Fortune favours the brave. He was not born to turn back at unseen danger. He taught his daughters. Saraswati and Rupavati, the disciples of Haridas Swami, the Raag ‘Meghamalhar’ that brings rain. On the fateful day, Tansen began to Alaap and the air became warm. As the tempo of the raag was created, the birds fell down dead. People cried in horror as flames shot up everywhere and unlit lamps burnt. Tansen himself was gasping for breath. At the moment Saraswati and Rupavati began singing the Raag ‘Meghamalhar’. The rain came down and everything was all right again.

1. Answer the questions:

Question 1. Who was Tansen?
Answer: Tansen had a high position in Akbar’s court.

Question 2. What was so special of Raag ‘Deepak’?
Answer: When sung properly, Raag Deepak makes the atmosphere so warm that gradually the ‘Deepak’ or lamp will .catch fire and ultimately the singer himself will, die out of immense heat.

Question 3. What were the names of Tansen’s daughters?
Answer: Saraswati and Rupavati were the names of Tansen’s daughters.

2. Complete the sentence with information from the text:

Question 1. Akbar was ignorant __________
Answer: Akbar was ignorant of the effect of the Raag

Question 2. Fortune _______
Answer: Fortune favours the brave

Question 3. Raag ‘Meghamalhar’ was sung by _________
Answer: Raag ‘Meghamalhar’ was sung by Tansen’s daughters—Saraswati and Rupavati

3. Write True or False:

Question 1. Tansen knew that to sing ‘Deepak’ was almost a death sentence for him.
Answer: True

Question 2. Raag “Meghamalhar’ brings rain.
Answer: True

Question 3. Tansen’s daughters were the disciple of Harigopal Swami.
Answer: False

Grammar And Vocabulary

1. Fill in the blanks with proper articles and prepositions:

Question 1. He goes _____ church every sunday in _______ morning ________ rickshaw.
Answer: He goes to church every sunday in the morning in a rickshaw.

Do as directed:

Question 1. Mother said to her daughter, “Why are you crying?” (Change the narration)
Answer: Mother asked her daughter why was she crying.

Question 2. He says, “I am happy.” (Change the narration)
Answer: He said that he is happy:

Question 3. The girl knows it. (Change the voice)
Answer: It is known by the girl

Question 4. I have lost my book. (Change the voice)
Answer: My book has been lost

Question 5. A strong wind ________ (blew, is blowing, has been blowing) since last night. (Fill in the blank with the correct verb)
Answer: Has been blowing

Question 6. They ________ (have met, met, were meeting) him last week.
Answer: Met

Question 7. Do not disturb me, otherwise I won’t help you. (Change into a complex sentence)
Answer: If you disturb me, I won’t help you.

Question 8. He went to inspect what had happened. (Change into a simple sentence)
Answer: He went to inspect the happenings

Question 9. You will do well in the examination I am sure of it. (Join the sentence)
Answer: I am sure that you will do well in the examination.

Question 10. That is the house. I once lived there. (Join the sentence)
Answer: That is the house I lived in once.

2. Find out the word which means opposite to:

1. Low
2. Cool
3. Front

Answer:

1. High
2. Warm
3. Back

Writing

Question 1. Write an autobiography of a Smartphone.
Answer:

Autobiography of a SmartPhone

I represent the discovery of the 21st century. I am a replacement of a number of instruments! of the 20th century-laptop, phones, TV, radio, music player, alarm, calendars, calculators, fax machines, banking just to name a few. Compared to the size of these instruments, I am tiny. However, I can do it! I everything that these instruments can do, and even more.

The best part about me is I can fit in a pocket and need little space. I am in the hands of everyone, from different walks of life-automobile drivers to a rocket scientists. I am the pulse of everyone’s life and I am proud that I can be of use and help humanity.

Question 2. You have just joined a new school. Write a page in your diary about the experience of shifting from familiar surrounding to new one.
Answer:

16.10.2022

Today I started 8th grade in a brand-new school. Since father got transferred at his job, we! I had to shift base from Kolkata to Uttarpara. I was excited and nervous at the same time. I met my I teachers and all of them introduced me as the new kid in class and made me feel welcome. I have not made any friends yet, but one of my classmates, Vinay, asked me to join him in a basketball game on the playground during lunch. I was very happy to be able to play with them. He introduced me to his friends as well and they were really nice to me.

Third Summative Evaluation Test Set 3

Reading Comprehension (Seen)

Read the passsage below and do as directed:

The next year the war came, in which I was engaged for five years. With the war behind me, I had a great desire to breathe a little pure air, and I set out again along the trail through that deserted country. The land had not changed. Ever since the day before, I had been thinking about the shepherd who planted trees. Ten thousand oaks, I had said to myself, must really take up a lot of space.

When I met Elzeard Bouffier this time, I found that the war had not disturbed him at all. He had continued with his planting. The oaks of 1910 were now ten years old and were taller than me and than him. The scene was impressive I was actually speechless and we passed the whole day in silence, walking through. his forest. It was three sections, eleven kilometers long overall and, at its widest point, three kilometers wide. When I considered that this had all sprung from the hands and from the soul of this one man-without technical aids-it struck me that men could be as effective as God in domains other than destruction.

1. Choose the correct alternative:

Question 1.The war continued for:

1. Ten years
2. Five years
3. Two years

Answer: 2. Five years

Question 2. When the narrator met Elzeard Bouffier after 10 years he:

1. Had retired
2. Continued with his planting
3. Was old and frail

Answer: 2. Continued with his planting

Question 3. The oaks of 1910 were now old.

1. 2 years
2. 10 years
3. 5 years

Answer: 2. 10 years

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

Question 1. After the war, the narrator had a great desire to ________
Answer: Breathe a little pure air.

Question 2. Ever since the day before, the narrator had been thinking _______
Answer: About the shepherd who planted trees.

Question 3. The oak trees planted in 1910 were now _________
Answer: 10 years old.

3. Answer the following questions:

Question 1. What was the realisation of the author after seeing the oak forest?
Answer: After seeing the vast oak tree forest, the author realised that men could be as effective as God in domains other than destruction.

Question 2. How did the war affect Elzeard Bouffier?
Answer: The war had not disturbed him at all. He had continued with his planting.

Read the poem and do as directed:

Someone came knocking
At my wee, small door;
Someone came knocking;
I’am sure sure sure
I listened, I opened,
I looked to left and right,
But nought there was a stirring
In the still, dark night;
Only the busy beetle
Tap-tapping in the wall,

Only from the forest
The screech-owl’s call,
Only the cricket whistling
While the dewdrops fall,
So I know not who came knocking,
At all, at all, at all.

1. Fill in the following chart with information from the text :

Answer:

Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

Read the passage and do as directed:

The Kimono is the national dress of Japan worn by both men and women. The word Kimono means ‘clothing’ or literally ‘something to wear’ and it has been just that for the Japanese for several hundred years. With changing times though, the people of Japan now wear the Kimono only on special or ceremonial occasions.

Kimonos are ‘T’ shaped robes that fall up to the ankles. The garment has a flat collar. and wide sleeves that fall to the wrists. It is always worn left side overnight and held together at the waist by a broad sash called ‘obi’. Most women’s Kimonos are one standard size and tucked in to fit the weaves. However, very tall and large-sized women have to have their Kimonos stitched to their size. Men wear a shorter version of the women’s Kimono, called haori, along with hakama or loose-fitting pants.

These days a kimono can cost upto 10,000 dollars! Also, a silk one is but normally more expensive than a cotton one. Today, in Japan, more women than men wear kimonos but only on special occasions like tea ceremonies, weddings, and funerals.

1. Write whether the statements are True or False:

Question 1. Kimono is national dress of India.
Answer: False

Question 2. Kimonos are ‘T’ shaped robes that fall up to the ankles.
Answer: True

Question 3. Men’s kimono in Japan is called haori.
Answer: True

2. Fill in the blank with word from the text:

Question 1. The word Kimono means _______
Answer: Clothing

Question 2. The kimono has a ________ collar.
Answer: Flat

Question 3. The broad sash tied at the waist is called __________
Answer: Obi

3. Choose the correct answer:

Question 1. The national dress of Japan is called-

1. Lungi
2. Kaftan
3. Kimono

Answer: 3. Kimono

Question 2. The kimono is worn by-

1. Both men and women
2. Only men
3. Only women

Answer: 1. Both men and women

Question 3. Very tall women need to get their kimonos

1. Tucked in
2. Stitched up
3. 10,000 dollars

Answer: 2. Stitched up

4. Answer the questions:

Question 1. What is the national dress of Japan?
Answer: The national dress of Japan is Kimono.

Question 2. What is the sash of a Kimono called?
Answer: The sash of the Kimono is called ‘obi’

Question 3. Nowadays, when does the men and women wear the kimono?
Answer: Nowadays a kimono is worn on special occassion like tea ceremonies, wedding and funerals

Grammar And Vocabulary Do as directed:

Question 1. Princess September was a princess. She was very unhappy. (Join using adjective clause)
Answer: Princess September who was a princess was very unhappy

Question 2. Travelling by train gives me great pleasure. (Underline the phrase).
Answer: Travelling by train.

Question 3. He is poor. He is honest. (Join the sentence)
Answer: He is poor but honest.

Question 4. The boy is good. I know the boy (Join the sentence)
Answer: I know the good boy.

Question 5. Mother said to me, “Respect the elders.” (Change the narration)
Answer: Mother advices me to respect the elders

Question 6. “How selfish I had been !” said the giant. (Change the narration)
Answer: The giant lamented that he was very selfish.

Question 7. They laughed at us. (Change the voice)
Answer: We were laughed at by them

Question 8. Let him buy a new car. (Change the voice)
Answer: Let a new car be bought by him

Question 9. The birds are flying in the sky. (Underline the main clause)
Answer: The birds are flying in the sky.

Question 10. The man jumped over the fence. (Underline the subordinate clause)
Answer: The man jumped over the fence..

Question 11. They ________ (work) since Monday last. (Fill in the blank with proper form of verb given in the bracket)
Answer: They have been working since Monday last.

Question 12. A good boy ________ (obey) his parents. (Fill in the blanks with proper form of verb given in the bracket)
Answer: A good boy obeys his parents.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions:

Question 1. I went _____the market to buy ______ apple and _____ orange _____ puja.
Answer: I went to the market to buy a apple and an orange for puja.

Find out words which mean:

1. Formal religious or public events
2. Joint connecting the foot with the leg
3. Dress
4. Costing a lot of money

Answer:

1. Ceremonial
2. Ankle
3. Garment
4. Expensive

Writing

Question 1. Write an autobiography of a river.

[Hints: broad and mighty river-born in the Himalayas – flow to meet the mighty ocean – useful to many – cause destruction when it rains heavily.)

Answer:

As Lord Tennyson rightly said, ‘Men may come and men may go, but I go on forever’. For centuries and through civilizations, I have flown from the tall Himalayas to the mighty oceans. I have been the cradle of civilizations, providing water for agriculture, transport for their boats, and fertile soil on the banks to grow their crops. I might flow quietly, but, with heavy rains, my quiet flow can turn into a huge flood and cause mass destruction. I signify both birth and death, and that is why I am worshipped as a Mother and a Holy river.

Question 2. Write a paragrah on “Your Hobby”.

[Hints: hobby means an activity done with pleasure – during our leisure – your hobby – when you do it – how it benefits you).

Answer:

My favourite passion or hobby is photography. I like it because I can freeze a moment in time. Earlier, I used to carry a big camera that my father bought for me, but now, my tool is my Smart Phone. I can take as many pictures as I want, share them with my friends and family in a matter of seconds. I would love to travel across the world and explore my passion.