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Thursday 22 May 2014

CLASS-8 MODEL TEST EXAMINATION

Part A : Grammar (40 Marks) [Answer any 8 questions out of 9]
1.    Complete the following passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tense. Use the negatives where necessary.
go
show
do
ask
punish
make
throw
Once a person (a) _____ to a saint and asked him (b) _____ God as he finds Him nowhere. He further (c) _____ him why man (d) _____ for his crime since he (e) _____ to do only as God wishes.
2.    Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions.
Dear Laura,
You kn0ow, the world we live (a) _____  full (b) _____ different things. There are many things (c) _____ us. All these things make (d) _____ the environment. We should not turn a good, clean environment (e) _____ a bad polluted one.
George Bush,
Washington DC.
3.    Use articles where necessary. Put a cross (x) where an article is not needed.
We know (a) _____ man is (b) _____ rational creature. It is (c) _____ rationality in him makes him (d) _____ different species. He can differentiate between (e) _____ right and (f) _____ wrong. This is why (g) _____ man is considered (h) _____ the best creation of (i) _____ Creator of (j) _____ universe.
4.    Fill in the blanks with suitable linking words from the list.
with
and
Notwithstanding
concerning
that
during
since
17th SAARC Summit ended (a) _____ the 20 points Addu Declation in Maldives. (b) _____ The Summit started with theme “Building bridges” . Now steps are taken to implement SAARC visa (c) _____ Asian currency for this region like The European Union. One of the basic issues SAARC Seed Bank Establishment, signed in the Summit, can meet any shortage of food (d)_____ times of adversity. (e) _____ we hope the bilateral meeting between the Premiers of Bangladesh and India will melt the ice of the deadlock on the Tista sharing.
5.    Make meaningful sentences with the following idioms.
Fall on deaf ears, month to feed, move heaven and earth, pull someone’s leg, light at the end of the tunnel, see aye to eye with, feel a cold shiver on someone’s spine.
6.    Rewrite the following in the reported speech.
Sentry A : Better ask him. (Calls to sergeant) Will this be a good place for a placard? (No answer)”
Sentry B : Will we put a notice here? (No answer)
7.    Read the following passage and transform the underlined sentences as directed in brackets :
(a)Wherever you go: I shall follow you (Simple). (b) Come anytime (Complex). (c) People say that it takes two to make a quarrel (Passive). (d) She loves you (Negative without changing the meaning). (e) Only ph D holders are eligible to apply for the post (Complex).
8.    Fill in the blanks with tag questions :
a)    What a pity! ____?
b)   You may fall unless you study, _____?
c)    Let me come in, _____?
d)   It hardly rains in the winter, _____?
e)    He dare not come, _____?
9.    Complete the following sentences:
a)    In Bangladesh 14 December is a day _____.
b)   I wish _____.
c)    What is Jotted, _____.
d)   Dream is a psychological process which _____.
e)    It is high time for him _____.


ANSWER

Part A : Grammar
1.    Right form of verbs
(a) went; (b) to show; (c) asked; (d) is punished; (e) is made.
2.    Appropriate prepositions
(a) in; (b) of; (c) around;(d) up; (e) into.
3.    Use of articles
(a) x; (b) a; (c) the; (d) a; (e) x; (f) x; (g) x; (h) x; (i) the; (j) the.
4.    Use of linking words
(a) with; (b) Since; (c) and; (d) during; (e) Not with standing.
5.    Making sentences with phrases & idioms
Fall on deaf ears : Her advice to her younger brother fell on deaf ears.
Mouth to feed : Our country is not in a position to have more mouth to feed.
Move heaven and earth : The businessman moved heaven and earth to fulfill  his mission.
Pull someone’s leg : The joker pulled my leg by telling me a false story.
Light at the end of the tunnel : After undergoing much sufferings, we could at last find the light at the end of the tunnel.
See eye to eye with: The Principal is not willing to see eye to eye with the students over the issue of the examination schedule.
Feel a cold shiver on someone’s spine : Seeing the police the old woman felt a cold shiver on her spine.
6.    Changing the form of speech
Sentry A told sentry B that it was better to ask him (sergent). He called the sergeant and asked him whether that would be a good place for a placard. But the sergeant was silent. Then sentry B asked the sergeant whether they would put a notice there. The sergeant remained silent then too.
7.    Transformation of sentences
a)    I Shall follow you everywhere.
b)   Come when you like.
c)    It is said that it takes two to make a quarrel.
d)   She does not hate you.
e)    Those who are only ph.D holders are eligible to apply for the post.
8.    Tag questions
a)    What a pity! Isn’t it?
b)   You may fail unless you study, mayn’t you?
c)    Let me come in, won’t you?
d)   It hardly rains in the winter, does it?
e)    He dare not come, dare he?
9.    Completing sentences
a)    Inn Bangladesh 14 December is a day on which a good number of intellectuals were killed.
b)   I wish I were the king of our country.
c)    What is lotted, cannot be blotted.
d)   Dream is a psychological process which seems to be a reality in sleep.
e)    It is high time for him that he took a decision regarding his marriage.


class-8

Part A : Grammar (40 Marks)
1.   Complete the passage with suitable verbs from the list. Put them in the correct tenses. Use negative where necessary.
    
call
write
provide
relate
reading
understand
be
Although language usage (a) _____ a teacher with the information about a child’s development and (b) _____ a means for socialization, previous experience with language is probably most important as it (c) _____ to the specific task (d) ____ reading. Reading is a language process requiring the (e) ____ of written language.
2.   Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions.
Population growth belongs (a) ____ one of the major causes responsible (b) _____ the environmental degradation. Although the growth rate in the world has (c) _____ some extent slowed (d) _____ still it adds 77 million human beings (e) _____ the world population.
3.   Use articles where necessary and put a cross (x) where article is not needed.
Patriotism means (a) ____ love for one’s (b) ____ country. It’s (c) ____ noble virtue. It removes (d _____ mean-mindedness of (e) ____man. It also inspires (f) ____ man to shed (g) _____ last drop of blood from the body to defend (h) ____ freedom of (i) _____ country. A man devoid of patriotic feelings is inferior to (j) _____ beast.
4.   Make sentences with any five of the following idioms.
Die out, white elephant, play truant, red tape, make good, beggar description, fall flat.
5.   Change the speech in the following passage.
“Prince of the Faithful”, replied the vizier, “they are doubtless a company of drunkard. If we go in, I fear that some hard may befall you.” “We must go in”, insisted the Caliph. “You shall invent some pretext for entrance.”
6.   Change the underlined sentences as directed.
(a) Plato is the most celebrated. Honored and revered of all philosophers of the western world (Positive). (b) He Athens twenty-four years ago (Complex). (c) He is said to be the greatest of all philosophers (Active). (d) The praise of plato has been expressed in figures of speech, which compete with one another in their eloquence (Simple). (e) He is the father of western philosophy (Negative).
7.   Fill in the blanks with question tags.
a)   I’m pleased with his conduct, ______?
b)  Neither of them complained, ______?
c)   We ought to love our country, ______?
d)  Everybody is liable to error, ______?
e)   Do study attentively, ______?
8.   Complete the incomplete sentences below.
a)   If we drink arsenic polluted water _____.
b)  Surface water is safe when _____.
c)   Pond water is not safe as _____.
d)  ______ because they are not conscious.
e)   Since there is scarcity of pure water _____.







 ANSWER
 Part A : Grammar
1.   Right form of verbs
(a) provides; (b) is; (c) Is related; (d) called; (e) understanding.
2.   Appropriate prepositions
(a) to; (b) for; (c) to; (d) down; (e) to.
3.   Use of articles
(a) x; (b) x; (c) a; (d) the; (e) a; (f) a; (g) the; (h) the; (i) the; (j) a.
4.   Making sentences with phrases & idioms
Die out : Many old customs are gradually dying out.
A whiter elephant : Setting up a nuclear project will become a white elephant in out county.
Play truant : He was punished for plying truant from school.
Red tape : Many people cannot set up industries in the country because of red tape formalities.
Make good : You will have to make good the loss if your construction work damages my house.
Beggar description : The sufferings of the flood- affected people beggar description.
Fall flat : My advice fell flat upon him.
5.   Changing the form of speech
Addressing the Caliph as the prince of the Faithful, the vizier replied that they were undoubtedly a company of drunkards. He also warned the Caliph that if they went in, he feared that some harm might befall him. But the Caliph insisted that they must go in and told the vizier that he (v) would invent for entrance. Jafar said that he heard and obeyed.
6.   Transformation of sentences
a)   No other philosopher of the western world is so celebrated, honoured and revered as Plato.
b)  It was twenty four years ago that he lived in Athens.
c)   People call him the greatest of all philosophy?
d)  The praise of Plato has been expressed in figures of speech to compete with one another in their eloquence.
e)   Isn’t the father of western philosophy?
7.   Tag questions
a)   I’m pleased with his conduct, ain’t/aren’t I?
b)  Neither of them complained, did they?
c)   We ought to love our country, oughtn’t we?
d)  Everybody is liable to error, aren’t they?
e)   Do study attentively, won’t you?
8      Completing sentences
a)   If we drink arsenic- polluted water, we are sure to fall sick.
b)  Surface water is safe when it is boiled.
c)   Pond water is not safe as different types of filthy things are mixed with it.
d)  The illiterate people of our country fall a prey to various diseases because they are not conscious of their health.
e)   Since there is scarcity of pure water, everybody living there fetches drinking water from the tube well of the neighbouring village.