Blossom Class 8 First Summative Examination (Mock Test) 8 -

Section A: Reading Comprehension (Seen)

1. Read the following stanzas from “Someone” and answer the questions below:

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.

A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives: [1 x 2 = 2]

i) The poet’s door was: wee, small
big and wide
newly painted

ii) After opening the door, the poet looked to: up and down
north and south
left and right

B. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements. Give supporting statements for your answers: [2 x 2 = 4]

i) The poet saw someone standing at the door. Supporting Statement:

ii) The only sound the poet heard was the beetle tap-tapping. Supporting Statement:

C. Answer the following question: [2]

What were the three sounds the poet heard in the still, dark night?

Section B: Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

2. Read the following passage and answer the questions below:

Elara lived in a small cottage at the edge of a quiet village. Every night, she would sit by her window and watch the stars. She loved the sky. She often wondered where the stars went during the day. “Perhaps they are like lost children,” she thought, “and the sun is their mother looking for them.” One night, a bright star seemed to fall from the sky. It landed in the forest nearby. Elara, being a brave and curious girl, decided to find it. She took a lantern and walked into the dark woods, her heart beating with a mix of fear and excitement. She searched for hours but found nothing. Disappointed, she returned home, only to see the brightest star of all twinkling right above her cottage, as if it was winking at her.

A. Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives: [1 x 2 = 2]

i) Elara wondered where the stars went during the: night
day
evening

ii) Elara went into the woods with a: candle
torch
lantern

B. Answer the following questions: [2 x 3 = 6]

i) What did Elara think the stars were like?

ii) Why did Elara go into the forest?

iii) Was Elara successful in her search? What did she see when she returned?

Section C: Grammar & Vocabulary

3. Do as directed:

[1 x 6 = 6]

i) The captain ordered his men to bring Jon before him. (Identify the infinitive)

ii) Our ____________ (friend) will remain forever. (Add a suitable suffix)

iii) The baby ____________ (sleep) all day. (Use the Present Perfect Continuous Tense)

iv) An old man sat on a wall ____________ the Persian wheel. (Fill in with a suitable preposition)

v) He drew a picture. (Change the voice)

vi) I remember the house where I was born. (Identify the underlined clause)

4. Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B:

[1 x 4 = 4]

Column A

Wee
Nought
Stirring
Whistling

Column B

Nothing
Making a high sound
Very small
Movement

i) Wee –

ii) Nought –

iii) Stirring –

iv) Whistling –

Section D: Writing Skill

5. Answer any ONE of the following:

[10]

a) Diary Entry

Imagine you are the poet from “Someone”. Write a diary entry in about 80 words describing the experience of hearing the mysterious knocking and what you thought it might be.

b) Paragraph Writing

Write a paragraph in about 80 words describing the character of Elzéard Bouffier, “The Man Who Planted Trees”, and the lesson you learn from his life.

First Summative Examination (Mock Test)

Class: VIII

Subject: English

Section A: Reading Comprehension (Seen)

Section B: Reading Comprehension (Unseen)

Section C: Grammar & Vocabulary

Section D: Writing Skill