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GRADE-8 EXAMINATION 2009
Version -6
English Part-(A)
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
TIME ALLOWED: 1 hour 40 minutes
Specific Instructions: Forty (40) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are given in this part. Attempt all questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Q. No.1. She holds _________ M.A degree from the Punjab University
(a) an (b) a
(c) the (d) on
Q. No.2. At the end of every question/interrogative sentence, we put a ______.
(a) Full stop (b) comma
(c) Question mark (d) capital letter
Q. No.3. _______ he will visit your office tomorrow?
(a) does (b) do
(c) will (d) did
Q. No.4. The group of words which consists of all the months in a year is.
(a) Monday, April, June (b) Sunday, Monday, June
(c) Monday, Tuesday, April (d) April, May, June
Q. No.5. I have collected _________ bones.
(a) any (b) some
(c) which (d) who
Q. No.6. Iron is one of the _______ metals.
(a) Hard (b) Harder
(c) Hardest (d) More Hard
Q. No.7. I can do it _________.
(a) Myself (b) Yourself (c) Herself (d) Himself
Q. No.8. Hazrat Umar (R.A) was a very daring man. “Daring” mean.
(a) Intelligent (b) Honest
(c) Hard Working (d) Brave
Q. No.9. The word with correct spellings is
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(a) Particulerly (b) Partecularly
(c) Particularly (d) Perticularly
Q. No.10. He began to learn his lesson by ________.
(a) Wear and Tear (b) Ways and Means
(c) Heart and Soul (d) By no means
Q. No.11. Shalimar Garden is ___________ than Lahore
(a) Beautiful (b) More Beautiful
(c) The most Beautiful (d) Beautifully
Q. No.12. He got first division _________ he had worked hard.
(a) But (b) Also
(c) Because (d) And
Q. No.13. They really felt frightened. “Frightened” means
(a) Happy (b) Good
(c) Afraid (d) Joyous
Q. No.14. The sentence in “Past Indefinite” is
(a) She loves her lamb very much
(b) She loved her lamb very much
(c) She was loving her lamb very much
(d) She had loved her lamb very much
Q. No.15. Lions ________ while donkeys bray.
(a) Bark (b) Crow
(c) Neigh (d) Roar
Q. No.16. Their grandfather died. They ________ him in the graveyard.
(a) Bury (b) Buried
(c) Buries (d) Burying
Q. No.17. When I ________ the station, the train had left.
(a) reach (b) reached
(c) had reached (d) reaching
Q. No.18. _______string goes slack, you wind it back.
(a) Slack (b) Wind
(c) String (d) When
Q. No.19. Why have you _______ playing for two hours?
(a) are (b) were
(c) be (d) been
Q. No.20. We must use all _______ to educate people.
(a) Ways and Means (b) Wear and Tear
(c) Thick and Thin (d) Heart and Soul
Q. No.21. The word with correct spellings is
(a) Convenent (b) Convenient
(c) Cunvenient (d) Cunvenent
Q. No.22. The sentence with correct opposites is
(a) There were many pretty toys but one was ugly.
(b) Mother was going with her son.
(c) Hockey is played by Pakistan and India
(d) We play football and cricket.
Q. No.23. The sentence with correct use of either/or is
(a) Either you or your brother can work here.
(b) You either or your brother can work here.
(c) You or your brother either can work here.
(d) You or your brother can work here either.
Q. No.24. The word with correct spellings is
(a) Teliphone (b) Telephon
(c) Telefon (d) Telephone
Q. No.25. Charity begins _________ home.
(a) in (b) on
(c) at (d) from
Q. No.26. The correct proverb is
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(a) Every dark cloud has a dark lining.
(b) Every dark cloud has a silver lining.
(c) Every cloud has a dark and silver lining
(d) Every dark and silver could has a lining
Q. No.27. The correct interrogative structure is
(a) Where does he live? (b) Where do he live?
(c) Where he lives? (d) Where does he lives?
Q. No.28. The sentence with the correct use of conjunction is
(a) He was ill but he went to the doctor.
(b) He was ill because he went to the doctor.
(c) He was ill so he went to the doctor.
(d) He was ill yet he went to the doctor.
Q. No.29. The driver applied the ________ of the car.
(a) Breaks (b) Breeks (c) Brakes (d) Bricks
Q. No.30. The sentence with the correct use of neither/nor is
(a) You can play neither hockey nor football.
(b) You can neither play hockey nor football.
(c) You neither can play hockey nor football.
(d) You cannot play neither hockey nor football.
Q. No.31. A horse has been one of the best friends of man. It has served man in both war and peace. It takes part in games like Polo. It has great Speed and Stamina. “It” means
(a) man (b) games
(c) horse (d) war
Q. No.32. The sentence with the correct use of neither/nor is
(a) You can neither study science or art.
(b) You either can study science or arts.
(c) Either you can study science or arts.
(d) You can study either science or arts.
Q. No.33. The sentence in past perfect is
(a) When he kicked the ball, the referee blew the whistle.
(b) When he kicks the ball, the referee blows the whistle.
(c) When he kicked the ball, the referee had blown the whistle.
(d) When he kicks the ball, referee blew the whistle.
Q. No.34. The correct passive of the sentence “She opened many schools for children.” is
(a) Many schools have been opened for children by her.
(b) Many schools are opened for children by her.
(c) Many schools opened for children by her.
(d) Many schools were opened for children by her.
Q. No.35. He said to me, “I am a student.” The correct indirect is
(a) He told me that I am a student.
(b) He told me that I was a student.
(c) He told me that he was a student.
(d) He told me that we were a student.
Q. No.36. The correct active voice of the sentence “Nurses are employed by the state” is
(a) State has employed the nurses.
(b) State is employing the nurses.
(c) State employees the nurses.
(d) State will employee the nurses.
Q. No.37. The correct Indirect of the sentence. He said to me, “will you come?” is
(a) He asked you if you will come.
(b) He asked you if he would come.
(c) He asked you if you would come.
(d) He asked you if you had come.
Q. No.38. The correct translation of Urdu sentence “ ” is
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(a) He likes to go for a morning walk.
(b) He goes for a morning walk.
(c) He liked to go for a morning walk.
(d) He is going for a morning walk.
Q. No.39. The correct English translation of Urdu sentence “ ” is
(a) Why did you quarrel with us?
(b) Why have you quarrelled with us?
(c) Why do you quarrel with us?
(d) Why are you quarreling with us?
Q. No.40. The correct Urdu translation of the sentence,
“English has become an international language.” Is
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GRADE-8 EXAMINATION 2009
Version -6
English Part-(B)
OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS
TIME ALLOWED: 1 hour 20 minutes
Specific Instructions: This part has 4 Open Ended Questions. Please use blank space
given below the question to write the answer.
Q. No. 41 Write an essay of at least 15 sentences about “My Parents” (10)
Q. No. 42
An old man who must be humoured
And sent to his room
When there are guests about
But always to be relied on
To keep the children upstairs
And out of mischief.
(a) For what purpose is he relied on? (2)
(b) When is he sent to his room? (2)
(c) How many rhyming words are there in the stanza? (2)
(d) Explain the stanza in your own words. (4)
Q. No. 43
(a) Use the following pairs in your own sentences. (1+1+1+1=4)
Peace: ____________________________________________________________________
Piece: ___________________________________________________________________
Through: ___________________________________________________________________
Throw: ___________________________________________________________________
(b) Translate the following sentences into English? (2+2+2=6)
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Q. No.44
Write a letter to your friend about your visit to a garden. (10)
