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GRADE-8 EXAMINATION 2009
Version -2
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. I read ______ story about one-eyed giants.
(a) an (b) the (c) a (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. _______ you attend the class tomorrow.
(a) is (b) was (c) will (d) shall
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 don’t think he needs ________ help.
(a) Any (b) Some (c) Many (d) Few
Q. No.6. Iron is one of the _______ metals.
(a) Hard (b) Harder (c) Hardest (d) More Hard
Q. No.7. The books on the table are _________.
(a) Me (b) My (c) Us (d) Mine
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. And the ship was wrecked. “Wrecked” means
(a) Saved (b) Loaded (c) Destroyed (d) Built
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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. The snake crept _________ the ant.
(a) Slow (b) Slower (c) Slower than (d) Slowest
Q. No.12. He got first division _________ he had worked hard .
(a) But (b) Also (c) Because (d) And
Q. No.13. Hazrat Umar (R.A) shaped the destiny of the Muslim Ummah. “Destiny” means
(a) Culture (b) Farmers (c) Country (d) Fate
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. How bright on the blue
Is a kite when its new!
A new kite is ______
(a) Blue (b) Bright (c) How (d) When
Q. No.16. Their grandfather died. They ________ him in the graveyard.
(a) Bury (b) Buried (c) Buries (d) Burying
Q. No.17. Why did he ________ there?
(a) Sleeps (b) Sleep (c) Slept (d) Sleeping
Q. No.18. _______string goes slack, you wind it back.
(a) Slack (b) Wind (c) String (d) When
Q. No.19. We have been meeting _______ a long time.
(a) From (b) Since (c) For (d) Till
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
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(a) Existance (b) Existence (c) Exustance (d) Existunce
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 the girl or her mother came yesterday.
(b) The girl came either or her mother yesterday.
(c) The girl either came or her mother yesterday.
(d) Either the girl came or her mother yesterday.
Q. No.24. The word with correct spellings is
(a) Teliphone (b) Telephon (c) Telefon (d) Telephone
Q. No.25. Sing of the days _______ mango groves
(a) on (b) at (c) over (d) in
Q. No.26. The correct proverb is
(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. Where _______ you yesterday.
(a) Was (b) are (c) were (d) am
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. My shoes are showing signs of ______.
(a) Wear and Tear (b) Flesh and Blood (c) Thick and Thin (d) Love and Hate
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.
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Q. No.31. The correct Urdu translation of the sentence, “They began to shout and call for their father” is
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 correct past perfect is
(a) When he reached the school, the teacher had called the roll.
(b) When he had reached the school, the teacher called the roll.
(c) When he was reaching the school, the teacher had called the roll.
(d) When he reaches the school, the teacher had called the roll.
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. A man could not make or produce all the things he needed. He could make only a few things. He has, therefore, been bartering his goods or services with the goods or
The paragraph is about(b) Bartering goods and services.
(c) Needing goods and services. (d) Man with his goods and services
(a) Producing goods and services.
Q. No.36. The correct active voice of the sentence “Nurses are employed by the state”
(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. Which one of the following is a proverb?
(a) The sun rises in the east.
(b) A bird in hand is better than two in the bush.
(c) I saw dark clouds in the sky.
(d) The tailor stitched my shirt.
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Q. No.38. The correct translation of Urdu sentence is
(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 the Urdu sentence is
(a) Why are the children not obeying their parents?
(b) Why have the children not obeyed their parents?
(c) Why do the children not obey their parents?
(d) Why did the children not obey their parents?
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 2
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 Country” (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)
Our: ____________________________________________________________________
Hour: ___________________________________________________________________
Sowing: _________________________________________________________________
Sewing: _________________________________________________________________
(b) Translate the following sentences into English? (2+2+2=6)
Q. No.44
Write a letter to your friend about your visit to a garden. (10)
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