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GRADE-8 EXAMINATION 2009
Version 4
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. Pure food is ______ biggest problem in many countries.
(a) an (b) the
(c) a (d) any
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 bring your books tomorrow.
(a) do (b) did
(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 visited ________ of my friends yesterday.
(a) Any (b) Some
(c) Who (d) Which
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Q. No.6. Iron is one of the _______ metals:-
(a) Hard (b) Harder
(c) Hardest (d) More Hard
Q. No.7. You can write a good letter _________.
(a) Yourself (b) Myself (c) Hisself (d) Hisself
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
(a) Butifully (b) Beautifully
(c) Beautifuly (d) Beatifully
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. This is the ________ edition of the book.
(a) Late (b) Later
(c) Latest (d) More late
Q. No.12. He got first division _________ he had worked hard.
(a) But (b) Also
(c) Because (d) And
Q. No.13. What a feast they all had! “Feast” means
(a) A splendid meal (b) A great gift
(c) A big toy (d) A colourful book
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. Donkeys ________ while dogs bark.
(a) Neigh (b) Bray
(c) Roar (d) Mew
Q. No.16. Their grandfather died. They ________ him in the graveyard.
(a) Bury (b) Buried
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(c) Buries (d) Burying
Q. No.17. When he ________ the school, the bell had rung.
(a) Reach (b) Reaches
(c) Reached (d) Had reached
Q. No.18. _______string goes slack, you wind it back.
(a) Slack (b) Wind
(c) String (d) When
Q. No.19. Why _______ he been crying for two hours?
(a) Have (b) Has
(c) Is (d) Was
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) Tiwilight (b) Twilight
(c) Tuwilight (d) Towilight
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) I can study either in the afternoon or in the evening.
(b) I can either study in the afternoon or in the evening.
(c) I either can study in the afternoon or in the evening.
(d) Either I can study in the afternoon or in the evening.
Q. No.24. The word with correct spellings is
(a) Teliphone (b) Telephon
(c) Telefon (d) Telephone
Q. No.25. Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones _____ others.
(a) in (b) on
(c) at (d) over
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. The correct interrogative sentence is
(a) How many coins do you have?
(b) How coins many you have?
(c) How many coins you have?
(d) How many have you coins?
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. I ______ what you said.
(a) Hear (b) Herd
(c) Heard (d) Horde
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. You can use a particular recorded programme in your own computer which is
available on a diskette. A diskette is a tiny plastic record. Through these diskettes
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you can also play games. The paragraph is about
(a) Computer (b) Games
(c) Diskette (d) Programme
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 posted the letter, the postman was going.
(b) When he was posting the letter, the postman was going.
(c) When he posted the letter, the postman had gone.
(d) When he posts the letter, the postman is going.
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 don’t play hockey.” The correct indirect is
(a) He told me that I don’t play hockey.
(b) He told me that he didn’t play hockey.
(c) He told me that I didn’t play hockey.
(d) He told that he does not play hockey.
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. You said to him, “Will you go to Lahore
(a) You asked him if he will go to Lahore
(b) You asked him if you would go to Lahore
(c) You asked him if he would go to Lahore
(d) You asked him if you will go to Lahore
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
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(a) Why did the stars shine at night?
(b) Why does the stars shine at night?
(c) Why do the stars shine at night?
(d) Why are the stars shining at night?
Q. No.40. The correct Urdu translation of the sentence
“English has become an international language.” Is
GRADE-8 EXAMINATION 2009
Version 4
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 City” (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)
Herd: ____________________________________________________________________
Heard: ___________________________________________________________________
Brake: ___________________________________________________________________
Break: ___________________________________________________________________
(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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