Class 8 English 2nd Term Exam 2081 PDF

**Shree Bageshwori Basic School** **tarakeshwor- 6 Majuwa, Nuwakot** **Second Term Examination- 2081** **Class: 8 Subject: Compulsory English F.M. : 50** **Time: 2 hrs. P.M. : 20** **1.Read the passage and answer the following questions:** **The Circus Elephant** What are they thinking? The...

**Shree Bageshwori Basic School** **tarakeshwor- 6 Majuwa, Nuwakot** **Second Term Examination- 2081** **Class: 8 Subject: Compulsory English F.M. : 50** **Time: 2 hrs. P.M. : 20** **1.Read the passage and answer the following questions:** **The Circus Elephant** What are they thinking? The circus elephants, As they tramp round the ring each night? Do they wish that they were far away In the forest\'s leaty light? Where they\'d roam at will And could eat their Far from human sight As the gentle giants perform their tricks The children stare with delight But is it fair? Should they be there Is keeping them captive right? **- John Forster** **A Reorder the following sentences: (1x5=5)** a\. The poet asks if it is right to keep elephant in Captivity. b\. The children watch elephants with delight. c\. They could eat their fill. d.The circus elephants tromp round the ring each night. e\. These gentel giants (elephants) perform all the tricks taught by Circus men. **2. Read the passage and answer the following Questions:** I would like to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to stand in front of you and deliver o speech today. The topic of my spee Chis The Pen is mighter than the Sword. 775 a a very popular proveb. We all know that sword is a very powerful weapon and can give enormous power to the person holding it. It is so powerful that with this you can even make people bow down to you and establish your supremacy. However, you can enslave a person physically, but cannot enslave his mind and heart. This power lies with the Pen.Pen, even n to be though small in size, is know more powerful than the sword. **A Read the text again and write True or False**: **(1x5=5)** a\. The saying the pen is mightier the sword suggests that words can be more powerful than physical force. b\. A sword can control both a person\'s body and their thoughts. C. The speaker believes that the pen is week Compared to the sword. d\. According to the passage, the word is a tool for dominance over other. e\. The passage implies that controlling thoughts and feelings is more important than controlling the body. **3. Read the passage and answer the following questions:** volleyball is the national games of Nepal. it is widely played in all the geographical regions of the country because it doesn\'t need a big Space for Setting its court. Moreover, its rules are simple. It is a team sport which consists of two teams of six players each. The teams are separated by a net. The net is posstioned at 2.43 meters high in men\'s category whereas 2.43 metres high in women\'s. The major target of the teams is to try getting highest point to win. A Tally is begun by a serve Serving the ball into play, The ball is served over the net to the opposing team. To score a point inte volleyball, a team must win a rally. **A. Read the text again and answer the following questions. (1x5=5)** a which game is our national game? b\. where it is widely played? C. How is ia rally begun? d\. What is the height of the net for men\'s Category? e\. Why is volleyball widely played in Nepal? **4. Read the passage ane answer the following questions:** Once there was a young boy. This boy head problems Controlling his anger. When he got angry, he would say the first thing that come to mind, even if it attected people. One day, his father gifted him a hammer and a bundle ot nails, then said, \"whenever you get mead, hammer a nail into the backyard fence.\" In the first days, the boy used up halt of the nails. Over the next weeks, he used up tewer nails, until his temper was under control. Then, his father asked the young boy to remove a nail for each day he chidn\'t lose his temper. On the day when the boy removed his last nail, his father told him. \"You have done good, boy. But, Can you see the holes in the wall? The fance is never going to be the same. Likewise, when you say mean things in anger, you\'ll leave a scar.\" **A. Match the words in column A\' with their meaning in Column B : (1x5=5)** **A B** a\. harmmer -Consume according to own purpose b\. nail -a tool with Wooden haft and heavy head ormetal head c.backyard -Obstacle in doing some thing d.useup -state of mind in terms of anger or calmness e\. temper - a backside graden of a house f\. problem - a small metal spike with a brees broadened flat head **5. punctuate the following text: (10x0.5=5)** \"She enjoy to cooking, reading book, and going to the cinema\'s on weekends. Their is many reason\'s why she prefer\'s this activities over others.\"\ **6. Complete the following story by choosing a correct verbs from given in the brackets : 5** Once there \[ is/ was/were\] a crow. He \[is/were/was\] very thirsty. He \[flew/flown/fly\] here and there in search of water. He \[see/sees/seen\] a pitcher of water. The water in the picture \[is/was/were\] at the bottom. He \[get/gets/got\] an idea. He \[collect/collected/collects\] some pabbles. He \[drops/dropped/had dropped\] them in the picture one by one. The level of the water \[come/ comes/came/coming\] up. Thus the crow \[quench/quenches/quenched\] **7. Write an essay on \" Duties of a Students\". 5** **8. Re-write the following sentences os indicated in the brackets. (5x0.5=2.5)** a\. They are playing, ? (Add question tags) b\. He must write a letter. (into passive voice) c\. They play football. (into present continuous) d\. Ram said to Gita,\" you are intelligent. (Into indirect speech) e\. I..........(do) homework since morning. (supply the correct form of the verb) **9. Choose the best answer to complet the sentences. and reverite them. (5x0.5=2.5)** a\. He is............one-eyed man. (a/an/the) c\. We must go to school.............ten.(after/before/off) d.Mt. Everest is..............mountain in the world. (tall/taller/talest) e\. My sister eats orange, banana...........apple. (and / but I because) The end