DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL KALINGA
MONDAY TEST
CLASS-VIII
SUBJECT-ENGLISH M.M: 20
DATE:-17.12.12 DURATION-50 MINS.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:- All questions are compulsory. Attempt any section first . Answers of the section attempted are to be written in a sequence. Complete one section before proceeding to the next section. Present a neat paper.
SECTION A: READING-[5]
1.READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT FOLLOW
Punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs of a civilised society. Without it nothing could ever be brought to a conclusion, everything would be in a stage of chaos. Only in a sparsely populated rural community is it possible to disregard it. In ordinary living there can be some tolerance of unpunctuality . The intellectual, who is working on some abstruse problem , has everything coordinated and organised for the matter in hand. He is therefore forgiven, if late for the dinner party. But people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine. It is hard for energetic, quick minded people to waste time , so they are often tempted to finish a job before setting out to keep an appointment. If no accidents occur on the way like punctured tyres, diversion of traffic, sudden descent of fog, they will be on time. They are often more industrious and more useful citizens than those who are never late. The over punctual can be as much a trial as others as the unpunctual. The guest who arrives half an hour too soon is the greatest nuisance. Some friends of my family had this irritating habit. The only thing to do was to ask them to come half an hour late than the other guests. Then they arrived just when we wanted them . If you are catching a train , it is always better to be comfortable early than even a fraction of a minute too late. Although being early may mean wasting a little time, this will be less than if you miss the train and have to waste an hour or so for the next one. And you avoid the frustration of arriving at the very moment when the train is drawing out of the station and being unable to get on it. And even a harder situation is to be on the platform in good time for the train and still to see it go without you
The Homework on Free Time Student Hours School
Imagine a person whose life is filled with so many activities and duties that he or she must schedule time just to hang out and be social. You, parents and teachers of working and full time college students, can imagine how chaotic life would be if different events filled your entire schedule. That scenario is exactly what students must go through every day of a school year and still try to keep ...
Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet.
a. The civilised society expects all to be punctual in order to
i. be accessible to their friends and relatives.
ii. help in conducting affairs of life without confusion .
iii. raise the standard of living .
iv. be liked by those around them .
b. The author wished some of his friends to come half an hour late than others because
i. his friends were of eccentric habits.
ii. he did not want his friends to meet his other friends.
iii. his friends lacked table manners.
iv. his friends were in the habit of arriving too early.
c. The author implies that it is better to arrive early at a station so that
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Pyramids, gold, the Nile, hieroglyphics, gods and goddesses... no matter how much we know about it, we all see one of these things when we picture Egypt. However, this image is not complete without the Pharaoh. Not much in Egypt was. So to be considered "The Last Great Pharaoh of Egypt" is quite an honor, an honor that Ramesses III carries. A ruler in the time of the New Kingdom, he gave Egypt a ...
i. there is no possibility of missing the train.
ii. getting into the compartment of choice is easy.
iii. porters can be hired in time to carry your luggage.
iv. one has the opportunity to observe people and the surroundings properly.
d. Some sort of punctuality is tolerable in some people who are
i. polite and humble
ii. holding high positions in society.
iii. busy in solving some vital problems.
iv. too busy people.
e. The word ‘abstruse’ means
i. abstract.
ii. profound.
iii. complex.
iv. direct .
SECTION B: WRITING-[5]
2. You have been asked to take part in a debate on ‘Should teachers give homework’ . Write the debate in
about 150 words in favour of, or against , the motion.
SECTION C: GRAMMAR-[5]
3. Fill in the blanks using the correct form of verbs given in the brackets: [1/2×4=2]
a. If he is tired he __________ (do) not go for a walk.
b. If he ran fast, he __________(get) there in time.
c. If you ______________ (work) you would have passed the examination last year.
d. If she_____________________( not receive) my telegram ,she won’t be expecting me.
4. The following passage has not been edited. There is one error in each line. Write the incorrect word
and the correct word in your answer sheet against the correct blank number.
A list of articles lost by railway travellers have
