Saturday 10 November 2018

Revision Lesson | class eight ( VIII) grammar part

Underline the participle  adjectives in the following  sentences :

 ('a) The painted house looks beautiful.
(b) A barking dog seldom bites.
 (C) They submitted a written answer.
(d) The tattered shirt was lying on the mud.
 (e) The creaking sound of the door awakened the baby.
Ans.
('a) The painted house looks beautiful.
(b) A barking dog seldom bites.
 (C) They submitted a written answer.
(d) The tattered shirt was lying on the mud.
 (e) The creaking sound of the door awakened the baby.


Fill In the blanks with suitable - articles or prepositions :
Once ------ poor weaver lived ---------a village. He was well-known as -------artist. His beautiful designs ------- cloth were much appreciated. The weaver earned his livelihood -------- working hard all day.
Ans. A, in, an, on, by


Identify the adverbs In each set. Put a tick mark  on the adverb:

(i) Tall/ sweetly/child/run
(ii) Wait/walk/slowly/full
(iii) Happy/friendship/wise/quietly
(iv) Tomorrow/evening/careful/look
(v) Make/here/incident/quick
Ans. (i) sweetly
(ii) quietly
(iii) slowly
(iv) tomorrow
(v)  here

Classify the underlined adverbs according to their functions in the chart given below :
(i) It is a good habit to rise early
(ii) He often comes to our house.
(iii) The nightingale sings sweetly.
(iv) My pet dog follows me everywhere.
Ans.
(i) Early---time
(ii) Often --- frequency
(iii) Sweetly ----manner
(iv) Everywhere ----- place


Choose the correct alternative from  the verbs given In brackets and fill in the blanks:

(a)  I -------- a book now. (read/am reading /Was reading)

(b) Tintin  ----   home just now. (is returning/was returning] has returned)
(c) When we reached the hall, the film ------  (Starts/Started/had started)
 (d) The young man boarded the bus while it  ------  . (is moving/was moving/had moved)
(e) The Satabdi Express __ Puri at the scheduled time, yet it failed
to reach Howrah on time. (is leaving/ has left/ had left)
Ans. (a) am reading
(b) has returned
(c) had started
(d) was moving
(e) had left
Write the positive, comparative and superlative form of the adjectives and fill in the chart given below.
Positive Comparative Superlative
Large Larger Largest
Beautiful More Beautiful Most Beautiful
Good Better Best

Fill in the blanks with the given adjectives in their proper degree :


(i) No other mountain peak is so ------ (high) as Everest.
(ii) (ii) Darjeeling is ___(cool) than Lava.

(iii) Rashmi is the  ----  (tall) girl in the class.

(iv) Very few Indian cities are as ___(big) as Kolkata.

(v) The Rajdhani Express runs ------  (fast) than most other Indian trains.

Ans.

(i) No other mountain peak is so high as Everest.
(ii) (ii) Darjeeling is cooler than Lava.

(iii) Rashmi is the tallest girl in the class.

(iv) Very few Indian cities are as big as Kolkata.

(v) The Rajdhani Express runs faster than most other Indian trains.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate medals given In the list below:

(a) We ---- help the poor and the needy.
(b) -------- God bless you!

(c) You____ hurry up or you will be late.
(d) ____there be life on Mars?
Modals: may, will, should, can, must
Ans.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate medals given In the list below:

(a) We should help the poor and the needy.
(b) May God bless you!

(c) You must hurry up or you will be late.
(d) Can there be life on Mars?

(e) I will be thirteen next month.

The words in brackets are homophones. Choose the correct option and fill in  the blanks:

(a)  -------- are two coconut trees in the garden. (there/their)

(b) Last Sunday, I ------ Munni at the bus stop. She is my close  ------- .(mate l met)

(c) I ___ why you often __ about in the woods. (wander l wonder)

(d) My mother is -----  weak ------ walk. (to/too)

 (e) The little ------- has  -------  this bouquet. (made l maid)
Ans.
(a)  there are two coconut trees in their garden. (there/their)

(b) Last Sunday, I met  Munni at the bus-stop. She is my close mate.(mate l met)

(c) I wonder why you often wander about in the woods. (wander l wonder)

(d) My mother is too  weak  to walk. (to/too)

 (e) The little maid has made this bouquet. (made l maid)
Make sentences with the word :
Castle:
Rustic:
Savage:
Blossom:
Weary:
Add prefix or suffix to the following words to form opposites.
Secure ------ insecure
Patient ------- impatient
Hope ---- hopeless
Appear ----- disappear
Bound ---- boundless

Suppose you have been selected to represent your school in a district level sports event. Describe your feelings to the class.
My Dear.

I could barely trust my ears when our regarded games educator declared today in the supplication line that I had been chosen to speak to our school in the area level between school badminton competition. Truly it is very unfathomable and surprising. I cherish the round of badminton from' the center of my heart and practice every day to get flawlessness. Be that as it may, there are such huge numbers of players who play the diversion