1st Unit Test

Subject English
Class VIII
1. Answer the following questions:
5x3= 15
a) What did he find in the secret drawer? Who do you think has
put it in there?
b) The Cricket says, Oh! What will become of me? When does
he say it and why?
c) What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother
saw?
d) What according to the Djinn, was the use of the humph.
e) What jobs did Hans Wolf and Jim Macpherson have when
they were not soldiers?
2. Find out noun in given sentences:
5 marks
a) The Dog and the Cat wre playing in the park.
b) Ram plays the Piano and Guitar.
c) My family works as a team.

3. Complete the following phrases with a suitable word

from the box:
1 x 5 =5
Humorous , heroic , brash , brave , heartless
a) I dont know if Sanjeev was ------------------- or
---------------------------.
c) I think that he was very --------------- ----------and
-------------------------.

e) Sanjeev was not -----------------------------------.

4. Spell the words correctly:

1 x5 =5
a) RISTMASCH
e) JINND

b) CKETIRC

c) NAMITSU

d) CAEML

5. Answer the following questions:

5 x2 =10
a) Who is the author of i) The Best Christmas Present in the
world
ii) How
the camel got his Hump.
b) Who has written the letter and to whom?
c) What is your opinion of the ants principle?
d) The camel was looking at his own reflection in the pool.
What does it
suggest about the camel?
e) What is the real name of Mrs. Jim Macpherson?