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GRADE-8 EXAMINATION-2008

English
General Instructions:
1) Candidate will write his Roll Number on Computerized Answer Sheet and Open Ended
Questions Part in digits.
2) Attempt all questions. Read each question carefully before answering.
3) Instructions to solve these questions are written with related parts.
4) Students are not allowed to take the Question Paper Part B/Answer Sheet out of the
Examination Centre.
5) Tick ; the correct option with BALL POINT, for right answer to the MCQ’s part, on the
computerized answer sheet. Tick ; sign must remain within the box.
Example:
1. Pakistan came into being in:-
(a) 1856 (b) 1905 (c) 1947 (d) 1927
Correct method to answer:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
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Note: Multiple ticked ; answers for one question will be considered wrong.

Part-(A)
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

TIME ALLOWED: 1:20 hour

Specific Instructions:
Forty (40) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are given in this part. Attempt all questions. All
questions carry equal marks.

Q. No.1. Everybody _________ for the sun to shine in winter:-

(a) waiting (b) will waited
(c) was wait (d) waits

Q. No.2. She is ________ her hair.

(a) combs (b) combing (c) have combed (d) will comb

Q. No.3. Iron is one of the _______ metals.

(a) hard (b) harder (c) hardest (d) hards

Q. No.4. Mr. Qazi took his class to the ________ .

(a) zoo (b) park (c) River side (d) Museum

Q. No.5. They are _______ very well.

(a) works (b) worked (c) may work (d) working
Q. No.6. I had hidden all my _______.
(a) beautiful (b) jokes (c) money (d) many

Q. No.7. We had _______ our work long before the bell rang.
(a) Finished (b) Finishes (c) be finished (d) may finished

Q. No.8. All in a hot and cooper sky

The _____ sun, at noon
(a) Black (b) Rough (c) Bloody (d) cut

Q. No.9. One who acts is ______.

(a) Player (b) singer (c) writer (d) actor

Q. No.10. The people of _______ boycotted the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him).
(a) Madina (b) Raidh (c) Makkah (d) Jeddah

Q. No.11. I _______ finished my work.

(a) has (b) have (c) is (d) are

Q. No.12. Hazrat Umar got the title of Faruq

(a) Before embracing Islam. (b) After embracing Islam.
(c) After death (d) After migration to Madina

Q. No.13. The house had been on fire ______ one hour.

(a) since (b) for (c) at (d) over

Q. No.14. Two policemen soon arrived __the scene of accident.

(a) under (b) over (c) at (d) in

Q. No.15. ______ is amusing children with his tricks.

(a) doctor (b) postman (c) magician (d) engineer

Q. No.16. Magician is _______ his empty pockets.

(a) shows (b) showed (c) showing (d) show

Q. No.17. A great famine ______ across the land.

(a) played (b) took (c) nodded (d) spread

Q. No.18. Why ______ you weeping?

(a) is (b) had (c) are (d) will

Q. No.19. The first computer was _______ by a French scientist.

(a) Used (b) calculated (c) invented (d) discovered

Q. No.20. A computer stores a large number of facts and ________.

(a) fingers (b) forms (c) farmers (d) figures

Q. No.21. The youngest son gave the utmost anxiety to the parents. Parents here means.
(a) father (b) mother (c) father and mother (d) grand father

Q. No.22. The sky in fact is an empty _______.

(a) ground (b) star (c) sun (d) space
Q. No.23. The fall of the apple was due to the earth’s _______.
(a) quality (b) freedom (c) pull (d) beauty

Q. No.24. Cattle breeders from all parts of the country bring _____ cattle to the show.
(a) they (b) their (c) then (d) themselves

Q. No.25. 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.26. A bird in hand is worth two in the ____.

(a) cage (b) bush (c) stomach (d) forest

Q. No.27. Human existence depends on ________.

(a) hydrogen (b) carbon (c) oxygen (d) nitrogen

Q. No.28. “meal” means.

(a) corn (b) crops (c) salt (d) food

Q. No.29. Mother gave me a _________ of cake.

(a) peace (b) piece (c) peice (d) peaice

Q. No.30. Time passes very _______.

(a) friendly (b) really (c) already (d) quickly

Q. No.31. He got first division_________ he had worked hard.

(a) because (b) and (c) therefore (d) so that

Q. No.32. The group of words with all verbs is

(a) Lahore, Karachi, Multan, Mardan (b) noise, bull, cow, goat
(c) Red, Blue, drink, eat (d) drink, eat, begin, write

Q. No.33. The name of a person is called _______.

(a) verb (b) noun (c) pronoun (d) adjective

Q. No.34. The correct Passive voice sentence of the sentence

“He is drinking milk.” is
(a) Milk is drunk by him.
(b) Milk are being drank by him.
(c) Milk is being drunk by him.
(d) milk will be drunk by him.

Q. No.35. The correct Passive voice of the sentence “She ate apples” is
(a) Apples were eaten by her.
(b) Apples are eaten by her.
(c) Apples have eaten by her.
(d) Apples will be eaten by her.

Q. No.36. Look before you _______.

(a) sleep (b) leap (c) cross (d) across
Q. No.37. The correct Urdu Translation of the sentence
“Did you enjoy your trip to the museum yesterday?

Q. No.38. The correct Urdu translation of the sentence

“English has become an international language.” is

Q. No.39. We can converse through either English ______ Urdu with them. They do not know
any other language.
(a) neither (b) of (c) or (d) at

Q. No.40. The correct translation of the sentence is

(a) He (R.A.) gave much information to justice.
(b) He (R.A.) began much importance to justice.
(c) He (R.A.) gave much importance to justice.
(d) He accepted to give importation to justices.
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English Part-(B)
OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS

TIME ALLOWED: 40 minutes

Specific Instructions: This part has 5 Open Ended Questions. Please use blank space below the
question to write the answer.

Q. No.41. Read the passage and answer the questions at the end.
Hazrat Ayesha (May God be pleased with her) said that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) never took
revenge upon any one. Abu Sufyan was the worst enemy of Islam before he became a Muslim. At
the conquest of Makkah,the Holy Prophet (PBUH) not only forgave him but also honoured him by
declaring amnesty for those who took refuge in his house. The people of Makkah boycotted the Holy
Prophet (PBUH) socially for three years. When he went to Taif to preach Islam, the people there
threw stones at him.
(a) For how long did the people of Makkah boycott the Holy Prophet (PBUH)? (1)

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(b) What did the Holy Prophet (PBUH) declare at the conquest of Makkah? (2)

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(c) What happened when the Holy Prophet (PBUH) preached Islam to the people of Taif? (2)

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Q. No.42. Read the stanza carefully and answer the following questions.
Green Parrot sing.
Sing of the days
Beyond the cage.
Sing of the days
In mango groves
Sing of the first
Blossoms in trees
Q. 1. What is the name of the poem? (1)

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Q. 2. What will the green parrot sing? (2)

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Q. 3.What does “beyond the cage” means? (2)

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Q. No.43. Write at least five sentences about the “Computer”. (5)

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Q. No.44. Use the outline, write a story write its title also.
A dog _______ hungry ________ a butcher’s shop______ a piece of meat went to jungle
_______stream shadow barked ______ piece fell.

Title ______________________ (1)

Story:- (4)
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Q. No.45. Write an essay of at least 10 sentences on. (5)

Morning Walk OR A Picnic

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