Grade - Viii Model Paper 2017 English: Mcqs Paper Key S. No. Key S. No. Key
Grade - Viii Model Paper 2017 English: Mcqs Paper Key S. No. Key S. No. Key
Grade - Viii Model Paper 2017 English: Mcqs Paper Key S. No. Key S. No. Key
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MCQs Paper Key
S. No. Key S. No. Key
1 B 21 A
2 B 22 B
3 A 23 D
4 B 24 C
5 C 25 D
6 C 26 A
7 D 27 B
8 B 28 C
9 D 29 B
10 C 30 B
11 D 31 C
12 A 32 B
13 C 33 A
14 A 34 B
15 A 35 B
16 A 36 B
17 B 37 C
18 D 38 B
19 B 39 A
20 B 40 D
CRQ/ERQ PAPER MARKING SCHEME
CRQs
Q.1 (a) 2 Marks
Pick out and write the topic sentence of the given passage.
Possible answers:
Not all the countries grow the same crops and produce same goods.
Checking hints:
Checking hints:
2 marks for the complete answer
1 mark for the incomplete/ generalised answer
Q.2 (b) 2 Marks
Where do honey bees make their homes? What sound do they make?
Possible answers:
Honey bees make their homes in trees. They make buzz sound.
Checking hints:
1 mark for writing trees
1 mark for writing buzz
Checking hints:
1 mark for writing desert
1 mark for writing humps
Possible answers:
The white polar bear hunts fish by making hole in the ice.
Checking hints:
1.5 marks for correct answer
0.5 mark for correct sentence structure
Q.2 (e) 2 Marks
Why does the polar bear make hole in the ice?
Possible answers:
The polar bear makes hole in the ice to catch fish.
Checking hints:
1.5 marks for correct answer
0.5 mark for correct sentence structure
Do as directed.
Q.3(a) 2 Marks
i. My father goes to office in his car. (Change into past indefinite tense)
ii. My brother meets his friends. (Change into present perfect tense)
Possible answers:
i. My father went to office in his car.
ii. My brother has met his friends.
Checking hints:
1 mark for each correct answer
Q.3(b) 2 Marks
i. He plays cricket. (Change into passive voice)
ii. He says, “I am a good student.” (Change into indirect speech)
Possible answers:
i. Cricket is played/cricket is played by him.
ii. He says that he is a good student.
Checking hints:
1 mark for each correct answer
Q.3(c) 2 Marks
Write FOUR countable nouns from your immediate environment.
Possible answers:
Any four countable nouns from the immediate environment
Checking hints:
0.5 mark for each correct answer (4 required)
Q.3(d) 2 Marks
i. He saw _______ monkey (Insert suitable article)
ii. She is eating ________ apple. (Insert suitable article)
Possible answers:
i. a
ii. an
Checking hints:
1 mark for each correct answer
Q.3(e) 2 Marks
i. He ______ invited his friends to a party. (Insert suitable helping verb)
ii. They have_________ driving since morning. (Insert suitable helping verb)
Possible answers:
i. Has/had
ii. been
Checking hints:
1 mark for each correct answer
Q.3(f) 2 Marks
i. He likes to read story books. (Change into interrogative sentence)
ii. We have won the match. (Change into exclamatory sentence)
Possible answers:
i. Does he like to read story books?
ii. Hurrah! We have won the match.
Checking hints:
1 mark for each correct answer
Q.3(g) 3 Marks
Pick out all adjectives in the given sentence.
Ali is a sporty boy and plays cricket in a wide ground on sunny afternoons.
Possible answers:
Sporty, wide, sunny
Checking hints:
1 mark for each correct answer (3 required)
ERQs
Q.4 15 Marks
a. Write an essay of about 100 - 120 words on any ONE of the following topics.
i. Importance of games
ii. Importance of education
OR
b. Construct your own story with the help of the following beginning.
It was a snowy evening. On my way back home, I saw a dog shivering with cold. I……
Checking hints:
15 marks as per criteria
Q.5 10 Marks
Write an application to the Principal/ Headmaster of your school for fee concession.
Checking hints:
10 marks as per criteria