English 8 Worksheet

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Poem-Be the Best

Chapter- The first field master – Sam Manekshaw
Answer the following question in 30-40 words
a. Why did Sam decide to appear for IMA selection exam?
b. Give a detailed account of honours and awards that Sam Manekshaw
received in his career span.
c. Why did Manekshaw have to undergo a court of inquiry?
d. What is the message of the poem ‘Be the Best’?
Read the following stanzas and answer the questions that follow:
If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill
Be a scrub in the valley- but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree
Questions:
a. Name the poem and the poet
b. What idea does the poet want to convey when he says ‘be a scrub in the
valley-but be’?
c. What poetic device has been used in the stanza?
We can’t all be captains, we’ve got be crew,
There’s something for all of us here.
There’s big work to do and there’s lesser to do,
And the task we must do is the near.
Questions:
a. Explain- ‘There’s something for all of us here’.
b. According to the poet what task should be done by one?
c. Give the rhyming scheme of the stanza.
Revision worksheet
Integrated grammar and Active Passive Voice
Given below is a set of instructions for washing clothes. Complete the
following paragraph which describes how clothes are washed.
1. Mix a cup of some good quality detergent powder in about 8 to 10 liters of warm
water in a bucket.
2. Whisk it well so that the powder dissolves into a rich lather
3. Soak dirty clothes in the water
4. Leave them for half an hour.
5. Rub the clothes with hands.
6. Rub a little dry powder on extra dirty parts of the clothes.
7. Squeeze the soupy solution out of the clothes.
8. Rinse the clothes at least twice in clean water.
9. Squeeze out extra water from the clothes and spread them in the sun for drying.
PARAGRAPH
It is very easy to wash clothes. First of all, a cup of some good quality detergent
powder (1. ___) in a bucket. It (2. ___) rich lather. Next, dirty clothes (3. ___) half
an hour and then the clothes are rubbed with hands. A little dry powder (4. ___) on
extra dirty parts of the clothes. The soupy solution is (5. ___) out of the clothes.
The clothes (6. ___) at least twice in clean water. Finally, extra water (6. ___) for
drying.
Lemony Powdered Poha – Method of preparation

1. Wash, remove stems and slice the green chilies.
2. Grind flattened rice / Poha into coarse powder.
3. Wash the powdered Poha with water and keep aside.
4. Leftover water will eventually be soaked by powdered Poha.
5. Heat oil in a pan, add peanuts and roast them until light golden brown.
PARAGRAPH
To begin preparation, the green chilies are ___ (a) and their stems ___ (b). Next,
flattened rice/Poha is ___ (c) into coarse powder. The powdered Poha is then ___
(d) with water and ___ (e) aside. Do not worry, the leftover water will eventually
___ (f) by powdered Poha. After oil is ___ (g) in a pan, peanuts are ___ (h) and
___ (i) until they turn light golden brown.
REVISION WORKSHEET
CLASS -8
The Saviours
1. Reference to context and answer the following questions.
a) She also lent her silver watch so that they should not be late for tea.
1. Who is ‘she’ referred to?
2. Why did she lend her watch?
3. Who are they and where were they going to?
b) “The 11.29 down hasn’t gone down yet.We must let them know at the
station,or there’ll be a most frightful accident.”
1. What do you understand by 11.29 down?
2. Who are ‘they’ referred to?
3. Why would there be a frightful accident?
c) “We must cut holes in the flags, and run the sticks through the holes,”
1. Who said these words and to whom?
2. Why did the speaker suggest to cut holes in the flags?
3. What were they up to?
2. Answer the following questions in 30-40 words.
a) What is a mound and how is it made?
b) Why were the three children praised?
3. Answer the following in detail.
a) Do you think the title of the story is apt.If yes/no, justify your answer?
b) Everyone likes to get appreciation from others. Have you ever been
acknowledged by someone and what did it do to you?
REVISION WORKSHEET
The following passage has not been edited. There is an error in each line against
which a blank is given. Write the incorrect word and the correction in the space
provided. Remember to underline the word that you have supplied.
Smoking is a bad habit. It spoils not only the Incorrect Correct
lungs but also the liver of the smokers. In a (a) _______ _________
beginning it is just a casual try and by and by (b) _______ _________
one get gripped in it and it becomes a (c) _______ _________
compulsive habits, which a person is not able to get (d) _______ _________
free from.
Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form meaningful
sentences.
1. (a) respect/said that/demanded/it/but/is/given/that/is not

(b) if/something/then/in return for/should be/it is so/it
(c) self-respect/come out of/something/has/our/self/that/and/is/that
2. (a) the/Indian/English/exploited/the/farmers
(b) pay/the/had to/poor farmers/high times/very
(c) natural disasters/farmers/share of taxes/even/pay/their/in times of/the/had
to
Revision Worksheet
Class – 8
Q1. You witnessed a quarrel among some children of your colony. Make a diary
entry giving an account of the quarrel giving some suggestions to avoid such
quarrels in future.
Q2. Find an error in the passage and write the correct answer in the space
provided.
Incorrect Correct
A debate is a contest between two
people to show skill but ability in (a) _________ _________
arguing. For participate in a (b) _________ _________
debate we must prepare for it. (c) _________ _________
One must prepare a outline of (d) _________ _________
the main points in the order in which
one is going to argue.
Q3. Look at the words and phrases given below. Rearrange them to form
meaningful sentences.
1.(a) uppermost/soil/layer/is/earth/the/of/the
(b) it/plants/which/supports/food/provide/all living things/to/planet/on/this
(c) soil/thus/foundation/earth/life/on/of/is/the/all
2. (a) has its flag/ each and every/ world/ country/ the/ of
(b) has/ India/ a national flag/ too/ which/ a great history/ has/ attached to it
(c) struggle for freedom/ national flag/ our/ reminds us/ our/ of

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