CBSE Class 8 English Revision Test 1

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CBSE Class 8 English Revision Test 1

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:—

Up the River Hudson in North America are the Catskill Mountains. In a certain village at the foot of these mountains, there lived long ago a man named Rip Van Winkle. He was a simple and good-natured person, a very kind neighbour and a great favourite among all the good wives of the village. Whenever there was a squabble in the family of Rip, the women in the village always took his side and laid all the blame on Dame Van Winkle.

The children of the village too would shout with joy whenever they saw him. He helped at thensports, made playthings for them, taught to fly kites and shoot marbles and told them long stories of ghosts, witches and Indians.

Rip had no love for labour, if it would bring him profit. He would sit for a whole day on a wet rock and fish without a murmur, even though he did not catch a single fish. He would carry a light gun on his shoulder for hours together and shoot only a few squirrels or wild pigeons.

He would never refuse to assist a neighbour even in roughest toil. The women of the village often employed him to run their errands and to do little jobs for them. In a word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody’s business but his own. He was, however, one of those men who take the world easy. He would eat coarse bread or fine, whichever could be got with least thought or trouble. And he would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound.

Question 1. Find five proper nouns in the passage.

Answer:

  1. Hudson
  2. Catskill Mountains
  3. Rip Van Winkle
  4. Dame Van Winkle
  5. Indians

Question 2. Find 10 common nouns. (There are even more!)

Answer:

  1. village
  2. man
  3. neighbour
  4. wives
  5. children
  6. sports
  7. playthings
  8. kites
  9. marbles
  10. ghosts

3. Turn the following words into abstract nouns.

Question 1. refuse

Answer: refuse → refusal

Question 2. assist

Answer: assist → assistance

Question 3. starve

Answer: starve → starvation

4.

Question 1. Find in the first two paragraphs four Personal Pronouns.

Answer:

Personal Pronouns (first two paragraphs):

  1. He (Rip Van Winkle)
  2. They (the children)
  3. Him (Rip)
  4. Their (the children’s)

Question 2. In the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs find three Possessive Adjectives.

Answer:

Possessive Adjectives (2nd & 3rd paragraphs):

  1. His (e.g., “his shoulder”)
  2. Their (e.g., “their sports”)
  3. His (e.g., “his own business”)

Question 3. One Demonstrative three Quantifiers (Determiners).

Answer:

Demonstrative & Quantifiers:

  1. Demonstrative: “those men” (3rd paragraph)
  2. Quantifiers: “a few squirrels,” “little jobs,” “anybody’s business”

Question 4. Give the Comparative and Superlative forms of rough and little.

Answer:

Comparative & Superlative Forms:

rough → rougher (comparative), roughest (superlative)

little → littler (comparative, though rarely used), least (superlative)

Question 5. Change the sentences in the 3rd paragraph “Rip had no love for labour_______________ wild pigeons” into Simple Present Tense.

Answer:

“Rip has no love for labour if it brings him profit. He sits for a whole day on a wet rock and fishes without a murmur, even though he does not catch a single fish. He carries a light gun on his shoulder for hours together and shoots only a few squirrels or wild pigeons.”

Question 6. He helped them at their sports, made play things for them, taught to fly kites and shoot marbles and told them long stories of ghosts, witches and Indians.
Change the bold verbs to Future Continuous Tense and rewrite the sentence.
Begin: He will be helping them._______________

Answer:

“He will be helping them at their sports, will be making playthings for them, will be teaching them to fly kites and shoot marbles, and will be telling them long stories of ghosts, witches, and Indians.”

Question 7. “He told them long stories.” Change the sentence by including an emphasising pronoun in it.

Answer:

“He himself told them long stories.”

2. Fill in the blanks with suitable modals in the following dialogue

Son: Father, (1)___________ I borrow your car for the day?

Father: No, (2) ______. Why do you want it?

Son: I(3)_________ take my friends on a picnic in my car. I had promised them.

I (4)____________ bring my car.

Father: You (5)________ not have made the promise without asking me first. You (6)______ remember your manners, son.

Son: Sorry, Father. I (7)___________ not do so in future. Please, Father, do allow me.

I (8)__________ to leave soon, (9)________ I?

Father : O.K. You (10)________ take the car but remember in future I__________ (11). not allow you to do so.

Son: Thank you, Father. You (12)_________ not worry. I have learnt my lesson.

Answer :

  1. may
  2. you can’t.
  3. must
  4. would
  5. should
  6. must
  7. will
  8. have
  9. may I
  10. can
  11. will
  12. need

3. Read the following phrases :

You can rewrite them in many ways by changing the modals. Study the example and then do the exercise.

She may be late tonight.

Changes

(1) She can / could be late tonight.

(2) She must not be late tonight.

(3) She ought not to be late tonight.

(4) She will be late tonight.

(5) Will she be late tonight?

(6) She needn’t be late tonight.

(7) She should not be late tonight.

Now, change the following phrases and make three new sentences

1. Everyone must obey the law.

  1. Everyone has to obey the law.
  2. Everyone should obey the law. (Mild advice)
  3. Everyone ought to obey the law.

2. Can I do anything for you?

  1. Could I do anything for you?
  2. May I do anything for you?
  3. Shall I do anything for you?

3. My car needs repairing.

  1. My car must be repaired.
  2. My car should be repaired.
  3. My car ought to be repaired.

4. You should drink more water.

  1. You must drink more water.
  2. You ought to drink more water.
  3. You could drink more water.

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