Practicing with English Question Paper Class 8 Kerala Syllabus and Annual Exam Question Paper 2021-22 will help students prepare effectively for their upcoming exams.
Class 8 English Annual Exam Question Paper 2021-22 Kerala Syllabus
Time: 90 minutes
Max. Score : 40
Instruction:
- 15 minutes is given as cool off time.
- This time is to be used for reading the question paper.
- You are not supposed to write anything during the cool off time.
- Attempt the questions according to the instructions.
- Keep in mind the score and time while answering the questions.
- The maximum score for questions from 1 to 27 will be 40.
Questions 1-6. Read the passage from the story ‘The Mysterious Picture’ and answer any four of the questions that follow. (1 × 4 = 4)
Tyl, in the course of his wanderings from court to court, rode to the palace of the Arch-duke of Battenburg on his donkey. His clothes and appearance attracted everyone’s attention. His cap was set smartly on his head and the three bright feathers on it danced in the breeze as he rode. At the main entrance to the palace, the Captain of the Guards called out to him, ‘Hei there! You fellow on the donkey! We don’t allow any loafers here. You and your donkey already look like skeletons.
Question 1.
Where did the events narrated in the story take place?
Answer:
Hie events narrated in the story take place in front of the palace of the Archduke of Battenbury.
Question 2.
How did Tyl reach the palace of the Archduke of Battenburg?
Answer:
Tyl reached the palace of the Archduke of Battenbury in the course of his wanderings on his donkey from court to court.
Question 3.
What attracted everyone’s attention when they saw Tyl?
Answer:
His clothes and appearance attracted everyone’s attention when they saw Tyl. His cap was set smartly on his head and the three bright feathers on it danced in the breeze as he rode on his donkey.
Question 4.
Who stopped Tyl at the main entrance of the palace?
Answer:
The Captain of the Guards stopped Tyl at the main entrance of the palace.
Question 5.
Which sentence tells us about the weak physi-cal appearance of Tyl and his donkey?
Answer:
“You and your donkey already look like skeletons.”
Question 6.
Pick out the word from the passage which means ‘a person who avoids work and spends his time idly.
Answer:
Loafer
Questions 7-12. Read the lines from the poem ‘The Village Blacksmith’ and answer any four of the questions that follow. (1 × 4 = 4)
Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands; ,
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands.
His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan;
His brow wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate’er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Question 7.
Where does the village smithy stand?
Answer:
The village smithy stands under a spreading chestnut tree.
Question 8.
Why is the Smith called ‘a mighty man’?
Answer:
He is called a mighty man because he has , large and sinewy hands and the muscles of his brawny hands are strong as iron bands.
Question 9.
How does the poet describe the hair of the blacksmith?
Answer:
His hair is crisp, black and long.
Question 10.
Why does the blacksmith Took the whole world in the face’?
Answer:
He looks the whole world in the face because he does not owe anything to anybody. He earns his bread with his sweat in an honest way.
Question 11.
Find out an instance of similie from the poem.
Answer:
His face is like the tan.
Question 12.
Pick out a pair of rhyming words from the lines given.
Answer:
Stands-hands
Questions 13 -18. Read the passage care-fully and answer any four of the questions that follow. (1 × 4 = 4)
A 24 year old young man seeing out from the train’s window shouted…
‘Dad, look, the trees are going behind!’
Dad smiled and a young couple sitting nearby, looked at the 24 year old’s childish behaviour with pity.
Suddenly he again exclaimed… ‘Dad, look, the clouds are running with us! ’ The couple couldn’t resist and said to the old man.
‘Why don’t you take your son to a good doctor?’
The old man smiled and said ‘I did and we are just coming from the hospital, my son was blind from birth, he just got his eyesight today.’
Question 13.
What was the young man doing?
Answer:
The young man was seeing out from the train’s window.
Question 14.
‘Dad, look the trees are going behind! Who told this?
Answer:
The 24-year old young man.
Question 15.
Why did the couple feel pity on the young man?
Answer:
The couple felt pity at the young man because they thought he is suffering from mental problems
Question 16.
What did the couple ask the father?
Answer:
He speaks childishly because it is the first time he is seeing things. He was born blind.
Question 17.
Why does the young man speak childishly?
Answer:
The couple asked the father to take his son to a good doctor.
Question 18.
Give a suitable title to the story.
Answer:
Eyesight’s Delights
Question 19 Prepare a profile of Rabindranath Tagore using the details given below. Use appropriate linkers wherever necessary. (5 × 1 = 5)
Question 19.
Name : Rabindranath Tagore
Birth : 7th May, 1861
Place of birth : Kolkata Nationality : Indian
Notable works: Gitanjali, Manasi Award : Nobel Prize in Literature,
1913
Death : August 7,1941
Answer:
Rabindranath Tagore was bom on 7 May, 1881 in Kolkata. He is one of the greatest Indian poets. lie was also a short-story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter. In 1901 Tagore founded an experimental school in rural West Bengal at Shantiniketan (“Abode of Peace”), where he sought to blend the best in the Indian and Western traditions. He settled permanently at the school, which became Visva-Bharati University in 1921. He got the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913. His notable works are “Gitanjali” and “Manasi”. Our National Anthem “Jana Gana Mana” was composed by Tagore. He died on 7 August, 1947.
Questions 20-21. Attempt any one of the following. (5 × 1 = 5)
Question 20.
The boy in the story ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ became really sad when he realised that his lover had rejected him. He poured his feelings down in the form of a diary entry. Prepare the likely diary entry.
Answer:
22.02.2002 How cruel that girl is! When she told me she would dance with me in the ball if I gave her a red rose I thought she really loved me. I could find no red rose and so I was lamenting. A nightingale heard my laments and she wanted to help me. She flew around searching for a red rose to give me. But no red rose was found. Finally she pierced her heart on a thorn to bleed onto a white rose and it became red. But in the process the nightingale died for me. I was sorry, but I picked the red rose and brought it to my lover. I had hoped that she would take it and then dance with me. But she tells me that someone else has brought her jewellery and she values the jewellery more. She did not take the rose. My hopes were dashed and so I threw the red rose in the gutter where it was run over by a cart. I now know that love is ridiculous and logic is better. The poor nightingale’s sacrifice was a waste! I will never again believe any girl who professes her love to me.
Question 21.
Valesco is the central character in the story
‘A Shipwrecked Sailor’. He had a narrow escape from the shipwreck. Later, he meets one of his friends. Prepare the likely conversation between them.
Answer:
Friend : Velasco, you look so tired.
What happened?
Velasco : I was involved in a ship wreck and it was by the grace of God that I was saved.
Friend : Shipwreck? What happened?
Velasco : The ship we were travelling plunged into an abyss and disappeared. Fortunately I was able to grab the rigging and jump aboard a raft.
Friend : What happened to your friends?
Velasco : I tried to save some of them. The wind was strong. I could see my friends Castillo, Carabello and Luis Rengifo struggling to save themselves. I could not save them and they all drowned.
Friend : How did you feel then?
Velasco : I felt very sad.
Friend : Did you lose all your things?
Velasco : I had only my watch, my gold ring, a chain with a medal of the Virgin of Carmen, keys to the locker on the wrecked ship and ‘ three business cards.
Friend : How did you pass your time?
Velasco : I passed my time reading the business cards as I had nothing to do.
Friend : It was terrible. Thank you God, you saved my friend’s life.
Velasco : I think the Virgin of Carmen helped me to save my life. I thank her!
Questions 22 – 24. Answer any two of the following. (5 × 2 = 10)
Question 22.
The English Club of your school has decided to stage a play based on the lesson ‘Rosa Parks Sat Still’. Prepare a notice to inform the staff and students about the programme.
Answer:
St. Mary’s High School, Mapranam
English Club
29.6.2023
NOTICE
The English Club of our School is staging the play “Rosa Parks Sat Still” by Rosa Parks. The play will be staged in the School auditorium at 3.00 p.m. on 3 July 2023.
It is an interesting story of the segregation that prevailed in America where the Whites were considered superior to the Blacks. Rosa Parks, a Black woman, sat in a bus while some White passengers were standing. The conductor asked her to get up and give her seat to a white passenger. But she refused and she was fined $10 for breaking the rule of the bus company. She refused to pay the fine saying that she was not guilty and the rule was illegal. Great things happened after that. That you will see on the stage.
The play is acted by our Std. VIII students. You are welcome! Come and enjoy!
Liz Job
Secretary
Question 23.
The boy in the story, ‘The Light on the Hills’, conducts an exhibition of his paintings. He writes a letter to invite one of his friends. Draft the likely letter.
Answer:
Question 24.
Some of the events from the story ‘The Boy Who Drew Cats’ are jumbled up. Sequence them and write a paragraph.
- Whenever the boy found himself alone in the temple, he drew cats.
- The youngest son in the family was sent to become a priest.
- The priest sent the boy away by saying ‘Avoid large places at night, keep to small.’
- A long long time ago, there lived a poor farmer and his family in Japan.
- The priest warned him several times,but he couldn’t stop drawing cats.
Answer:
i) A long time ago, there lived a poor man J and his family in Japan.
ii) The youngest son in the family was sent to become a priest.
iii) Whenever the boy found himself alone in the temple, he drew cats.
iv) The priest warned him several times, but he could not stop drawing cats.
v) The priest sent the boy away by saying, “Avoid large places at night, keep to small.”
Questions 25 – 27. Answer any two of the following. (4 × 2 = 8)
Question 25.
Fill in the blanks with the correct words given in brackets. (4 × 2 = 8)
On a cold, rainy and windy Saturday…..(a)…. October, …….(b)…….. little boy was bored. He went …… (c)……… to the kitchen where his mother was reading the newspaper …(d)…… he said, ‘Mom, I don’t know what to do. I’m bored, bored, bored.’
(and, in down, a)
Answer:
On a cold, rainy and windy Saturday, (a) in October, (b) a little boy was bored. He went (c) down to the kitchen where his mother was reading the newspaper (d) and he said. ‘Mom, I don’t know what to do, I’m bored, bored, bored.’
Question 26.
The following pie diagram represents the favourite games of the students of a school. Study die diagram and answer the questions that follow.
a The most favourite game of the student is ____
b. What is the percentage of students who like to play basket ball?
c. Which game is least preferred by the stu-dents?
d. What percentage of students enjoy football?
Answer:
a. cricket
b. 18%
c. Hockey basketball
d. 30%
Question 27.
Look at die word pyramid given below.
Boy
The Boy
The smark boy
The smart boy in the class
Prepare a similar word pyramid using the word ‘Rose’.
Answer:
Rose
The rose
The red rose
The red rose in my garden