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Class 8 English Second Term Question Paper 2022-23 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 1-5. Read the passage from ‘The Light on the Hills’ and answer the questions that follow.
Once more they looked at the hills that seemed to rise up out of the deep shadow into the light, and then together they went home.
Soon afterwards a big tragedy struck their family. One night when the family was sleeping, the little sister died in her sleep. The mother explained to the brother, ‘Son, your little sister wandered into another world, and journeyed on so far that she lost the clue to earth, and could not be back anymore.’
The boy, who was grieving for his little sister, painted many pictures before he could gather the courage to see the same field that he saw with his sister once again. But after many years as he sat and worked, a strange power came to him.
Question 1.
What was the big tragedy that struck the family?
Answer:
One night when the family was sleeping, the little sister died in her sleep.
Question 2.
How did the mother console the boy?
Answer:
The mother consoled the boy by telling him that his little sister wandered into another world and journeyed on so far that she lost the clue to the earth and could not be back anymore.
Question 3.
‘………… together they went home.’ Who are ‘they’ referred to here?
Answer:
The brother and his little sister.
Question 4.
Which sentence gives the clue that the boy was sad at the death of the little girl?
Answer:
The boy who was grieving for his little sister painted many pictures before he could gather the courage to see the same field that he saw with his sister once again.
Question 5.
Pick out two adjectives from the phrases given below.
a The little sister
b. A big tragedy
Answer:
little, big
Questions 6 -10. Read the lines from the poem ‘The Sower’ and answer the questions that follow. (5 × 1 = 5)
Sitting in a porchway cool,
Fades the ruddy sunlight fast,
Twilight hastens on to rule-Working hours are well-nigh past.
Shadows shoot across the lands;
But one sower lingers still,
Old, in rags, he patient stands,
Looking on, I feel a thrill.
Question 6.
Who is the speaker in the poem? Where is he sitting?
Answer:
The speaker is the poet. He is sitting in a cool porch-way.
Question 7.
What makes the sower linger on the field?
Answer:
He has not finished his work.
Question 8.
‘Looking on, I feel a thrill.’ Why was the poet thrilled?
Answer:
The poet is thrilled because he sees the sower in old rags standing patiently even though the working hours are over and twilight has come.
Question 9.
Find out a poetic device used in the phrase ‘ shadows shoot across the lands’.
Answer:
Alliteration
Question 10.
Pick out a pair of rhyming words from the given stanzas.
Answer:
cool-rule, fast-past
Questions 11 -15. Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. (5 × 1 = 5)
Anne Frank is best known for having written ‘The Diary of a Young Girl’, in which she writes about the two years that she and her family spent in hiding during World War II. She was bom in 1929 in Germany in a Jewish family and died in March 1945 at the young age of 15. Anne was known as being a friendly girl, brimming with life, while her sister, Margot was the introvert of the family. In 1933, Adolf Hitler, the leader of the political party the Nazi, took over Germany. The Frank family had to flee to Netherlands to avoid being sent to concentration camps, where Jews were tortured in many horrible ways. The family lived in the Netherlands until World War II started. Hitler invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940. The Franks, unfortunately, did not have time to run away and were forced to remain in hiding, in a place which is now called the Secret Annex.
Question 11.
What did Anne Frank write in her diary?
Answer:
She wrote about the two years that she and her family spent in hiding during World Warll.
Question 12.
Where was Anne born?
Answer:
She was born in Germany.
Question 13.
How did Anne and Margot differ in character?
Answer:
Anne was a friendly girl, brimming with life. But her sister Margot was an introvert.
Question 14.
The Frank family fled to the Netherlands be-cause
Answer:
The Frank family fled to the Netherlands because they were Jews and if they remained in Germany they would be sent to concentration camps, where Jews were tortured in many horrific ways.
Question 15.
Where did the Franks remain in hiding?
Answer:
The Franks remained hiding in a place which is now called the Secret Annex.
Question 16.
Prepare a short profile of Henry Wardsworth
Longfellow using the hints given. (5) Name : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Birth : 27 February, 1807, Portland
Nationality : American
Profession : Poet educator
Major works : Paul Revere’s Ride, The Song of Hiawatha, Evangeline, Voices of the Night, etc.
Death : 24 Marh882, Massachusetts
Answer:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was bom on 27 February 1807 in Portland, in the district of Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College and became a professor there and, later, at Harvard College after studying in Europe. His first major poetry collections were ”Voices of the Night ” and ”Ballads and Other Poems ’ ’. He was an American poet and educator. His other major works are “Paul Revere’s Ride”, “The Song of Hiawatha” and, “Evangeline”. He was the first American to completely translate Dante Alighieri’s ”Divine Comedy’”. He died on 24 March 1882 in Massachusetts.
(Questions 17 -19). Answer any two questions. (2 × 5 = 10)
Question 17.
Certain character traits of the boy in the story “The Light on the Hills” are given below. (Hints: deep love for sister – not confident in the beginning – strong feelings about his sister).
Prepare a character sketch of the boy using the hints given above.
Answer:
The boy in the story is a painter. But he is nervous and he lacks confidence. At one time he says, “It is a beautiful world. It is a sin to, ‘ do anything which might represent the world badly or imperfectly. He was not sure of himself as he did not know if he could paint things perfectly. His sister tells him that if one wants to do his very best, he should do it for the people he loves most. He loves his sister most and so he says he will do his best painting for her. But tragedy strikes and he little sister dies in her sleep. The boy who was grieving for his sister painted many pictures. But he did not have the courage to see the same field that he saw with his little sister once again. But after many years as he sat and worked a strange power came to him. Then he paints the picture he had promised to paint for his little sister. The people who saw it said it was the best picture he had ever painted. He said while painting the picture he was thinking of his dear sister. It was the sorrow that gave him the power to paint it.
Question 18.
The boy in the story “The Little Round Red House” was extremely happy after discov-ering the little found red house. He jots down his feelings in the diary. Draft the likely diary entry.
Answer:
29.10.2020
I am very happy today! At last I have the found the little round red house!
I was getting bored sitting at home. I told my mother about my boredom. She then told me that when she was a child, once she also felt bored and told her mother about it. Then my grandmother told my mother to find a particular house from the street and when she is looking for it she won’t be bored. My mother then told me to look for a particular house. It is a little round red house with no windows or doors. It has a chimney on top and a star in the middle. Then I put on my rain coat, hat, scarf, mittens, and boots and went in search of the house.
I found different houses with different colours – white, blue and yellow. I also found a red house. But it was square and not round. Then I enquired from a mail carrier about the little round red house with no windows or doors, with a chimney on top and a star in the middle. Bu he had never seen one like that. Then I asked a police officer. She too could not help me.
I then asked Mr. Fetzer who lives at the end of the block. He asked me to go to his apple orchard and I could find it. I went to the orchard and when a breeze blew and an apple fell at my feet. It was red, round, had no windows and doors, but had a chimney at the top. I picked it and went home. When I asked my mother where the star was, she cut the apple right through the middle and there was a star!
Question 19.
The firm decision of Rosa Parks to sit in the seat on the bus made the driver angry. He asked her to get up and go to the back. Pre-pare the likely conversation between Rosa Parks and the driver.
Answer:
Driver : Hey, Black woman, can’t you see the White men standing?
Rosa Parks : Yes, I can see them sanding. Let them stand! What can I do?
Driver : Don’t you know the rule?
Rosa Parks : What rule?
Driver : The Blacks should vacate the seats for the Whites.
Rosa Parks : It is a foolish rule. I paid my fare and I have the right to sit on the seat I am sitting. Why should I get up and give the seat to a white man?
Driver : Don’t argue. If you don’t get up from the seat I will call the police. .
Rosa Parks : Both white men and black men are citizens of this country. Why should a person have a special privilege because he has white colour? What is wrong with black colour?
Driver : You are very rude. You will suffer for that.
Rosa Parks : I am not rude. You are rude by asking a lady to get up and give the seat to a man. You can do whatever you like. I am not going to get up from this seat. I have paid the fare and I have the right to sit here. I am not inferior to a white man!
Question 20.
Complete the conversation between the boy in “The Light on the Hills” and a news reporter.
News Reporter : Who painted this portrait?
Boy : I did it.
News Reporter : Wow! It looks really marvellous …(a)…….
Boy : No. I haven’t got any training in painting.
News Reporter : ……(b)……
Boy : My sister always encouraged me to draw pictures.
News Reporter : Nature is your favourite theme in painting. …(c)…….. ?
Boy : Yes. I love it.
You’ve an amazing collection of paintings.
How about conducting an exhibition?
Boy : If I get a chance ….(d)………..
Answer:
a) Have you got any training in painting?
b) Who encouraged you to draw pictures?
c) isn’t it?
d) If I get a chance I will conduct an exhibition of my paintings.
Question 21.
Edit the following passage.
Mr. Tetzer poured a cup of cider and (a) hand it to the little boy. The little boy drank it down (b) gratfully. Hunting for houses (c) were thirsty work. (3)
Answer:
Fr. Fetzer poured a cup of cider and (a) handed it to the little boy. Then the little boy drank it down (b) gratefully. Hunting for houses (d) was thirsty work.
Question 22.
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable phrasal verbs given in the brackets.3 Rosa Parks was arrested and the black people of Montgomery …..(a)….. to fight for Rosa. They started boycotting the buses which ….(b)……. a huge loss to the bus company. The protest ……(c)….. for more than one year.
(brought about, went on, put across, came forward)
Answer:
Rosa Parks was arrested and the black people of Montgomery (a) came forward to fight for Rosa. They started boycotting the buses which (b) brought about a huge loss to the bus company. The protest (c) went on for more than one year.