8th English Term 1 Online Test – Old Book

1. Who is the author of the short story “The Wooden Bowl”?

2) In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” who is loved by his parents?

3.In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” who has the centre of attention at home?

4. “Let us never forget our beginnings”

Identify the speaker of the above line

5. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” Anbu’s father is a son of

6. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” Anbu’s grandparents lived in

7. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” Anbu and his cousins loved to play in the fields and orchards in

8. “This is twenty first century Anbu Don’t live in the past”

Identify the speaker of the above line

9.  In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” who loved his grandparents very much?

10. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” who is the great story teller?

11. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” Anbu shared a silent bond with his?

12. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” who told Anbu that mud is more valuable than gold?

13. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” who loves the land very much?

14. “A tree that forgets its roots cannot grow”

Identify the speaker of the above line

15. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” the only bond that kept the grandfather attached to life was his relationship with his

16. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” Anbu lived with his parents in

17. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” who had many small pots in the balcony of the flats?

18. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” which seemed as a wonderland to Anbu?

19. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” due to tremble Anbu’s grandfather dropped

20. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” who decided to give food to the grandfather in a wooden bowl?

21. Who is making the wooden bowl for the parents in the short story “The wooden bowl”?

22. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” who spoke harshly to the grandfather of Anbu?

23. In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” who was not accustomed to talk with grandfather and found very little to share with him?

24. “Life moves on……. Maybe someday you will go back to the land that gives you life and food”

Identify the speaker of the above line

25) In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” who had felt the loneliness of the grandfather?

26) In the short story “The Wooden Bowl” who is not accustomed to talk to the Anbu’s grandfather.

27) Who is the author of the poem “My Grandmother’s house”?

28) In the poem “My Grandmother’s house”, where did the author felt the love?

29) “The house withdrew into silence”
Why the house of Kamala Surayya is silent?

30) “My blood turned cold like moon”
Mention the figure of speech employed in the above line

31) “the house withdrew into silence”
What made the house withdrew into silence?

32) “My blood turned cold like the moon”
This line means that

33) “Listen to the frozen air”
This phrase means that

34) “Behind my bedroom like a brooding dog”
Mention the figure of speech

35) The main idea of the poem “My Grandmother’s house” is

36) “you cannot believe, can you?”
In the above line the author addresses

37) “or in wild despair, pick an armful of”
From the given option find out the meaning of the phrase “wild despair”

38) “behind my bed room door like a brooding dog”
What do you mean by the word brooding?

39) In the poem “My Grandmother’s house”, who is begging at stranger’s door to receive love?

40) Name the figure of speech used by the author Kamala Surayya to describe what she felt in her grandmother’s house

41) Can you find the state in which the author Kamala Surayya received love and affection of her grandma

42) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift” name the girl who had just shifted with her parents to a new neighborhood?

43) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, who accompanied Apsara on her first day of school

44) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, name the principal of Apsara

45) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, who gave an evasive reply to the principal and talked other things

46) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, who became Apsara’s best friend

47) “Please bring the people who love and care you”
In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, who asked the students to bring their loved ones

48) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, whose face,neck and knee joints were affected due to fire accident

49) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, who was referred as monster by the classmates of Apsara

50) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, what made Apsara’s mother to look like a monster

51) “But do you know Apsara, I don’t feel bad about my scars at all!”
Who is the speaker of the above line

52) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, when Apsara was in _______ years old Apsara’s mother met with an fire accident

53)  In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, find out the cause for the fire accident which affected the face, neck and knee joints of Apsara’s mother

54) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, who did not flinch back after seeing appearance of Apsara’s mother

55) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, whose mother was met with an accident while driving and lost legs

561) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, who realized that beauty lies in the heart?

57) “Ma, it doesn’t matter what they think. I want the whole world to see my mother”.
Who is the speaker of the above line?

58) In the short story “A Mother’s Day Gift”, who don’t want anyone to call her mother as monster?

59) Among the following find out the theme of the short story “A Mother’s day gift”

60) Match the following

(A) confronted             1) used to

(B) harshly                   2) broke

(C) shattered                3) faced

(D) accustomed           4) rudely

61) The blue hills sometimes surrounded by fleecy white clouds.
Find out the meaning of the underlined word or phrase

62) Anbu took a piece of wood from the side of the shelf and began to whittle it
What do you mean by whittle?

63) Among the following find out the three syllable word

64) Match the following

(A) tele        1) likely

(B) un          2) vision

(C) in           3) possible

(D)im          4) finite

65) We ______(go) to school at 9.00 a.m daily
Fill in the blanks with suitable tense

66) He usually ________ (wear) a white shirt.
Fill in the blanks with suitable form of verb

67) We _______ (celebrate) Christmas on the 25th December of every year.
Fill in the blanks with suitable form of verb

68) Yesterday I _____ (go) to the beach.
Fill in the blanks with suitable form of verb

69) India _______ (become) independent in 1947.
Fill in the blanks with suitable form of verb

70) I _______ (visit) Delhi a month ago.
Fill in the blanks with suitable form of verb.

71) He ________ (play) Hockey now.
Fill in the blanks with suitable form of verb

72) They _____ (eat) when the lights went out.
Fill in the blanks with suitable form of verb

73) We ______ (visit) the science museum.
Fill in the blanks with suitable form of verb

74) Ajay _____ (eat) all the biscuits.
Fill in the blank using suitable form of present perfect tense

75) The police have catch the motorcyclist for speeding.
Find the part of sentence that contains error

76) The bell _____ (ring) when Rajesh _______ (enter) the school.
Fill the blank using the suitable form of tense.

77) Zenith ________ (write) the examination by this time tomorrow.
Fill in the blank using suitable form of tense

78) They ______ (lay) the foundation by September.
Fill in the blank using suitable form of tense

79) They ______ (paint) the house before pongal.
Fill in the blank using suitable form of tense

80) When mother entered the kitchen, the cat ______ (drink) the milk.
Fill in the blank using suitable form of tense

81) He collects a moderate fee from the customers.
Rewrite the sentence in the other voice.

82) The bills have been settled without any dues.
Rewrite the sentence in the other voice.

83) Let the work be completed on time.
Rewrite the sentence in the other voice

84) Did they give you a concession?
Rewrite the sentence in the other voice

85) Naveen will submit his leave application tomorrow.
Rewrite the sentence in the other voice

86) The workers are constructing a bridge.
Rewrite the sentence in the other voice

87) The plants are being watered by the gardener.
Rewrite the sentence in the other voice

88) Among the following find the sentence in active voice

89) He had been declared innocent by the court
Rewrite the sentence in the other voice

90) Among the following find out the passive voice

91) The students have completed the projects.
Rewrite the sentence in passive voice

92) You are to obey the orders.
Rewrite the sentence into passive form

93) Among the following find out the sentence that contains transitive verb

94) Among the following find out the sentence that contains intransitive verb

95) Match the following meanings
(A) corridor 1) shrink back
(B) evasive 2) sudden movement
(C) twinge   3) avoiding
(D) flinch     4) passage in a building