BAF Shaheen College Dhaka
Practice Exam on Pre-test-2020
Class : VIII Subject : English
Time : 3 Hours Full Marks : 100
A: Seen Part (Marks : 20)Read the text and answer questions 1 and 2.
There is a small village called Bhabanipur in Jhenaidah. It is a typical Bangladeshi village. People here spend their day–to –day life mostly working in the fields and doing household work. In this ordinary village, there lives an extraordinary woman named Shamima Akther Maya. Shamima‟s willpower and determination have made her extraordinary. She has seen the most cruel aspect of life. But the cruelty could not defeat her spirit. She has come out as a winner, defying all the odds of life.
Shamima is now 32 years old. She has only one son named Ashikur Rahman Kanok. She runs a small boutique called
„Oikko Nari Kollayan Shangstha‟ in her village. Let‟s hear from Shamima, how she succeeded in setting up her boutique.
1. Choose the correct answer to each question from the alternatives given and write the corresponding number of the answers in your answer script. 1×7 = 7 i. The word „ordinary‟ in line 3 of the text means
a. with no special features b. with no distinctive features
c. with normal features d. all of the above.
ii. Bhabanipur is a village.
a. large b. medium c. tiny d. huge
iii. What makes Shamima successful ?
a. Weakness b. Willpower c. Wish d. Desire
iv. Shamima has up a boutique.
a. set b. setted c. setting d. build
v. The word „defy‟ means
a. openly resist or refuse to obey b. secretly resist or refuse to obey c. bound to do anything d. openly admit to obey
vi. The word „boutique‟ means
a. a big shop selling fashionable articles b. a big shop selling normal articles c. a small shop selling normal articles d. a small shop selling fashionable articles vii. The word „succeed‟ means
a. become successful b. become unsuccessful
` C. become disappointed d. become hopeless
2. Answer the following questions from your reading of the above text. 2×4 = 8 a. In which district is the village Bhabanipur situated ?
b. What do the people of Bhabanipur village usually do ? c. What does Shamima run in her village ?
d. What made Shamima extraordinary ?
3. Read the following text and fill in the gaps with appropriate words to make it a meaningful one. 1×5 = 5 Shamima‟s misery started at (a) marriage. She could not (b) verbal and physical abuse of her husband and had to leave him. Now, she makes (c) and sells them in her shop. She is (d) to work with the ill-fated women like her. She trains them and offers them work. What she wants to do is to bring a smile on (e) faces. She has no regrets. She wants to be a famous designer.
B : Unseen Part (Marks : 25) Read the following text carefully and answer questions 4 & 5.
Born on December 9, 1608 in London, Milton spent most of his boyhood in this city. At the age of seventeen, he went to Cambridge for study and spent there seven years. He took M.A from that university. Leaving Cambridge, when he was twenty three, Milton entered no profession and spent six years at Horton in unprofessional study. In 1638, he started his foreign tour which helped in moulding his cultured and poetic mind. In the year 1640, Milton married Mary Powell, a young girl of seventeen. HIs wife died in 1652 leaving him with three daughters. He married a second wife in 1656 but two years after she also died.
of all his poems “Paradise Lost” is said to be his greatest Epic. He finished the composition in 1664 which was published three years later. His old age was, nevertheless, healthful. He had an easy death on November 8, 1674.
4. Complete the grid below with appropriate information: 5x1=5
Activity/Event Institution/place Year
Milton was born (i) ... 1608
Study Cambridge (ii) ...
(iii) ... Cambridge 1631
Tour (iv) ... in 1638
Married Mary Powell (v) ...
5. Read the passage again and write, whether the statements are true or false. Give correct answer if the statement is false : 5x1=5 (a) Milton spent most of his boyhood in the city of London.
(b) He spent 6 years at Horton in professional. study.
(e) His second wife died in 1 656.
(d) The Paradise Lost is his greatest epic.
(e) The „Paradise Lost‟ was published three years after it had been composed in 1664.
6. Read the text below and fill in the gaps using the clues given in the boxes. There are more words than necessary. One word can be used once only. 0.5x10=5
back once away duties one fall
some well lost prosper opportunity best
Time and tide wait for none. No (a) ____ can call it back. One can get one‟s (b) ____ money and health but cannot get (c) ____ one‟s lost time. Time (d) ____ lost is lost forever. So, we should make the (e) ____ use of time. We should do our (f) ____ properly. If we put of our work for tomorrow, we may not get an (g) ____ to do it at all.
There are (h) ____ people who idle (i) ____ their time for nothing. They cannot (j) ____ in life.
7. Read the text below and fill in the gaps using suitable words to make it a meaningful text. 5x1=5 Education (a) ____ the backbone of a nation. No nation can (b) ____ without it. It is the (c) ____ that removes the darkness of mind. It (d) ____ the power that (e) ____ the nation to the path of prosperity.
8. Match the parts of sentences from column A and B to make five complete sentences : 1x5=5
Column A Column B
(i) Honesty is one of the greatest (a) if we want to be respected and honoured
(ii) It helps a man (b) virtues of human beings.
(iii) A person who is honest is (c) respected and honoured by all.
(iv) Success achieved by dint of dishonesty (d) is purely short-lived.
(v) So, we all should try to be honest and sincere (e) succeed in life in all respects.
C : Grammar Part (Marks : 25)
9. Read the text below and fill in the gaps with the root words in the brackets adding suitable suffix, prefix or both : .5x10=5 Humayun Ahmed was a (a) ____ (fame) novelist of our country. His novels gained a huge (b) ____ (popular). The main (c) ____ (attract) of his novels was the treatment of (d) ____ (psycho) and sense of humour. (e) ____
(special) his Himu and Misir Ali are two (f) ____ (ordinary) characters in Bangla literature. Besides a novelist, Humayun Ahmed was also a (g) ____ (drama) and a film (h) ____ (direct). Thus Humaun Ahmed has achieved an (i) ____ (parallel) position in our (j) ____ (culture) world.
10. Fill in the gaps in the following text with appropriate articles (a, an or the). Put a cross (×) where no article is needed. 0.5x10=5 (a) ____ infant often asks such (b) ____ uncommon question that even an aged (c) ____ man fails to answer (d) ____ question. (e) ____ intelligent man thinks over (f) ____ question. It is not an easy (g) ____ matter to satisfy (h) ____ inquisitive. An impatient (i) ____ man may get angry with (j) ____ boy who always wants to know more.
11. Change the following sentences as directed in the brackets : 1x5=5 (a) Life is nothing but a struggle. (Interrogative) (b) Who doesn‟t know this ? (Assertive) (c) Most of the parents impose an unlimited pressure on children to establish them in the society. (Passive) (d) It is very unwise to shine in life in a short-cut way. (Exclamatory) (e) Industry is considered the most important secret for shining in life.
(Active)
12. Re-write the following passage changing the form of speech. 5 Sabina said, “Happy birthday to you.” “Thank you so much,” said Ali. “Where is Arif ?” I don‟t know. Let‟s find him out,” replied Sabina.
13. Use capital letters and punctuation marks as needed in the following passage : 5 do you think it is easy to pass english said talha no said tabassum but why are you so careless of english i don‟t feel interest in this subject oh i see
D : Writing Part (Marks : 30)
14. Suppose, you are Sunny. Your close friend, Rakib knows a lot about environment pollution. Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend on various adverse effects and remedies of this problem. 10 15. Write an e-mail to your friend about your preparation for the exam. 10 16. Write a paragraph of 150 words on “Your School Magazine”. Your writing should address the following questions : 10
* What is a school magazine ?
* What is the name of your school magazine ?
* How is the magazine committee formed ?
* What does it contain ?
* What is the importance of a school magazine ?
