THE DOON SCHOOL DEHRA DUN 248001
ENTRANCE TEST SPECIMEN
PAPER
ENGLISH
CLASS 8
MAX. MARKS 100
TIME : ONE HOUR
NAME
DATE OF BIRTH REGISTRATION NO. :
NAME OF CENTRE: ..
Q.1. Write a composition of about 250 words on any one of the following topics:
(i) The first time you spoke before an audience in a debate or at an assembly.
(ii) The life of an animal kept as a pet in a home in the city.
(iii) The qualities of a good neighbour.
(iv) Some people feel they learn better on their own. Others prefer to be guided entirely by a teacher. Which do you prefer?
(v) Write a short story beginning with the line, 'I could not bear his rudeness'.
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Q. 2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow it:
"Hurry", Marcovaldo said to his three boys, "take the jars, go and catch as many wasps as you can." The boys went off.
It was a sunny day, many wasps were buzzing along the avenue. The boys usually hunted them at a certain distance from the tree where the nest was, trying to catch isolated insects. But that day, Michelino, to save time and catch more, began hunting right at the entrance to the nest. "This is the way to do it," he said to his brothers, and he tried to catch a wasp by putting the jar over it the moment it landed. But, every time, that wasp flew away and came back to light closer and closer to the nest. Now it was at the very edge of the hollow in the trunk, and Michelino was about to lower the jar on it, when he felt two other big wasps fling themselves on him as if they wanted to sting him on the head. He shielded himself, but he felt the prick of the stings and, crying out in pain, he dropped the jar. Immediately, dismay at what he had done erased his pain: the jar had fallen into the mouth of the nest. No further buzzing was heard, no more wasps came out; Michelino, without even the strength to yell, took a step backwards. Then from the nest a thick, black cloud burst out, with a deafening hum: all the wasps were advancing at once in an enraged swarm!
His brothers heard Michelino let out a scream as he began running as he had never run in his life. He seemed steam-driven, as that cloud he trailed after him seemed the smoke from a chimney.
Where does a child run when he is being chased? He runs home! And that's what Michelino did.
The passers-by didn't have time to realize what that sight was, something between a cloud and a human being, darting along the streets with a roar mixed with a loud buzz.
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Marcovaldo was saying to his patients: "Just one moment, the
wasps will soon be here," when the
door opened and the swarm invaded the room.
They didn't even see Michelino, who went to stick his head in a basin of
water: the whole room was full of wasps
and the patients flapped their arms in the futile effort to drive them away,
and the rheumatics performed wonders of agility and the benumbed limbs were
released in furious movements.
Tick the correct answer:
(i) How many characters appear in the passage ?
(a) three
(b) four
(c) one
(d) more than four
(ii) Why was Michelino trying to catch wasps?
(a) The boys usually hunted wasps on a sunny day.
(b) His father told him and his brothers to catch them.
(c) The boys were idle and had nothing to do.
(d) Michelino wanted to show his brothers how to do it.
(iii) How did Michelino find himself in trouble?
(a) The wasp he was chasing stung him.
(b) His jar fell on the nest and stirred out the wasps.
(c) His jar covered the mouth of the nest and this angered the two wasps chasing him.
(d) He stepped into the midst of the horde of wasps.
(iv) Marcovaldo told his patients 'The wasps will soon be here' because -
(a) he saw them chasing Michelino, through the window.
(b) the wasps usually visited at that time.
(c) he had asked his children to bring some.
(d) he had ordered them from the market.
(v) Marcovaldo appears to be:
(a) a doctor
(b) a pet shop owner.
(c) a teacher
(d) a plumber
(vi) Find a word from the passage for each of these words in the 2nd paragraph:
(a) droning
(b) separated
(c) opening .
(d) protected .
(e) at once
(vii) Use another word or phrase for these words:
(a) hollow (line 9)
(b) erased (line 13) .
(c) advancing (line 17) ..
(d) trailed (line 19) ..
(e) furious (line 31) .
Q.3.(i) Circle the correct spelling in each case.
(a) quarrelled quarelled quarreled
(b) dissapoint disappoint disapoint
(c) successful lsucessful successful
(d) embarass embarrass embaras
(e) acomodation accommodation accomodation
(ii) Punctuate the following lines:
(a) Shall I ring off asked Rose :
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(b) How is Mrs. Desai Mr. Khanna asked their friend Mr. Agarwal.
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(c) No she said of course not.
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Q.4. (i) Fill in the blanks using appropriate words.
(a) Are you doing anything special _______________ the weekend?
(b) Harish's grandmother took up skydiving ___________ the age of 71.
(c) I think I'll wait _________ Thursday before making a decision.
(d) She decided to lie _________ for half an hour.
(e) Don't put ____________ till tomorrow what you can do today.
(ii)(a) The thief _______________ his escape through a window.
(b) We ____________ a visit to our friend's home in Jodhpur
(c) I am ____________ for a test at the moment.
(d) We _____________ a glimpse of the tiger in the jungle.
(e) He ___________ the trouble to do his work neatly.