KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA KOLIWADA

SUMMER VACATION ASSIGNMENTS - 2022-2023

CLASS –VIII
(ENGLISH)
Note: Attempt all the questions in A4 size paper and file them.
Date of submission : 22/06/2022

Q1. After reading the lesson ‘The Best Christmas Present in the World’ you
learnt that the effect of war is devastating and the losses incurred cannot be
compensated. The story narrated in the backdrop of the First World War gives
the message that Christmas is festival of joy, merriment, exchange of
presentation, friendship and family reunion on Christmas. Write a short
paragraph highlighting the importance of Christmas celebration around the
world. Draw related pictures, sketches and drawings. You can add your own
quotations or Christmas message.

Q2. Prepare a comic strip based on the conversation between the Ant and the
Cricket.

Q3. You are Mohan /Mohini of Sindhu Public School , Nagpur. Write a
notice informing the students about a speech competition going to be
held on 29th November in not more than 50 words . Put it in a box

Q4. Write diary entry for 10 days of lockdown period. Read the
newspaper daily and include worldwide happenings which amuse
you, as part of your diary.

Q5. Write a story in about 100 words on the given outline.

Outline: The sun and the wind had a quarrel ____ who is stronger?

____ they tested their strength on a passerby _____ the wind blew

the sun grew hotter ____ took off ______ The sun was ____

Q6. Complete the following sentences using an appropriate determiner.

 i. There aren’t ………………. animals in this zoo. (much / many)

ii. I was …………….. much impressed with their performance. (very / too)

iii. ………………. of people want to buy cars. (lots / lot)

iv. He has published ……………….. short stories. (a few / few / a little)

v. ……………… short stories that he published were critically acclaimed.

(few/ the few)
vi . I will never forget the day when I met him for ………………… time. (the
first/ first)
vii. He looked out of the window but he didn’t see …………………

(anyone / no one)

viii. ……………….. wished me on my birthday. (nobody / anybody)

Q7. MCQ
(Write in A4 size paper)
1. The ant and the cricket is 2 points
(a) A lyric
(b) Fable
(c) Ballad
(d) None of these

2. The ant has 2 points

(a) Hard. Work
(b) Far sightedness
(c) Clever
(d) All of these.
3. The cricket comes to the ant for getting 2 points
(a) Food
(b) Shelter
(c) Help
(d) All of these.

4. The antonym of silly is 2 points

(a) Wise
(b) Foolish
(c) Nonsense
(d) None of these.

5. In the last two lines the poet says some crickets have two legs and some
have four legs..here the tone of the poet is 2 points
(a) Mocking
(b) Concerned
(c) Sad
(d) None of these..

6. During summer and spring the cricket was busy in 2

points
(a) Storing food
(b) In singing
(c) In helping others.
(d) All of these

7. In this poem we get a moral 2

points
(a) How to be happy in our life
(b) How to enjoy in our life
(c) How to plan and act wisely and beforehand.
(d) None of these

8. We shiver with cold but we tremble with fear is it true? 2 points

(a) True
(b) False
(c) Can't say

9. Which one is not the synonym of silly? 2 points

(a) Foolish
(b) Cunning
(c) Nonsense
(d) Stupid

10. The opposite of borrow is 2 points

(a) Give
(b) Land
(c) Lend
(d) Lent
Q8. Read any story book/novel/e-book of your interest and write a summary
of the story in your own words.

READING COMPREHENSION

Q9. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

1. We are passing through difficult times. Every day the newspapers carry
reports of firing on our borders. Leaders of India and Pakistan have been
issuing statements accusing each other of war mongering and terrorism.
Tension is running high.
2. We must remember that war brings destruction and misery. Already there
are reports of entire villages in Kashmir being deserted by terrified villagers.
They leave behind homes and properties, fields full of ripe paddy, and who
knows what other crops that could have fed thousands of families and provided
livelihood to farmers, distributors, transporters, retailers, and so many others.
3. War means death of soldiers, also of innocent people caught in the crossfire.
It means rising prices, scarcity of commodities in one word -‘struggle’. What we
need today is peace, not war.“Peace cannot suddenly descend from the
heavens. It can only come when the root causes of trouble are removed," said
Pandit Nehru on one occasion
4. To remove the root cause of the endless troubles between the two nations,
both would have to work hard to remove the seeds of suspicion and hatred.
5. Let us try to join every right minded individuals in both these countries to
send out an appeal for peace-for the sake of the future generations.

On the basis of your reading of the passage above tick the correct option
i) We are passing through –
a) happy time
b)sad times
c)difficult times
d)cheerful times

ii) The war brings –

a) peace
b) construction
c) destruction
d) destruction and misery
 iii) War means –
a) death of soldiers
b) rising prices
c) scarcity of commodities
d) all the above

iv) to remove the root cause of the endless troubles both the countries should-
a) fight
b) hate each other
c) love each other
d) none of the above

v) let us try to join –

a) right minded individuals
b) crook minded individuals
c) unlike minded individuals
d) fickle minded individuals

3) Pick out one word which has the same meaning as each word given below
from the para indicated in the brackets.
(a) The use of violence for political purpose - __________ (Para 1)
(b) To come down - ___________________ (Para 3)

Q10 Read the passage given below carefully and answers the questions that
follow:

1. The story of Robinson Crusoe, few people know, is based on a real life
incident. The son of a cobbler, Alexander Selkirk was a wayward young man,
with little respect for authority. Abject conditions at sea and the cruelty of the
captains made the sailors miserable in those days. It was not surprising that
Alexander became rebellious and malevolent when he became a sailor.
2. In 1704, he was a Sailing Master on a ship when it anchored for repairs near
the desolate island of Juan Fernandez about 650 kilometers west of Chile. They
were looking for gold, which they often got by plundering other ships. In the
days that followed, Alexander hatched a conspiracy. He instigated the other
sailors to leave the ship and remain on the island. They would declare a mutiny.
Perhaps, Alexander reasoned, that the captain would accept their demands if
he believed that his men would refuse to sail otherwise. Unfortunately for
Alexander, the crew played the Judas. The captain, getting to know Alexander’s
part in the planned mutiny, left him behind on the island as he was a bad
influence on the men. He was provided with a few necessities, among them, a
copy of the Bible.
3. Alexander marooned on an island, populated only by wild cats and goats
became adept at hunting and his food soon comprised fish, turtles and meat.
He also made clothes with goatskin. Although a cobbler’s son, he could not
make shoes. Running barefoot after goats had hardened the soles of his feet.
He read the Bible again and again and slowly took to reading it aloud. He spoke
and sang to the cats and learnt to milk goats.
4. Once, during his stay in the island, a Spanish ship anchored near the island
and the crew rowed in. Alexander was petrified and hid in the thick foliage. In
those days, Spain and England were at daggers drawn. Fortunately, the
Spaniards left after a brief rest. In February, 1709, two English ships sailed in to
collect fresh water and shoot goats. Alexander rushed to them for succor. He
looked strange with his unkempt hair, beard and goatskin clothes. His rescuers
understood him with great difficulty. His speech had changed a great deal. His
vocabulary had shrunk and he had to grope for words. They did, however,
manage to understand his story finally.
5. Alexander took a job as sailor in one of the ships and reached London in
1711. He returned home with a large fortune. However, he ran out of his
fortune in two years and had to return to sea. Alexander’s adventure became
well known. Eight years later, Daniel Defoe gave the story a new shape with
many twists, calling it
‘The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe’. It was now the story of a man who was
shipwrecked on an island and lived alone for an unbelievable twenty-eight
years.

(A) Complete the following statements on the basis of your reading of the
passage.
(i) When Alexander became a sailor, he turned
___________________________________________
(ii) The captain left Alexander behind on the island because
________________________________
(iii)Alexander was petrified when he found a Spanish ship anchored near the
island because__________________________________
(iv) In spite of being a son of the cobbler, Alexander could not
_______________________________

(B) Answer the following questions briefly.

(i) Why did Alexander become rebellious and malevolent when he became a
sailor?
(ii) Why did Alexander return to sea once more, after being rescued from the
island?

(C) Find words from the passage, which mean the opposite of:
(i) Benevolent (Para 1)
(ii) Unskilled (Para 3)