1|Page MODEL TEST PAPER NEW ENTRY CADET COLLEGE PETARO CADET COLLEGE PETARO CLASS–VIII MODEL TEST PAPER ENGLISH Time: 1 Hour Max. Marks: 100 NOTE: ATTEMPT ALL THE QUESTIONS. Q. 1: Choose the correct option: 1. Ali produced excellent results in his last annual examinations. The underlined word is: a) verb b) adjective c) adverb d) conjunction 2. She speaks all foreign languages fluently. The underlined word is: a) pronoun b) adjective c) adverb d) preposition 3. The word ‘Childhood’ is an example of: a) concrete noun b) abstract noun c) collective noun d) none of these 4. Mountain Everest is _________ highest mountain peak on Earth. a) a b) an c) the d) no article 5. Philip wants to be __________ engineer when he grows up. a) a b) an c) the d) no article 6. It might rain, _______________ it's a good idea to take an umbrella. a) but b) because c) so d) which 7. He could not eat his dessert ____________ he finished his dinner. a) therefore b) although c) but d) until
2|Page MODEL TEST PAPER NEW ENTRY CADET COLLEGE PETARO 8. The adjective of noun ‘Harm’ is: a) harmful b) harmfulness c) harmed d) harmness 9. The noun of adjective ‘Careful’ is: a) caring b) care c) cared d) caringness 10. The plural of ‘Leaf’ is: a) leafs b) leave c) leaves d) leafves 11. The singular of ‘Syllabi’ is: a) syllabus b) syllabis c) syllabuses d) syllabises 12. The feminine gender of ‘Emperor’ is: a) emperess b) empress c) emporess d) emperesse 13. The masculine gender of ‘Duchess’ is: a) duch b) dutch c) duke d) dukess 14. The teacher _____________ teaching when he arrived in the class. a) started b) has started c) have started d) had started 15. We ______________ the match in stadium tomorrow at this time. a) enjoy b) will enjoy c) will be enjoying d) have been enjoying 16. Dawood ______________ to the city cinema every weekend for years. The underlined word is: a) go b) goes c) went d) is going 17. ‘We have been working very hard to resolve your issues.’ The sentence is an example of: a) present perfect tense b) present perfect continuous tense c) past perfect tense d) past perfect continuous tense 3|Page MODEL TEST PAPER NEW ENTRY CADET COLLEGE PETARO 18. ‘Mr Ahmed was quite helpful and cooperative neighbour.’ The sentence is an example of: a) past indefinite tense b) past continuous tense c) past perfect tense d) past perfect continuous tense 19. If you send this letter now, she ______________ it tomorrow. a) receive b) will receive c) could receive d) will have received 20. I ____________ to school by car if I had a valid driving license. a) will go b) would go c) can go d) went 21. Either my shoes or your coat _________ always on the floor. a) is b) are c) has d) have 22. One of my three sisters __________ going on a trip to France next Monday. a) is b) are c) was d) were 23. He helps the poor whenever possible for him. (Change the voice) a) The poor are helped by him whenever possible for him. b) The poor were helped by him whenever possible for him. c) The poor are being helped by him whenever possible for him. d) The poor have been helped by him whenever possible for him. 24. The car was stolen by the thief during midnight. (Change the voice) a) The thief steals the car during midnight. b) The thief stole the car during midnight. c) The thief has stolen the car during midnight. d) The thief had stolen the car during midnight. 25. Ali said to me, ‘I have completed my assignment’. (Change the narration) a) Ali told me that I had completed my assignment. b) Ali told me that he has completed his assignment. c) Ali told me that he had completed his assignment. d) Ali told me that he had completed my assignment.
4|Page MODEL TEST PAPER NEW ENTRY CADET COLLEGE PETARO Q. 2: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions at the end: Pakistan is a land that is home to one of the greatest civilizations in the world, the Indus Valley Civilization. Bhambore, an ancient city, situated on the northern bank of the Gharo creek, about 65 km east of Karachi, in the Thatta District of Sindh. This city was built in the 1st Century BC and was slowly abandoned after the 13th Century, due to the change in the direction of the river Indus. Mohen-jo-Daro, one of the oldest cities in the world, is in the province of Sindh and is located in the Larkana District, around 28 km from the town of Larkana. It was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. Mohenjo-Daro was a highly organized and well planned city with properly planned streets. The city had a central marketplace, with a large central well and other smaller wells. Nindowari, which is in the Kalat District of Balochistan. It is located some 240 kilometres northwest of Karachi, in the Ornach Valley, on the right bank of the Kud River. It dates back to 3200 BC and was probably abandoned in 2500 BC, because the land rose up, due to which it got cut off from its water source, the Kud River. Harappa, in Punjab, about 24 km west of Sahiwal. The site of this ancient city contains the ruins of a Bronze Age fortified city. The skeletons found in the ruins show that the city was destroyed due to wars, and diseases like leprosy and tuberculosis.
Questions: I. Where is Bambhore and why was it abandoned? II. How do we come to know that Moen-jo-Daro was well-organized and well-planned city? III. How were the people of Nindowari cut off from the water of Kud River, and what resulted it? IV. How was the ancient city Harappa destroyed? V. Write meaning of the underlined words (in English):
Q. 3: Write a short paragraph (150-200 words) on any one of the following:
a) My Country b) My Favourite Book c) An Ideal Friend d) World in 2050
Q. 4. Write an application to the Headmaster of your school, requesting him to arrange a study for your class.
Q. 5. Write a letter to your friend, requesting him to lend his camera to you for two days as you are going on the trip arranged by your school.
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