8Th SMCW English (EM)

K E Y Key 1. THE NEW BLUE DRESS 2. 1) Charles Babbage was the inventor of modern computer. WORKBOOK 2) A monitor, a keyboard and a CPU are the three main compo- nents of a computer. Grammar & Composition 3) CPU means central processing Uint. II. 1) footpath 2) strong feeling 3) wonder 4) priest 4) We cannot pay electricity bills and reserve our train tickets, 5) respectable and cannot talk to friend on phone or withdraw salary from III. 1) C 2) A 3) B 4) C 5) B an ATM. IV. 1) continued 2) polite 3) pretty 4) interested 5) excitement 5) The information available on computers through internet, V. 1) ugliness 2) supper 3) minor 4) condition 5) extremely that connects all the computers with satellite technology. VI. 1) cure 2) rude 3) teacher 4) great 5) near 3. 1) Sonia was born in Italy. VII. 1) court 2) might 3) moan 4) sow 5) cloud 2) Rajiv Gandhi was her husband. VIII. 1) morning ( ? ); me ( . ) 2) said ( . ); clean ( . ) 3) Sonia leads 'The Congress Party'. 3) sweeping ( . ); it ( . ) 4) times ( . ); institution ( . ) 4) She entered the main stream politics after the sudden death 5) taken ( . ); wait ( . ) of her husband Rajiv Gandhi. IX. 1) "We're going to begin to be more tidy here", his wife said. 5) To endear herself to the teaming Indian masses she started 2) The teacher said, "Now dear, please ask your mother to wash learning Hindi and wearing saree. your dress". Section - I 3) She told the teacher, "My mother couldn't believe her eyes when she saw me this morning in my new dress". I. The world looked so beautiful 4) "I'm ashamed to be dirty when our daughter is so clean, " My heart filled with thoughts of joy full her mother said. Never would I forget a day like this 5) "Her mother is probably not interested in her," the teacher Forever my heart would reminisce this divine bliss. thought. 1) The wind 2) Bird X. 1) Mysister is not so tall as I. II. 1) The teacher sighed because the little girl was nice and hard 2) After his recovery he could only move slowly. working. She was also friendly and polite. The teacher's sigh- 3) Coffee is being made by mother. ing showed that the teacher was helpless about the little 4) I enjoy watching cricket. 5) I asked if it was me. girl. The sighing also showed that the teacher was king and XI. 1) adjective; noun; pronoun; conjunction compossionate. 2) noun; pronoun; adjective; adverb 2) According to Washington sweeping of he recitation room 3) adverb; pronoun; noun; verb was his best exam. He flet it so because it provided him an 4) noun; verb; adverb; conjunction opportunity to join the institution. 5) verb; noun; verb; adjective 3) When the little girls father saw her in the new dress he was XII. 1) Do you like music ? 2) This book belongs to me. greatly surprised to find that he had a very pretty little girl. 3) I hear a strange sound. 4) The address is known to me. He was very happy to see her in the new dress. 5) Though he started late, he finished first. 4) The teacher was first impressed by the class room behaviour XIII. The lemming is not a very handsome animal to look at. It is of the little girl. She took pity on her and told her to have small and rather looks like a rat. But it has one strange habit her dress washed. But the girl was still wearing the same which makes it very different from a rat or from any other animal. dirty dress. So, the teacher thought that her mother was XIV. 1) Because the doctor wrote the reply carelessly. probably not interested in her. So, she herself broght a new 2) Because she can't say that she couldn't read the doctor's writing. dress to the little girl. 3) Because a chemist can easily understand a doctor's writing 5) The school in Virginia for coloured people was the greatestg (prescription). place on the earth. 4) No, he gave a large bottle of medicine to the woman. From Section - II this we can know. Set – A 5) She would have felt shocked and surprised. Set – A XV. b, c, e, f, h, i III. 1) The churchyard was an important place where Pip would like to spend a lot of time. It is important for Pip because it XVI. 1) B 2) B 3) B was there where his parents and brothers were buried. So it RAJIV VIDYA MISSION was a dear place for him to visit. I. a) 1) Once upon a time. 2) It was very thirsty one day. 2) Pip promised to give the man a file and some food from his 3) Because there was a very little water in it. 4) It brought house. some pebbles and dropped into pot one by one. 5) Water in 3) Pip remembered the man who had been chained in the legs, the pot rose up and crow drank it, flew away happily. hungry without food. So, he took pity on him and decided b) 1. 1) Yes, I have travelled. (or) No, I have not travelled. to help him. 2) People prefer trains for long journeys because water, toilet 4) Sherlock Holmes was a famous detective. His friend and and catering facilities are available in trains, so they prefer closed associate was Mr. Watson. trains to buses. 5) A scientillating blue diamond was found in the crop of the 3) Coal, diesel and electricity are three different materials on goose, and it was found by Peterson. which trains are run. Set – B 4) A train powered by electricity is more cheaper than a train Set – B fuelled by coal or diesel. 1) Peterson was the police commissioner. He found out a fat goose 5) The man at the rear of the train is called Guard. and an old hat when he was returning home or Christmas morning. VIII English 1 Study Material Key 2) The hat was ugly. It had letter H.B. It was an ordinary black hat, XVII. Guntur, round and hard. Its silk lining had faded away. Its elastic was 5 - 2 - 2011. missing and there were holes on the brim due to wear and tear. Dear Sarat, 3) The words "For Mrs. Henry Baker" were writtern on a small Here I am writing to you my bitter experience on the very card and tied to one of the legs of the goose. In a city like Lon- beginning of our summer holidays. You know that Nagarjuna is don, there might be several hundreds with the name my favourite actor and I wanted to see his newly released film Baker.Hence Peterson could not return the goose to the owner, 'Manmadhudu'. I went to the theater on the very first day. instead he had it for dinner. There was a huge crowd of Nagarjuna fans. I elbowed my way 4) Henry Baker bought the first goose from Mr. Windigate of the with great difficulty to the ticket counter. There to my surprise, Alpha Inn. I realised that my pocket had been picked. Having lost the IV. 1) b 2) a 3) a 4) d money, I decided not to go for movie on the first day. Bye. V. 1) Driver, conductor, Passengers, travel, road, fuel, engine, brakes. Write to me soon. 2) 1. The driver is newly appointed, so he has a trouble while Your loving friend, driving in the traffic. Suresh. 2. Thousands of passengers travel from India to different places in the world. 2. MY STRUGGLE FOR AN EDUCATION 3. There was not enough fuel in the tank, so the stopped in the middle of the journey. WORKBOOK VI. 1) broke down 2) of 3) from 4) flown Grammar & Composition VII. 1) possible 2) campaign 3) preamble 4) torch VIII. 1) third 2) main 3) meet 4) chalk II. 1) Negro 2) decide 3) strong wish 4) serious IX. 1) One day, "while at work in the coal mine" , I happened to 5) mad adventure over hear two miners talking about a great school for III. 1) B 2) A 3) D 4) A 5) B coloured people in virginia. IV. 1) describing 2) decided 3) ambitious 4) troubled 2) "What do you want" ? he said to her. 5) acquaintance 3) She said, "How beautiful I am". V. 1) measure 2) expectant 3) permission 4) repeat 5) furious 4) One day the teacher said, "won't you wash your face before VI. 1) double 2) engine 3) machine 4) check 5) pool you come to school tomorrow morning ? Please do that, just VII. 1) enter 2) light 3) own 4) route 5) beam for me". VIII. 1) me ( ? ); asked ( . ); it ( . ) 2) them ( . ); they ( ? ) X. The - definite article, sun - proper noun, largest - adjective, 3) Sunday ( . ); Church ( ? ); hostess ( . ) in - preposition 4) tongue – twister ( ! ); saying ( . ); host ( . ) XI. 1) Billiards is an expensive game. 5) for ( ? ); asked ( . ); hostess ( . ) 2) All her sister - in - law have ill - treated her. IX. 1) "I want my photograph taken," I said. XII. 1) was won by India. 2) "Sit there," he said, "and wait." 2) beautiful nobody married her. 3) "The face is quite wrong," he said. 3) Mughal emperor is as great as Akbar. 4) "I know, " I answered quietly, "I have always known it." 4) her blindness, she works hard. 5) "I think," he said, "the face would be better three quarters full." XIII.

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