Dashmesh Public School Holidays Homework Class-Vi-Viii Subject-English General Instructions
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DASHMESH PUBLIC SCHOOL HOLIDAYS HOMEWORK CLASS-VI-VIII SUBJECT-ENGLISH GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS The following homework will be done in the classwork/homework notebooks itself. Students of Class VI-VIII will be doing this common holidays homework being given along with the respective sheets being attached for separate classes. ARTICLE WRITING Write an article on the following topics in about 100-120 words. 1. Demonitization 2. Justice to Nirbhaya 3. Mass legal literacy campaign 4. Environmental Degradation 5. Sensitivity towards Parents CIRCULAR WRITING Draft a circular on the following topics in not more than 50-60 words:- 1) Your school is organizing a 'Nutrition Session' in order to sensitize the the students about good eating habits. As a head boy/girl of your school, inform the students about the same. 2) Imagine yourself as the Secretary of your locality, and you decide to organize a 'Laughter Session' in your colony, to make people enjoy themselves and leading a stress free life. Draft a circular informing the residents about the same. FACTUAL DESCRIPTION Look at the following picture and describe the ongoing scene in your own words (80-100 words) CONVERSATION WRITNG 1) Your school recently organized a mass legal literacy campaign. Write a conversation between you and your friend discussing your experience regarding the same. 2) Your teacher asked you to prepare a presentation and you weren't able to prepare it due to some reason. Write a conversation between you and your teacher giving reasons for the same. POSTER MAKING Design a poster on an A4 size drawing sheet and paste it in your notebooks ; on the following topics being given:- 1) Save our natural resources. 2) Preserving our national heritage. ENGLISH (for VIII ) Q1. Write down the meaning of following idioms and make sentences using the same 1. Once in blue moon 2. Piece of cake . 3. See eye to eye 4. Take with a grain of salt 5. Taste of your own medicine Q2. Write down the meaning of following proverbs and make sentences using the same. a. Action speaks louder than words b. All good things come to he who waits. c. All that glitters is not gold . d. Appearance can be deceptive e. As you sow so shall you reap Q3. Write the synonyms of following words: a. suspicions b. development c. accomplish d. suggest e. deliver Q4. Write the antonyms of the following words. a. dazzle b. compose c. original d. break d. follow Q5. Write the meaning of these difficult words: a. privilege b. sieze c. resistance d. possession e. persuade Q6. Make three new words using the prefix: a. pre- b. re- c. semi- d. sub- e. dis- Q7. Make three new words using the suffix: a. –dom b. –ship c. – ate d. – esque e. –ical Q8. Read the abridged version of the novel “ Alice in the wonderedland and summarize the novel in about 80-100 words Q1. Some roads in your city are renamed after British officers would you like them to be renamed? Give reasons.(ch-2 History). Q2. Make a pictorial illustration to show how natural substances become resources. (Ch-1 Geography) Q3. Each individual should contribute towards conservation of resources . What steps can you take in your daily life to conserve resources? Prepare an Action plan .(Ch-1 geography) Q4. Draw a flow chart to show the factors that affect the formation of soil.(Ch- 2 Geography) Q5. Make a model of any one of the following :- Terrace farming Contour ploughing Shelter belt(ch-2 Geography) Q6. On two outline maps of the world , show the following . Land use pattern in the world Distribution of different types of soil in the world. Q7. Project:- visit a park/ farm in your neighbourhood . Conduct a survey collect information about the soil. Ask gardener / farmer , the following questions : How does the maintain soil fertility? What type of fertilizer does he use – chemical or natural ? What does he do to control soil erosion? Collect information and write it in the form of a report use some photographs of the place you have visited and use them in your report.(Ch- 2 Geography) Q8. On an outline map of India , show the important multipurpose projects . mention at least 3. (ch-3 Geography) Q9. Draw two separate flow charts to show the following . Methods to control water pollution. Method to conserve water. Q10. Water is a precious resource. All forms of life will die in the absence of water. Each one of us can help in conserving water. Let’s create awareness on conservation of water. 9 Ch- 3 Geography) Q11. On a political map of India, show bird sanctuaries, National parks, Wildlife sanctuaries and tiger reserves ( mention three for each of these ). (Ch- 4 Geography) Q12. Every year, world Wildlife week is celebrated in the first week of October. Plan a week – long programme for your school on the theme – Save Forests, and wildlife . List some activities m contests etc. that can be organized to focus on the importance of forests and wildlife –You can show your plan on a chart (Ch- 4 Geography) Q13. What are you likely to say to an elder cousin who thinks that to stop at a red signal on the road or to wear a helmet is unimportant ? (Ch- 1 Civics) Q14. Prepare a report on the Lok Sabha elections . find out the total Voter turnout , part with maximum no of seats, tec. Prepare an MS- Power point presentation.( 12 slides PPT) 1. The wooden hammer like object or the mallet used by a judge in a court is called a gravel . why is the use of gravel? 2. Do you know that the Indian constitution is the lengthiest written constitution in the world. 3. Mysorean rockets were an early missle deployed for military use Describe it. 4. What is Factory 5. Do you know after whom is Mount Everest named? Q15. 1. Why do you think a state should not discriminate against people on the basis of religion. 2. What are the different purposes for which the land in your colony or locality being used? Q16. Differentiate between Biotic and Aboitic resources Potential and actual resources . Surface water and ground water. Civil Law and Criminal Law SUBJECT- MATHEMATICS ALL THE GIVEN WORK SHOULD BE DONE IN Note: Do all work in Maths Register. YOUR CLASSWORK Q1. Verify the commutative property of addition and NOTEBOOKS/REGISTERS subtraction for each of the following pairs of Rational Numbers. i) 9/13 and -4/9 ii) -3/7 and 4/3 Q2. Write properties of square, rectangle, paraller gram, rhombus and kite. Q3. Write and learn squares and cubes of first 20 whole numbers. Q4. Construct the following quadrilaterals: a) Rhombus BEND, BN=5.6cm, DE=6.5cm b) Parallelogram HEAR, HE = 5 cm, EA = 6cm and ∠R=85o c) A parallelogram OKAY where OK = 5.5 cm and KA = 4.2 cm. Is it unique? Q5. The number of students in a hostel, speaking different languages is given below. Display the data in a Pie Chart: Language Hindi English Marathi Tamil Bengali Total Number of 40 12 9 7 4 72 Students Q6. Solve the following equations and check your results: 푥−8 푥−3 푥−6 푥−4 푥−2 i) = ii) + = 8 − 3 2 5 3 7 Q7. Verify by paper cutting and pasting that the sum of the exterior angles of a polygon, taken in an order is 360o. Q8. Solve: a) HCF of 73, 97, 101 b) LCM of 60, 80, 240 −4 −9 14 6 c) , , , (arrange ascending order) 8 5 9 7 d) 999.9 + 100 + 200 + .09 7 3 12 e) 6 + 4 + 2 9 7 13 Q9. Find the perimeter and area of the following: a) A parallelogram, whose base and height are 14cm and 5 cm respectively. b) A Square, side is 40 cm. c) Circle, radius is 14 cm. d) Equilateral Triangle, sides are 15 cm and height is 7 cm. Q10. Revise the following chapters in practice notebook. Ch-1 Rational Numbers Ch-2 Linear Equation in one variable Ch-3 Understanding Quadrilateral (Ex-3.1 & 3.2 only) CLASS VIII science Answer the following questions ( Refer your notebook for answers) 1. Why organic farming is useful for crop production? 2. Fresh milk is boiled before consumption while processed milk stored in pockets can be consumed without boiling. Why? 3. Why viruses are said to be the border line dividing the living things from non- living things? 4. Write few savings that can be done by the recycled plastics. 5. Can we use thermoplastics to make handles or cookware tile? Why or why not? 6. Read the following statement and write the appropriate term against each statement. a. I control the function of a cell. Who am I?___________ b. I transfer characters from parents to offspring. Who am I? 7. In spite of muscular and frictional force, name few other type of contact forces. 8. It is much easier to burst an inflated balloon with a needle than by a finger. Explain. 9. What is meant by Invitro fertilization? (IVF) 10. How do Astronauts communicate in space? 11. While returning from the school Varun ate chaat from a street hawker, when he reached home, he felt ill and complained of stomach ache and fell ill. What could be the reason? 12. Visit a nearby farm or nursery observe the crops grown there, collect leaves of different crops. Place the leaves between the newspaper. When the leaves are dried, paste the seed bags and leaves in your scrap book making a herbarium.