THE LAWRENCE SCHOOL

1 THE LAWRENCE SCHOOLSANAWAR Syllabus for English Entrance Examination for Class Eight1) Essay2) Unseen Comprehension3) Grammar:-Direct and Indirect Speech-Active Passive Voice-Tense-Determiners-Conjunctions-Kin ds of Sentences. (Transformation)-Articles-Sample Paper for Admission To Class VIII) SUBJECT - ENGLISH Time: 01 Hour Max. Marks: 100 Q1. Write a composition on any ONE of the following : 15 marks Reading a Pleasure or Work is Worship Q2. Comprehension : 20 marks(1)Mahatma Gandhi had been at Yeravda Central Prison, which was about three or four miles from Poona in Maharashtra, about a year before I arrived there in 1923, when I was about eighteen.

2 And my first job was to be in charge of the European yard, in which he was detained. He was treated as a special prisoner because he was the leader of the whole political movement at the time. All political prisoners were not treated in the same way as he was; they were supposed to work, just like the other prisoners were, and their interviews and their letters and everything else were controlled according to the Bombay Jail Manual. But he was allowed to have any number of letters. He had letters from all over the world from Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair and Fenner Brockway.(2)He was given two cells and another prisoner to help him-like a servant, as a matter of fact-and a couple of goats were produced for him and they were kept in the European yard. The outer gate of the European yard was kept closed, but his cell doors were left open. The other prisoners in the European yard were either British or of other European nationalities.

3 We had counterfeiters and murderers and everything else. And I do know that they did have some contact with Mahatma Gandhi because on various occasions he used to tell me about things that were happening, and in some cases he d ask me to intercede on their behalf over various things.(3)I d see him every evening and have a long chat with him-that was during his first prison sentence. Later on, I was a senior official there and I used to go there and talk with him every evening and he would teach me Gujarati. He was a very humorous chap, we used to enjoy ourselves having a joke. The yard was an open yard with a wall all round it-a wall, I should say, of about 12 feet, not a very high wall (like the prison wall) and there were trees, and in the middle there was bath-house. There were flowers, a garden, and a verandah to the cells. And he used to sit there spinning. He made some cloth for my daughter.

4 He spun the thread for it and had the cloth made.(4) Answer the following questions : 1. What was the name of Mahatma Gandhi s prison and where was it located ? _____ _____ was special treatment given to Mahatma Gandhi ? _____ _____ were other political prisoners treated ? was Gandhi s attitude to other Europeans in the prison ? _____ _____ 5. Where did Mahatma Gandhi sit for spinning and what did he do for the jailor s daughter ? _____ _____ 6. Supply a suitable title to the passage. _____ 7. Find words in the passage, which are similar to the following : (a) kept under restraint _____ ( para 1) (b) small room in prison _____ ( para 2) (c) diverse _____ ( para 2) (d) fellow _____ ( para 3) Q3.

5 Rearrange the words and phrases given below to make meaningful sentences : 07 marks / a / lazy / boy / was / very_____ morning / had to pull / him / his mother / out of / bed / / was often / he / to teacher / no effect on / him every time / but it had / scolded / him_____ / him / decided to teach / the teacher / a lesson_____ 6. next / was / Ravi / late / time / three rounds of the / playfield / large / told him / the teacher / to take /when _____ 7. the / tired / boy / was / so / lazy / in future / he / that / decided to / come to / on time / SCHOOL _____ Q4. Fill in the blanks with suitable articles : 08 uncle is _____ guide knew _____ mother cat licks her kittens from _____ moment they re has _____ Honda Activa but she doesn t use it to commute to_____ met _____ one-eyed man _____ hour ago.

6 Q5. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in the brackets : 10 marks 1. What a lazy fellow you are ! Don t you know that the unit tests _____ (approach) ? rain _____ (stop) before I _____ (step) out of the _____ (write) a new book. I _____ (hope) to finishit by the end of this I _____ (give) Tom the news, he _____ (not believe) me. He _____ (think) that I _____ (joke). _____ (speak) French very well. Q6. Fill in the blanks using who, which, whose or where : 05 you know anybody _____ wants to buy a car ? always ask questions _____ are difficult to SCHOOL is only for children _____ first language is not lady _____ is sitting in the corner teaches us would like to live in a country _____ there is plenty of sunshine.

7 Q7. Complete the following sentences using question tags : 05 was very helpful, _____ ? man is staring at me, _____ ? didn t rain last night, _____ ? is someone at the door, _____ ? boys are ready, _____ ? Q8. (a) Fill in the blanks with appropriate form of the adjectives given in the brackets : 05 weather is getting _____ (bad). was _____ (busy) than usual you read her _____ (late) book ? and happiness are _____ (important) than s the _____ (short) day of the year.(b)Complete the following sentences using the noun form of the word given in the brackets : 05 recent _____ (advance) in the medical science has saved many a life. 2. I am fed up with your _____ (stupid).

8 3. Ravi and Puneet are very good friends. Their _____ (friend) is more than eleven years old. 4. We have bought a new flat recently in Mussoorie but we haven t taken its _____ (possess). 5. It was sheer _____ (mad) on the part of the bus driver to overtake the truck on a blind turn. Q9. Change the voice in the following sentences : 10 ticket will be given to you by the manager. the noise frighten you ?_____ was dismissed from service for his rude behaviour. _____ are flying kites. are going to make the experiment next week. _____ Q10. Change the speech in the following sentences : 10 said, We will have to get a taxi.

9 _____ Principal said, Children, don t run in the corridor. _____ team exclaimed with joy that they had won the said to his brother, When was the fire extinguished ? teacher said that two and two make LAWRENCE SCHOOL , SANAWARS yllabus of Hindi Class VIII for Entrance 1. Sandhi & Vichchhed ( Swar Sandhi) 2. Word of Idioms & making sentence8. Correcting sentences WritingTHE LAWRENCE SCHOOL ,SANAWAR Sample Paper (Entrance Examination for Class VIII) SUBJECT- HINDITime: 01 Hour Max. Marks: 100 funsZ k % bl iz ui= esa dqy 11iz u gSaA lHkh iz uksa ds mRrj nsuk vfuok;Z gSAInstructions: This question paper has only 11questions. All questions are compulsory. 1- laf/k dhft, % 5 ko $ vFkZ --------------------] lnk $ ,o -------------------------] egk $ banz -----------------] ije $ vkRek -------------------] ;fn $ vfi ---------------------------A2- laf/k foPNsn dhft, % 5 fgeky; ---------------------------------------- --] lIrf"kZ--------------------------------- -----] egksn.

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