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IntegratedSKILL-ENHANCER

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ENGLISH LANGUAGECLASS VIII

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IntegratedSKILL-ENHANCER

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ENGLISH LANGUAGECLASS VIII

(Based on New C.C.E. Pattern, Issued by Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi)Including Multiple Choice Questions

By

Dr R.S. Mallik Vijay Chabra

Former Prof. & Head M.A. (English), B.EdP.G. Dept. of English Head of Department

C.R.A. College, Sonepat Sambhu Dayal Modern SchoolM.D. University Rohtak Sonepat

(Haryana) Haryana

FEATURES AT A GLANCE :

— Topics with Explanations

— Marking Scheme

— Unit Assignments

Reading Writing Grammar

— Integrated Super Assignments (With Space)— Integrated Super Test Assignments (Without Space)

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PREFACE

Integrated Skill-Enhancer in English Language is for Class VIII students. Its endeavours to help youngscholars acquire good language habits and communicative skills in such a way that they can read, write andunderstand English in its right perspective. Securing good marks is not the only objective of it but it alsomakes them confident of their learning this language in its proper context. It aims at improving the students’skills in such a way that they can face the real life situations very perfectly.

IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE BOOK

(a) It is revised as per latest NCERT/CBSE and CCE (Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation)guidelines.

(b) Unitwise Illustrations and Marking Patterns have been given.

(c) Unitwise Assignments. Reading, Writing and Grammar

(d) Reading Passages as per latest CBSE Guidelines and Sample Papers have been given.

(e) Formats of various types of composition (Short and Long) based on verbal and visual stimulushave thoroughly been dealt with, and adequately explained.

(f) Grammar Activities as per latest CBSE Guidelines and Sample Papers have been given.

(g) Practice Exercises have been so framed that young children will easily identify themselves withthem.

(h) Integrated Super Assignments (with space) have also been incorporated to consolidate

comprehensive language habits.

(i) Integrated Super Test Assignments (without space) present a complete view of Test

Assignments for practising for the final examination.

(j) It is a complete Practice-cum-Study and Learning Material.

All efforts have been made to make the book a useful tool for learning English. Further, we invite yoursuggestions and views in order to improve the book in the light of your suggestions.

—AUTHORS

CONTENTS

Chapters Pages

Preface ... (v)

1. Section A : Reading ... 1—38

Comprehension : An Introduction ... 2

Unit Assignment A.1 ... 5























2. Section B : Writing ... 39—156

I. Short Composition ... 41

(i) Notice ... 41

(ii) Messages ... 47

(iii) Diary Writing ... 53

(iv) Postcard ... 57

(v) Profiles (Biographical Sketch) ... 61

(vi) Dialogue Writing ... 69

(vii) Description ... 75

II. Long Composition ... 85

(i) Letters ... 86

(ii) E-mail ... 111

(iii) Articles ... 121

(iv) Speeches ... 131

(v) Debates ... 145

(vi) Story Writing ... 149

3. Section C : Grammar ... 157—282

1. Determiners ... 159

2. Tenses ... 173

3. Subject-Verb Concord ... 189

4. Non-Finites ... 193

5. Clauses ... 203

6. Sentence Connectors ... 215

7. Conditionals ... 219

8. Degrees of Comparison ... 223

9. Nominalisation ... 231

10. Modals ... 237

11. Active and Passive Voice ... 249

12. Direct and Indirect Speech ... 261

13. Prepositions ... 269

Integrated Exercises : ... 283

— Gap Filling (Paragraph Completion) ... 283

— Gap Filling (Cloze) ... 289

— Sentence Completion ... 293

— Dialogue Completion ... 297

— Sentence Reordering ... 301

— Editing–I ... 305

— Editing–II ... 308

— Omissions ... 311

— Sentence Transformation (Reported Speech) ... 315

— Sentence Transformation (News Headlines) ... 319

— Sentence Transformation (Procedure) ... 323

Integrated Super Assignments (With Space) ... 327—362

Super Assignment 1 ... 327



Integrated Super Test Assignments (Without Space) ... 363—380

Super Test Assignment 4 ... 363



Chapters Pages

LIST OF OUR PUBLICATIONSFor Classes VI to VIII

1. Integrated Skill Enhancer English Language

2. Academic Map Work in Social Science

3. Academic General Knowledge

4. Academic Prayogik Sanskrit Vyakaran

5. Academic Activity in Mathematics

6. Comprehensive Lab Manual Science

7. Comprehensive Practical Science (Notebook) (Hindi Medium)

8. Comprehensive Workbook in Science

9. Vyakaran Tarang (Hindi Vyakaran)

10. Vishesh Hindi Vyakaran and Rachna

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SECTION A : READING

EXAM SPECIFICATIONS

Two unseen passages with a variety of comprehension questions including questions onword-attack skills such as word formation and inferring meaning.

Q. No. 1 Passage IQ. No. 2 Passage II

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COMPREHENSION : AN INTRODUCTION

Comprehension means understanding something fully. However, in language teaching, it is anexercise given to students to test how well they understand a piece of spoken or written language. Apassage given for comprehension tests a student’s ability to understand it thoroughly and then answercertain questions clearly, concisely and correctly in his own words. Thus, a student should have theability both to understand and explain the contents of the given text.

A student should remember the following points while attempting questions on comprehension :1. Read the passage carefully to understand it thoroughly.2. Then carefully read the questions given at the end of the passage to know what is being asked.3. Underline the portions of the passage that contain the answers to the questions.4. Answer the questions clearly and concisely and in your own language.5. The answers should strictly be based on what is said in the passage. Do not give personal

opinions or comments.6. Give the answers in complete sentences. If, for example, the question is ‘Why did you punish

him ?’, the answer should not be, ‘Because he was making mischief’, instead it should be : ‘‘Ipunished him because he was making mischief’’.

7. After answering all the questions, go through the answers to see if there is any mistake of grammar,spelling, etc. Correct them if there is any.

Marking Scheme

— So far as the marking is concerned there is no set pattern or prescribed marking scheme.Different schools or organisations set their own pattern. But here in this book we followthe pattern set for the Board Examinations so that the students can develop their skills ina proper direction.

— The main objective of this section is to enrich the learners’ skill in reading and understandinga given text (Prose or Poetry).

Assignments

— The practice material in this section has been given in the form of Unit Assignments.

— Sufficient space for answers has been provided for the students to write their answersclearly.

— A space for the marks obtained has been given at the end of every Assignment. It wouldhelp teachers to post their marks conveniently and distinctly so that the students can seeclearly the marks given to them.

READING 3

SOLVED EXAMPLES

TYPE I

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

When we speak of unemployment, we mean that there are people who have no jobs. In Indiathere are lakhs of men and women, both educated and uneducated, who are unemployed. Thisis so either because there are no jobs for these people at all, or because they are unfit for the fewjobs that are available. Then there is also the problem of under employment, that is lakhs of otherpeople being jobless for a part of the year. Some rural people, for example, have little to dobetween cropping seasons, and remain largely idle during that time of the year. They producehardly anything and the result is more poverty. Unemployment and under-employment are sourcesof social evils. When young people go without steady and suitable jobs, because of frustrationthey fall into evil practices. Anticipating this kind of jobless condition, our students begin to behavein a violent manner and to indulge in antisocial activities. At the root of this situation is theunfortunate fact that our population is growing faster than jobs, and we have to spend crores ofrupees from our foreign reserves on importing foodgrains. Thus we can import less machinesthan we require and therefore create fewer jobs than we ought to.

1. What does unemployment mean ?(a) People without jobs (b) People without children(c) People doing jobs (d) People without literature.

2. Why are people in India jobless ?(a) Non-availability of jobs (b) People not fit for the available jobs(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above.

3. Why are some rural people poor ?(a) Because of attitude (b) Non-availability of work between the cropping seasons(c) Because they shirk work (d) They do not have agricultural land.

4. What are the causes of unemployment and under employment ?(a) Social rituals (b) Social evils(c) Superstitious beliefs (d) None of the above.

5. Give the synonym of the word ‘unfortunate’(a) Regrettable (b) Frustration(c) Unemployment (d) Influence.

Answers

1. (a) People without jobs 2. (c) Both (a) and (b)3. (b) Non-availability of work between the cropping seasons4. (b) Social evils 5. (a) Regrettable.

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TYPE II

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

Whether in the long run Gandhi’s gospel of ahimsa—love and peace—will triumph is a differentmatter. Gandhi’s attitudes were too spiritual to be generally adopted in India or any other country.Under Nehru, since 1947, India has championed ‘neutralism’ between the West and the CommunistEast but hardly ‘non-violence’ in a Gandhian sense. She has welcomed foreign capital and pursuedFive Year Plans of industrialization very far from Gandhi’s spinning wheel. Yet Gandhi’s influenceand importance were enormous. First, it is very doubtful if without him the transfer of power couldhave been affected without a break-down into a prolonged civil war. Second, the example ofIndia’s freedom from British rule, which he led, acted as a powerful stimulus to the other peoplesof Asia and Africa to demand freedom from ‘Colonialism’—one of the most significant movementsof our time. Third, inside India great social reforms, and above all the decline of untouchability,stem directly from Gandhi’s campaigns. No other statesman of this century has left behind himsuch a weight of love and respect. His name in India is a legend, and outside India his greatnessgrows as the years recede. He loved and he called himself a nationalist ; but more important, heloved God and man ; and most surprising, really did forgive his enemies. The twentieth centuryhas seen many successful revolutionaries and many greatmen. It has not seen many who were,in addition, simply and powerfully good.

Answer the following questions :

1. Gandhi’s attitudes were too spiritual ...................................................................................................2. India has been a champion of..............................................................................................................3. India has welcomed foreign capital and .............................................................................................4. Gandhi played an important role in ...................................................................................................5. Find out the opposite of ‘fail’ from the passage.

Answers

1. to be generally adopted at home or abroad.2. ‘neutralism’ between the West and the Communist East.3. pursued Five-year Plans to industrialise the country.4. in getting us freedom5. triumph

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