Asgn Eng I II Cls 8 2021

Class VIII
New Voices: Literature Reader

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Instructions
i. Maintain two separate copies, one for Literature and one for Grammar & Writing.
ii. Separate the Grammar and Writing portion in your Grammar & Writing copy.
iii. Write the definations and examples first and then do the exercises in your Grammar &
Writing copy. Write the literature question answers in the literature copy.
Chapter 1
No Music Before Mosque
Answer the following questions:
1. Tick the right answer.
Ali’s father was furious during evening prayers because
a. Ali was late for prayers
b. Ali was sleeping during prayers
c. Ali was playing the flute during prayers. ✔
d. Ali was playing with his friends during prayer/
2. How did Nazo hope to defuse the situation?

Ans. Nazo suggested that perhaps it was not Ali who played the flute as the last train
from the city had not yet arrived. Ali was supposed to come by that train.
3. Why did Ali play the flute at the time of prayer?

Ans. Ali did not believe in the regular ritual of Namaaz. Playing the flute was his way
of praying. His admiration of the beauty of nature was the way he thanked Allah.
4. What woke up Nazo from her sleep? What made her realize that the family was in
trouble?
Ans The crowd outside their house talking excitedly woke her up. She heard that her
uncle, Ali, couldn’t be found anywhere.
Grammar Chapter -1
DETERMINERS
What are Determiners?
Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it more specific.
Example: My mother, that book, the best student.
Kinds of Determiners-
1-Articles
A and An are indefinite articles while The is the definite article.
*A is used-
With the consonant sound-A European, a platform.
*An is used-
With the vowel sound-An honest man, An aunt
*The is used-
With the noun to make it specific- The chief guest, The pen.
With the superlative degrees-The highest peak, The best student.
With the common noun when that noun represents the whole class.
Example- The camel is the ship of the desert.
2-Demonstratives
This and These refer to persons or objects close by.
Example-This book contains all the information.
Example-These buildings face danger during an earthquake.
That and Those refer to a person or object or a distance.
Example- That house belongs to my grandfather.
Example-Those bags are for sale.
3-Possessive
Possessive shows ownership, like My, Our, Your, His, Her.
Example-My bag your Pen.
4-Distributive-Either, Neither, Each and Every
Either is used when referring to two choices or two possibilities. Ex-You can take either taxi.
Neither allows us to make a negative statement about two persons or things at the same
time. Ex-Neither document is needed by us.
Each and Every refers to individual things in a group or a list of two or more things. Ex- Talk
to each child separately.
5-Quantifiers-Some, Any, Much, Many, Several etc
Quantifiers Indicate how much or how little noun is being discussed.
Some and any can refer to both quantity and number.Ex- Some milk, any news.
Some is used with affirmative sentences while any is used in negative sentences.
Much, Many
Much is used before the uncountable-Ex-Much labour, much joy.
Many is used in the countable in the plural number- Ex- Many students many lawyers.
Little, A little, The little, Few, A few, The Few
Little, A Little ,The Little denote quantity and are used before the uncountables.
Little is used almost in the negative sense.Ex-There was little hope of saving Harish.
A little-Atleast Some. Example- We steal have a little money with us.
The little-The whole quantity, though very little. Example-The little sugar that the
shopkeeper offered me was of an inferior quality.
Few, A Few, The Few-Denote number and are used before the countables in the plural
number.
Few-Not Many almost none. Example-This Tv channel is not good. It shows a few good
programs.
A Few-Some at least. Example-Last evening I went to the city walk mall with a few friends.
The Few-All of them, though very few. Example-The few trees left on the heal side.
6-Interrogative-What, Which, Whose etc
Interrogative are used to ask questions. Example- Whose ball, which juice.
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks with a, an or the where necessary:

1. ________ Ludhiana is ______ important industrial city. It is ________ Manchester of our
country.
2. _______ insect has six legs, but ________ spider has eight. Therefore we cannot describe
________ spider as ________ insect.
3. Andaman and Nicobar Islands is ________ union territory in ________ Bay of Bengal with
Port Blair as ________ capital.
4. _______ stray aniamls have become _______ big nuisance on _______ city roads.
5. _______ octopuses are highly inetlligent animals. _______ Biologists have proved that
_______ octopus can successfully come out of _______ maze and also have problem
solving skills.
6. There was _______ explosion in _______ townhall yesterday. _______ honourable man
was injured and in _______ state of shock. He was carrying _______ stick with him which
blew off when _______ explosion took place.
Exercise 2
Fill in the blanks with either, neither, each or every, in some cases more than one choice is
possible:
1. _______ person should respect his country.

2. _______ member of the group was given a driving test.
3. _______ seat in the hall was occupied.
4. _______ time I go to Cannaught Place, I get caught in a traffic jam.
5. You can take _______ cut to reach my house.
6. Trees have been planted on _______ side of the road.
7. You can buy _______ pair of trousers. Both of them are equally good.
8. _______ member wanted the bedroom with an attached bathroom.
Exercise 3
Fill in the blanks with what, which, whose, how many or how much:
1. _______ bottles of milk will be required for the party?

2. _______ money do you think will be sufficient to meet all the expenses?
3. _______ colours suit you the most?
4. _______train leads to Amritsar? This one or the one at platform 9?
5. _______ pen is lying on my desk? Is it Fatima’s?
6. _______ magazine are you reading these days? Is it a children’s magazine?
7. _______ dress do you like the most? The yellow, the green or the red.
8. _______ performance received the maximum applause? Vineet’s or Krishna’s?

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Class VIII

New Voices: Literature Reader

2. How did Nazo hope to defuse the situation?

3. Why did Ali play the flute at the time of prayer?

What are Determiners?

Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it more specific.

Example: ​My ​mother, ​that​ book, ​the​ best student.

*​A ​is used​-

With the consonant sound-A European, a platform.

With the vowel sound-An honest man, An aunt

With the superlative degrees-The highest peak, The best student.

Example​- The camel is the ship of the desert.

This​ and ​These​ refer to persons or objects close by.

Example​-This book contains all the information.

Example​-These buildings face danger during an earthquake.

That​ and ​Those​ refer to a person or object or a distance.

Example​- That house belongs to my grandfather.

Example​-Those bags are for sale.

Possessive shows ownership, like My, Our, Your, His, Her.

Example​-My bag your Pen.

4-Distributive​-Either, Neither, Each and Every

5-Quantifiers​-Some, Any, Much, Many, Several etc

Quantifiers Indicate how much or how little noun is being discussed.

Much ​is used before the uncountable-Ex-Much labour, much joy.

Little, A little, The little, Few, A few, The Few

A little-Atleast Some. ​Example​- We steal have a little money with us.

6-Interrogative​-What, Which, Whose etc

Fill in the blanks with a, an or the where necessary:

1. _______ person should respect his country.

1. _______ bottles of milk will be required for the party?

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Example: My mother, that book, the best student.

*A is used-

Example- The camel is the ship of the desert.

This and These refer to persons or objects close by.

Example-This book contains all the information.

Example-These buildings face danger during an earthquake.

That and Those refer to a person or object or a distance.

Example- That house belongs to my grandfather.

Example-Those bags are for sale.

Example-My bag your Pen.

4-Distributive-Either, Neither, Each and Every

5-Quantifiers-Some, Any, Much, Many, Several etc

Much is used before the uncountable-Ex-Much labour, much joy.

A little-Atleast Some. Example- We steal have a little money with us.

6-Interrogative-What, Which, Whose etc