First Mid Term Test - Class -8

 

FIRST MID TERM TEST - 2026

Standard VIII ENGLISH

Time: 1.30 hrs Reg.No. [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] Marks: 50

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I. Choose the correct synonyms of the underlined words. 3×1=3

1. The poor woman is in a Panic. a) fear b) grid c) crash

2. Nice fun Indeed! a) Infact b) doubtedly c) fine

3. The mother Consoled her little girl. a) pretended b) comforted c) left

II. Choose the correct antonyms of the underlined words. 3×1=3

4. Everyone thought that Kuppayi's had Stolen is. a) sacked b) swiped c) donated

5. The loss of the jewel had to be Admitted. a) confessed b) denied c) allowed

6. The lady of the home is Scared and is down with fever. a) afraid b) frightened c) confident

III. True or False. 3×1=3

7. a) The police searched Ramayya's home. b) Ramayya's wife put the stud away in her box. c) Two sparrows built a nest on a tree top.

IV. Fill in the blanks. 3×1=3

8. The sparrows built their nests in the _______.
9. The diamond jewel belonged to _______.
10. _______ was the maid-servant at Meenakshi Ammal's place.

V. Pick out the correct homophones. 3×1=3

11. The _______ rises in the east. (son, sun)
12. Chennai is the _______ of Tamil Nadu. (capitol, capital)
13. The cat caught the _______ of a mouse. (scent, cent)

VI. Choose the right expansion. 3×1=3

14. ATM _______. a) Giga Byte b) Automated Teller Machine c) One Time Password

15. PC _______. a) Good and Services Tax b) Value Added Tax c) Personal Computer

16. SBI _______. a) Local Area Network b) State Bank of India c) Random Access Memory

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VIII English

VII. Fill in the blanks with the suitable collective noun. 3×1=3 (cup, bowl, bottle)

17. a _______ of milk.
18. a _______ of tea.
19. a _______ of rice.

VIII. Answer any three of the following. 3×2=6

20. Where did the sparrows built the nest?
21. Where did the bird drop the diamond stud?
22. What did Meenakshi Ammal tell her daughter?
23. Who was suspected of stealing the diamond nose stud?

IX. Quote from your memory. 1×5=5

24. The first five lines of the poem "When I was a baby to your eyes".

X. Answer any one of the following. 1×5=5

25. Why did the sparrow throw the nose-Jewel into Ramayya's house?
26. Write a paragraph on the father's love as described in the poem.

XI. Identify the character. 3×1=3

27. I am glad to know that.
28. Yes, I am going to school.
29. Goodbye mother.

XII. Match the following. 5×1=5

30. Women in white - Satish's mother
31. Train - Boy of same age
32. Bowler - Dressed simply
33. Satish - Waves of stream
34. Spectacles - Arun

XIII. Choose the best answer. 5×1=5

35. Satish's mother handed to her son _______. a) bag of pencil b) bag of vegetables c) big box of chocolates d) cricket ball

36. The train was due at _______. a) One O'Clock b) Twelve O'Clock c) Two O'Clock d) Eleven O'Clock

37. The strange lady gave _______ to Arun. a) Coffee and vadai b) Tea and bajji c) Tea and samosas d) Black tea and cake

38. Arun was sitting on platform _______. a) No.7 b) No.8 c) No.4 d) No.3

39. Satish and Arun were _______ year old boys. a) 12 b) 11 c) 13 d) 10