English Worksheet Chapter 8

English Worksheet Chapter 8

A. Quote from memory. Also mention the title of the poem and name of the poet.
    "You're a nuisance, .....................
     ...................................fly my kite."

B. Choose the correct answer from the options given. There may be more than one
     correct answer
     1. In them 'The Tease', the speaker finds the wind
         a. a friend        b. a nuisance        c. a trap       d. an enemy
     2. The speaker finds the wind a tease because
         a. it jumps on her.
         b. it snatches her hat and ties her clothes in knots.
         c. it clutches her hair.
         d. it tears the leaves and blossoms from the pear.
     3. The speaker wants to ____________ the wind.
         a. trap        b. throw away        c. tie up         d. none
     4. The wind helps the speaker to
         a. dry her clothes                           b. feel cool and fresh
         c. fly her kite and sail her boat       d. stay at home.
  
C. Answer the following questions:
    1. Who is the speaker talking to in the poem "The Tease"? Is she happy with the listener?
    2. How does the listener tease the speaker?
    3. How does the listener help the speaker?
    4. The speaker has mixed feelings about the wind. Why?

D. Write the words in the correct columns according to the sound of ch
     [ chick, chorus, chart, chat, choir, character]

E. Write 10 words with the 'ch' sound in 'tch'

F. Given below are the words that show our feelings. Put them in alphabetical
    order.
    [ bored, disappointed, pleased, irritated, angry, frightened, horrified, glad,
      excited, delighted]

G. Unscramble the following words and write them in alphabetical order.
     1. SATR   2. UNS   3. WNDI    4. NRAI   5. RMSTO    6. PLANETN    7. NOOM    8. LODCU
     9. SLEOC   10. STOL    11. HISFNI   12. FORBEE    13. KAWAE     14. DOFUN
     15. PONE   16. TEFAR    17. ARTST    18. ESALEPS

H. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
    1. Vinay never _______________ (carry) an umbrella.
    2. My parents never _________________ (drink) tea.
    3. Miss Kapoor always ___________________ (teach) Class III
    4. All the buses ________________ (stop) at this bus stop.
    5. We _________________ (boil) water before drinking it.
    6. The panther ______________ (hunt) at night.
    7. The Earth ________________ (go) round the Sun.
    8. We ________________ (visit) our grandparents every summer.

I. Fill in the blanks with the past tense form of the verbs given in the brackets.
   1. I ___________ (see) a jet plane today.
   2. Mohit and Arjun ____________ ( play) cricket for their school.
   3. Manu ____________ (come) home late last night.
   4. My sister _______________ (build) a mud house in the garden yesterday.
   5. Madhu ______________(hurry) to school because she was late.
   6. My sister _______________ (knit) this sweater for me.
   7. The clock _______________ (strike) twelve.
   8. He ________________ (feel) better after he took the medicine
   9. I _______________ (tell) Amar a secret yesterday.
  10. Mona _______________ (forget) to give me her address.
  11. We ________________ (eat) dinner by 8 p.m.


J. Look at the doing words (verbs) and say whether it is present or past.
   1. They watch news on the TV everyday.
   2. My train leaves at 2 p.m.
   3. We played a match yesterday.
   4. We learn music at school.
   5. He ate too much at the party.

K. Write simple past tenses of these verbs.

L. Write the rhyming words:
   1. hatch   2. pitch   3. much    4. rich    5. bench   6. patch   7. church   8. sketch
   9. lurch    10. stretch   11. catch   12. ditch   13. such  14. itch   15. stench   18. thatch