EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL29/07/2021 CLASS-8 SESSION2021-22(SLOT-1)ENGLISHChapter-1The Best christmas Present in the world_______________________________________
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I. DICTATON WORDS:-
1. Bridport.
2. Germans
II. Answer the following questions:-
Comprehension-I
Questions:1What did the author find in a junk shop?
What did he find in a secret drawer? Who do you think had put it in there?
Answers:.The author found a roll-top desk for sale in a junk shop. It was made of oak wood, but it was in a veiy bad condition.
In the secret drawer of the desk, the author found a small tin box. It had a letter in it. I think the owner of the roll-top desk might have put it there.
Questions:2Why did the author go to Bridport? How old was Mrs Macpherson now? Where was she?
Answers:The author went to Bridport to meet Mrs Jim Macpherson and deliver to her Jim’s letter.
Macpherson was 101 years old. She was in a nursing home.
Questions:3Who did Connie Macpherson think her visitor was?
Which sentence in the text shows that the visitor did not try to hide his identity?
Answers:Connie thought that the visitor was her own husband, Jim Macpherson.
That sentence is, “you told me you’d come home by Christmas, dearest,” she said, “And here you are, the best Christmas present in the world. Come closer, Jim dear, sit down.
Comprehension-II
Question 1:For how long do you think Connie had
kept Jim’s letter? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:Connie had kept Jim’s last letter till January 25, 1915. The letter was dated Dec. 26, 1914.
Question 2:Why do you think the desk had been sold, and when?
Answer:The desk must have been sold when Connie’s house had burnt. The table had been damaged by fire as well as water.
Question 3:Why do Jim and Hans think that games or sports are good ways of resolving conflicts? Do you agree?
Answer: Both Jim and Hans were soldiers. Both were warm hearted. They had seen the sufferings of war. So it was natural for them to hate war. They favoured a peaceful solution to settle disputes. Games or sports, they said, were good ways of resolving conflicts. I also quite agree with them.
III. Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
My little sister is very naughty. When she came back from school yesterday, she had torn her dress. We asked her how it had happened. She said she had quarrelled with a boy. She had beaten him in a race and he had tried to push her. She had told the teacher and so he had chased her and she had fallen down and had torn her dress.
Answer:Connie had kept Jim’s last letter till January 25, 1915. The letter was dated Dec. 26, 1914.
Question 2:Why do you think the desk had been sold, and when?
Answer:The desk must have been sold when Connie’s house had burnt. The table had been damaged by fire as well as water.
Question 3:Why do Jim and Hans think that games or sports are good ways of resolving conflicts? Do you agree?
Answer: Both Jim and Hans were soldiers. Both were warm hearted. They had seen the sufferings of war. So it was natural for them to hate war. They favoured a peaceful solution to settle disputes. Games or sports, they said, were good ways of resolving conflicts. I also quite agree with them.
III. Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
My little sister is very naughty. When she came back from school yesterday, she had torn her dress. We asked her how it had happened. She said she had quarrelled with a boy. She had beaten him in a race and he had tried to push her. She had told the teacher and so he had chased her and she had fallen down and had torn her dress.
