Unseen Passage for Class 8 in English Latest Unseen passage

1. Unseen Passage for Class 8 in English Unseen passage for class 8 covers the significant bit of the English paper. It contains around 25% imprints weightage in the test. Along these lines, students who need to score good grades in Class 8 English should rehearse the understanding entry preceding the test. To help them in their planning, we have given the CBSE Unseen Passages to Class 8 English.Students should go through them and tackle the inquiries dependent on these appreciation sections. 1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. 1. I met Mr. Franks at Susie’s birthday party. Susie had told me, “He’s my grandpa’s closest friend – lives in the Home for the Aged. He must be eighty at least!” I took a great liking to Mr. Franks the moment I started talking to him. He had a great enthusiasm for life, despite his poor health – and the most interesting stories to tell. His anecdotes kept us laughing and amused throughout the evening. As I rose to get back to my school hostel, he said, “Why don’t you come and see me at the Home sometime? Though you might think it boring to sit and chat with an old man like me!” I assured him that I would surely come with Susie to the Home to meet him. From then on, I met Mr. Franks every Wednesday. He would be sitting in his tiny garden and soaking in the warm winter sunshine. He had been an expert gardener in his younger days and had many certificates to prove it. 2. Mr. Franks had served in the army, and somehow most of his anecdotes were an amusing mixture of plant and military life. “You know, misunderstandings can be quite embarrassing sometimes! Once when I was away on leave, our unit mess got

2. the electricity connection they had been wanting for quite some time. I did not know that. When I returned, the colonel asked me to get new bulbs put in the whole mess. I informed him that I had already put in the bulbs, and could not put in new ones. He was extremely angry at me for disobeying orders and we continued arguing. It was only much later that we realized that he was talking of the electric bulbs and I of the bulbs of the lily plant!” On the basis of your reading of the passage, choose the correct option to complete each of the statements below. 1) Mr. Franks was _______________________________________. a) the narrator’s grandfather b) a friend of the narrator’s grandfather c) Susie’s grandfather d) the closest friend of Susie’s grandfather 2) Mr. Franks lived in ____________________________________. a) his own little house with a tiny garden b) a home for the aged c) the school hostel d) the same house as Susie’s grandfather 3) Mr. Franks had been a good gardener in his younger days and he had ________________________ to prove it. a) many certificates b) many gardening magazines c) many flowers d) a tiny garden 4) Mr. Franks had confused _______________________ with electric bulbs and refused to put new bulbs in the mess when ordered by the colonel. a) bulbs of the onion plant b) bulbs of the daffodil plant

3. c) bulbs of the lily plant d) bulbs of the tulip plant 5) The word ‘anecdotes’ means ___ a) a kind of antibiotics b) short, interesting stories about real people or events c) photograph albums d) fairy tales II. Unscramble the following words and phrases to make meaningful sentences and rewrite them on the lines given. 1) spring-blooming / tulips / plants / are____________ 2) are / and / flowers / usually large / the / coloured / brightly _ 3) have been/ from the / in / tulips / century / cultivated/ Asia / tenth III. Choose the word with the correct spelling. 1 a) coloumn b) colum c) column d) colomn 2 a) embroidered b) embroydered c) imbrodered d) embroidered 3 a) palaquin b) pallacuin c) pallanquin d) palanquin

4. 4 a) seemstress b) seamstress c) seamtress d) seamtrace IV. Write the meanings of the words given below. Provide the contextual meaning where mentioned. 1. Grate (contextual) - ____________________________________ 2. Gilded - _____________________________________________ 3. Sensible - ___________________________________________ 4. Curious (contextual) - ___________________________________ V. Frame a meaningful sentence of your own with the word given below. 1. Fanning – _____________________________________________ VI. Read the extract given below carefully and answer the questions that follow. “Alas! I have no ruby now. My eyes are all that I have left. They are made of rare sapphires, which were brought from India a thousand years ago. Pluck out one of them and take it to him.” 1. Who said this to whom? 2. Why did the speaker not have the ruby with him any longer? 3. To whom does ‘him’ refer? What did the speaker want to give ‘him’? VII. Answer the following questions briefly. 1. What frightened the poet’s mother into making the remark, “I know not where we have come to.” while travelling through Joradighi? 2. What was the ‘remarkable phenomenon’ that the Professor of Ornithology noticed while passing over the bridge and what did he do about it? How did everyone react to it? Suggested answer for above questions: I. 1 d) the closest friend of Susie’s grandfather 2 b) a home for the aged 3 a) many certificates 4 c) bulbs of the lily plant

5. 5 b) short, interesting stories about real people or events II. 1) Tulips are spring-blooming plants. 2) The flowers are usually large and brightly coloured. 3) Tulips have been cultivated in Asia from the tenth century. / …… from the tenth century in Asia III. 1c) column 2a) embroidered 3d) palanquin 4 b) seamstress IV. 1) Grate (contextual) -frame of metal bars for confining fuel in the recess of fireplace/ furnace 2) Gilded – covered with a thin layer of gold or gold paint 3) Sensible - having or showing common sense/ practical/ realistic 4) Curious (contextual) – odd/ strange/ peculiar V.1) Any meaningful sentence of the student’s own VI. 1) … the Happy Prince…..the Swallow. 2) … to the poor seamstress …. son … ill , crying … nothing to give him except water. 3) … ‘him’ – young playwright/ writer/ writer of plays…. wanted to give ‘him’ … one of his sapphire eyes. VII. 1) … evening … travelling through Joradighi…. dark… gloomy …. lonely/ desolate … barren …. This frightened … mother …. made this remark. 2) … a swallow in winter … wrote a long article about it … local newspaper… everyone talked about it … full of words … could not understand. Also read:-Unseen Passage for Class 4 2. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.

6. Have you ever heard the sound of a hummingbird? They make a buzzing noise when they fly. They make this noise because they beat their wings very fast. They beat their wings up to 80 times a second. All that flapping makes a lot of noise. That's why we call them hummingbirds. Hummingbirds fly in a unique way. They move their wings so fast that they can hover. This means that they can stay in one spot in the middle of the air. They are the only bird that flies backward too. Hummingbirds need lots of energy to move as fast as they do. This means that they need to eat a lot of food. Their favourite food is nectar, a sweet liquid found inside some flowers. They drink nectar in large quantity, daily. They have to visit hundreds of flowers to get enough nectar to live. Hummingbirds use their tongues for eating, not their long beaks. Hummingbirds help flowers too. They get pollen on their heads and bills when they feed. Flowers use pollen to make seeds. Hummingbirds spread pollen from one flower to the other. This helps flowers make more seeds. More seeds mean more flowers. More flowers mean more food for hummingbirds. Isn't it nice how that works out? a) On the basis of your reading the above passage choose the most appropriate option and complete the sentences: i. They are called hummingbirds because ______________. a. they are very light b. they sing when they fly c. their wings make a humming sound d. they move very fast ii. Humming birds can hover because__________________ a. they can move their wings very fast. b. they can fly backward. c. they have a lot of energy . d. they can fly very fast. iii. Humming birds visit hundreds of flowers because______________________ a. they need enough nectar to live b. they eat pollen. c. they spread pollen from one flower to the next d. they plant seeds.

7. iv. This is the only bird that __________________ a. can fly faster than any other bird. b. can fly longer than any other bird. c. can fly backward. d. cannot hover in mid air. v. Humming birds help flowers by ________ a. spreading pollen from flower to flower b. spreading seeds by carrying them on their heads. c. spreading seeds by carrying them on their bills d. all the above. Suggested answer for above questions: I. a)i.c. their wings make a humming sound ii. a. they move their wings very fast. iii. a. they need enough nectar to live iv. c. can fly backward. v. a. spreading pollen from flower to flower. Also read:-Unseen Passage for Class 6 3. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. When Anne reached the school that morning all was quiet and still. The previous teacher had instructed the children to be in their places on her arrival, greet her and extend a warm welcome to her. When Anne entered the classroom the children greeted her with “shining morning faces” and bright, curious eyes. She hung up her hat and faced her pupils, hoping that she did not look as frightened and foolish as she felt and that they would not make out how nervous she was. She had sat up until nearly twelve the previous night drafting a speech with which she meant to begin her

8. interaction with her pupils on the reopening day of school. She had revised and improved it, and then she had learnt it by heart. It was a very good speech and had some very fine ideas in it, especially about mutual help and earnest striving for knowledge. The only trouble was that she could not now remember a word of it. After what seemed a year to her . . . about ten seconds in reality . . . she said faintly, “Take your seats, please,” and sank breathlessly into her chair. While the children read their lessons Anne tried her best to relax and feel comfortable in her new school. a) On the basis of your reading the passage answer the following questions: 1. What were the children instructed to do when Anne arrived? 2. How did the children greet her when she entered the classroom? 3. How did Anne feel when she faced the students? 4. How did she plan to begin her interaction with the students? How did she prepare for it? 5. What was the speech about? Why was she unable to deliver it? Suggested answer for above questions: II. Passage -2 a) 1…. trained the children to be in their places on her arrival, greet her and extend a warm welcome to her. 2. the children greeted her with “shining morning faces” and bright, curious eyes. 3. frightened, foolish, nervous. 4. with a speech….. sat up till twelve the previous night ,drafted a speech and learnt it by heart. 5.mutual help and earnest striving for knowledge…..could not remember a word of it. Also read:-Unseen Passage for Class 9 4. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. Nicholas Chorier is not an ordinary photographer. He is a kite aerial photographer. He uses a kite to hoist his camera into the skies, which dangles in mid-air and clicks photographs. As a teenager, Nicholas had two hobbies– photography and kite- flying. During a trip to India to make a photo report on kite- making, he learnt about this unique style of photography. Fascinated, he literally tied his two hobbies together for a living. Nicholas learnt to make strong kites modelled on the Japanese kites, Rokkaku that could withstand harsh winds. A beginner in his chosen field, he then

9. set out to train himself. Today he is one of the most well–known kite aerial photographers in the world. The technique is to tie a cradle containing the photography equipment to the string of the kite and then fly it, thus launching the camera into air. From the ground, Nicholas controls the angles of the camera with a remote. An air–to–ground video link enables him to see the view from the kite’s angle. Once satisfied with the frame, he clicks a picture. However, the job does have its drawbacks too. Once, his kite disappeared in the Yamuna River, with his expensive camera. He is especially fond of India and recently released a book, ‘Kite’s Eye View: India between Earth and Sky’. i) On the basis of your reading the passage complete the following sentences: a) Nicholas Chorier clicks photographs by using__________________________ b) The two hobbies that Nicholas tied together for a living re_______________ c) The camera is launched into air by______________________ d) Nicholas is able to see the view from the kite’s angle with the help of_____ ii) State whether the following statements are True or False: a) Nicholas learnt about the unique style of photography during his trip to India. b) Though Rokkaku is a very strong Japanese kite yet it cannot withstand strong winds. c) Nicholas Chorier is one of the most well–known kite aerial photographers in India. d) The aerial photographer’s trip to India also included making a report on kite –making. iii) a) The synonym of the word usual from the passage is _ b) The antonym of the word mild from the passage is ________ Suggested answer for above questions: i) On the basis of your reading the passage complete the following sentences: a) a kite to hoist his camera into the skies, which dangles in mid-air . b) photography and kite –flying.

10. c) tying a cradle containing the photography equipment to the string of the kite and then flying it. d) an air to ground video-link ii) State whether the following statements are True or False: a) True b) False c) False d) True iii) Vocabulary a) ordinary b) harsh Also read:-Unseen Passage for Class 10 Download free study materials for your Examinations at Unseenpassage