Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 8 (CBSE) · English
Chapter: Chapter 12 — Chapter 12: Waiting for the Rain
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is this lesson mainly about? [1]
(A) Rain
(B) Mathematics
(C) A computer
(D) A traffic rule
2. What should we do after reading a lesson? [1]
(A) Answer comprehension questions
(B) Forget it immediately
(C) Ignore it
(D) Nothing
3. What helps us appreciate a lesson more fully? [1]
(A) Attention to tone and detail
(B) Reading as fast as possible
(C) Skipping paragraphs
(D) Ignoring the story
4. What helps us think more deeply about a lesson? [1]
(A) Discussing it with others
(B) Ignoring it
(C) Ignoring the questions
(D) Avoiding all discussion
5. Which word is connected to this lesson? [1]
(A) wait
(B) computer
(C) algebra
(D) chemistry
6. What do good readers pay attention to? [1]
(A) The author's message
(B) Nothing
(C) Only the title
(D) Only the pictures
7. What can we do to show we understood a lesson? [1]
(A) Summarise it in our own words
(B) Stay silent forever
(C) Ignore questions
(D) Refuse to discuss it
8. What improves our reading comprehension? [1]
(A) Regular practice
(B) Avoiding reading
(C) Ignoring lessons
(D) Nothing
9. Which of these words is from this lesson? [1]
(A) rain
(B) algebra
(C) computer
(D) geography
10. Which of these words is also from this lesson? [1]
(A) wait
(B) chemistry
(C) keyboard
(D) internet
11. Why do we learn new words? [1]
(A) To build our vocabulary
(B) To forget them
(C) No reason
(D) To confuse learning
12. What do we practice with new words? [1]
(A) Making sentences
(B) Ignoring them
(C) Erasing them
(D) Nothing
13. What does a bigger vocabulary help with? [1]
(A) Reading and understanding new lessons
(B) Nothing
(C) Only maths
(D) Only drawing
14. Make a sentence with the word 'hope'. [1]
(A) This is a sentence with hope.
(B) Nonsense words only.
(C) No sentence possible.
(D) Ignore the word.
15. What kind of practice uses new words in sentences? [1]
(A) Grammar practice
(B) Only silence
(C) Only drawing
(D) Nothing
16. What should we do with new words regularly? [1]
(A) Practice and review them
(B) Forget them
(C) Ignore them
(D) Avoid them