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Hobby – Turns A Successful Career

8th Standard English – Lesson 1

Section – I: Read and Understand

A. Say True or False

1. Mani’s hobby is playing cricket.

True False

2. Hobbies are unique to people.

True False

3. People have hobbies only to pass time.

True False

B. Choose the correct answer

4. Mani imagined a world with _______

a) music and musicians
b) Building and sculptures
c) magic and magicians

5. When Mani started writing things, he was unable to _______

a) describe them accurately
b) describe them fluently
c) describe them imaginatively

6. Mani feels writing is like _______

a) painting the voice
b) engraving the voice
c) designing the voice

Section – II: Read and Understand

A. Say True or False

7. Ajay Garg is an artist.

True False

8. Asha Devi taught Ajay the miniature painting.

True False

9. Ajay displayed 150 paintings.

True False

10. Ajay was awarded by the Indian president Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

True False

B. Fill in the blanks

11. Mani feels writing is like _______

12. Ajay mastered the techniques of _______

13. Ilavazhagi won her first match against _______

C. Choose the correct synonyms

14. Writing is a unique hobby.

a) common b) beneficial c) uncommon

15. Ajay started to paint happily.

a) depressed b) joyfully c) unhappily

16. Miniature paintings depict Indian culture.

a) warp b) portray c) twist

D. Choose the correct antonyms

17. Ajay suffered an injury.

a) sorrow b) endure c) hurt

18. Ajay mastered the techniques of painting.

a) skilled b) proficient c) unskilled

19. Ilavazhagi won the world championship.

a) win b) succeed c) defeat

Homophones

A. Pick out the correct homophone

20. I am not _______ to drink soda.

a) aloud b) allowed

21. The wind _______ the leaves.

a) blue b) blew

22. I will _______ my friend.

a) meat b) meet

23. He will play the _______ in the second play.

a) role b) roll

24. I have _______ movie before.

a) scene b) seen

B. Choose the correct homophone

25. Every morning my father likes to look at the _______ on the grass.

a) due b) dew

26. Chennai is the _______ of Tamilnadu.

a) capitol b) capital

27. Their words had a negative _______.

a) affect b) effect

28. I was very _______ last weekend because my friends made plans that _______ me.

a) bored b) board

29. The cat caught the _______.

a) scent b) cent

Abbreviations and Acronyms

30. What is the expansion of GST?

a) Goods and Services Tax
b) General Service Tax
c) Government Service Tax

31. What is the expansion of ECG?

a) Electrocardiography
b) Electronic Card Graph
c) Electro Cardiology Group

32. What is the expansion of ILO?

a) International Labour Organization
b) Indian Labour Organization
c) International Legal Organization

33. What is the expansion of SCERT?

a) State Council of Educational Research and Training
b) State Council of Education and Rural Training
c) State Centre for Educational Research and Teaching

34. What is the expansion of IIT?

a) Indian Institute of Technology
b) Indian Institution of Training
c) International Institute of Technology

35. What is the expansion of ISRO?

a) Indian Space Research Organisation
b) Indian Science Research Organisation
c) International Space Research Organisation

36. What is the expansion of FIR?

a) First Information Report
b) First Investigation Report
c) Final Information Report

37. What is the expansion of UNESCO?

a) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
b) United Nations Education and Social Cultural Organization
c) United Nations Educational Science Council Organization

38. What is the expansion of UNICEF?

a) United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
b) United Nations Indian Children’s Education Fund
c) United Nations International Child Education Foundation

39. What is the expansion of NASA?

a) National Aeronautics and Space Administration
b) National Air and Space Administration
c) National Aeronautical Science Administration

Created by: Sridhar G
Credit: Based on Samacheer Kalvi – 8th Standard English, Term 1, Prose Chapter 1