Class 8 English Practice Questions

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Q1. Which figure of speech is used in: 'Her voice is music to my ears'? 📖

  1. Simile
  2. Alliteration
  3. Metaphor
  4. Personification
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C. Metaphor

Q2. In formal letter writing, how should you address an unknown person? 📖

  1. Hello There
  2. Dear Sir/Madam
  3. Hi
  4. Dear Friend
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B. Dear Sir/Madam

Q3. Convert to reported speech: She said, 'I am happy.' 📖

  1. She said that she was happy.
  2. She said that I am happy.
  3. She said that she has been happy.
  4. She said that she is happy.
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A. She said that she was happy.

Q4. In a narrative essay, what is the 'climax'? 📖

  1. The turning point or most exciting part
  2. The beginning of the story
  3. The conclusion of the story
  4. The introduction of characters
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A. The turning point or most exciting part

Q5. What is 'alliteration' in English literature? 📖

  1. Repetition of initial consonant sounds
  2. Giving human traits to non-human things
  3. Comparison using 'like' or 'as'
  4. Repetition of vowel sounds
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A. Repetition of initial consonant sounds

Q6. What is the plural of "crisis"?

  1. crises
  2. crisises
  3. crisi
  4. crisez
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A. crises

Q7. What is the plural of "phenomenon"?

  1. phenomenons
  2. phenomenona
  3. phenomena
  4. phenomenoi
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C. phenomena

Q8. What is the opposite of "expand"?

  1. irrational
  2. contract
  3. literate
  4. immortal
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B. contract

Q9. What is the opposite of "ascent"?

  1. immortal
  2. optimist
  3. literate
  4. descent
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D. descent

Q10. What is the opposite of "mortal"?

  1. contract
  2. immortal
  3. illiterate
  4. descent
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B. immortal

Q11. What is the opposite of "rational"?

  1. descent
  2. superior
  3. ascent
  4. irrational
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D. irrational

Q12. What is the opposite of "superior"?

  1. contract
  2. inferior
  3. expand
  4. irrational
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B. inferior

Q13. Which word means the same as "reluctant"?

  1. diligent
  2. genuine
  3. accurate
  4. unwilling
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D. unwilling

Q14. Which word means the same as "fragile"?

  1. genuine
  2. delicate
  3. courteous
  4. vast
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B. delicate

Q15. Which word means the same as "genuine"?

  1. vast
  2. abundant
  3. authentic
  4. reluctant
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C. authentic

Q16. Which word means the same as "obvious"?

  1. evident
  2. courteous
  3. vast
  4. diligent
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A. evident

Q17. Which word means the same as "accurate"?

  1. fragile
  2. vast
  3. diligent
  4. precise
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D. precise

Q18. Which figure of speech is used: a direct comparison using 'like' or 'as'?

  1. Alliteration
  2. Simile
  3. Onomatopoeia
  4. Hyperbole
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B. Simile

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