C8 Solved Paper , September 2025

 C8 Solved Paper , September 2025

📌📌Answer  Key: 

1. Reading Comprehension: Food Wastage

i) What is the main topic of the passage?

b) Avoiding food wastage

ii) What resources are wasted when food is wasted?

a) Water, energy, and money

iii) Why is proper food storage important?

b) It helps keep food fresh for longer

iv) Why is it crucial to avoid food wastage?

b) To save money and help the environment

v) Imagine you have leftover rice from dinner. Which of the following actions align with the passage's suggestions to avoid food wastage?

b) Store it properly and make fried rice the next day.

2. Look at the following poster carefully and answer the questions given below:

i) What is the main question posed by the poster?

(a) Why art?

ii) According to the poster, how does art benefit fine motor skills?

(b) It increases neural connection

iii) What does the poster say art enhances?

(b) Creative ability

iv) Why does the poster suggest art makes you feel good?

(b) Because it boosts self-esteem

v) What is the overall message of the poster?

(b) Art has many benefits and should be valued

4. Meanings of words in Punjabi/Hindi
:

a) Skills  : ਹੁਨਰ / कौशल 

b) features: ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾਵਾਂ / विशेषताएं

c) single-use: ਇਕੋ ਵਰਤੋਂ / एकल उपयोग 

d) forever: ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾ ਲਈ / हमेशा के लिए

e) reckless: ਲਾਪਰਵਾਹ / लापरवाह 

f) snapped: ਤੋੜਿਆ / तोड़ा 

5. Who said these words and to whom?

i. "Give me more chores!"

Ans. Narrator to her father 

ii. "Please dad! Is there anything else you need help with?"

Ans. Narrator to her father 

iii. "Oh, you don't need to buy that one. We have another one coming soon. It is even faster and has double the storage."

Ans. Bell employee to the narrator

6. Make sentences of any four of the given words.

a) Obsessed: She became obsessed with learning to play the piano.

b) Chores: Doing daily chores helps maintain a tidy home.

c) Stress: The upcoming exams caused a lot of stress for the students.

d) Oceans: The vast oceans cover a significant portion of the Earth's surface.

e) Abolished: Slavery was officially abolished in many countries during the 19th century.

f) Return: Please return the library books by the due date.

7: Read the given stanza and answer any two of the questions.

i) Name the poem and its poet.

Ans. The name of the poem is Don't Quit and the poet is Edgar A. Guest.

ii) What is life full of?

Ans. Life is full of twists and turns.

iii) What does every one of us sometimes learn?

Ans. Everyone of us sometimes learns that many a failure turns out.

8. Answer any two of the following questions based on poems.

The Earth Needs You:

https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2022/06/class-8-que-ans-of-chapters-12-3.html

Q/A of Don't Quit:

https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2024/08/Dont%20Quit%20.html

9. Vocabulary

i) Synonym of "upset" =  unhappy 

                            moment = time

ii) A game in which no one wins: draw

iii) Adding a prefix to "place": misplace

                                          paid : unpaid

iv Dictionary order: disturb, doctor, doctrine,           document

v) Noun form of "try": trial

10: Do as directed

i) Exclamatory sentence.

ii) May he help you?

iii) Adjective: interesting

iv) verb =  closed 

     Transitive

v) He is a tall student.

vi) I have not seen a horse.

vii) Helping verb = will

      Main verb = take

viii) My garden is more colourful than his park.

ix) dance

x) much / some

11. Application or Letter

Write an application requesting a School Leaving Certificate, stating the reason for leaving.

Write a letter explaining the importance of stopping the use of single-use plastic, highlighting environmental concerns.

12. Paragraph Writing

Narrate a situation when your parents offered you money in exchange for doing something: Describe a specific instance where this happened, the task, the reward, and your feelings about it.

Or

A Real Incident That Happened With You.

🚩 Click on the following link to get the Paragraphs ⏬️

https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2022/11/writing-part-class-8.html

13. Story Writing:

The Moneylender and his Purse

Or

The Vain Stag

🚩 Click on the following link to get the stories ⏬️

https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2023/05/c8-story-writing.html

14. a) Notice Writing

Lost Bag Notice: Write a notice for the school notice board, detailing the lost bag (color, contents, location lost), and offering a reward for its return.

Or

Sports Day Notice (Akshay Khanna): As Sports Captain, write a notice for students announcing the Sports Day, including date, 

🚩 Click on the following link to get Notice Writing ⏬️

https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2022/12/notice-writing-class-8.html

14. b) Dialogue Writing

Dialogue between Father and Son how to make tea

Or

Dialogue between Saint Ravidas and Hunter

🚩 Click on the following link to get the Dialogue Writing ⏬️

https://rejuvenatingenglishworld.blogspot.com/2024/09/dialogue-writing.html

15. Translate into Punjabi/Hindi (Any three)

i. Open your bag. 

    ਆਪਣਾ ਬੈਗ ਖੋਲ੍ਹੋ। / अपना बैग खोलो।

ii. I go to school daily. 

     ਮੈਂ ਰੋਜ਼ ਸਕੂਲ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ। /  मैं रोज़ स्कूल जाता हूँ।

iii. I celebrated my birthday.

      ਮੈਂ ਆਪਣਾ ਜਨਮਦਿਨ ਮਨਾਇਆ। / मैंने अपना जन्मदिन मनाया।

iv. Water is clean. 

    ਪਾਣੀ ਸਾਫ਼ ਹੈ। / पानी साफ़ है।

v. He is very selfish. 

    ਉਹ ਬਹੁਤ ਸੁਆਰਥੀ ਹੈ। / वह बहुत स्वार्थी है।

16. Translate into English (Any three)

i. ਕਿਸਾਨ ਆਰਾਮ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹੋਣਗੇ। 

   The farmers will not be resting.

ii. ਅਸੀਂ ਭਾਰਤ ਵਾਸੀ ਹਾਂ। 

    We are Indians.

iii. ਗੱਲਾਂ ਨਾ ਕਰੋ। 

     Don't talk.

iv. ਪਰਮਾਤਮਾ ਮੇਰੀ ਮਦਦ ਕਰਨਗੇ। 

    God will help me.

v. ਮੈਨੂੰ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਤੇ ਮਾਣ ਹੈ। 

    I am proud of you.

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