SSLC (English Medium) कक्षा ८ - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions for English

Mention some of Newton’s inventions.

Underline the prefix in each word in the boxes.

Pick a suitable prefix and suffix from the given box and complete the following words.

Syllabify the following words.

Listen to the passage carefully and write the answer.

Fleming’s thought at breakfast

Sir Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, was once forced into an interview in New York by two journalists just as he was about to have breakfast. One of them asked him, ‘Sir, what are you thinking about right now? We wish to know what a great scientist think while getting ready for breakfast’. Fleming mused a while on the question and he replied, ‘I am thinking of something very special. The journalist, who were all ears, drew themselves forward. ‘I am thinking, whether to have one egg or two.

1. Name the scientist.
2. What did he discover?
3. Who approached the scientist?
4. What was the question asked by the journalist?
5. When did they meet the scientist?

Listen to the passage carefully and write the answer.

What did he discover?

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Who approached the scientist?

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What was the question asked by the journalist?

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When did they meet the scientist?

Take a few minutes and make hints of the picture. Arrange your thoughts. Using the points you write, deliver a small speech focusing on the issue picturized here. Give an interesting and informative speech. Your speech should include the cause and the solution.

Tips for effective speaking

• Organise your points and ideas well.
• Don’t memorise the speech. If you forget a point, it will make you nervous.
• Avoid the things that are of no value or interest to the audience.
• Before you speak, take a deep breath, smile, greet the audience.
• Don’t be nervous about making a mistake.
• Interesting speech makes your mistakes nothing.

Fill in the blanks by using the correct preposition.

We go to school ____ Mondays, but not on Sunday.

Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.

Christmas falls ____ 25th December.

Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.

Buy me a present ____ my birthday.

Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.

Families often argue ____ Christmas time.

Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.

I work faster ____ night.

Fill in the blank by using the correct preposition.

Her shift finished ____ 7 p.m.

underline the modal verbs in the list given in the box.

______ please close the door?

______ please open the window?

______ mind going to the back bench?