SSC (English Medium) 8th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Find any two Alliterative lines.

Pick out three lines that create an image in your mind of bees busy at work.

Refer to a good dictionary that carries phonetic transcriptions printed next to words. The word below is familiar to you. Copy the phonetic transcription from the dictionary and say it aloud as you write.

work ........

Say the following word aloud and put the stress mark on the stressed syllable.

crea-tures

Discuss orally in your class.

In what subjects is knowledge of mathematics used, at school level, and college/university level? Name them.

Did you know maths is used in music and poetry also? Can you tell how?

Use the letters in the word MATHEMATICIAN to make 4 letters/5 letter and 6 or more letter words, within a time limit fixed by your teacher.

Use the following word/phrase to make a sentence of your own.

enthusiasm

Say WHY. . . . . .

Ramanujan’s letter bored and irritated Hardy, at first.

Say WHY. . . . . .

Hardy invited Littlewood for a discussion.

Say WHY. . . . . .

Mother agreed to send Ramanujan to England. 

Say WHY. . . . . .

Hardy and Ramanujan could not talk freely with each other.

Say WHY. . . . . .

Ramanujan had to be hospitalized.

Say WHY. . . . . .

Ramanujan found the number 1729 very interesting.

Read the text and enlist the achievements and honours of Ramanujan, received in England.

Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

England gave Ramanujan great honours.

Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

A large untidy envelope was decorated with Indian stamps. 

Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

The timetable was not altered. 

Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

She saw her son in a big hall.

Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

Hardy corrected his statement.

Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

Ramanujan was brought to England.