West Bengal Board Revision Lesson Question Answer Class 8 | Activity Solution
Revision Lesson
Activity 1
Underline the participle adjectives in the following sentences:
(a) The painted house looks beautiful.
(b) A barking dog seldom bites.
(c) They submitted a written answer.
(d) The tattered shirt was lying on the mud.
(e) The creaking sound of the door awakened the baby.
Activity 2
Fill in the blanks with suitable articles or prepositions:
Once a poor weaver lived in a village. He was well-known as an artist. His beautiful designs on cloth were much appreciated. The weaver earned his livelihood by working hard all day.
Activity 3 (a)
Identify the adverbs in each set.
Put a tick mark (√) on the adverb:
(i) tall/sweetly/child/run
(ii) wait/walk/slowly/full
(iii) happy/friendship/wise/quietly
(iv) tomorrow/evening/careful/look
(v) make/here/incident/quick
Activity 3 (b)
Classify the underlined adverbs according to their functions in the chart given below:
(i) It is a good habit to rise early.
(ii) He often comes to our house.
(iii) The nightingale sings sweetly.
(iv) My pet dog follows me everywhere.
Functions of adverbs
| manner | time | place | Frequency |
| Sweetly | early | everywhere | often |
Activity 4
Choose the correct alternative from the verbs given in brackets and fill in the blanks:
(a) I am reading a book now. (Read/am reading/was reading)
(b) Tintin has returned home just now. (is returning/was returning/has returned) .
(c) When we reached the hall, the film had started. (Starts/started/had started)
(d) The young man boarded the bus while it was moving. (is moving/had moved/was moving )
(e) The Satabdi Express had left Puri at the scheduled time, yet it failed to reach Howrah on time. (is leaving/ has left/ had left)
Activity 5 (a)
Write the positive, comparative and superlative form of the adjectives and fill in the chart given below:
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| large | larger | largest |
| beautiful | more beautiful | most beautiful |
| good | better | best |
Activity 5 (b)
All in the blanks with the given adjectives in their proper degree:
(i) No other mountain peak is so high (high) as Everest.
(ii) Darjeeling is cooler (cool) than Lava.
(iii) Rashmi is the tallest (tall) girl in the class.
(iv) Very few Indian cities are as big (big) as Kolkata.
(v) The Rajdhani Express runs, faster (fast) than most other Indian trains.
Activity 6
Fill in the blanks with appropriate modals given in the list below:
Modals: may, will, should, can, must
(a) We should help the poor and the needy.
(b) May God bless you!
(c) You must hurry up or you will be late.
(d) Can there be life on Mars?
(e) I will be thirteen next month.
Activity 7
The words in brackets are homophones. Choose the correct option and fill in the blanks:
(a) There are two coconut trees in their garden. (There/their)
(b) Last Sunday, I met Munni at the bus stop. She is my close mate (mate/ met)
(c) I wonder why you often wander about in the woods. (wander/wonder)
(d) My mother is too weak to walk. (to/too)
(e) The little maid has made this bouquet. (Made/maid)
Activity 8
Solve the crossword puzzle with the help of the given cues:
| | | | P | 4 | | | ||||
| O | | |||||||||
| 3 | T | |||||||||
| 1 | | L | T | |||||||
| P | H | I | L | A | T | E | L | Y | ||
| | B | | R | | ||||||
| R | | |||||||||
| | 2 | A | S | T | R | O | N | O | M | Y |
| R | | ||||||||
| Y | |||||||||
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Across:-
1. Hobby of collecting postage stamp - Philately
2. Study of stars and planets - Astronomy
Down:-
3. House where books are kept and read - Library
4. A person who makes pots - Potter
Activity 9 (a)
Match the words in column 'A' with their synonyms in column 'B':-
| A | B |
| (i) castle | (a) wild (iii) |
| (ii) rustic | (b) flower (iv) |
| (iii) savage | (c) fort (i) |
| (iv) blossom | (d) tired (v) |
| (v) weary | (e) rural (ii) |
Activity 9 (b)
Make sentences with the words given in column 'A' of Activity 9(b)
i) Castle: - That castle cost a fortune to build.
ii) Rustic: - oday, we leave this rustic life and move to the city.
iii) Savage: - The newspapers savaged his reputation.
iv) Blossom: - The peach tree has an excellent blossom this year.
v) Weary: - We were all weary of waiting for you.
Activity 9 (c)
Add prefix or suffix to the following words to form opposites:
secure, patient, hope, appear, bound
Secure - insecure
Patient - impatient
Hope - hopeless
Appear - disappear
Bound - boundless
Activity 10
Write a paragraph in about seventy words on the famous Bengali writer Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay. Use the following hints:
Hints: born on 12th September 1894-father Mahananda Bandyopadhyay and mother Mrinalini Devi-early education at Bangaon High School-intermediate and graduation from Ripon College, now known as Surendranath College of Kolkata-worked as Headmaster at Jangipara High School and later at Harinavi Anglo-Sanskrit Institution-famous novels are Pather Panchali, Aparajito, Aranyak, Debjan, Icchamati, Chander Pahar etc.-died on 1st November 1950
Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay
The famous Bengali writer Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay was born on 12th September 1894. His father was Mahananda Bandyopadhyay and his mother was Mrinalini Devi. He gets got his early education at Bangaon High School. He completed his intermediate and graduated from Ripon College, which is now known as Surendranath College of Kolkata. His professional carrier was started as a teacher at Jangipara High School. Later he taught at Harinavi Anglo-Sanskrit Institution. He wrote number of excellent novels. His most famous novels are 'Pather Panchali'; 'Aparajito', 'Aranyak', 'Icchamati', 'Chander Pahar' etc. This great glory of Bengali died on 1st November 1950.
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