HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
  FOR STD VIII
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HOLIDAY HOMEWORK
  FOR STD VIII
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Q1
  Read the passage carefully and answer the questions which follow:  
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The Deadly Sins 
The
  devils were holding a meeting. The one-point agenda of the discussion was how
  to destroy the world fast but easily. One of the devils named ‘Anger’ stood
  up. He said, “Let me go and destroy the world. I will make them get angry
  with one another. They will quarrel, fight and destroy themselves.” But the
  leader of the devils felt it was not enough to destroy the world. 
Another
  devil named ‘Greed’ spoke up, “Sir, please allow me to go. I will make man
  greedy. His uncontrollable desire will destroy him!” But the leader of the
  devils was not convinced. 
There
  were other devils called ‘Envy’, ‘Jealousy’, ‘Hatred’ and ‘Idleness’. All of
  them claimed that they could do this job very well. But the leader was still
  not fully satisfied.  
The
  last devil left was ‘Delay’ who stood up and said, “I shall go and help man
  to do everything good. I will tell him how fine his plans are; I will praise
  him for the good purpose of his life.”  
The
  astounded leader asked him, “Why on earth do you want to help men? We are
  planning to destroy them.”  
Delay
  said, “I shall help man to do good, but I will tell him that there is no
  hurry. He can take his own time. He can do all of those wonderful things
  tomorrow. I’ll tell him to wait for the most favourable conditions before he
  starts his good work.” 
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  broad smile spread across the leader’s face. He said, “You are the right
  person to do the job. You shall go to Earth and destroy man.” 
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Find words from the passage that
  mean: 
a.     filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise
  or shock 
b.    
  unmanageable 
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Q 2 Rewrite the sentences by
  replacing the underlined words with appropriate synonyms. 
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a.    
  Kamal suggested Rahul to decrease his monthly
  expenditure 
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b.    
  The bell was used to call the villagers in an
  emergency. 
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c.    
  Earthquakes are continuing to hinder the arrival of relief
  supplies. 
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Q3 Fill in the
  blanks using personal pronouns. 
_____ both met at Willkie’s bookstore last Thursday evening.
  The author of the book signed the title page of my book and handed _____over to me. _____ smiled
  when she saw how much I loved her story and thanked _____ for the compliment. 
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Q4. Rewrite the
  following sentences as a single sentence by using a conjunction. 
a.    
  I don’t want to argue with you. I don’t want to give in. 
b.    
  The band practises every weekday morning. The band also practises
  on Wednesday afternoon. 
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Q 5 Letter writing : 
You are Kishore staying at B-34 Namaskar Apartments, Andheri
  (east) Mumbai - 400034. Last month you brought a laptop from Kamal Electronics,
  South Bazaar, Mumbai against a warranty of two years. However, you discover
  that there is a problem with the laptop. Write a letter to the dealer
  complaining about this problem. Also request him to replace it. 
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