ENGLISH HOLIDAY HOME WORK STD 8

	Q1 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions which follow:
	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.” A 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.”
	What was the agenda of the meeting of the devils?
	Who astonished the leader? Why?
	Why would most men listen to ‘Delay’?
	Find words from the passage that mean: a.     filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock b.     unmanageable
	Q 2 Rewrite the sentences by replacing the underlined words with appropriate synonyms.
	a.     Kamal suggested Rahul to decrease his monthly expenditure
	b.     The bell was used to call the villagers in an emergency.
	c.     Earthquakes are continuing to hinder the arrival of relief supplies.
	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.
	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.
	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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