West Bengal Class 8 English 3rd Unit Question Answer 2026
তৃতীয় পর্যায়ক্রমিক মূল্যায়ন Class 8 ইংরেজি / ক্লাস ৮ ইংরেজি প্রশ্ন ও উত্তর
Class 8 English 3rd Unit Test Question Answer 2026 / তৃতীয় পর্যায়ক্রমিক মূল্যায়ন Class 8 English Question Paper
অষ্টম শ্রেণি ইংরেজি সাজেশন ২০২৬। WBBSE Class 8 English Third Unit Test Question Paper 2026
Reading Comprehension (Seen)
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions below:
In 1920, when I was still only three, my mother's eldest child,
my own sister Astri, died from appendicitis. She was seven years old when she
died. Far and away my father's
favourite. He adored her beyond measure and her sudden death left him literally
speechless for days afterwards. He was so overwhelmed with grief that when he
himself went down with pneumonia a month or so afterwards, he did not much care
whether he lived or died.
If they had penicillin in those days,
neither appendicitis nor pneumonia would have been so much of a threat, but with no penicillin or any
other magical antibiotic cures, pneumonia in particular was a very dangerous
disease indeed. The patient had to fight to survive. My father refused to
fight. He was thinking, I am quite sure, of his beloved daughter,
and he was wanting to join her in heaven. So he died. He was fifty-seven years
old.
My mother had now lost a daughter and a husband all in space of a few weeks. Here she was, suddenly
having to face all alone the very gravest problems and responsibilities. She
had five children to look after. She sold the big house and moved to a smaller
one a few miles away in Llandaff. It was called Cumberland Lodge and was
nothing more than a pleasant medium-sized suburban villa. So it was in Llandaff
two years later, when I was six years old, that I went to my
first school.
A. Answer the following questions: (1 + 1 + 2 =4)
i) How did the author's sister die?
ii) How old was Astri when she died?
iii) Why was pneumonia a very dangerous disease?
B. State whether the following statements are True or False and
give supporting sentences: (2 x 2 =4)
i) The author's father was overwhelmed with grief when his elder
daughter died.
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S.S.:
ii) Selling the country
mansion, the author's mother moved to a bigger one in Llandaff.
·
S.S.:
C. Complete the following sentences with information from the
above passage: (1 x 3 =3)
i) The author was quite sure that her father was thinking
........................................
ii) The author's mother had now lost a daughter and
........................................
2. Read the poem and answer the questions given below:
The Swallow is a summer bird;
He in our chimney, when the weather
Is fine and warm, may then be heard
Chirping his notes for weeks together.
Come there but one cold wintry day,
Away will fly our guest the Swallow:
And much like him we find the way
Which many a gay young friend will follow.
In dreary days of snow and frost
Closer to Man will cling the sparrow:
Old friends, although in life we're crost,
Their hearts to us will never narrow.
Give me the bird - give me the friend -
Will sing in frost - will love in sorrow -
Whate're mischance to-day
may send,
Will greet me with his sight to-morrow.
A. Fill in the following chart with information from the poem: (1 x 2 =2)
|
Who |
Does what |
When |
|
i) The Swallow |
........................................ |
the weather is warm. |
|
ii) The Sparrow |
clings closer to Man |
........................................ |
|
iii) Our old friends |
........................................ |
they are apart. |
B. Answer the following questions: (1 x 2 =2)
i) When does the Swallow leave our chimneys?
ii) What kind of friend does the poet want?
Reading Comprehension (Unseen)
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions below:
Swami Vivekananda, the Great Soul, loved and revered in East and
West, was born on Monday, January 12, 1863. It was the day of the great Hindu
festival, Makar Sankranti, when special worship is offered to the Ganga by
millions of devotees. His mother Bhuvaneswari Devi named him Vireswara. The
child, the first born, was well born. He inherited a rich family influence,
philantrophy, and independent spirit. The grandfather, Durgacharan, soon after
the birth of his first son, had renounced the world in search of God. The
father, Viswanath, an attorney-at-law of the High Court of Calcutta, was
thoroughly versed in English and Persian literature and loved to recite from
the Bible and the poetry of Hafiz as hobbies. He also derived a large income
from his law practice and, unlike his father, enjoyed the worldly life.
A. Complete the following sentences with information from the
passage: (1 x 3 =3)
i) Name the person spoken about:
........................................
ii) Father's name of the person:
........................................
iii) Mother's name of the person:
........................................
B. Answer the following questions: (2 x 3 =6)
i) What is the importance of the day January 12?
ii) What was the main difference between Durgacharan Datta and
Viswanath Datta?
iii) Name the literatures that Viswanath Datta knew. What did he
like to recite?
C. Write True or False and give supporting sentence: (2 x 1 = 2)
i) Travelling was a hobby of Viswanath Datta.
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S.S.:
D. Find out from the unseen passage words which mean the
following: (2 x 2 = 4 )
i) Respected: ........................................
ii) The practice of helping the poor and needy:
........................................
Grammar
4. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs given in
the brackets: (1 x 4 =4)
i) He ........................................ (goes / will
going) to the gym every morning.
ii) Swati ........................................ (is writing /
was writing) a letter to her friend when I called her.
iii) I ........................................ (have been
learning / have learnt) German for five years now.
iv) The boy ........................................ (go) there
since last year.
5. Fill in the blanks with articles and prepositions: (1 x 3 =3)
After securing ........................................ crown
and becoming King of England, Arthur's first duty was
........................................ maintain peace
........................................ England. He was helped by the wise
Merlin.
6. Do as directed: (1 x 13 = 13)
i) The medicine will cure many patients. (Change the Voice)
ii) The farmers are ploughing the land. (Change the Voice)
iii) The young mother said to her little boy, "Why can't
you be happy?" (Change the narration)
iv) The old man said, "May you be happy." (Change the
narration)
v) I speak the truth. I am not afraid of it. (Join using
infinitive)
vi) She has a voice, full of melody. (Use the adjective form of
'melody' and rewrite the sentence without changing the meaning)
vii) I drank a cup of coffee. (Underline the phrase and state
the type of phrase)
viii) He was a man full of hope. (Underline the phrase and state
the type of phrase)
ix) This is the place where Rabindranath was born. (Identify the
main clause and subordinate clause)
x) I know a man who is a doctor. (Underline the subordinate
clause and state the type of clause)
xi) I think that he had made a mistake. (Underline the
subordinate clause and state the type of clause)
xii) It is possible for him to lift the chair. (Write the
antonym of the underlined word by using suffix or prefix)
xiii) India became an ........................................
(dependent) nation in 1947. (Add suitable suffix or prefix to the word given in
the bracket and complete the sentence meaningfully)
Writing
7. Write a story using the following hints. Give a suitable title
to the story: (10)
A farmer finds a snake almost dead with cold — brings it home —
warms it — saves its life — the snake is about to bite the farmer's son — the
farmer chases away the snake.
8. Recently you gave up your seat in a crowded bus to an old,
ailing person. Write a letter to your friend describing how you felt after
having helped the person. (10)
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