Subject wise Marks and Test Items distribution for Class 8(JSC)

English Marks and Test Items distribution for class 8 under session 2013-2014. 

 

English First paper:

 

Reading: 50 MCQ: 7

Answering questions: 10

Gap filling without clues: 5

Substitution tables: 5

Information Transfer: 8

Rearranging: 5

Summarizing: 10

 

Writing: 50

Writing paragraph answering questions /Completing a story(only eight: 10

Writing formal and informal letters: 10*2=20

Describing graphs and charts: 10

Writing compositions on personal experience and familiar topics, recent events/incidents, email, CV: 10

 

 

 

English Second paper

 

Total: 50 

*Grammar

30 *Gap filling activities with and without clues(parts of speech, right forms of verbs, use of articles etc): 6*5 =30

Cloze test with and without clues

Substitution table

Changing sentences (affirmative to negative and interrogative and vice versa, from positive to comparative or superlative and vice versa)

Completing sentence

Use of suffixes and prefixes 

Correcting mistakes (covering grammar items from paper twp)

*Instructions: Question setters will choose six items from the above list according to students’ class/grade and make questions for 5 marks (one for each question) for each item. Test items should be placed within appropriate context.

*Composition 20 Test Items Item Marks

Group A: 

Informal letters: 06

Formal letter

Group B: 

Completing a story: 08

Short paragraphs

Group: C 

CV writing: 06

E-mail 

*N:B:  Question setters will choose any one item from each group comprising 20 marks (6+8+6)