ICSE Class VIII English Solutions

Displaying 5 out of 13 questions & answers.
Q1.

Complete these sentences with information found in the text.

  1. It looks different from other crocodiles in having _______________________ snout and _______________________ jaws. (para 5)
  2. Male gharials grow, at the end of the snout, _______________________ through which they produce _______________________. (para 5)
  3. The male gharial also uses the snout to produce _______________________. (para 6)
  4. Unlike other female crocodiles which have to carry _______________________ from the nest to the water, a female gharial just puts her babies outside the nest and moves towards the river. The babies _______________________. (para 10)
  5. Unlike other crocodiles which live in _______________________, gharials live in _______________________, eating only _______________________. (para 12)
S A M P L E
S A M P L E
www.bigslate.com
Answer:
S A M P L E
  1. long snout, slim
  2. a strange appendage, a noise that carries across the water.
  3. territorial jaw-clap.
  4. their babies, follow their mother
  5. still waters of ponds or lakes, rivers, fish
Q2.

The territory-holder surges forward, churning the water into froth with his tail.

  1. What or who is being talked about?
  2. What does he surge forward towards? With what intention?
  3. What are the two possible results?
S A M P L E
S A M P L E
www.bigslate.com
Answer:
S A M P L E
answer not shown
Q3.

Her thirty-six babies followed, rather like ducklings.

  1. Whose babies? Whom did they follow?
  2. Where did they go from where?
  3. In what way was this unusual?
S A M P L E
S A M P L E
www.bigslate.com
Answer:
S A M P L E
answer not shown
Q4.

What were Whitaker and his team going to do with the eggs? Why? (para 3)

S A M P L E
S A M P L E
www.bigslate.com
Answer:
S A M P L E
answer not shown
Q5.

Was their work part of a larger project? What project? What made it necessary? (paras 12 and 13)

S A M P L E
S A M P L E
www.bigslate.com
Answer:
S A M P L E
answer not shown
Other Books
ICSE Physics – Book 8
Neha Sharma and Niharika Bhayana
Friday Afternoon Comprehension & Composition 8
Radha Kunjappa, Oxford University Press
A Textbook of Geography
Veena Bhargava, Goyal Brothers Prakashan
New Oxford Modern English
David Horsburgh, Nicholas Horsburgh, Claire Horsburgh, Oxford Un
ICSE Physics 8
Shubhra Mukherjee, LONGMAN/PEARSON
ICSE Biology 8 - Young Scientist Series
Shakuntala Bhattacharya, LONGMAN/PEARSON
Dreamcatcher 8 - An English Reader
Ruplekha Sengupta, Madhubun Educational Books
The Trail - History & Civics
Jayanti Sengupta, Oxford Uni Press
Connect with Science - 8
Sangeeta Sinha, Oxford Uni Press
ICSE Physics 8
Neha Sharma, Viva Education
Reboot
Sangeeta Panchal, Alka P, Oxford Uni Press
Aster
Tara Chadha, Lalitha Eapen - Longman-PEARSON
New Mulberry English Course
Ashima Bath, Saswati, OXFORD
Frank Middle School Geography
Ananya roy, Frank Bros & Co.
P C Wren's Grammar
Blackie, S Chand Books
Understanding History & Civics
B B Tayal, Sumangal, Avichal Publishing Co
New Trends in ICSE Chemistry
Baljinder Kaur, EVERGREEN - CANDID
Essential ICSE Biology
R. N. Mukherjee, Bharati Bhawan
Cambridge Connection English 8
Sunirmal Chakravarthi, Anita Shourie, Cambridge Uni Press
Engaging English 8
Preeti Roychoudhury, Sadeqa - Collins
Concise Physics 8
S S Shome, Selina Pub
Skywalk Coursebook 8
Alathea D'Rozario, Falguni Chak, Wordworth
Amber Coursebook 8
Kavita Soni, Indiannica Learning
New English Junction Coursebook 8
Dr Samson Thomas, Orient BlackSwan, Sangam Books
Voyage 8
Dorothy M, Nelson Petrie, Oxford
Double Click
Rajni Kansal, Priti Prakashan Ltd.
Together with History & Civics
Dharamveer Singh, Rachna Sagar
A Magic Place
Suchismita Raha, Orient BlackSwan
Essential English Reader 8
Pradip K Sen, Golden Circle Pub
Anytime English Grammar & Composition 8
Anita Arathoon, Candid, Evergreen Publications
Effective Geography
Dolly E Sequeira, Beeta Publications
Geography 8
Promila Bishnoi, PRACHI (I) Pvt. Ltd.
ICSE Geography 8
Kiran Kumar Maltiar, Bharati Bhawan
Essential ICSE Geography 8
Kiran Kumar Maltiar, Bharati Bhawan
Traverse Geography for ICSE 8
Baruna Ray Chowdhury, Madhubun
The Blue Marble
Baruna Ray Chowdhury, Madhubun
English Treasure Reader 8
Radhika Karthikeyan, Macmillan
Perfect Discovery - A Book of Science 8
Bhawna Bansal, Iconic International
Daffodils English Reader 8
Anita Bhattacharya, Rohan Book Co.
Fragrance English Reader 8
Vinita Kumar, Cordova Pub Pvt. Ltd.
Wisdom English Reader 8
Margret Annie, John Simpson, Sharda Press Pvt. Ltd.
English Redefined Course Book 8
Gowri Ramachandran, Sapphire (India) Publishers
Grammar Land 8
Chris Jacques, Orient BlackSwan
English Redefined Coursebook 8
Gowri Ramachandran, Sapphire (India) Pub.
Conquer English Course Book 8
D A Tressler, Good Luck Pub Ltd
Double Click 8
Rajni Kansal, Kriti Prakashan Ltd.
Computers 8
Gautam Sarkar, Holy Faith International (P) Ltd.
Engaging English 8 - Revised
Preeti Roychoudhury, Sadeqa, Collins
सूर्यकिरण 8
रमन मित्तल, Frank Bros & Co.
Moonbeam Course Book 8
Maryann Vaisoha, Indiannica Learning Pvt. Ltd.