KALKA PUBLIC SCHOOLCLASS VIII / SUMMER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

2017-18

ENGLISHDear Students,Time for having fun has finally arrived. Your English holiday homework has been designed in a way that you will love doing it and will help you to enhance your creativity, imagination , will broaden your interests and will inspire you to do great things! Wishing you happy and healthy holidays!Q1. Reading helps to foster empathy, morality and creativity. Read ‘Macbeth’ by Shakespeare.

i. Write a short summary of the novel.ii. Write the difference between a tragedy and a comedy?

iii. Write a brief character-sketch of ‘Macbeth’.iv. Write a short note on ‘supernatural elements’ in the play Macbeth. (Three Witches)v. Do the research to find out wheather there was ever a real king Macbeth in Scotland?

Q2. Grammar: Enhance your grammar skills by practicing Exercises from your grammar book from the chapters: Infinitives, Participles and Gerunds (chapter- 10, 11 & 12).Q3. Writing Skills: You are Shivani/ Suresh. Write an article in about 150 words on the topic “Impact of TV Advertisements on Children”.

HINDI

MATHS

Q1.Find six rational numbers between

38 and

−12

Q2. Arrange the rational numbers ,

−95

,

13−10 ,

27−20 in ascending order.

Q3. Find a rational number which when multiplied by

−813 gives the product

−2411 .

Q4. Verify that (x ÷ y)

-1 = x-1 ÷ y-1 where x=

−37 and y =

715

Q5. Simplify:

(i). (2-1 ÷ 5-1)2 x (

−58 )-1 (ii) [ (

23 )2 ]3 x (

13 )-2 x 3-1 x

16

Q6. Using appropriate properties find:

(i)

−23 x

35 +

52 -

35 x

16 (ii)

25 x (

−37 ) -

16 x

32 +

114 x

25

Q7. By what number should we multiply (3)-5 so that the product may be equal to 3 ?

Q8. If 9x+2 = 240 + 9x then find the value of x.

Q9. Simplify: 3-5 x 7-6 x 4-3 x a2

4-12 x 3-3 x 7-4 x a5

Q10. If

103

x 3y – 3y-1 = 81, Find the value of y.

Q11. An aeroplane covers 1020 km in an hour. How much distance will it cover in

256

hours.?

Q12. Rita had Rs. 300 in her purse. She spent

13

of her money on notebooks and

14

of the remainder on stationary items. How much money still left with her?

Q13. Divide the sum of

135

and

−127

by the product of

−317

and

1−2

.

Q14. In a Library, there are 6 books each of thickness 30mm and 6 paper sheets each of thickness 0.018mm what is its total thickness?

Q15. By what number should (-15)-1 be divided so that the quotient may be equal to (-5)-1 .

Q16. The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 3 times the sum of its exterior angles. Determine the number of sides of the polygon.

Q17. Find the number of sides of a polygon whose each interior angle is 1560 .

Q18. Find the measure of each of exterior angle of a regular polygon of 9 sides.

Q19. The interior angle of a regular polygon exceeds its exterior angle by 1080 . How many sides does the polygon have?

Q20. In a School,

58

of the students are boys. If the number of girls are 240. Find the number of boys in the school.

Do any one of the following projects :1. Collect all the information about polygons and present them neatly and creative manner

in a thin Scrap book. The information should comprise of the following points:(a) Definition of a polygon. (b) Types of polygons along with figures. (c) Parts and properties of polygons (d) Exterior and interior angle of polygons (e) Diagonals of polygons. (f) Pictures of objects similar to the various polygons around us.

2. Make a list of various types of expenditures in a month of your family like- electricity, grocery items, shopping, travelling, education etc. (a) Draw a table showing the field of expenditure, amount spent in rupees and

percentage of amount spent. (b) Draw a histogram and a pie chart for representing the above information. (c) Paste photocopy of the bills of the expenditures. Present all the above information neatly in a thin scrapbook.

Activity for Class VII Verify that the sum of interior angles of a quadrilateral is 360˚ by paper cutting and pasting method in the Lab file.

SCIENCE

SOCIAL SCIENCEINSTRUCTIONS:

The holiday assignment should be handwritten. Use of pictures, illustrations newspaper clippings is essential where ever required. Question number 1 should be done in the history/political science and geography

notebook only. Question number 2 should be done on a separate file using A4 size sheets. Question number 3 should be done in a scrap book. Question number 4 should be done in the map work book.

1.THEORY BASED:-Make atleast 60 MCQ’S from the following chapters:-History- Ch1 Geography-Ch1 Political Science-Ch1

2.PROJECT BASED:-A TV company has decided to make a serial of our Constitution. One episode will be on the Constituent Assembly and its working. Your task is to do some research on the Constituent Assembly. Some important dates and the main events and achievements of the Constituent Assembly. Prepare a project file to present your research work with pictures.3.ACTIVITY BASED:-Read the English newspaper daily and cut out newspaper headlines and paste them in your scrap book date wise under different headings:-

Political news Social news

Sports news Entertainment news Geographical/ Environmental news Business news

Or

Paste newspaper article on vegetation and wildlife.Newspaper cuttings can be related to problems like deforestation, loss of habitat due to mining, hunting, trade of animal parts, steps taken by Government for protecting forest and wildlife.4.MAP BASED:-Do the following pages in your Atlas:Geography – Page No- 4 to 10 History – Page No – 62 to 66

F.I.TCreate a advertisement (using Windows Movie Maker) on any of IT Product and submit the same in well

labeled CD. Guidelines for advertisement:

Name the product suitably Stage size should be Use your creativity and originality while designing advertisement.

Q. 2. Create an artwork out of your e-junk Apply your creativity to make something useful with e-waste i.e. used tech devices, old computer parts, telephone cables, keyboards etc.

SANSKRIT