8B English

  Class 8 SA -1 Blueprint   #Section 1 - Textbook and Supplementary - 20 Marks Syllabus Textbook -            Chapter  1,2,3,4 -             Poem  1,2,3,4 Supplementary -            Chapter  1,2 Weightage and Paper format -            Questions will only be asked from Workbook -  14 Marks o     Answer the following from Workbook - 4 Marks o     Other exercises from Workbook - 10 Marks -            Summary of the Story (Supplementary reader) -  6 Marks   #Section 2 – Grammar - 20 Marks Syllabus Grammar textbook -            Chapter  1,2,3,4,5,16 Weightage and Paper format Grammar textbook exercises - 20 Marks Chapt...

 1. How the Camel Got His Hump The world was new. Animals had begun to work for man. The Camel refused to work. He lived in the middle of the Howling Desert He said “Humph” to anyone who spoke to him The Horse went to the Camel on Monday morning. He asked him to trot like as he did. “Humph” said the Camel to the Horse. The Horse told the man about it. In the same way the Dog and the Ox came and went away. They too got the same reply. The Man called the Horse, the Dog and the Ox. They were asked to work double time in order to make up the Camel’s work. The three of them got very angry. They complained to the Djinn against the Camel. The Camel did not work. The Djinn, master of all Deserts assured them that he would set the camel right. The Djinn found the Camel looking at his reflection in the pond water in the Desert. The Djinn asked him to work but the Camel said “humph” only. The Djinn puffed up the Camel’s beautiful back which turned to be very ugly.  It was his own hump wh...