Class 8 English Grammar Exercise- Unit 4: Travel and Tourism - The Lesson “Under Water Tunnel in the World"

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Use of English/Grammar Exercise

Unit 4:

" Travel and Tourism "

(National Book Foundation - New Book/New Syllabus Based on Single National Curriculum Pakistan 2023-2024 and Onwards)

(Class 8 English Notes for 8th Centralized Exam 2023 and onward, FDE, Islamabad)

The Lesson “Under Water Tunnel in the World"

Vocabulary

1. The following words appeared in the article ‘Underwater Railway’. Match the following words in column A with its meaning in column.

2. Cut apart each of the words into syllables and then try to connect the syllables to make a new word. The first word is

Word	Syllables	New words
Destination	Des/ti/na/tion	Nation
Surface	Sur/face	Face
Target	Tar/get	Get
Improvement	Im/ prove/ment	Prove
Artificial	Ar/ti/fi/cial	Tea
Development	De/ve/lop/ment	Develop
Situation	Situa/tion	Situate
Railway	Rail/way	Way
Started	Start/ed	Start
System	Sys/tem	Stem

Comprehension Checkpoint:

1. Identify the tunnel being described in the statements

1. This trail tunnel was a dream of a sultan, around 150 years ago.
Marmary

2. This is a railway tunnel of Japan, which was considered as the longest and deepest rail unnel of the world.

Seikan

3. This is an inter-country train tunnel connecting England with Europe via the English Channel.
The Channel Tunnel

4. This underwater sea tunnel reaches to a whooping depth of 2300m. The route connects Zurich with Milan and the trains cover 57 km underwater in just 20 minutes.
Gothard Base Tunnel

5. This is one of the oldest underwater tunnels in the world, built-in 1843.
Thames Tunnel

2. Complete the fact file about the Underwater Railways.

Use of English:

A. Write “C” if the statement is a clause and “S” if it is a sentence.

a. The engineering advancement of building Tunnels. S

b. Transportation started in the 19th century by English engineers. C

c. The first proposed underground system was the London Subway Network. S

d. Historically, the first tunnel was built in Kibblesworth in 1855. C

e. As a test tunnel before their project in London. C

f. This tunnel was built for the usage of horse carriage but it was turned into a railway tunnel under the Thames River. S

B. Rewrite the following simple sentences into compound sentences using and, or, but, so, yet, nor, for.

Simple Sentences	Compound Sentence
● The first underwater railway tunnel was 396m long ● It was located 23 meter under river surface	The first underwater railway tunnel was 396m long so It was located 23 meter under river surface
● The tunnel was built for the usage of horse carriage ● It was turned into railway tunnel under the Thames	The tunnel was built for the usage of horse carriage but It was turned into railway tunnel under the Thames
● This is a railway tunnel of Japan ● It was considered as the longest and deepest rail	This is a railway tunnel of Japan and It was considered as the longest and deepest rail
● Today, it is one of the most significant train routes of London ● An interesting tourist	Today, it is one of the most significant train routes of London for An interesting tourist.
● This train tunnel was a dream of a sultan ● Around 150 years ago	This train tunnel was a dream of a sultan for around 150 years ago

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Class 8 English Notes (Main page)

Summary of poems:
Unit-2: The poem “A Time to Talk”
Unit-2: The Lesson “Everyday it Happens”
Unit-2: The poem “Do it anyway”

Central Ideas of poems:
Unit-2: The poem “A Time to Talk”
Unit-2: The Lesson “Everyday it Happens”
Unit-2: The poem “Do it anyway”
Unit-5: The poem “A Far Away Village”

Paraphrasing of poems:
Unit-2: The poem “A Time to Talk”
Unit-2: The Lesson “Everyday it Happens”
Unit-2: The poem “Do it anyway”
Unit-5: The poem “A Far Away Village”

Source: English Book (National Book Foundation, Pakistan)

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