1. business and industrial
2. company
3. bankruptcy

MASTERMIND
(UTTARA BRANCH)
SESSION:2014-2015
HOME WORK # 2
CLASS: VIII
English Language
All the work should be done A4 sized paper.
Vocabulary
Nouns help to convey information clearly and concisely and are for more frequent in formal written
English than in conversation. For the following questions below, use the information in a, which is more
conversational, to complete the gaps in b, which is more formal.
1. a. I thought the painting was very simple and different to anything else I'd seen before. I was very
impressed.
b. I was most impressed by the __________ and __________ of the painting.
2. a. He applied for the job and he was clearly a bit disappointed when he heard they'd turned him down.
b. He was unable to hide his __________ at their rejection of his __________ .
3. a. The employees said they thought it would be a good idea if the company reduced the working day by
just a little, but management said they didn't approve of the idea at all.
b. Management voiced their strong __________ of the employees' ___________ for a slight
__________ of the in the working hour.
4. a. I have to tell you that I'm not satisfied with the service you offer. I often have to wait a long time for
things to get here, even though you say that you send them sooner than 24 hours after you receive an
order.
b. I must express my __________ with the standard of your service. Delivery of goods is often subject
to __________ , despite your _________ that orders are dispatched within 24 hours.
5. a. People fail to understand how important it is to recycle waste, and I think it's because they don't
know anything about the environment and they don't get taught enough about it at school.
b. People's __________ to understand the __________ of recycling waste is the _________ of a lack of
environmental __________ and insufficient ________ o the subject.
Preposition
Read through the following story and fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition of time where needed.
My parents met _______ the war: _______ August 1943 to be precise. My father was home _______
leave _______ the front, and he decided to spent the first week with his aunt in Liverpool. He hadn't seen
her _______ several years, even though she had brought him up _______ his mother's death. Liverpool is
not the most beautiful city in the world, but it can be very pleasant _______ summertime, especially early
_______ the morning. _______ this particular morning, however, my father was in no mood to enjoy the
sunrise over the Mersey. His train left Euston Station _______ time, at night, but _______ the time it got
to Crewe, it was already three and a half hours _______ schedule. So he was in a bad mood and very tired
_______ arrival at Lime Street Station. But something happened _______ minutes of his arrival that
changed not only his mood but also his whole life. Feeling thirsty _______
His long journey, he decided to go and have a cup of tea in the station buffet. Typically, it was shut
_______ that early hour. A notice on the door read "Opening hours: _______ 7 a.m. _______ 5.30 p.m.
He looked at the station clock: ten _______ seven. The buffet should be open _______ now, he thought.
But, knowing station buffets, he realized that he could wait _______ 8 or even 9 o'clock before it opened.
Suddenly he noticed a pretty girl sitting on a bench. She was pouring some hot liquid from a thermos
flask into a cup. Being something of a lady's man, my father (at least this is what my mother told me
_______ some years later) sat down and said, "I've never seen such a pretty girl _______ all my life as
you. And I haven't had a hot drink _______ last night. If you give me a drink of your tea, I'll marry you
and look after you _______ the rest of your life!" Believe it or not, she smiled at him, gave him the tea,
and …. Well, I wouldn't be here _______ now if the buffet hadn't been shut _______ that fateful day
_______ August 1943.
Punctuation
Rewrite the following sentences if you think they need correction.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
The people in the queue, who managed to get tickets, were very satisfied.
It was an endangered white rhino.
It was the baying of an enormous hound; it came from over there.
No drugs, please.
Alice walked on, her head a little higher than usual.
The man eating-tiger was killed.
Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: "they tell us to slow down; notice this; take
a detour; and stop."
8. The director ignored the cost of his high-powered job: the break-up of his family; an ulcer;
sleepless nights.
9. we like Devonshire cornwell is more spectacular but very crowded in summer we never go there
then
10. where exclaimed penny do you suppose I put my hat is it upstairs
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Further Pure Mathematics
Chapter - 1 : Simultaneous Equations Ex - 1a # 5, 6 and 13
Chapter - 3 : Geometric Progression Ex - 3b (page # 43) Q # 2 (all), 6 and 10
Note : take help from the examples given in the book (page # 38 - 40)
Physics
Chapter - Momentum:
Topics - conservation of momentum, rockets, car safety.
Chapter - Momentum:
Topics - Newton's laws of motion, action and reaction.
Chemistry
Chapter - 3 : Bonding (page 17 - 20)
Read the following topics:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Ways of representing covalent bonds
Ionic bonding
Ionic bonding in sodium chloride and magnesium oxide
The significance of noble gas structures in ionic bonding
Other examples of ionic bonding
Metallic bonding
Biology
Chapter - 4: Food and Digestion
Read page: 43 - 50
Practice diagram: figure - 4.17, 4.19, 4.20
Accounting
Accounting - 1 by Frank Wood & Alan BUSINESS Sangster (12th edition)
Chapter - 9
Income statements and statements of financial position: further consideration (Page # 108 - 110)
Review Questions : 9.3, 9.4, 9.5A and 9.6A
Economics
Chapter - 11: Resolving Scarcity
Read page 41 - 45
Figure : 11.2 and 11.3 (to be learnt)
Commerce
Read Thoroughly
Unit-7: International Trade pg: 104-110
Practise stimulus response and structured exam questions
Unit-7: International Trade pg: 112 and 113 (Question no - 2 and 5)
ICT
Book: Information System for You
Chapter 15: Transferring Data Around
Topics: Network Topologies
Line (or bus) topology
Star topology
Ring topology
Modems
The bits which make up a network
Communication links
Practise the following questions
Question: 1. What is a network topology?
Question: 2. Define Star, bus and line topology.
Question: 3. What is a modem?
Question: 4. Write down two advantages of bus topology.
Question: 5. Write down two disadvantages of bus topology.
Question: 4. Write down two advantages of ring topology.
Question: 5. Write down two disadvantages of ring topology.
Question: 6. Write down two advantages of star topology.
Question: 7. Write down two disadvantages of star topology.
Question: 8. Write a short note on Cable media.
Question: 9. Write a short note on Wireless media.