Gr8 - Asset - Worksheet - Holiday Homework

Grade 8
ASSET WORKSHEET
Read the passage and answer the questions given below:
Too many parents these days can’t say no. As a result, they find themselves raising
‘children’ who respond greedily to the advertisements aimed right at them. Even
getting what they want doesn’t satisfy some kids; they only want more. Now, a
growing number of psychologists, educators and parents think it’s time to stop the
madness and start teaching kids about what’s really important : values like hard
work, contentment, honesty and compassion. The struggle to set limits has never
been tougher—and the stakes have never been higher. One recent study of adults
who were overindulged as children, paints a discouraging picture of their future :
when given too much too soon, they grow up to be adults who have difficulty coping
with life’s disappointments. They also have distorted sense of entitlement that gets
in the way of success in the work place and in relationships.
Psychologists say that parents who overindulge their kids, set them up to be more
vulnerable to future anxiety and depression. Today’s parents themselves raised on
values of thrift and self-sacrifice, grew up in a culture where ‘no’ was a household
word. Today’s kids want much more, partly because there is so much more to want.
The oldest members of this generation were born in the late 1980s, just as PCs and
video games were making their assault’ on the family room. They think of MP3
players and flat screen TV as essential utilities, and they have developed strategies
to get them. One survey of teenagers found that when they crave for something
new, most expect to ask nine times before their parents give in. By every measure,
parents are shelling out record amounts. In the heat of this buying blitz, even
parents who desperately need to say no find themselves reaching for their credit
cards.
Today’s parents aren’t equipped to deal with the problem. Many of them, raised in
the 1960s and 70s, swore they’d act differently from their parents and have closer
relationships with their own children. Many even wear the same designer clothes as
their kids and listen to the same music. And they work more hours; at the end of a
long week, it’s tempting to buy peace with ‘yes’ and not mar precious family time
with conflict. Anxiety about the future is another factor. How do well intentioned
parents say no to all the sports gear and arts and language lessons they believe will
help their kids thrive in an increasingly competitive world? Experts agree: too much
love won’t spoil a child. Too few limits will.
What parents need to find, is a balance between the advantages of an affluent

society and the critical life lessons that come from waiting, saving and working hard
to achieve goals. That search for balance has to start early. Children need limits on
their behaviour because they feel better and more secure when they live within a
secured structure.
Older children learn self-control by watching how others, especially parents act.
Learning how to overcome challenges is essential to becoming a successful adult.
Few parents ask kids to do chores. They think their kids are already overburdened
by social and academic pressures. Every individual can be of service to others, and
life has meaning beyond one’s own immediate happiness. That means parents eager
to teach values have to take a long, hard look at their own.
1. What do the psychologists, educators and parents want to teach the

children?
a. To teach them about treachery.
b. To teach them about indiscipline.
c. To teach them about the values of life like hard work, contentment, honesty
and compassion.
d. None of these
2. What is essential to become a successful adult?
a. Learn not to overcome challenges
b. Learn how to overcome challenges
c. Nothing is essential.
d. None of these
3. Why do children need limits on their behaviour when they live within a
secured structure?
a. They feel more secure and better.
b. They feel insecure.
c. They feel bored.
d. None of these.
4. Find a word in the passage similar in meaning as:
a feeling of satisfaction (para 1)
a. overindulged
b. pressures
c. contentment
d. important
5. Find the antonym for the word of poor from the last
paragraph:
a. happiness
b. affluent
c. challenges
d. academic
6. Choose the appropriate idiom/phrase to fill in the blank: (Questions
21-30)
I'm planning a surprise holiday for Liam to celebrate our wedding
anniversary. Don’t ___________________!
a. let the cat out of the bag
b. let the mouse out of the bag
c. leave the cat out of the bag
d. leave the cat out of the basket
7. I know he looks scary, but my dog is really gentle. You can’t______________.
a. Look at the cover of the book

b. Judge the content of the book
c. Judge the content by its
d. judge a book by its cover
8. Maddy caught the train __________________. It left a few seconds later.
a. by the skin of her mouth

b. by the skin of her teeth
c. by the skin of her body
d. by the skin of her face
9. I wish my boss would stop ___________ and tell me what he really thinks of
my product idea.
a. beating around the bush
b. beating around the tree
c. beating around the leaves
d. beating around the branch
10. Huan only cooks at home __________________.
a. thrice in a blue moon
b. once upon a time
c. once in a blue moon
d. twice in a blue moon
11. Jamal ________________ as he waited for his friend outside the restaurant.
had spiders under the leg
a. had cockroaches in the stomach
b. had butterflies in the stomach.
c. had flies on the face
d.
12. I’m glad my boss and I _____________ about recycling in the office.
a. see eye to eye
b. hold hand to hand
c. gather facts
d. collect ideas
13. Megan ____________ when she told the professor the result of my
experiment.
a. stole my lightning
b. stole my thunder
c. stole the sky
d. stole the stars
14. He is really __________ and never makes a mistake at work
a. on the ball
b. on the court
c. on the couch
d. on the chair
15. Debbie’s _____________. She doesn’t mind when people criticise her work.
a. a soft cookie
b. a butter cookie
c. a chocolate cookie
d. a tough cookie
16. Choose the correctly spelled word.
a. adress
b. addverse
c. altogether
d. anounce
17. Give the antonym of the italicized word : His behaviour disgusted everyone.
a. gusted
b. pleased
c. irritated
d. surprised
18. Identify the subject in the sentence :The first three chapters of the book are
written in a beautiful style.
a. the first
b. the first three
c. the first three chapters
d. the first three chapters of the book
19. Give the correct verb form : He asked if anyone _____ his glasses.
a. had seen
b. have seen
c.
seen
d.
saw
20. Identify the correct form of the word :I _____ down every afternoon after
lunch.
a. lie
b. lay
c. lied
d. am lying

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What parents need to find, is a balance between the advantages of an affluent

1. What do the psychologists, educators and parents want to teach the

a. Look at the cover of the book

a. by the skin of her mouth

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