Grade 8- English quiz

Grammar

100

Fill in the gaps.

Hanna ____ (be) an only child. She ______ (live) with her mum and dad.

is, lives

200

Unscramble.

ignoring/Daniel/brother/his

Daniel is ignoring his brother.

300

Explain the difference:

a)She has gone to New York.

b) She has been to New York.

a) She has not returned. 

b) She has returned.

400

Make sentences in English:

a) for a decision made at the time of speaking

b) for a plan

c) for a suggestion

d) to ask for permission

possible answers:

a) I will read this fast.

b) They are going to travel next month.

c) Shall we watch a movie?

d) Can we go out, please?

500

Sara: Hi, Tom! How was your weekend?
Tom: Hi, Sara! It was great. I ______ (go) to the zoo with my family.
Sara: Really? What animals ______ you ______ (see)?
Tom: We ______ (see) lions, monkeys, and elephants.
Sara: Wow! I love elephants. What else ______ you ______ (do)?
Tom: We ______ (eat) ice cream and ______ (take) a lot of pictures.
Sara: Sounds fun! I ______ (stay) home. I ______ (watch) a movie.

a) went

b) did ____ see

c) saw

d) did

e)ate, took

f) stayed, watched

Vocabulary

100

Say five family members in English.

200

Unscramble these words:

a) tesup

b) opilet

c) looc

d) yrgna

a) upset

b) polite

c) cool

d) angry

300

How are these called in English?

a)b)

c)  

a) twig

b) selfish

c) dove

400

Categorize these words into:

PEOPLE/ PLACES/SCHOOLWORK

biology, caretaker, corridor, project, tutor, university

People: caretaker, tutor

Places: corridor, university

Schoolwork: biology, project

500

Select the odd ones out:

a) tutor, student, conversation

b) Spain, English, Russian

c) include, communicate, contact

a) conversation

b) Spain

c) include

General Knowledge

100

Which continent is the Sahara Desert located on?

Africa

200

What country is sushi from?

Japan

300

How many chambers does the human heart have?

a) 2

b) 3

c) 4

c) 4

400

What year did the first iPhone come out?

a) 2003

b) 2007

c) 2009

b) 2007

500

Who holds the world record for most Olympic gold medals?

a) Michael Phelps

b) Larisa Latynina

c) Katie Ledecky

a) Michael Phelps

Spelling

100

These words are misspelled. 

a)actualy

b)ofer

c) servand

a)actually

b)offer

c)servant

200

In English, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, fridge are called __________

appliances

300

Fill in the missing letters:

Did you know that Julia is f----t in Russian?

Did you know that Julia is fluent in Russian?

400

Rearrange the letters to create school-related words.

a) utrTo

b) dtSneut

c) tIconrsurt

d) cexiresE

a) Tutor

b) Student

c) Instructor

d) Exercise

500

Select the correct answer:

a) magican

b) magitian

c) magicain

d) magician

d) magician

Find the mistake

100

They goes to Italy once a month.

goes- go

200

The word in italics is wrong. What is the correct word?

I not know that Brian was Mr. Brown's son!

I didn't know that Brian was Mr. Brown's son!

300

Correct the sentences:

Philip have just went home.

 He was feel sick from 8 am.

has just gone

was feeling

400

The words in italics are wrong. What are the correct words?

a) Did the students doing a maths test all morning?

b) I was concentrating on my project when Dan phone.

c) Irene wasn't finish her homework yesterday.

a) Were

b) phoned

c) didn't

500

Put the words into the correct order to make sentences or questions:

a) the / course / does / the / price / of / include / books / the / ?

b) under / downstairs / the / the / kitchen / basement / living room / and / the /  .

c) couldn't / I / visit / you / home / at / .

a) Does the price of the course include the books?

b) The basement is downstairs under the kitchen and the living room.

c) I couldn't visit you at home.