8th - ELA - Listening & Grammar

LISTENING PART:

Who was The Great Spirit?

• The Great Spirit was the god of movement. However, not all native American tribes believed in him.

• The Great Spirit was the god of movement. All native American tribes believed in him.

• None of the above

Who were the Great Plains Indians?

• The Great Plains Indians were a homogeneous group, including the Blackfoot, Cheyenne, and Sioux tribes.

• The Great Plains Indians were not a homogeneous group. The Blackfoot, Cheyenne, and Sioux were some important tribes.

• None of the above.

What was the characteristic of these American tribes?

• The Great Plains Indians were not totally nomadic tribes.

• The Great Plains Indians were nomadic tribes.

• None of the above.

At the beginning, English colonizers were not alone.

• True

• False

• It does not say.

The Great Plains Indians were only hunters.

• True

• False

• it does not say.

GRAMMAR:

In the sentence “Many people discover new places and cross their own limits,“

the verbs discover and cross express:

• a progressive action in the present continuous tense.

• a complete action in the past simple tense.

• a general truth in the present simple tense.

In the sentence “Happy travelers do not repress their curiosity,”

do not repress shows:

• a general truth in the affirmative present simple tense.

• a general truth in the negative present simple tense.

• a progressive action in the negative present continuous tense.

The sentences “How do you and your parents usually travel?” and “How does your best friend travel?”

are examples of…

• interrogative sentences in the present simple tense.

• interrogative sentences in the past simple tense.

• interrogative sentences in the present continuous tense.

In the sentences “Right now, thousands of people are traveling around the world” and “That airplane is taking around 300 travelers,”

is taking and are traveling express:

• a complete action in the present simple tense.

• a repetitive action in the past simple tense.

• a progressive action in the present continuous tense.

In the sentence “The Maya created an observatory and predicted solar eclipses,” the verb created…

• shows a routine or an habit in the present.

• shows a completed action in the past.

• shows an action in the future.

• shows a continuous action in the past.