Diagnostic Test 1 Grade 8

I………to the school alone yesterday

• walk

• walked

• walks

• walking

we……in this restaurant 2 days ago

• ate

• eaten

• eating

• eat

I……in this sofa with him

• sleeping

• sleep

• slept

• sleped

We…… each other 2 years ago

• love

• be loving

• are love

• loved

I……this scissors to cut the grass yesterday

• cuted

• cuting

• cut

• be cutted

Which sentence uses the simple past tense correctly?

• I am eating dinner last night.

• I eat dinner last night.

• I ate dinner last night.

• I was eating dinner last night.

Did they visit the museum last week? Yes________

• Yes, they do.

• Yes, they did.

• No, they don't.

• No, they didn't.

Which sentence is in the Simple Past Tense?

• I have lived in this house for ten years.

• She is writing a letter to her friend.

• They will take a trip to Europe next month.

• He finished his homework last night.

A wealthy businessman worried about his son’s bad habits, so he sought counsel from a wise, old man. The old man met the man’s son and took him out for a stroll. They walked into the woods, and the old man showed the boy a small sapling and asked him to pull it out. The boy did so with ease, and they walked on.
The old man then asked the boy to pull out a small plant. The boy did that too, with a little effort. As they walked, the old man asked the boy to pull out the bush, which he did. The next was a small tree, which the child had to struggle a lot to pull out.Finally, the old man showed him a bigger tree and asked the child to pull it out. The child failed to pull it out even after trying several times, in different ways.
The old man looked at the boy, smiled and said, “So is the case with habits, good or bad”.

The bussinessman worried about his son because he …

• was spoiled

• was unlucky

• behaved badly

• disobeyed his parents

A wealthy businessman worried about his son’s bad habits, so he sought counsel from a wise, old man. The old man met the man’s son and took him out for a stroll. They walked into the woods, and the old man showed the boy a small sapling and asked him to pull it out. The boy did so with ease, and they walked on.
The old man then asked the boy to pull out a small plant. The boy did that too, with a little effort. As they walked, the old man asked the boy to pull out the bush, which he did. The next was a small tree, which the child had to struggle a lot to pull out.Finally, the old man showed him a bigger tree and asked the child to pull it out. The child failed to pull it out even after trying several times, in different ways.
The old man looked at the boy, smiled and said, “So is the case with habits, good or bad”.

Why do you think the boy failed to pull out a bigger tree?

• It was a big challenge.

• He had done his best.

• The tree roots had settled deeply.

• The tree had a thin but strong stem.