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Unit 2 - Life in the countryside - Grade 8

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Staying in the countryside is ________ than I expected.

a)

excitinger

b)

more exciting

c)

the most exciting

d)

as exciting

2.

Have you ____ ridden a buffalo-drawn cart?

a)

never

b)

already

c)

yet

d)

ever

3.

I'd like _______ herding the buffaloes with children in the countryside.

a)

going

b)

went

c)

to go

d)

goes

4.

This is ________ and _________ kite I've ever had. My grandfather made it for me.

a)

larger/ more colorful

b)

the largest/ most colorful

c)

as large/ as colorful

d)

the larger/ the more colorful

5.

Life in the countryside seems to move _______ than it is in the city.

a)

more slowly

b)

slower

c)

as slowly

d)

the most slowly

6.

Life in the city is _______ than that in the countryside.

a)

as fast

b)

the fastest

c)

more fast

d)

faster

7.

He doesn't mind ________ the buffaloes and _______ water to help his parents.

a)

herd/ collect

b)

to herd/ to collect

c)

herding/ collecting

d)

herded/ collected

8.

When summer comes, we enjoy ______ black-berries and ______ swimming in the river.

a)

picking/ going

b)

to pick/ to go

c)

picked/ went

d)

pick/ go

9.

Find the mistake:

Our village has not running water, which is inconvenient; but the countryside is very peaceful.

a)

has not

b)

which is

c)

but

d)

peaceful

10.

Have you ever ridden a horse? I think one has to be brave doing it.

a)

Have

b)

ridden

c)

has to be

d)

doing it

11.

The sky is vast here in the countryside. There is no buildings to block the view.

a)

vast

b)

in the countryside

c)

There is

d)

to block

12.

Adults often say that it is _______ for children to grow up in the city than in the countryside.

a)

good

b)

gooder

c)

better

d)

the best

13.

Give the correct comparative form:

The city offers more opportunities for _______ (high) education, and ______ (easy) access to _______ (good) facilities.

a)

highest/ easiest/ best

b)

higher/ easier/ better

c)

higher/ easier/ gooder

d)

the higher/ easier/ better

14.

Country folk are ______ (friendly) than city folk.

a)

more friendly

b)

friendlier

c)

the most friendly

d)

the friendliest

15.

I feel _____ (safe) in the countryside than in a crowded and noisy city.

a)

the safest

b)

safer

c)

more safe

d)

as safe as

16.

This situation is even _______ (bad) than the last one.

a)

worse

b)

the worst

c)

badder

d)

more worse

17.

Can you speak _______ (slowly)? My English is not good.

a)

slowlier

b)

more slowly

c)

the most slowly

d)

more slowlier

18.

After a hard-working day, we usually sleep ______ (soundly).

a)

the most soundlier

b)

more soundly

c)

soundlier

d)

better soundly

19.

It's not always true that rich people donate _______ (generously) than poor people.

a)

generouslier

b)

as generously as

c)

more generously

d)

the most generously

20.

If you want to stay slim, you have to eat _______.

a)

more healthily

b)

most healthily

c)

the most healthily

d)

as healthily as

21.

Your exam score is low. I am sure that you can do ______ than that.

a)

good

b)

well

c)

better

d)

the best

22.

We can be late for the meeting. Can you drive ______?

a)

better

b)

earlier

c)

faster

d)

well

23.

On Saturday, we can get up ______ than usual.

a)

later

b)

the latest

c)

as late as

d)

more late

24.

The farmers have to work _____ at harvest time.

a)

hardest

b)

harder

c)

as hard as

d)

more harder

25.

You look tired. Are you feeling ______ than you did yesterday?

a)

badly

b)

bad

c)

worse

d)

the worst

26.

My father has to get up _____ than we do to milk the cows.

a)

early

b)

as early as

c)

the earliest

d)

earlier

27.

A village is more densely populated than a city.

a)

A

b)

more

c)

populated

d)

than

28.

City people seem to react more quick to changes than country people.

a)

seem

b)

more

c)

quick

d)

country people

29.

The countryside is the most peaceful than the city.

a)

is

b)

the most

c)

peaceful

d)

the

30.

Life in a remote area is more hard than it is in a modern town.

a)

in

b)

is

c)

more hard

d)

it is

31.

We have never had a more interesting vacation.

a)

It is the most interesting vacation we have ever had.

b)

This is the second time we have had such an interesting vacation.

c)

We have ever had an interesting vacation before.

d)

We have never been on a vacation.

32.

City life is more exciting than it is in the countryside.

a)

Countryside life is better than city life.

b)

Countryside life as exciting as city life.

c)

Countryside life is less exciting than city life.

d)

Countryside life is the most exciting.

33.

The Great Wall was built earlier than the White House.

a)

The White House is built earlier than the Great Wall.

b)

The White House is built as early as the Great Wall.

c)

The White House is built better than the Great Wall.

d)

The White House is built later than the Great Wall.

34.

We are both bad at swimming, but I'm better than my sister.

a)

My sister is better at swimming than I am.

b)

My sister swims faster than I do.

c)

My sister swims as well as I do.

d)

My sister is worse at swimming than me.