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GRADE 8 - TEST 2

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined

a)

ride

b)

excite

c)

ridden

d)

beehive

2.

Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined

a)

pasture

b)

vast

c)

brave

d)

farm

3.

Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined

a)

cattle

b)

circular

c)

country

d)

collect

4.

Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined

a)

worked

b)

watched

c)

relaxed

d)

crowded

5.

Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

I went on a trip to the countryside and had my first experience _______ farm work.

a)

on

b)

with

c)

for

d)

of

6.

Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

We usually spend our holiday in the village _______ our grandparents live.

a)

what

b)

where

c)

which

d)

when

7.

Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

I think country life is so boring and _______ because you’re not close to shops and services.

a)

Unhealthy

b)

inconvenient

c)

comfortable

d)

peaceful

8.

Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

On the farm, uncle Duong showed us how to _______ cucumbers.

a)

plough

b)

produce

c)

pick

d)

put up

9.

Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

Mongolian children start to learn _______ before they can walk.

a)

horse riding

b)

riding horse

c)

ride horse

d)

horse ridden

10.

Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

On the side of the road, a herd boy was herding _______.

a)

kites

b)

hay

c)

cattle

d)

blackberries

11.

Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

Mongolian children learn to ride when they are _______ as three years old.

a)

as young

b)

younger

c)

younger than

d)

so young

12.

Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

Does your new stereo play music _______ than your old one did?

a)

louder

b)

more loudly

c)

loudlier

d)

more louder

13.

Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

Countryside is not polluted _______ you can breathe fresh air there.

a)

although

b)

however

c)

therefore

d)

as

14.

Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.

Children in my village often fly their kites in dry rice fields.’

‘________________________’

a)

It’s right up my street!

b)

That’s awesome.

c)

Exactly what I want.

d)

How interesting!

15.

Choose the correct form of the word

We’ve all been working very hard / hardly and now we’re tired

a)

hard

b)

hardly

16.

Choose the correct form of the word

Our school Internet connection is really slow / slowly.

a)

slow

b)

slowly

17.

Choose the correct form of the word

What’s the matter with him? He looks angry / angrily.

a)

angry

b)

angrily

18.

Choose the correct form of the word

The children are playing quiet / quietly in the garden.

a)

quiet

b)

quietly

19.

Choose the correct form of the word

Rural areas are common / commonly known as the countryside or a village.

a)

common

b)

commonly

20.

Choose the correct form of the word

Nomadic children are very brave / bravely to learn to ride a horse at the age of five.

a)

brave

b)

bravely

21.

Choose the correct form of the word

The sun is shining bright / brightly through the trees

a)

bright

b)

brightly

22.

Choose the correct form of the word

We all find living in the city very stressful / stressfully.

a)

stressful

b)

stressfully

23.

Choose the correct form of the word

Don’t talk so fast / fastly– I can’t understand what you’re saying.

a)

fast

b)

fastly

24.

Choose the correct form of the word

John was a kind and generous / generously man.

a)

generous

b)

generously

25.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Some people think that health is (a)   than money. (important)

26.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

The pollution in our city is much (a)   than it used to be. (bad)

27.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

My new teacher explained the lessons (a)   than my old teacher. (clear)

28.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

He doesn’t play volleyball as (a)   as his brother. (good)

29.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Get rid of the sorrow! You will do it (a)   next time. (good)

30.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Communication is a lot (a)   than it was 50 years ago. (easy)

31.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

People in rural areas wear (a)   than those in cities. (simple)

32.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Robert arrived at the meeting (a)   than Francis. (late)

33.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

These trousers are too wide. Do you have any that are (a)   ? (narrow)

34.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

My mother always gets up (a)   than everybody else in the house. (early)

35.

Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

We (a)   (play) football this afternoon. Do you want to play too?

36.

Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

Could you meet me at the airport tomorrow? My flight (a)   (arrive) at six.

37.

Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

Last summer, my friends and I (a)   (spend) our holiday on a farm.

38.

Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

Nick (a)   (not ride) a buffalo drawn cart before.

39.

Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

The cattle (a)   (graze) on the green pastures right now.

40.

Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

Millions of Mongolians (a)   (be) semi-nomadic herders for thousands of years.

41.

Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

My family (a)   (live) in a small town for ten years before moving to Boston.

42.

Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

Country life (a)   (not excite) me at all. It’s so boring.

43.

Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

Nick would like (a)   (visit) the countryside at the harvest time.

44.

Write the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets.

I don’t mind (a)   (drive) for 1.5 hours on the weekend to get out to the countryside.

45.

Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting

Farzana did poor on her algebra quiz because she couldn’t concentrate well.

a)

did

b)

poor

c)

because

d)

well

46.

Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting

The test was more difficult than I expected. I could finish it at least 20 minutes early.

a)

more

b)

than I expected

c)

could

d)

at least

47.

Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting

Although the island has no clean water and electric, it attracts lots of tourists.

a)

Although

b)

no

c)

electric

d)

tourists

48.

Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting

The bee can easy sting anyone coming close to their beehives.

a)

easy

b)

anyone

c)

close to

d)

beehives

49.

Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting

She is boring with the silent surrounding because she used to live in a big city.

a)

boring with

b)

surrounding

c)

used

d)

live

50.

Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting

Life in the countryside is much peaceful and the life is also slower.

a)

Life

b)

much

c)

the life

d)

slower

51.

Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting

Nomadic children learn riding a horse when they are very small.

a)

Nomadic

b)

riding

c)

when

d)

small

52.

Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting

I love farm work, such as digging holes, sowing seeds and pick fruit.

a)

arm work

b)

digging holes

c)

owing seeds

d)

pick fruit