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GRADE 8 - TEST 12

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the word which has different stress position from the others

a)

accommodate

b)

adventure

c)

experience

d)

galaxy

2.

Choose the word which has different stress position from the others

a)

messenger

b)

poisonous

c)

controllable

d)

neptune

3.

Choose the word which has different stress position from the others

a)

terrorist

b)

weightless

c)

planetary

d)

systematic

4.

Choose the word which has different stress position from the others

a)

imaginary

b)

similarity

c)

inhabitant

d)

incredible

5.

Choose the word which has different stress position from the others

a)

journey

b)

existence

c)

essential

d)

machine

6.

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

a)

hands

b)

occasions

c)

associates

d)

others

7.

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

a)

frightened

b)

stamped

c)

walked

d)

laughed

8.

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

a)

fluoride

b)

lid

c)

arid

d)

hidden

9.

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

a)

stack

b)

slash

c)

swamp

d)

stamp

10.

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

a)

agent

b)

engine

c)

regard

d)

surgeon

11.

Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence


A lot of people______protest that there are some chances to live on other planets.

a)

strongly

b)

strong

c)

strength

d)

strengthen

12.

Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence


Do you believe _______the existence of UFOs?

a)

at

b)

in

c)

on

d)

to

13.

Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence


There’s no _______that there’s life on other planets.

a)

way

b)

proof

c)

requirement

d)

space

14.

Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence


Jupiter is thought ______a gaseous and fluid planet without solid surface.

a)

to be

b)

to have been

c)

be

d)

being

15.

Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence


Earth has an atmosphere that is _______too hot_______too cold.

a)

neither/ nor

b)

either/ or

c)

not only/ but also

d)

both/ and

16.

Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence


There’s extensive historical evidence that our ancestors may have _____a massive invasion of Unidentified Flying Objects surpassing on their territories.

a)

heard

b)

witnessed

c)

inferred

d)

denoted

17.

Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence


Hubble space telescope is named ______Eduin P. Hubble. He discovered that the Milky Way was only the one of many galaxies.

a)

after

b)

before

c)

towards

d)

within

18.

Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence


Mars is the ______planet to the sun.

a)

four- close

b)

four- closest

c)

fourth- close

d)

fourth- closest

19.

Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence


Pluto is not considered as a planet in our solar system ______a dwarf.

a)

but

b)

though

c)

while

d)

with

20.

Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence


In our galaxy, there may be billions of planetary systems where more than one planet are________.

a)

habit

b)

inhabit

c)

inhabitant

d)

uninhabitable

21.

Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences


Many astronauts said that it was (a)   to see the Earth from space. (wonder)

22.

Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences


Oxygen is essential for the (a)   of all plants and animals, whether they live on the land or in the water. (survive)

23.

Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences


Astronauts who are orbiting the Earth often experience sensation of (a)   . (weight)

24.

Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences


John Harrison is a space (a)   who wants to destroy Earth. (terror)

25.

Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences


WWF is committed to saving (a)   animals such as black rhino, leatherback turtle and saola. (danger)

26.

Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences


UFO, which means flying saucer, is the abbreviation for (a)   Flying Object. (identify)

27.

Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences


95% of the atmosphere on Mars is carbon dioxide, which is (a)   to breathe. (poison)

28.

Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences


NASA has found out that Kepler-62e has some (a)   to Earth. (similar)

29.

Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences


Do you think astronauts feel a great sense of (a)   when they travel alone in space? (lonely)

30.

Give the correct form of the words given to complete the sentences


NASA scientists believe the (a)   of alien life is not that far away from Earth. (exist)

31.

There is one mistake in each sentence. Find out


Mars is called the Red planet because its reddish surface.

a)

called

b)

because

c)

its

d)

reddish

32.

There is one mistake in each sentence. Find out


By measuring the colour of a star, astronomers can tell how hot is it.

a)

measuring

b)

the

c)

how

d)

is it

33.

There is one mistake in each sentence. Find out


In 1975, NASA cooperate with the Soviet Union to achieve the first international human space flight, the Apollo- Soyuz Test Project.

a)

cooperate

b)

with

c)

to achieve

d)

Test Project

34.

There is one mistake in each sentence. Find out


The rapid growth of the world’s population over the past 100 years have led to the hunt for living space in other planets.

a)

growth

b)

have

c)

to

d)

for

35.

There is one mistake in each sentence. Find out


Scientists are still uncertain of what the universe originated millions of years ago.

a)

still

b)

uncertain

c)

what

d)

originated