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English 8 - 1st Quarter Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To escape from the people and be free again to kill the cattle is the goal of ______

a)

tortoise

b)

snake

c)

birds

d)

farmer

2.

To fly back home safely is the goal of ______

a)

tortoise

b)

snake

c)

birds

d)

farmer

3.

Not to be found by the people is the goal of ______

a)

farmer

b)

chief

c)

Gold

d)

birds

4.

"You are full of cunning and you are ungrateful. If we allow you to come with us, you will soon begin your mischief," said the _______

a)

birds

b)

tortoise

c)

chief

d)

farmer

5.

"Look everywhere. The matter cannot be closed until he is brought back," said the _______

a)

snake

b)

Gold

c)

chief

d)

farmer

6.

Lalla Mbarka is not an apprentice. The word apprentice means ______

a)

skilled

b)

learner

c)

expert

d)

artist

7.

On the selection, Praise to the Tattoo Mistress, how do men regard women's tattoo?

a)

inappropriate but lovely

b)

attractive and very old

c)

important and necessary

d)

distraction and unattractive

8.

It expresses the personal feelings and thoughts of the poet.

a)

Lyric poetry

b)

Narrative poetry

c)

Dramatic poetry

9.

It refers to a dominant feeling or atmosphere that a literary work conveys to the reader.

a)

Tone

b)

Mood

c)

Theme

d)

Sense

10.

It is the central idea or message of a poem or any literary work.

a)

Tone

b)

Theme

c)

Sense

d)

Image

11.

Life is a beach!

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Personification

12.

The river falls under us like a trap door.

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

d)

Apostrophe

13.

The sun draped its arms around my shoulders

a)

Personification

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Metaphor

d)

Apostrophe

14.

I’m so hungry I could eat a horse

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

15.
The sequence of events in a story or novel is called the ________. 
a)
action
b)
conflict 
c)
setting
d)
plot 
16.

The problem is resolved during the

a)

climax

b)

resolution

c)

rising action

d)

presentation

17.
What takes place after the climax that prepares the story for its resolution?
a)
resolution
b)
rising action
c)
falling action
d)
exposition
18.
this makes up the majority of the story, conflict is introduced
a)
falling action
b)
rising action
c)
climax
d)
resolution
19.

James was a guitarist for a garage band.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Sentence Fragment (Incomplete Sentence)

20.

Yelling at the children in the street.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Sentence Fragment (Incomplete Sentence)

21.

Far above the snowcapped mountains.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Sentence Fragment (Incomplete Sentence)

22.

The shark swam silently into the lagoon.

a)

Complete Sentence

b)

Sentence Fragment (Incomplete Sentence)

23.

Which sentence is written correctly?

a)

We were in Florida, and it was a hot and sunny day.

b)

We were in Florida, it was a hot and sunny day.

24.
How could you fix the following run-on sentence? "Jayden rode his bicycle all day long by sunset he traveled fifty miles."
a)
Tim rode his bicycle all day long. By sunset, he'd traveled fifty miles. 
b)
Tim rode his bicycle, all day long, by sunset, he'd traveled fifty miles. 
c)
Tim rode his bicycle; all day long by sunset; he'd traveled fifty miles.
d)
Tim rode his bicycle.  All day long; by sunset he'd traveled fifty miles.
25.
How could you fix the following run-on sentence: "It was so cold outside that my ears froze they didn't warm up until I came indoors?"
a)
It was so cold outside, that my ears froze, they didn't  warm up , until I came indoors.
b)
It was so cold outside.  That my ears froze; they didn't warm up until I came indoors.
c)
It was so cold outside that my ears froze; they didn't warm up until I came indoors.
d)
It was so cold outside that my ears froze, they didn't warm up, until I came indoors.
26.

What kind of sentence is this?

"She is beautiful and kind."

(a)  

27.

What kind of sentence is this?

"Is there any news about him?"

(a)  

28.

What kind of sentence is this?

"Ouch! It really hurts."

(a)  

29.

What kind of sentence is this?

"Kindly close the door when you leave."

(a)  

30.

Bea ___________ her lessons every day.

a)

study

b)

studies

c)

studying

31.

What is the verb tense in this sentence?


Such a decision will make oil prices increase.

a)

Simple Present

b)

Simple Past

c)

Simple Future

32.

What is the verb tense in this sentence?


The Russian people want a democratic system.

a)

Simple Present

b)

Simple Past

c)

Simple Future

33.

What is the verb tense in this sentence?


In 1991, the Soviet union ended.

a)

Simple Present

b)

Simple Past

c)

Simple Future

34.

Joey ____ on the couch last night.

a)

sleep

b)

slept

c)

sleeps

35.

She_________ to the party the next Saturday.

a)

will went

b)

will go

c)

will gone

d)

will goes