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REVIEW QUIZ IN ENGLISH 8

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is considered as the world’s second largest and second most populated continent?

a)

Africa

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

Philippines

2.

What do you call a person or animal who does the actions in the literary work?

a)

character

b)

setting

c)

mood

d)

conflict

3.

Which of the following talks about the world’s creation, activities of the gods and nature?

a)

Folktale

b)

Legend

c)

Myth

d)

Proverb

4.

It deals with human heroism and other laudable deeds.

a)

Folktale

b)

Folksong

c)

Legend

d)

Myth

5.

The main character in a story is called ___________.

a)

​antagonist

b)

protagonist

c)

major character

d)

​minor character

6.

This reading technique looks into specific information that the reader will need.

a)

Extensive reading

b)

Intensive reading

c)

Scanning

d)

Skimming

7.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of an expository text?

a)

It is made up of paragraphs.

b)

It provides facts based on a specific topic.

c)

It requires an argument on a topic.

d)

Its language is domain-specific in terms of vocabulary and structure.

8.

What is the text structure of the connector **“even if”?**

a)

adversative

b)

causal

c)

condition

d)

sequential

9.

It is used to ​attract the reader's attention.

a)

Body

b)

Conclusion

c)

Ending

d)

introduction

10.

It is a replacement of one word or phrase by another word or phrase.

a)

Conjunction

b)

Ellipsis

c)

Reference​

d)

Substitution

11.

This is the process of omitting an unnecessary item, which has been mentioned earlier in a text, and replacing it with nothing.

a)

Conjunction

b)

Ellipsis

c)

Reference

d)

Substitution

12.

This reading technique looks into the overview of the text to identify the main idea of the text to be read.

(a)  

13.

A text that explains and gives facts is called ​ (a)   .

14.

What do you call a struggle between two or more people, things, or concepts in a literary work?

(a)  

15.

What is the first novel being published by a black African woman writer from Nigeria named Flora Nwapa?

(a)  

16.

Who published the book "Things Fall Apart" in 1958?

a)

Chinua Achebe

b)

Dennis Brutus

17.

African storytellers are called ___________.

a)

griots

b)

readers

c)

speakers

18.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for his leadership toward a democratic South Africa.

a)

Flora Nwapa

b)

Frantz Fanon

c)

Kofi Awoonor

d)

Nelson Mandela

19.

The following are signal words for description except __________.

a)

solve

b)

for instance

c)

such as

d)

for example

20.

It is the ending of the speech.

(a)