English Language/Grade 8
Student Name: ____________________________
Date:
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/2017
Class:_______________Section:_______________
Day:________________
Revision Pack
Term Two
The exam paper will be testing the following skills and knowledge:
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Paper 1: Reading Comprehension & Summary writing
Paper 2: Grammar & Punctuation
Reading Comprehension : (Checkpoint)
Summary Writing:
Grammar:
Question 1: Choose the correct form – adjective or adverb!
1. He looked at me _________________ when I interrupted him. (ANGRY)
2. Alice and Stan are very _________________ married. (HAPPY)
3. I lost the match because I was playing very _________________ (BAD). It was even _________________ than
the last game. (BAD)
4. Nobody knew he was coming. He arrived so _________________. (UNEXPECTED)
5. My French isn’t very _________________ , but I can understand him _________________ if he speaks
_________________. (GOOD, PERFECT, SLOW)
6. Sue is _________________ upset about losing her job. (TERRIBLE)
7. The children behaved very _________________. (GOOD)
8. Most people have heard about him. They are very _________________ informed. (GOOD)
9. Expensive hotels are often _________________ than _________________ ones. (COMFORTABLE, CHEAP)
10. It’s the _________________ painting in his whole collection. (VALUABLE)
11. The cook prepared an _________________ lunch. (EXCELLENT)
12. The couple had to work _________________ (HARD) for a living. But if you look at other people, they
_________________ work at all. (HARD)
13. The dinner tasted _________________. (GREAT)
14. She has _________________ money to spend than she had last year. (LITTLE)
15. Did they go together or _________________? (SEPARATE)
16. He spoke in quite a _________________ voice. (NATURAL).
17. _________________ , London is quite a beautiful city. (OBVIOUS)
18. In the meeting, they discussed _________________ technical matters. (HIGH)
19. It was raining _________________ when I got to the station. (HEAVY)
20. The _________________ post office is two blocks away. (NEAR)
21. Jimmy is the _________________ pupil in my class. (BAD)
22. The man became _________________ when the manager asked him to leave. (VIOLENT)
23. You look _________________. Are you all right? (TERRIBLE)
24. I’m _________________ sorry for what I’ve done. I’ll make it up to you. (TERRIBLE)
25. The exam was _________________ easy. (SURPISING)
Question 2: Fill in the blanks with who, whom, which, that, where, why, what, whose, how. If you can omit the
relative pronoun, put a ‘X’.
1. Marianne is the girl ....................... we met last night.
2. Did they tell you the reason ..........................they wanted to do that?
3. Who’s the boy ........................ Sally’s dancing with?
4. Mr Burns is the person to ......................... you are advised to speak.
5. I disagree with almost everything ......................he said.
6. I don’t like films .............. are violent.
7. The friend ..................... party I went to is a musician
8. What’s the name of the restaurant ........................you had lunch?
9. I don’t really know ..................... I should do.
10. I can remember a time ...................... there was no television.
11. This is the key with ..................... you open the door.
12. If you tell me .................... to do it, I’ll finish earlier.
13. I’ll do all ..................... I can to help you.
14. That’s the only folk group ...................... music I really like.
Question 3: The expressions in italics and bolded are euphemisms. What do they probably mean?
1. She was less favored by beauty than her sister. _______________________________________
2. Someone borrowed money from my locker without asking me. ___________________________
3. I just bought a pre‐owned car yesterday. _____________________________________________
4. I just won a lunch reservation from Mr. Simon. ________________________________________
5. The caretaker does an excellent job at Braden. _________________________________________
6. I got in a bit of trouble for stretching the truth about the broken lamp. ______________________
7. Now, I’m headed for the correctional facility again. _____________________________________
8. Where do I work? Actually, I’m between jobs at the moment. ____________________________
9. Now, that I’m getting up there in years I don’t like birthdays so much. _____________________
10. Eric’s driving skills leave plenty of room for improvement. _______________________________
Question 4: Find the subject and the verb in the following clauses. Then decide if each clause is dependent
or independent.
1. Dairying is concentrated in districts with reliable summer grass.
2. Although it started out with a similar fauna and flora to New Caledonia and Australia.
3. Scarcity creates the need for a system to allocate the available resource among some of its potential
users.
4. Banks, insurance companies, and investment companies can now enter one another’s markets.
5. When layoffs become inevitable.
6. These obvious contamination problems have long been known.
Question 5: Join the following pairs of sentences together to make compound
sentences.
1. People have been conducting policy research for millennia. Policy studies emerged as a field of
intellectual enquiry less than fifty years ago.
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2. Problems do not just exist. They must be defined.
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3. In the early 1870s there were large numbers of Chinese and European miners on the Bannockburn
field. Their activities have proved difficult to trace in the physical remains in the landscape.
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Question 6: You’ve been given three sentences. Combine them only using the underlined words. Write your
sentence on the lines provided.
a. She waited very small and quiet and timid.
b. She was twisting the scarf nervously.
c. The scarf was on her lap.
a. He flew very high and straight and true.
b. He was moving swiftly.
c. He was moving over the stark landscape.
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a. He was standing there on the court.
b. Burt started to dribble the ball up and down.
c. He dribbled it on the foul line.
Punctuation:
Question 1: For questions 1- 17 below, correct all punctuation errors by writing in the correct marks in their correct
places. Some sentences only need basic punctuation, like apostrophes and periods; others require more complex
forms, such as dashes, hyphens, colons, and ellipses.
1. The paper was clear pertinent and well written
2. Harry and Donnas honeymoon was just as frantic as their wedding
3. She won the race easily in fact she set a state record
4. I am recalling his story I believe as accurately as I can
5. The last year of the twentieth century is 2000 not 99
6. I expected a package this morning however I waited all day for it to arrive
7. Rainy days arent all that bad they provide the water crucial for all life
8. She witnessed a crime on her street she promptly locked her doors
9. We traveled to Rome Italy Athens Greece and Paris France
10. Shakespeare said it best Alls well that ends well
11. He is not well - liked although he says he is everyone’s friend
12. Sarah she had always loved animals took in the stray kitten
13. Certainly you may borrow my book Gary
14.The 1950s singer Patty Paige sang the novelty song How Much is That Doggie in the
Window
15. Hmmm its a tough decision but Ill take the red one
16. Tuesday July 25 1967 is my birthday
17. I do the laundry make dinner and pick up the kids I should receive a medal for all of
these chores
The End