REVIEW FIRST THE FIRST TERM

GRADE 8

I. Circle the correct answer A, B, C, or D to complete each of the following sentences.

6.

The girl was crying when a fairy_____________.

A. appeared

B. was appearing

C. appears

D. is appearing

7.

There is a _________in our family that we have a party on New Year’s Eve.

A. custom

B. tradition

C. legend

D. belief

8.

They__________with tradition by getting married quietly.

A. ended

B. took

C. disconnected

D. broke

9.

Circle the letter preceding the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of

the others.

A. cooked

B. mended

C. wanted

D. imported

10.They walked in __________ to the capital.

A. group

B. crowd

C. procession

D. line

11.Would you like__________milk?

A. some

B. many

C. any

D. a few

12.He has lived in this village __________ he was born.

A. for

B. since

C. until

D. when

13.Circle the letter preceding the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of

the others.

A. th

ink

B. this

C. that

D. although

II. Read the passage and fill in each gap with a suitable word/phrase . There are TWO

words/phrases you DO NOT need.

However

difference

So

wasting

polite

take

such

Find

because

although

After living in France for a few months, I realised that I really should stop trying to be so

(14)_________ all the time. The French seem to (15)_________ it annoying if you say things like “I’m

awfully sorry” (16)_________ they feel you are (17)_________ their time. It must be seem to them

that the British spend their whole time apologising! The French don’t really make “small talk” either.

Chatting to strangers (18)_________ as a taxi drivers or shop assistants, especially politely, is seen as

rather strange. And there is another interesting (19)_____. People at dinner parties in France will

expect to (20)_________ part in a serious discussion. The guests are often asked their opinions on “big

issues”. British people enjoy discussions about house prices and education. (21)_____ , they are

sometimes surprised if their guests want to talk about anything serious, such as politics or art.

III. Writing. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means exactly the same

as the sentence printed.

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