LANGUAGE ARTS

END TERM EXAMINATION - DECEMBER 2015

GRADE 8

NAME: ______________________________________________CLASS:_________________
TEACHERS NAME:________________________________

TIME: _________________

Circle the verb that matches each subject.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)

(Do, Does) we have to go to church?

Algebra (is, are) one of the difficult areas in Mathematics.
Some species of animals (is, are) considered to be extinct.
The company (make, makes) a huge profit yearly.
The trousers you saw last week (has, have) been sold.
The girls (was, were) in the bathroom.
Nobody (is, are) encouraged to sell their houses.

8) Necessary
9) Plaied
10) Profesinal
11) Address
12) Which

Choose the word that is correctly spelt

necessary
played
professional
address
wich

Match the word on the right that is opposite in meaning to the word on the left.
13) Stubborn
14) Seldom
15) Right
16) Transparent
17) Over
18) Fat

often
opaque
willing
wrong
meager
under

Write on the space provided the type of sentence that is written. Say whether it is declarative,
imperative, exclamatory or interrogative.
19) A sentence that gives a command is ______________________.
20) An ____________________________ sentence expresses surprise, strong emotion or pain.
21) This sentence ask question and does not end with a full stop. It is called an
____________________ sentence.
22) I end with a full stop and make a statement. I am a _____________ sentence.
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
The Kite

How bright on the blue

Is a kite when its new!
With a dive and a dip.
It snaps its tail
Then soars like a ship
With only a sail
As over the tides
Of wind it rides,
Climbs to crest
Of a gust and pulls,
Then seems to rest
As wind falls.

When string goes slack

You wind it back
And run until
A new breeze blows
And its wings fill
And up it goes!
How bright in the blue
Is a kite when its new!
But a raggeder thing
You will never see
When it flaps on a string
In the top of a tree.
By Harry Behn

23) Which word best describes the poets feeling in the first line of the poem?
a) Happiness
c) Excitement
b) Sadness
d) Anger
24) The poet feels this way because the kite is
a) Beautiful
c) Bright
b) New
d) Blue
25) What two movements does the kite make when it snaps its tail?
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26) What is meant by each of the following:
a) As over the tide of the wind it rides.
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b) The crest of a gust.
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27) Why does the kite seem to rest?
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28) What effect has the new breeze on the kite?
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29) In the poem, the poet describes

a) The sound of the kite.
b) The movements of the kite.

c) The beauty of the kite.

d) The effect the kite has on the
poet.

30) What happens to the kite when its string falls on top of a tree?
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31) With what does the poet compares the kite? In what way are they alike?
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Choose the correct word that completes each sentence.

32) Three prisoners ____________________ for the central prison this morning.
a) Emptied
b) Abandoned

c) Escaped
d) Rushed

33) I hope you finished ________________ your suitcases because the taxi has just arrived.
a) Making
b) Having

c) Packing
d) Wrapping

34) If you want to pass the exam, I __________ you to start studying immediately.
a) Admit
b) Push

c) Convince
d) Advise

35) I _________ tennis every Sunday morning.

a) Playing
b) Play

c) Am playing
d) Am play

36) Dont make so much noise. Anna ___________ to study for her Mathematics test.
a) Try
b) Tries

c) Tried
d) Is trying
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
The Visitors and the Weather Beaten Men

As the sun went down on the horizon, the evening got chilly. Sarah and Kathy who were still in
their bathing suits started to shiver. A boat pulled up slowly near the shore. Jake and Hamn, two
weather-beatened men dropped the anchor then yelled, Any fish, nice ladies? Sarah muttered,
No dinero. Lifting the meager catch from the boat, the men walked quickly through the trees
then disappeared. Shortly afterwards, the bell -hop arrived and took the ladies back to the hotel.
37) How many persons are mentioned in the passage?_______________________
38) At what time of the day does the story take place?
a) Sunrise
b) Noon

c) Sunset
d) Morning

39) Which word in the passage is the same as cold?

a) Shiver
b) hot

c) chilly
d) warm

40) It is possible that the men were weather-beaten because of

a) The water in their boat
c) Rain at sea
b) The scorching sun
d) Swimming and diving
41)
a) Who were Jake and Hamn? ___________________________________________
b) Why do you think they left in a haste? ___________________________________

42) Is it true that Sarah had knowledge of English and Spanish? _________________________
43) What do you think the men did with the catch? __________________________________
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44) Do you think the ladies were visitors to the place? __________________________________
45) Give reasons for your answers _________________________________________________
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46) Pretend to be one of the men, make one journal entry of how you day went. ______________
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47) Find and write a word from the passage that describes;
a) the men ________________________________
b) the ladies _______________________________
c) the evening _____________________________
d) the catch ________________________________

Rearrange the following words to make sentences.

48) sugar estates on the come to work the Chinese_______________________________________
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49) with chocolate topping the ice-cream was covered ___________________________________
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50) forgotten at home she has her assignment __________________________________________
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51) two pets my brother has _______________________________________________________

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