FIRST GRADING EXAMINATIONS – ENGLISH 8 Name: ______________________ Date: ____________________ A. PREFIXES, SUFFIXES AND ROOTS: Complete the table using the given word. In many of the words, there is just a prefix or a suffix so leave the box blank. Example: bicycle 1. misplace 2. centimeter 3. prearrange 4. abnormal 5. disagree 6. reconsider 7. misbehave 8. reexamine 9. dislocate 10. conductor ROOT WORD cycle PREFIX bi SUFFIX MEANING two wheels B. Adjectives: Complete the following sentences by filling in the blanks with the superlative forms of the adjectives shown in brackets. For example: Pam is the ____ student in the class. (good) Pam is the best student in the class. Have you heard the ______ news? (late) Have you heard the latest news? 1. This is the ____________ we have ever traveled in one day. (far) 2. Their farm has produced the _____________ tomatoes. (many) 3. Our strawberries have the _____________ flavor. (good) 4. He ate the _____________ jam. (little) 5. The first question is the ______________. (difficult) 6. That is the _____________ news I have heard yet. (bad) 7. We have used the _____________ honey. (much) 8. That is the _____________ suggestion we have heard yet. (good) 9. This is the _____________ stretch of road. (bad) 10. Sarah is the ________________ girl in the class. (intelligent) 11. They are the _______ people I know. (lazy) 12. This is the _______ part of the day. (hot) 13. She is the _____________ girl I know. (lucky) 14. That was the _____________ sunset I have ever seen. (red) 15. That is the _________________ painting in the museum. (valuable) 16. The third act is the _____________ part of the play. (sad) 17. This movie is the _________________. (entertaining) 18. This is the _____________ way to do it. (easy) 19. Denise is ______________ child in the family. (old) 20. He is the _________________ player on the team. (talented) For each of the following sentences, fill in the blank with the comparative form of the adjective indicated in brackets. For example: The clothes are _____ than I had expected. (dry) The clothes are drier than I had expected. They are ___________ than they used to be. (careful) They are more careful than they used to be. 1. Wool is _______________ than cotton. (resilient) 2. He is _______________ than I had expected. (excited) 3. She is a _______________ scholar than her sister is. (diligent) 4. Bev is a __________________ engineer than Pat. (experienced) 5. Russian is a _______________ language to learn than English is. (difficult) 6. This book is _______________ than that one. (interesting) 7. The pears are _______________ than the plums. (hard) 8. The roses are ______________ than the sampaguitas. (beautiful) 9. This is a _____________ model of smartphone than that one. (new) 10. The tomatoes are _______________ than the apples. (expensive) 11. Cold lemonade is _______________ than water. (refreshing) 12. The front yard is _______________ than the back yard. (big) 13. This map is _______________ than that one. (good) 14. His room is _______________ than yours. (tidy) 15. Her report is _______________ than ours. (accurate) C. Context Clues/Vocabulary: Figure out the meaning of the words written in bold through context clues and circle the letter of the most appropriate answer. Mawar, hearing the commotion of her mother storming out of the house, wakes up Bulat and they try to chase her down. 1. storming out means a. going out noisily b. typhoon c. rainy weather d. quietly Mawar explained to her that she and her brother had both eaten their portions, but after finishing his, Bulat demanded the other portion and threw a horrible tantrum by crying out very loud when she said no, and that he had taken the piece anyway. 2. tantrum means a. pleading b. smile c. outburst d. laughter This story is about a family of three; Mak Minah, a widow, and her two children, her daughter Mawar, and her young son, Bulat. 3. widow means a. short b. woman whose husband died c. woman whose husband died d. poor Sang Kancil outwitted Sang Buaya, a big, bad crocodile, who wanted to eat him. 4. outwitted means a. beaten b. helped c. cared for d. ignored He was an orphan, for his mother and father had died when he was very young. 5. orphan means a. separated b. young man c. child whose parents are dead d. hard-working He carefully scraped the seeds off his finger into the palm of his hand so that none would be wasted. 6. scraped means a. shook b. rubbed off c. cut d. licked And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distils a poison in the wine. And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man's ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night. 7. grudge means a. love b. dislike c. cheerful d. prefer 8. muffle means a. cover b. show c. listen d. hear For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger. 9. indifference means a. concern b. care c. unconcern d. curiosity Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. 10. visible means a. unseen b. invisible c. can be seen d. sightless D. COLLACATIONS: Choose the correct verb from the box to complete the sentence. Get Save take come pay have make go do break keep catch 1. It has been a stressful day. Let us _____________ a break. 2. Do not expect to pass if you did not _______________ an effort in this subject. 3. Can you please ________ me a favor? I am in a hurry so I need help. 4. It is getting colder these days. Be careful not to ____________ a cold. 5. Let us try to __________ time by doing two things at a time. 6. When our cousins went abroad, we did not ______________ in touch. 7. _____________ on time so that we can start and finish on time. 8. Children these days have to __________ more respect to their elders. 9. You have to ___________ permission from your parents before going to the river on picnics. E. Answer the questions based on the sentences written in the boxes. Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. 1. What is said about work in the paragraph? _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. According to Gibran, what are better things to do if one cannot work with love but only with distaste? ____________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. a. How many ideas were given to answer question number 2? _______________________ b. What word is used to connect these ideas? __________________ “If you bake bread with indifference, you bake bitter bread that feeds but half man’s hunger. If you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distils a poison in the wine.” 1. How many ideas are joined in the first line? _____________________ 2. How about in the second line? __________________ F. SEQUENCING OF EVENTS Arrange the following events in the order. Write numbers 1 to 10. Put your answer on the space provided for you. ____ King Dasharatha, Rama's father, decides it is time to give his throne to his eldest son Rama. Everyone seems pleased. However Rama's step-mother, the king's second wife, is not pleased. She wants her son, Bharata, to rule. Because of an oath Dasharatha had made to her years before, she gets the king to agree to banish Rama for fourteen years and to crown Bharata, even though the king, on bended knees, begs her not to demand such things. ____ Rama, always obedient, is as content to go into banishment in the forest as to be crowned king. Sita convinces Rama that she belongs to his side and his brother Lakshman also begs to accompany them. Rama, Sita and Lakshman set out for the forest. ____ Dasharatha, King of Ayodhya, has three wives and four sons. Rama is the eldest. Bharata is the second and the other two are twins, Lakshman and Shatrughna. ____ In a neighboring city the ruler's daughter is named Sita. When it is time for Sita to choose her bridegroom, at a ceremony called a swayamvara. Sita indicates she has chosen Rama as her husband by putting a garland around his neck. The disappointed suitors watch. ____ Ravana devises a plan to abduct Sita. He sends a magical golden deer which Sita desires. Rama and Lakshman go off to hunt the deer, first drawing a protective circle around Sita and warning her she will be safe as long as she does not step outside the circle. As they go off, Ravana (who can change his shape) appears as a holy man begging alms. The moment Sita steps outside the circle to give him food, Ravana grabs her and carries her off to his kingdom in Lanka. ___ Bharata, whose mother's evil plot has won him the throne, is very upset when he finds out what has happened. Not for a moment does he consider breaking the rules of dharma and becoming king in Rama's place. He goes to Rama's forest retreat and begs Rama to return and rule, but Rama refuses. ___ Rama is broken-hearted when he returns to the empty hut and cannot find Sita. A band of monkeys offers to help him find Sita. Ravana has carried Sita to his palace in Lanka, but he cannot force her to be his wife so he puts her in a grove and alternately sweet-talks her and threatens her in an attempt to get her to agree to marry him. Sita will not even look at him but thinks only of her beloved Rama. Hanuman, the general of the monkey band can fly since his father is the wind, and Hanuman flies to Lanka and, finding Sita in the grove, comforts her and tells her Rama will soon come and save her. ___ Years pass and Rama, Sita and Lakshman are very happy in the forest. One day a rakshasa princess tries to seduce Rama, and Lakshmana wounds her and drives her away. She returns to her brother Ravana, the ten-headed ruler of Lanka, and tells her brother (who has a weakness for beautiful women) about lovely Sita. ____ Rama frees Sita. After Sita proves here purity, they return to Ayodhya and Rama becomes king. His rule, Ram-rajya, is an ideal time when everyone does his or her dharma and "fathers never have to light the funeral pyres for their sons." ___ Ravana's men capture Hanuman, and Ravana orders them to wrap Hanuman's tail in cloth and to set it on fire. With his tail burning, Hanuman hops from house-top to house-top, setting Lanka afire. He then flies back to Rama to tell him where Sita is. Rama, Lakshman and the monkey army build a causeway from the tip of India to Lanka and cross over to Lanka. A might battle ensues. Rama kills several of Ravana's brothers and then Rama confronts ten-headed Ravana. Rama finally kills Ravana.
