This document provides instructions for an English workshop for 8th grade students divided into two terms. It includes exercises to practice parts of speech, verb tenses, grammar, writing sentences, summarizing texts, changing word forms, answering questions about a literature book, and writing brochures and solutions to problems. Students are to complete the various grammar and writing activities, showing their work, for a grade.

1. ENGLISH WORKSHOP
FIRST AND SECOND TERM
EIGHTH GRADE
Nombre:____________________________ Fecha: __________________ Calificación: ______________
INSTRUCCIONES
A continuación encontrará 24preguntas, las cuales deben contestadas correctamente; en algunas
deberá justificar su respuesta.
FIRST TERM
1. Put the relative pronoun who, which or where in the correct sentence.
1) This is the boy had an accident.
2) Yesterday I saw a car was really old.
8) The house I lived is here.
9) She likes hamburgers are hot.
10) Bill Clinton, was President of the USA, has only one daughter.
2. Write ten sentences in simple past, using different verbs and different personal pronouns.
3. Rewrite the previous sentences into the past perfect.
4. Write 4 sentences using “going to”in the affirmative form.
5. Write 4 sentences using “going to”in the negative form.
6. Write your own prediction, using Will.
a. Aries: g. Libra:
b. Taurus: h. Scorpio:
c. Gemini: i. Sagittarius:
d. Cancer: j. Capricorn:
e. Leo: k. Aquarius:
f. Virgo: l. Pisces:

2. 7. Complete the following chart, using future continuous.
Affirmative form Negative form
I will be watching TV I won’t be watching TV
You
He
She
They
We
8.Write the infinitive form of the following verbs:
Past participle Infinitive
Taught
Caught
Hurt
Stolen
Cut
Eaten
Written
Thought
Sold
Said
2. Write the main idea of the following text.
Leaving Home!
Young people leave their parent’s homes at different ages in different parts of the world.
In the United States a lot of college students do not live at home. They often choose to go to college
in different cities – away from their parents. At college, many live in university housing. After
college, most people prefer to live in their own homes. They often live alone, but some people rent
apartments with others.
These people are called roommates. By the ages of 22, few young people in the United States live
with their parents.
3. Using the following verb, write four sentences in different tenses.“Forget”
A._____________________________________
B._____________________________________
C._____________________________________
D._____________________________________

3. 4. Write the plurals:
address addresses
mountain
secretary
watch
hotel
box
eye
child
bag
bus
foot
dish
5. Complete the chart :
Infinitive Simple past Past participle
Feed Fed Fed
I fed my cat I had fed my cat
Give
Know
Learn
SECOND TERM
1. Write the gerund of the following verbs.
run running
play
hit
drive
see
come
stop
go
tell
begin

4. 2. In the following text underline the infinitive forms of the verbs you find.
Parents……. and teachers too!
All children in the United States have to receive an education, but the law doesn’t say they have to
be educated in a school. A growing number of parents prefer not to send their children to school.
Children who are educated at home are known as “homeschoolers”. It is estimated that there are
now between 1.5 and 1.9 million homeschoolers in the United States, about 4 percent of school-age
children.
Some parents prefer to teach their children at home because they do not believe that schools teach
the correct religious values. Others believe they can provide a better education for their children at
home. There are now many Web sites about homeschooling, and many parents who teach their
children at home use the Internet to exchange ideas and resources. Interestingly, results show that
homeschooled children often do better than average on national test in reading and math.
3. Write 6 sentences in present continuous (affirmative form), use different verbs and
different personal pronouns.
4. Write 6 sentences in present continuous (negative form), use different verbs and
different personal pronouns.
5. Write 10 sentences in present perfect (5 in negative form), (5 in affirmative form) with
the following verbs: be, blow, catch, choose, dig, dream, fly, get, hear, and keep.
6. According to your literature book “Oliver Twist”, write your own ending. (200 words).
7. According to your literature book “Oliver Twist”, write the meaning of the following
words:
Porridge, orphan, handkerchief, jewel, ring, necklace, bridge, waist, half-brother and
cottage.
8. Choose a tourist place in Bogotá and make a brochure promoting it.
9. . Write the opposite:
A. Cold______________
B. Small_____________
C. Day______________
D. White______________
E. Beautiful___________
F. Expensive___________

5. 10. Complete the chart.
Verb Noun
Instruction
Create
Pollute
Education
11. Write one solution for each problem:
a. The pollution is affecting our environment, to stop this we need to……………………
b. The lack of opportunities makes that the young are on drug, to stop this we have
to…………………..
12. Write sentences in the different tenses, using the following verb: see
Affirmative Negative
Simple present
Simple past
Present perfect
Past perfect
Present continuous
Past continuous
Future simple
Future continuous
Going to