The document provides sample test items for an English exam for 8th grade students in the second term. It includes sample listening, speaking, reading, and writing test questions that assess a range of English skills. The test questions cover topics like conversations, descriptions, ordering events, completing tables, matching exercises, short paragraph writing, and grammar assessments of verb forms, parts of speech, passive voice, and more.

1. Suggested Test Items For Grade 8/ 2nd Term
Listening
1- Listen to the following passage/conversation and answer the questions
below:
A- This passage/conversation talks about----------- a- b- c-
B- This conversation took place at ------------------ a- b – c-
C- The participants in this conversation are -------- a- b- c-
D- How does ( A ) feel in this conversation?
E- What do you think of (A)?
F- Who are the speakers?
G- Answer the following questions.
H- Put true or false.
I- Fill in the table with information from the passage/conversation.
J- Put the events in the correct order.
2- Listen to the animals descriptions and write the animal name.
3- Listen to note the similarities between --------and ----------.
4- Listen to write the number of the words (numbers) you hear.
5- Listen to write the name of the shop.
6- Listen to complete the table ( personal details).
Speaking
1- Complete the pieces of conversation with the following.
( mini dialogues , functions)
2- Complete the following dialogue.
3- Match "A" with "B". ( functions)
4- Read the instructions and write the dialogue.
5- Use the information in the following diagram to complete the dialogue.
Reading
A) Read the following passage/ letter/poem and answer the questions
below:
1- Answer the following questions. Write full answers.
2- Choose the best way to complete these statements. a- b- c-.
3- Are the sentences true or false.
4- Give an example on ------------ ( parts of speech).
5- Put a suitable title .
6- Give the opposites from the passage.
7- Give the same meaning from the passage.
8- The underlined words refer to.
9- Read and fill in the table.
10- Use each of the following words in a sentence.
11- Find the nouns of the following words from the text.
12- find the adjectives of the following nouns from the text.
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2. B- Add words to the following networks.
(hot weather clothes – cold weather clothes – shops – food – juice – food
containers – countries – elements in nature – animals – mammals –
reptiles – family – geography – wedding – school subjects – sea food)
C- Match the words with its meaning/opposite.
D- Match A with B.
E- Match the number with its written words.
G- Read the following and fill in the table.
Writing
1- Write a short paragraph about your favorite season. attempt the
following questions:
- What's your favorite season ?
- Why do you like it?
- What sorts of clothes do you wear in this reason?
2- Read the following notes and write a public announcement about a lost
child.
Name Andrew
Age 6
Description : clothes green t-shirt, dark blue jeans, red trainers
description :appearance 110cm tall, dark brown hair.
Attempt the following guidelines:
- Paragraph 1 : Start like this : " We are looking for achild who is lost in
the shopping centre."
- Paragraph 2 : Give the child's name and age.
- Paragraph 3 : Describe the child – appearance and clothes.
- Paragraph 4 : Finish like this :" if you see Andrew, please call
0599123456."
3- Match A parts with B parts to make a good story. ( an animal in
danger"
4- Look at the following personal details and complete the paragraph .
Family Given Date of Home Tel Home Adress
name name birth
Johnson Helen 14/8/1994 2135786 45 Hill Road, Orlanddo.
-------------------- family name is ------------------------and her date
----------------------------------- is ------------------------------. Her -------------
number is ---------------------------- and her full ------------------is ------------
----------------------, Orlando.
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3. 5- Write a paragraph about regular activities done at your home.
Write about these people in your family : your mother , your father, you,
your sister.
6- Write a paragraph about a special building in your area / city/country.
Attempt the following:
- What is this building?
- Is it old or new?
- When was it built?
- Why is it special?
7- Order the following sentences to make a story. Then write the story
using words like : First, then , Next, after that, finally.
Words and structure
1- Choose the correct answer. ( Grammar)
2- Do as shown:
* Make question.
* Correct the mistake.
* Join the sentences.
* Add a suitable preposition/adjective/adverb.
* Write the nouns of the following verbs.
* Write the adjectives of the following nouns.
* Rewrite the sentence using ( not enough )
* Change into the passive.
* Change into reported speech.
* Write the plurals of the following nouns.
* Rewrite the sentence using ( not as ------ as ).
* Add an article.
* Write the abbreviation of the following measurements.
* Add question tag.
3- Finish the sentences from the box. "Vocabulary"
5- Choose the correct answer:
* present simple:
*comparative & superlative of short & long adjectives.
* too ( adjective)
* not ( Adjective) enough
* as ( adjective ) as / not as ( adjective) as Making adverbs
* Comparative and superlative adverbs
* countable& uncountable nouns
* articles ( a – an – the )
* some – any –
* How much – How many ?
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4. * quantities
* containers
* Articles ( an - some any – the)- zero articles
* Passive in present simple ( is /are made from)
* Present simple : facts
* Abbreviations of ( million : m –metres : m – centimeters : cm –
kilometers per hour k p h )
* connectors to give reasons: ( so –because – because of since – as)
* present simple
* present perfect
* reported speech in present : ( statements – (requests- invitations –
instructions) - ( Yes/no – W H questions )
* Relative pronouns : ( who – which – that )
* anybody – anywhere – nobody – nowhere – some – any)
* Two- part and three- part verbs :
* irregular past verbs:
* countries and nationalities
* pronouns
* Sequencers
* Purpose clause : to ---/ in order to ----
* Regular and irregular plurals
* Active and passive statements
* Fractions and percentage: ⅓ - ⅛ - %
* Passive questions and answers with " by"
* present continuous ( active – passive)
* Active present simple
* Parts of speech ( verbs & nouns & adjectives )
* Verbs followed by "to"
* Verbs followed by (--ing)
* Conditional "if" type 1
* Verbs followed by (---- ing or to ---)
* Tag questions
* Reported speech
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