Grade 8 English Unit Five Exploring New Horizons Early Explorations Question Preview (ID: 50891)


This Game Aims To Review The Lessons In Week-6 SLP Including Making Some Practices On Using Context Clues, Reading For Comprehension, Singular And Plural, Present Perfect And Continuous Tenses, Active And Passive Voice, And Gerund Gerund Phrases. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

The word ‘avoid’ is used incorrectly in one sentence below:
a) You can't avoid conflict with your siblings all the time.
b) He shut the door to avoid being overheard.
c) The Minister issued warning orders for the populace to avoid gatherings.
d) The athlete avoided out her muscles at the gym.

Based on your textbook, Pytheas saw the following amazing things
a) The sun never sets.
b) The sea is like jellyfish.
c) The sea, land and air merge.
d) All the choices

The tidal waves in an ocean are ----------- than those in a sea.
a) Higher
b) Lower
c) As high as
d) None of the choices

The singular of the noun ‘writings’ is
a) ‘writing’ is only a verb.
b) writes
c) writing
d) write

The statement: “I cannot answer the phone since I am studying my weekly self-learning activities.” Means that the speaker
a) is doing the activities now.
b) will do the activities after answering the phone.
c) is answering the phone now.
d) is writing the activities and speaking on the phone at the same time.

In your textbook the statement: “Pytheas … invented the sundial that enabled him to determine latitude accurately.” means that
a) he explored the sundial.
b) he made the sundial.
c) he found the sundial.
d) none of the choices

In one instance below the gerund is used as the object of a sentence.
a) Travelling might satisfy your curiosity for discovery.
b) My cat’s favorite activity is sleeping.
c) They do not appreciate chanting.
d) The police arrested him for speeding.

In one instance below the gerund is used as the complement of the sentence.
a) Travelling might satisfy your curiosity for discovery.
b) My cat’s favorite activity is sleeping.
c) They do not appreciate chanting.
d) The police arrested him for speeding.

The passive statement ‘At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry.’ can
a) not be changed to the active voice.
b) be changed to: ‘Harry ate six shrimp at dinner.’
c) be changed to: ‘Harry did not eat six shrimp at dinner.’
d) be changed to: ‘Harry eats six shrimp at dinner.’

A person who makes a ‘voyage’ is
a) Also a voyage
b) A voyagable.
c) A voyager.
d) A voyaging.

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