English Exercise, Grade 8
Topic : School
School is one of the most important things in students' lives. There will be no ending chats when we talk about school. I expect exercises below will satisfy your thirst for the subject.
Grammar Point : Comparative
It is sad but true that human beings like to compare (but they don't like to be compared). The small grammar focused in the exercises will test your knowledge on using comparative features such as: S+(be)+as+adj+as+O, S+(be)+not+as+adj+as+O, S+(be)+adj+er+than+O, S+(be)+not+adj+er+than+O, S+(be)+more+adj+than+O, S+(be)+not+more+adj+than+O.
Note: Don't miss the "be" and special forms like "good" --- "better", "bad" --- "worse", "far" --- "further", "heavy" --- "heavier", "pretty" --- "prettier", "easy" --- "easier", etc.
Vocabulary
1 Complete the school words.
This is the first day at our new school – it’s got wonderful sports
facilities. I love painting and there's an amazing 0 art
room here. There are two big hockey 1 p_______________ and ten tennis 2
c_______________ . There's also a new and
very modern 3 g_______________ for all indoor sports. There’s a dance studio and then for music
there's a 4 r_______________ 5 s_______________ where we can make
CDs of us singing and playing instruments. My friend Davina loves drama and
there's a fantastic 6 t_______________ where the school does lots of plays and concerts. I don’t think
you'll see me on the 7 s_______________ there though because I get very nervous in front of lots of people! Science
is my favourite subject at school and there's a huge science 8 l_______________ where we can do experiments. But for me the best thing is the
enormous 9 l_______________ with thousands of books on every subject. And next to this is the 10
c_______________ room where we can do
online research.
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2 Read
the sentences. Choose the best answer (A, B or C).
0 Did you B the grades you wanted for
university?
A do B get C pass
1. We _____ part in an
international student conference.
A took B put C did
2. My friend went to a _____
school because her parents lived in another country.
A secondary B boarding C
comprehensive
3. We booked a hotel room with _____
board so we had all our meals at the hotel.
A room B full C shared
4. The man got _____ the car
and drove away.
A off B into C on
5. I've taken _____ a new
hobby – surfing. I love it.
A out B up C over
6. They put _____ an
excellent play at the school last summer.
A on B up C off
7. The school disco takes _____
in the school hall.
A care B part C place
8. Would you like to have _____
schooling?
A house B home C own
9. Every morning I prepare a _____ lunch to take to school.
A packet B package C packed
10. After school I have to take _____
of my little sister until mum gets home.
A care B out C place
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3 Grammar
Complete the description
with the verbs in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
Jasmin 0 goes to a secondary school in the next town. She usually 1 _______________ (get) up at 6.45, has her
breakfast and 2 _______________ (prepare) her things for school. Sometimes she 3
_______________ (do) her school homework
before she 4 _______________ (leave). But today she 5
_______________ (go) on a school trip and she
6 _______________ (look) for her school bag.
Today the school bus 7 _______________ (collect) her at 6.30 and
then it 8 _______________ (take) Jasmin’s class to London for the day. She 9 _______________ (not know) London as she's never been
there before. She wants to see Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace. The teachers 10 _______________ (take) them to the British
Museum as part of their
history studies.
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4 Rewrite
the sentences so that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first.
0 Peter is taller than
John.
John
is not as tall as Peter.
1. Our school is more
modern than yours.
Your
school ___________________________ ours.
2. My school isn’t as
expensive as Roedean.
Roedean
is ___________________________ than my school.
3. This book is
different from mine.
This
book isn’t ___________________________ mine.
4. My class has more students than yours.
Your
class doesn't ___________________________ as my class.
5. George is not as
intelligent as Asha.
Asha
is ___________________________ George.
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5 Each line has
one mistake. Find the mistake and write the correct word or words on the line.
0 Alex lives near his
school and always walk home. walks
1. He usually play
computer games in the evenings, _______________
2. but this evening he
doesn’t sitting at his computer. _______________
3. What do you think he
does? The answer is – his _______________
4. homework, which is
very unusual! What you do _______________
5. every evening? Are
you doing his homework now? _______________
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Communication
6 Match the questions/statements
(1–10) with the responses (a–k).
0 What's your favourite sport? __k___ a) Yes,
thanks. It was great.
1. This is
our school. _____ b) I
can’t stand it.
2. Did you have a good
trip? _____ c) I’d like to go swimming.
3. I'm Fred and this is
George. _____ d) Our
parents do.
4. Do you like animals? _____ e) I
usually meet my friends.
5. Who pays for the
school books? _____ f) I'd
rather watch a film on TV.
6. What do you do on
Saturdays? _____ g) Playing
hockey.
7. Do you like football? _____ h) It
looks great.
8. What would you like
to do now? _____ i) Pleased to meet
you.
9. Do you want to go to
the cinema tonight? _____ j) I don’t mind cats and dogs.
10. What do you like doing
in your free time? _____ k) I love skateboarding.
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