English Language Test. Grade Eight. Semester One

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1 ENGLISH LANGUAGE REGION: MUSANDAM SCHOOL:KHAWLA BINT AL AZWAR B.E.S. (5-12) English Language Test Grade Eight Semester One Name School Class Write your answers on the Test Paper Time: 2 hours Pages: 6 Test Scores Listening Grammar/ Vocabulary Reading Writing TOTAL (10) (10) (10) (10) (40) Prepared by: Miss. Asma Al Shihi Khawla Bint Al Azwar B.E.S (5-12) Musandam Region

2 ENGLISH, GRADE 8, SEMESTER ONE LISTENING 1 (Items 1 5) [5 marks] You are going to hear five short texts about free time activities. Listen and write number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 under the pictures. (There is one extra picture.) A. B. C. D. E. F. LISTENING 2 (Items 6 10) You are going to hear Ali talking about his summer holiday. Listen, and for each item, circle the correct option: A, B or C. [5 marks] 6. Ali went with his. A. class B. friends C. family 7. They went to. A. Europe B. America C. Africa 8. Ali liked the most. A. Paris B. Rome C. London 9. They stayed there for about days. A. 20 B. 30 C When they came back home, Ali was. A. happy B. sad C. embarrassed LISTENING SCORE 10 GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 1 (Items 1 5) [2½ marks] 1

3 ENGLISH, GRADE 7, SEMESTER ONE Complete the text. For each item, circle the correct option: A, B or C. Madrid (1) the capital city of Spain. It is in (2) middle of Spain. The (3) is about 40 million. The (4) is not very hot in Madrid. However, the (5) of Madrid is about 507,783 km. 1. A. is B. has C. are. 2. A. from B. of C. the 3. A. population B. food C. house 4. A. location B. weather C. size 5. A. population B. size C. location GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 2 (Items 6 10) Complete each sentence with ONE WORD only. [2½ marks] 6. The cake was eaten Maha. 7. I can't go out. It's cold. 8. The giraffe is tallest animal in the zoo. 9. Maher is taller Sami. 10. I used walk to school. GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 3 (Items 11 20) [5 marks] 2

4 ENGLISH, GRADE 8, SEMESTER ONE Read the texts. Complete the unfinished words. Make sure you spell each word correctly. EXAMPLE: Good_ morning! My_ name s Ahmed Al-Zedjali and_ I m a student at a school in Muscat. I m in Grade_ Six. My favourite subject is Maths. Text 1 (11-15) My Father is a te. He teaches math in the sch. He help me to st, but I don't like math bec it is t difficult. Text 2 (16-20) Speaker A: Speaker B: Speaker A: Speaker B: Speaker A: Speaker B: Speaker A: Hello. How a you? I am fine thank you. What do you l in the zoo. I like the lions, b they look sad. They may be hu and want to eat. Let's watch the zook giving them food. That's nice. Let's go. VCB/GRM SCORE 11 READING 1 (Items 1 4) [4 marks] 3

5 ENGLISH, GRADE 7, SEMESTER ONE Match the four texts on the left with the texts in the box. Write A, B, C, etc, as in the example. (There are two extra texts in the box.) e. g. It s a really beautiful place. D A When he suddenly heard some noise in his house. So he was afraid and ran to hide on his bed and covered his face. 1. My school is near my old house, so I used to walk to school every day with my sisters and my friends. 2. In the past, people didn't have any lights in their houses. They also didn't have any cars. They used donkeys to travel and candles as lights B Now we have lights, cars and so many things that were invented by clever people who changed the world by their inventions. C So, they worked very hard to get good marks in English and they studied well for all the exams. They also did all the homework on time. 3. I go to school five times a week. When I come from school, I am very tired and want to sleep. D Every year, thousands of tourists go there for their holidays. 4. Ahmed likes to watch films in the night. Last night he was watching a film so late in the night. E Now I use the bus after we moved to a new house last year. The new house is far from the school. F I heard that it has a lot of famous and interesting buildings which I wish to visit one day when I travel. G However, on Wednesday I don't sleep after school because it is the last day and I like to play with my friends in the Park. READING 2 (Items 5 10) [6 marks] 4

6 ENGLISH, GRADE 8, SEMESTER ONE Read the text. Then, for each question, write a short answer (not more than THREE WORDS). Dear Aunt Aysha, My name is Siham and I'm 11 years old. I have a little brother. His name is Said and he is 5 years old. He is my only brother. He is a trouble maker and always gets himself and others into trouble. This is one of the things he does. One day, I refused to give him a piece of chocolate. Five minutes later, when I went to my bedroom, I couldn't find my doll. I was sure that Said was hiding it somewhere, but I was shocked by what I saw next. He had taken the stuffing out of the doll and buried it next to one of the trees in our garden. He was jumping up and down saying, "I killed your doll and buried it!" I really love my little brother, but I don't know what to do with him. Can you help me, please? Best wishes, Siham. 5. Who wrote the ? 6. How old is Said? 7. What did the writer refuse to give? 8. Where did Said put the doll? 9. Does the writer love her brother? 10. What is the writer asking for? READING SCORE 11 5

7 ENGLISH, GRADE 7, SEMESTER ONE WRITING 1 Write about the picture. Write about words. [4 marks] 6

8 ENGLISH, GRADE 8, SEMESTER ONE WRITING 2 Write at least 60 words about the following topic: [6 marks] My favourite free time activities Your writing should be clear, well-organised and interesting. WRITING SCORE 10 7

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ENGELSKA NIVÅTEST (1) Medel Sid 1(7) Medel Sid 1(7) Namn: Poäng: Nivå : Adress: Tel: Complete each sentence with one item from those given below. Use each item once only. Note: Each question has One mark. You must have all words in the correct