THIRD QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 8

NAME _______________________________________________ SECTION _______________

I. LOOK FOR ATLEAST 15 ACTION WORDS IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE. WRITE YOUR
ANSWERS ON THE NUMBERS PROVIDED AT THE END OF THE TEXT.
CARL SANDBURG liked simple poems. His parents came from Sweden. They had chosen the
United States as their home. Sandburg grow up in Illinois. By the age of eighteen, he had leave home. He
traveled across the country. And he often catch rides on trains.
At the age of twenty, Sandburg joined the army. He served briefly in Puerto Rico. Then he
returned home and attended Lombard College. As a boy he had think about the name Carl. It sounded too
foreign so he used the name Charles. At the age of 30 he married a teacher. She like the name Carl. He
used this name again and he became proud of his Swedish ancestors.
Sandburg won the Pullitzer Prize for poetry in 1950. He did not just write poems, he also gone
across the country. He collected and sung American folk song
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

II.UNDERLINE THE CORRECT ANSWER. – DEGREES OF COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES

1. Of the three children, Buddy wanted the (more, most) attention.
2. Which of the three plans will cause the (less, least) trouble?
3. The (baddest, worst) actor forget her lines fell on the stage and burst into tears.
4. Andrea took (less, least) gravy today than yesterday.
5. My grades in Science are (better, more better) than my grades in English.
6. Out of one hundred paintings the judges found the (better, best) one.
7. The untreated duster picks up (little, less) dust than the treated one.
8. This cold medication tastes (more worse, worst) than that one.
9. Don has (more, most) computer games than Harold.
10. I am feeling (better, gooder) today than yesterday.

III. GROUP 2 OF IRREGULAR VERBS. WRITE C IF THE SENTENCE IS CORRECT AND IF NOT
WRITE THE CORRECT TENSE OF THE VERB ON THE BLANK PROVIDED AFTER EACH NUMBER.
1. In the months before his death Whitman kept revising his famous volume of poetry. __________
2. During the Civil War Whitman found work in the hospitals. __________
3. Whitman lead a life of frugal comfort. __________
4. For a few years, Whitman making a living. __________
5. Our teacher has teached us about Walt Whitman. __________

IV. GROUP 3 AND 4 OF IRREGULAR VERBS. WRITE THE PAST PARTICIPLE OF THE VERB
INSIDE THE PARENTHESIS.
1. Have any of your friends (choose) a college yet? __________
 2. I (give) her a copy of my grade reports. __________
3. Ben (steal) some time away from his activities to Research colleges. __________
4. I (freeze) when she asked me about my grades. __________
5. She (throw) out some sample of exam questions. __________
6. Have you (take) the required entrance exam? __________
7. Have you ever (drive) around a college campus? __________
8. The guidance counselor (speak) to us about school specialties. __________
9. The statue of the school mascot has (break) again. __________
10. I think I (see) a thousand students walking on the University lawn. __________

V. GIVE EXAMPLES OF IRREGULAR VERBS AND ITS PAST PARTICIPLES.

1-5- GROUP 2
6- 10- GROUP 3
11- 15- GROUP 4

THIRD QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENGLISH 8

 NAME _______________________________________________ SECTION _______________
I. LOOK FOR ATLEAST 15 ACTION WORDS IN THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE. WRITE YOUR
ANSWERS ON THE NUMBERS PROVIDED AT THE END OF THE TEXT.
CARL SANDBURG liked simple poems. His parents came from Sweden. They had chosen the
United States as their home. Sandburg grow up in Illinois. By the age of eighteen, he had leave home. He
traveled across the country. And he often catch rides on trains.
At the age of twenty, Sandburg joined the army. He served briefly in Puerto Rico. Then he
returned home and attended Lombard College. As a boy he had think about the name Carl. It sounded too
foreign so he used the name Charles. At the age of 30 he married a teacher. She like the name Carl. He
used this name again and he became proud of his Swedish ancestors.
Sandburg won the Pullitzer Prize for poetry in 1950. He did not just write poems, he also gone
across the country. He collected and sung American folk song
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
II.UNDERLINE THE CORRECT ANSWER. – DEGREES OF COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES
1. Of the three children, Buddy wanted the (more, most) attention.
2. Which of the three plans will cause the (less, least) trouble?
3. The (baddest, worst) actor forget her lines fell on the stage and burst into tears.
4. Andrea took (less, least) gravy today than yesterday.
5. My grades in Science are (better, more better) than my grades in English
III. GROUP 2 OF IRREGULAR VERBS. WRITE C IF THE SENTENCE IS CORRECT AND IF NOT
WRITE THE CORRECT TENSE OF THE VERB ON THE BLANK PROVIDED AFTER EACH NUMBER.
1. In the months before his death Whitman kept revising his famous volume of poetry. __________
2. During the Civil War Whitman found work in the hospitals. __________
3. Whitman lead a life of frugal comfort. __________
4. For a few years, Whitman making a living. __________
5. Our teacher has teached us about Walt Whitman. __________
V. GIVE EXAMPLES OF IRREGULAR VERBS AND ITS PAST PARTICIPLES.
1-5- GROUP 2
6- 10- GROUP 3
11- 15- GROUP 4