Pakistan Excel English School

Grade 8

English
Final Revision
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Pakistan Excel English School Unit (5) Natural Resources
English Dept. “General Revision”
Grade 8
Name: …………………………………………… Class: 8/…………
1. Choose the correct word between brackets:
1. We want them to commit to year-on-year reduction targets for cutting CO2 (emissions –
substances – policies – fossils).
2. Each of these dams generate (geothermal – nuclear - hydroelectric – radioactive) power.
3. They have a clear (blade - policy – turbine – substance) of no smoking in the building.
4. There's no room for more books - we've (used up – read – moved – canceled) all the
available space.
5. Material which is no longer needed and contains dangerous energy is (geothermal –
renewable - radioactive - hydroelectric) waste.
6. You can get water from a (turbine – well – glacier – quinine).
7. It hasn’t rained for a years. The area was constantly hit by (flood – drought – volcano –
glacier).
8. Farmers use the river for (installment - irrigation – desalination – deforestation) of their crops.
9. (Desalination – Drought – Agriculture - Irrigation) cause serious damage in many countries
in Africa.
10. Lakes formed by (flood – drought – volcano – glacier) melt were full.
11. Did you see that (American amazing old - amazing old American - old amazing American
- American old amazing) car?
12. (Most of - One of – Most – None) Costa Rica’s energy already comes from renewable sources
13. In a few years’ time, forests (will be considered – considered – is considered – is being
considered) unusual.
14. The government is improving public transport (so that – although – in order to - whereas)
reduce private car ownership.
15. (Although – Whereas – In order to - So) I am a vegetarian, my whole family eats meat.
16. (One of - More – Most – None) the things we can do to reduce pollution is to drive less.
17.(Most – More – Most of – None) houses in the village have solar panels on the roof.
18. Wind turbines provide clean energy (although – while – in order to - whereas) some people
complain about their appearance.
19. Take your laptop (so that – although – in order to - whereas) you can work on your project
while you’re away.
20. I fell off my bicycle. I (ought to – should – must – shouldn’t) have been so careless.
2. Rewrite the following sentences using words in brackets:
1. Cities will be built under water or on mountains by the government. (change to active)
The government will build cities under water or on mountains.
2. From next year the government will not allow car drivers to enter the cities. (passive)
From next year car drivers won’t be allowed to enter the cities (by the government).
3. Please arrive early so we can start the class on time. (in order to)
Please arrive early in order to start the class on time.
4. I will go to England in order to improve my English. (so that)
I will go to England so that I can improve my English.
5. They didn’t buy the TV when it was on sale. Now it’s $100 more. (should)
They should have bought the TV when it was on sale.
6. You left your laptop on when we went out. (oughtn’t)
You oughtn’t to have left your laptop on when we went out.
3. Change into the Passive voice:
1. Sharon will invite me to her birthday party. I will be invited to Sharon’s birthday party
2. Will she buy a new laptop? Will a new laptop be bought?
3. The engineers will design a new tunnel. A new tunnel will be designed by the engineers.
4. Will they open the new mall in June? Will the new mall be opened in June?
4. COMPLETE WITH (MOST OR MOST OF):
1- ………Most of …………the people in the audience were wearing masks.
2- …………Most …………………people don't wear masks.
3-…………Most……………………important things in life are health and love.
4- Chloe invited ………most of………her friends to her birthday party.
5-Studies show that ……most………………teenagers need 9 hours of sleep.
6- ………Most ……………teachers continue using exams.
5. Poetry: Answer the following questions:
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
This life is most jolly.
1- Paraphrase the above lines.
The poet asks the wind to blow hard. He says that the cold, strong and biting wind is much
kinder than ungrateful friends. He adds that although the wind blows very hard and it is unseen
yet it is not as sharp as man and it can’t hurt as man. He says that friendship is fake and love is
only foolishness.

2- Identify the figures of speech and explain them.

1- Personification: Blow, blow, thou winter wind, / Thou art not so unkind
The poet personifies the winter winds as a person whom he can address.
2- Simile: As man’s ingratitude “The winter wind is compared to man's ingratitude.”
3- Metaphor: Thy tooth is not so keen The poet gives the winter wind the image of snake who
has teeth. / Although thy breath be rude The poet gives the winter wind the image of living
creature who can breathe
4- Repetition: Blow, Blow (To give music).
5- Alliteration: (winter-wind) (breath-be) (friendship-feigning-folly) to give music.
Rhyme Scheme: aabccbdd
Pakistan Excel English School Unit (7) Historical Figures
English Dept. “General Revision”
Grade 8
1. Choose the correct word between brackets:
1. Civil rights (heirs – co-rulers - activists – presidents) insisted on the minister to resign.
2. Tom died while he was on an (independence – pandemic – expedition – prosperity) to the
Antarctic in 1912.
3. Voters in the country have (protested - re-elected – composed - performed) their first female
president.
4. In the same year he wrote a very popular (play –poem - treatise – composition) on astronomy.
5. The prince was appointed (explorer - leader – activist – co-ruler) by his father.
6. He served briefly as (heir – empress – prime minister – queen) from 1920 to 1921.
7. Mexico gained its (independence– equal rights – expedition – prosperity) from Spain in 1821.
8. A tasteful (obelisk – sculpture – temple – painting) 100 feet high is raised to his memory in his
native Eskdale, Scotland.
9.(Symptom – Treatise – Pandemic – Treatment) diseases have occurred throughout history.
10. She was born into a powerful political (expedition – dynasty – reign – renaissance).
11. It rained while I (was waiting -waited - was waited – waiting) for the bus.
12. I didn’t have any pizza because my brother (has eaten - had eaten - hadn’t eaten – eaten) it.
13. When I arrived at the cinema, the film (starts – starting - had started - was start).
14.Rami told Mona that he (had gone- would go- can go- has gone)to the circus the day before.
15. I’ll explain (for – to – from - with) you the best route to take.
16. Just as I --------------- into the bath, all lights ------------------ off.
a- get/ went b- getting/ go c- was getting/ went d- got/ was going
17. He ------------ me because he --------------- to music with the headphone.
a- wasn't hearing/ listened b- didn't hear/ listened
c- wasn't hear/ was listening d- didn't hear/ was listening
18. The teachers ------------- around the table when I ----------- the teachers' room.
a- were sitting/ entered b- sat/ was entering
c- are sitting/ entered d- were sat/ was entering.
19. They --------------- about the students who failed in the exams.
a- was talking b- were talking c- were talked d- talks
20. The teacher tried to explain but they -----------------
a- was listening b- listened c- were listening d- weren't listening
2. Rewrite the following sentences using words in brackets:
1. The big vase dropped while my sister was cleaning the house. (when)
My sister was cleaning the house when the big vase dropped.
2. Omar did the homework and at the same time Omnia studied for the exam. (As)
As Omar was doing the homework, Omnia was studying for the exam.
3. After doing my homework, I went to the club. (By the time)
By the time I went to the club, I had done my homework.
4. They got high marks. They worked hard. (after)
They got high marks after they had worked hard.
5. They got high marks. They worked hard. (before)
They had worked hard before they got high marks.
6. Before beginning classes, Linda had had her lunch. (After)
After Linda had had her lunch, the classes began (OR) she began the classes.
3. Change into reported speech:
1. Gihan said “We have had too many prohibitions.”
Gihan said that they had had too many prohibitions.
2. The young lady said: “I did not make such a mistake.”
The young lady said that she hadn’t made such a mistake.
3. She asked me “Did you get any food?”
She asked me if I had got / gotten any food.
4. The police said: “Youssef planned the World Trade Centre bombing”.
The police said that Youssef had planned the World Trade Centre bombing.
5. He asked me “Have you lost your umbrella?”
He asked me if I had lost my umbrella.
6. She asked, “What did you want?”
She asked what I had wanted.
7. “Was anyone there?” he asked
He asked if anyone had been there.
8. “I’ve never been to Russia”, Mike said.
Mike said that he had never been to Russia.
9. “I spoke to Jane last week”, she said.
She said that she had spoken to Jane the week before.
10. She said, “We went swimming yesterday.”
She said that they had gone swimming the day before.
4. Poetry: Answer the following questions:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed;
1- Paraphrase the above lines.
Sometimes the sun makes the weather too hot; sometimes the sky is cloudy; and every beautiful
creature will at some point cease to be beautiful: either through some accident, or because it is
natural for all living things to grow old and die.
2- Identify the figures of speech and explain them.
1- Personification: (…eye of heaven …)
The poet personifies the heaven to a human who has eyes
(…his gold complexion…)
The poet personifies the sun to a human that has a gold colored face.
2- Repetition: ( - fair/ fair ……. ) for confirmation and creating music .
3- Alliteration: (hot/heaven….fair/from…..chance/change… )
it has a musical effect in the poem. Rhyme scheme: cdcd
 Pakistan Excel English School
English Dept.
Grade 8 Unit (8) Storytelling
“General Revision”
Name: …………………………………………… Class: 8/…………
1. Choose the correct word between brackets:
1. My (folk tales – explorers - ancestors - instruments) came to America during the 1800s.
2. She paused to see its (instrument – puppet – silhouette – monologue) against the dimming sky
3. Before Ellen greets guests on her show, she always welcomes the audience with a humorous
(monologue – song – poem – recitation).
4. The (fairy tales – puppet shows – silhouettes – string instruments) are those that produce
sound by the vibration of a series of strings
5. He can easily (remember - recite – recall – remind) all the poems publicly.
6. Father always has the (sorcerer – tailor – ancestor – comedian) make his suits.
7. Mr and Mrs Dudley were (imprisoned – reliable – heartbroken – happy) at having to leave the
home where they had lived for thirty years.
8. She (cheated - elected - rubbed – used) her aged aunt out of her fortune.
9. She is skilled at (writing – painting – spinning – reciting) and weaving cloth.
10. An evil (poet - tailor – sorcerer – novelist) put a spell on all the children in the village.
11. (Are - Were - Do - Have) you ever been to New York?
12. I haven't finished my work (already - yet - still - never)
13. I am not hungry. I have (yet - now - just - ever) eaten.
14. It has (rain – raining – been raining – rained) non-stop for more than an hour now.
15. He (yet - never - still - ever) hasn’t finish his book.
16. She (hasn’t arrived – arrived – arrive - arrives) yet.
17. Iman (has visited - visits – visited – had visited) me last week.
18. Have you ever (being- been- be - were) to New York?
19. Karim (haven’t been - hasn’t gone- didn’t go – doesn’t go) on holiday last year.
20. They (didn’t learn - haven’t learnt- hadn’t learnt - hasn’t learnt) the new words yet.
21. He has just (leave- left- leaves - leaving) his house.
22. I have (ever - often – never – still) managed to climb Mount Blanc.
23. Ali has (just - yet – often – ever) drawn the picture.
24. I haven't finished my homework (yesterday - ever – yet – never)

2. Rewrite the following sentences using words in brackets:

1. He has just bought a new car. (two days ago)
He bought a new car two days ago.
2. Abdulrahman has been washing the car since this morning. (What ……?)
What has Abdulrahman been doing since this morning?
3. Ahmed started playing tennis at 7 and he is still playing. (been)
Ahmed has been playing tennis since 7 o’clock.
4. John is extremely tired of a three-hour walk. (walking)
John has been walking for three hours.
5. We have been working in this school for two years. (Ask a question)
How long have you been working in this school?
6. Sami has already paid the electricity bill. (yet)
Sami hasn’t paid the electricity bill yet.
7. I didn't fly a plane before. (never)
I have never flown a plane.
8. Hana missed the school bus yesterday. (just)
Hana has just missed the school bus.

3. Poetry: Answer the following questions:

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
1- Paraphrase the above lines.
The poet asks whether he should compare his beloved to a day in summer. He
declares that she is more lovely and more evenly tempered. He then lists the
things that he does not like about summer day: even in May, strong wind
sometimes blows, shaking the small, darling buds; summer does not last long.

2- Identify the figures of speech and explain them.

1- Rhetorical question: (shall I compare thee………)
The poet is asking a question without waiting for an answer. He is asking this
beloved if he can compare her to a summer’s day.
2- Metaphor: (Shall I compare thee ……)
The poet is comparing his beloved to a summer’s day
3- Repetition: (more /more….)
for confirmation and creating music .
4- Alliteration: (do/darling….. )
it has a musical effect in the poem.
Rhyme scheme: abab
 Pakistan Excel English School
English Dept.
Grade 8
“General Revision”
Name: …………………………………………… Class: 8/…………
1. Complete the following dialogue with the appropriate sentence from (A, B, C, D):
Ahmed: Have you seen the results of the exam?
Ali: ………………(1)………………………………………………………, what about you?
Ahmed: I passed too.
Ali: Congratulations! ……………(2)…………………..……………………………………?
Ahmed: Yes, they were very happy.
Ali: ………………………………(3)………………………………………………………..?
Ahmed: I've decided to join the university.
Ali: What would you like to be?
Ahmed: I’d like to be a doctor.
Ali: I wish you good luck.
Ahmed: Thank you so much.
(1) (2) (3)
A- Unfortunately I failed A- Was your father happy? A- A- What will you study?
the exams.
B- Sure, and I passed. B- Were you happy? B- Which team will you join?
C- No, I haven’t seen them. C- Did you enjoy? C- What have you decided?
D- Not yet. D- Were your parents D- What your parents want
happy? you to do?
Reading comprehension
2. Read the following passage then answer the questions below:
Obesity is the abnormal buildup of body fat — 20% or more over a person's ideal weight.
Obesity is a serious health problem in many countries today. The
medical specialisation that studies and treats obesity is bariatrics. People who are obese
have a higher risk of heart disease and other diseases such as diabetes and some kinds
of cancer.
Scientists know that people gain weight if they eat more calories than they
burn. But they do not understand exactly why some people become overweight and
others do not. There are several theories.
If you need to lose weight, you should check with your doctor for a healthy diet
and exercise programme. The process of losing weight is not easy. You should aim to
lose weight gradually, about 2 kilos per month. You should eat smaller amounts of fatty
foods and exercise regularly. With effort you will achieve your goal.
A) Choose the correct answer from a,b,c or d:
 1- It is …………… to lose weight.
a) difficult b) easy c) simple d) impossible
2- The underlined word ‘they’ refer to …………………. .
a) bariatrics b) people c) diseases d) scientists
B) Give short answers to the following questions:
3- Mention some diseases resulting from obesity.
Heart disease and other diseases such as diabetes and some kinds of cancer.
4- How do people gain weight?
People gain weight if they eat more calories than they burn.
5- What should you do if you need to lose weight?
You should check with your doctor for a healthy diet and exercise programme. You
should eat smaller amounts of fatty foods and exercise regularly.
Poetry
3. Answer the following questions:
Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend remembered not.
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
This life is most jolly.
1- Paraphrase the above lines.
In this stanza, the poet asks the winter wind to freeze the water. He says that although the
freezing winter water is so biting, it is less painful than a thankless friend who forgot friendship.
The effect of man’s ingratitude is felt more and has more bad effect on human beings than cold
weather that is so shocking and it can turn the water into ice.

2- Identify the figures of speech and explain them.

1- Personification: "freeze freeze thou bitter sky that dost not bite so nigh."
The poet personifies the winter winds as a person whom he can address.
2- Metaphor: "That does not bite so nigh"
The winter wind is given the snake ability to bite.
"Thy sting is not so sharp As a friend remembered not."
The poet compared the bitter of cold to the sting of a snake.
3- Simile: "That does not bite so nigh As benefits forgot"
The poet compared the bitter sky of winter to a friend who forgets benefits.
4- Repetition: (freeze-freeze) To give music.
5- Alliteration: (waters-warp) / (sting-so) /(friendship-feigning-folly)
The first letter is repeated to give music
Rhyme Scheme: aabccbdd