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1 Jeddah Knowledge International School English Revision Pack Quarter 3 Grade 8 Name: Section: G8 Q3 English Revision Pack 1

2 SECTION A: COMPREHENSION: A Birthday Surprise Ella loves music. Her favorite kind of music is Hip Hop. She is constantly listening to music on her radio, and her computer is always playing music in her room. Her birthday is coming up in a few weeks and she really wants to see a concert to celebrate it. She has been dreaming about it daily. Emma, her friend, has decided to surprise her for her birthday. Ella, I am going to pick you up at eight tomorrow night, said Emma. Great, I will be ready. What are we doing? asked Ella. We are going to your favorite restaurant and then I have a surprise for you, said Emma. Great, thought Ella, The surprise is probably a piece of jewelry or something useless like that. The following day, Emma arrived at eight to take Ella to dinner. They ate at her favorite restaurant and as they were paying the bill Emma gave her an envelope. Go on, open it, said Emma. Okay, thank you so much, replied Ella. She opened the envelope and found two front row tickets to her favorite concert. Oh wow! Emma, what a wonderful surprise! she exclaimed. They left the restaurant and went to the concert. Ella was so excited. They both had a great time at the concert. The band played all of her favorite songs. Ella and Emma decided that it was the best birthday celebration she had ever had. Questions: 1. What is Ella always doing? 2. What does Ella want to do to celebrate her birthday? G8 Q3 English Revision Pack 2

3 3. What did Ella think the gift would be? 4. Where does Emma take Ella first, for her birthday? 5. When did Emma give Ella the envelope? 6. What was inside the envelope? 7. True or False: a. Ella s radio is always playing music in her room. b. They ate at Emma s favourite restaurant. c. They left the restaurant at eight. 8. Vocabulary: Using context clues, find the meanings of the following words: a. Constantly (paragraph1) _ b. Exclaimed (paragraph 3) _ G8 Q3 English Revision Pack 3

4 FACT OR OPINION Directions: Read each statement and then circle whether it is a fact or opinion. If it s a fact, explain how it can be proven. If it is an opinion, simply write that it cannot be proven. 1. Basketball is a much more exciting sport than golf. Fact or Opinion: Explain? 2. Soccer is more difficult to play than other sports because you cannot use your hands. Fact or Opinion Explain? 3. There seems to be too much standardized testing in public schools. 4. Oranges contain both calcium and vitamin C. 5. McDonalds sells more hamburgers than any other restaurant chain in the world. 6. Vegetarians are healthier than people who eat meat. 7. Cell phones emit radiation that may or may not cause brain cancer. 8. Students have a lot harder time in school than the teachers. 9. Popular music today is not as good as it was in the past. 10. Eating fast food isn t bad if you only eat it once a week. Fact or Opinion Explain: G8 Q3 English Revision Pack 4

5 MAKING INFERENCES Directions: Read each passage and then respond to the questions. Each question will ask you to make a logical inference based on textual details. Explain your answer by referencing the text. TEXT 1 Miya came out of the bathroom with tears in her eyes. She ran down to the cafeteria and asked the staff if they had any rice. Fortunately for Miya, Ms. Lucille did. Ms. Lucille filled a red plastic cup about half way with white rice grains and handed it to Miya. Miya pulled a damp phone from out of her back pocket and pushed it into the dry rice grains inside of the plastic cup. She sincerely thanked Ms. Lucille and then went back to class. She felt relieved, but she was still a little worried. 1. Why is Miya upset at the beginning of the passage? Why does Miya put her phone in the cup of rice? 3. Why is Miya relieved but still worried at the end of the text? TEXT 2 Ryan was looking forward to sleeping over at his friend Robert's house. Though they had been classmates for a while, the two had only recently become good friends. Ryan packed up his sleeping bag, a pillow, and a few of his favorite toys and games, and then his mom dropped him off at Robert's. Robert met Ryan on the porch and the two did their secret handshake and started playing right away. First they played pirates in Robert's tree fort. Next they played ninjas in the driveway. Then it started getting dark and they went inside of Robert's house. As soon as they walked in the house, Ryan's eyes starting getting red and itchy. He saw a big orange cat sitting on the couch. Then he started sneezing uncontrollably. "I'm sorry, Robert. It's been a lot of fun, but I have to call my mom." 1. Why do Ryan's eyes get red and itchy when he walks into Robert's house? G8 Q3 English Revision Pack 5

6 2. Why does Ryan want to call his mother? ANALYZING ADVERTISING Study the advert above and answer the questions that follow: G8 Q3 English Revision Pack 6

7 1. Who is the intended audience for this advertisement? 2. Why are the words Romany Creams... irresistibly delicious written in a larger font (print)? 3. How does the image help support the advert? 4. What other persuasive techniques are used to help sell this product? Mention three. Section B GRAMMAR Question 1: Identify whether each group of words is a complete sentence, fragment, or a runon. 1.Which was built in Needed the materials for the science project. G8 Q3 English Revision Pack 7

8 3. Bertha gave me a computer game for my birthday last week. 4. Talking on the phone for a couple of hours last night, i forgot to do my homework. 5. When we adopted the cutest puppy at the animal shelter. 6. The little boy's toy car was yellow, his sister had a red and white toy truck. 7. Carlos is the team captain on the football team, and he plays defensive tackle. 8.Lifting the heavy boxes, I hurt my back. G8 Q3 English Revision Pack 8

9 9. After I dribbled the ball down the court. 10. She won the spelling contest, she will go to the regional level next month. Question 2: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers 2.1 Choose the sentence that has no misplaced or dangling modifier and makes logical sense a. Michael rode his bike to the beach, which was squeaky with rust. b. Squeaky with rust, Michael rode his bike to the beach. c. Michael rode his squeaky, rusty bike to the beach a. After the librarian scolded the noisy teenagers, silence returned. b. Scolding the noisy teenagers, the library returned to silence. c. Scolding the teenagers, silence returned to the library a. Knocking the baseball into the stands, the fans cheered to homerun. b. Knocking the baseball into the stands, the homerun was cheered by the fans. c. When Wesley knocked the baseball into the stands, the fans cheered the homerun. 2.2 Are the modifiers in these sentences correct or misplaced? Label whether the sentence is a misplaced modifier (M), a dangling modifier (D) or correct. The answers are at the bottom. a. Always eager for cake, the birthday party was attended by everyone. b. Wagging her tail, the new puppy climbed into my lap. c. After painting all day, the bright new watercolor was drying in the sunshine. d. Late as always, Mike made quite an entrance when he came to the party. G8 Q3 English Revision Pack 9

10 2.3 Correct the misplaced modifiers in the following sentences. 1. They gave a cat to my sister named Fluffy. 2. Chased by a lion, the photographers saw a terrified gazelle. 3. The pilot wore a uniform to fly the plane that was covered in gold buttons. 4. Three homes were reported burned by the fire department in July. G8 Q3 English Revision Pack 10

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