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ENGLISH 8

NAME: _______________ SCORE: ____________

DATE: ___________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Circle the letter of the best answer.

1. When the syllable stress moves from the first to the second syllable, the part of speech usually
changes from:

a. adjective to noun
b. noun to verb
c. pronoun to adverb
d. verb to noun
2. If your passport expires, it becomes:

a. en-TRANCE
b. IN-val-id
c. in-VAL-id
d. PER-mit
3. The policeman was interviewing:

a. an ob-JECT
b. a re-CORD
c. a SUS-pect
d. a sus-PECT
4. I was out shopping with my friend, and she disappeared. Why did she _______ me?

a. DES-ert
b. des-ERT
c. IN-sult
d. REF-use
5. The quality control worker in the factory picked up a _______ and threw it into the garbage.

a. CON-flict
b. REF-use
c. RE-ject
d. re-JECT
6.  When I was a teenager, I used to buy a new rock _______ every week.

a. CON-tent
b. IM-port
c. RE-cord
d. re-CORD

7. They have closed the main _______ to the building. We will have to use the back door.

a. EN-trance
b. en-TRANCE
c. IN-sult
d. PER-mit
8.  Looking at the expression on your face, I _______ that you haven't done your homework.

a. CON-tent
b. sus-PECT
c. SUS-pect
d. REF-use
9. The hypnotist tried to _______ me, but he didn't succeed.

a. CON-tent
b. con-TENT
c. en-TRANCE
d. IN-sult

10. U.S.A. is an acronym for United States of America.

a. description
b. abbreviation
c. password
d. neighbor
11. She convinced us with her coherent argument.

a. understandable
b. confusing
c. long
d. silly
12. The sweet fragrance from the roses floated across the garden.

a. pollen
b. thorns
c. smell
d. bees
13. The ratio of boys to girls in my class is 1.5 to 2.

a. proportion
b. grade
c. desks
d. group
14. The speaker told an amusing anecdote about his dog.

a. lie
b. cure
c. picture
d. story
15. My mother inherited her green eyes from her father.
a. blinked
b. donated
c. received
d. stared with
16. We laughed during the play at the dialogue between the hero and his silly partner.

a. spotlight
b. conversation
c. table
d. direction
17. The hotel had an elaborate entrance of marble columns, fresh flowers and velvet cushions

a. wide
b. plain
c. grey
d. fancy
18. She sorted all of the donations into several different contain____.

a. ed
b. ment
c. ers
d. ing
19. In order to earn our next badge we have to spend three days in the wilder____.

a. ly
b. ing
c. ment
d. ness
20. No matter what he tried, he couldn’t ___vent the car from failing its emissions test.

a. e
b. re
c. pre
d. in
II. Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.

21. AGONY

a. comfort
b. anguish
c. success
d. grief
22. MYRIAD

a. mass
b. scarcity
c. void
d. excess
23. GRATIFY

a. puncture
b. coddle
c. disappoint
d. fatigue
24. CULTIVATE

a. labor
b. neglect
c. renounce
d. further
25. MULTIPLY

a. bisect
b. accumulate
c. lessen
d. deliver
III. Choose the best synonym for the following words.

26. cogent

a. tentative
b. forced
c. convincing
d. truculent
27. ponderous

a. contemplative
b. compact
c. unwieldy
d. dreamy
28. tenuous

a. salubrious
b. lengthy
c. delicate
d. significant
29. contrite

a. stolid
b. disheartened
c. fascist
d. apologetic
30. juvenile
a. apathetic
b. immature
c. fawning
d. painful

IV. HOMONYMS & HOMOPHONES: Write the correct answer on the space provided.

31. I have never _____________________________ that song before. (herd/heard)

32. That is a big ___________________________ of cattle. (herd/heard)
33. Today I have a ______________________ in my lunch. (pear/pair)
34. The prisoner doesn’t like to be in his ______________________. (sell/cell)
35. I finally got a new ______________________ of shoes. (pear/pair)

V. MULTIPLE CHOICE:

36. Technique that persuades people to do something by telling them that others are doing it.

a. Testimonial b. Bandwagon c. Card stacking d. Transfer

37. This technique relate a person, idea, or thing to others that have proved to be good or
beneficial.

a. Testimonial b. Bandwagon c. Card stacking d. Transfer

38. It uses a famous person to recommend a product or idea.

a. Testimonial b. Bandwagon c. Card stacking d. Transfer

39. It is a kind of propaganda that uses words that will make the reader feel strongly about
someone or something.

a. Transfer b. Emotional words c. Card stacking d. Transfer

40. He is the one who wrote a short story entitled “Magindanao Pearls.”

a. Kerima Polotan b. Leo Comber c. Isidro L. Retizos d. Francisco Arcellana

41. It is a process of making others accept your ideas.

a. Argumentation b. Propaganda c. Giving opinion d. Discussion

42. It is a type of argumentation that lies between formal debate and informal discussion.

a. Argumentation b. Forum c. Giving opinion d. Group Discussion

43. What is the former name of Myanmar?

a. Thailand b. Malaysia c. Burma d. Boondock

44. What is the official language of Myanmar?

a. Chin b. Burmese c. Thai d. Malay

45. What is the capital of Myanmar?

a. Naypi b. Naypyidaw c. Yangon d. Rangon

VI. Identifying Fact and Opinion: Directions: Read each sentence. Decide whether each
example is a fact or opinion. Write the word fact or opinion beside the appropriate sentence.

A fact is something that is true or can be proven.

An opinion is knowledge based on feelings about a given topic.

46. _______ Deserts are not as beautiful as forests.

47. _______ St. Patrick’s Day is associated with the country of Ireland.
48. _______ Earth’s largest ocean is the Pacific Ocean.
49. _______ Abraham Lincoln was the greatest president.
50. _______ Madrid is the capital of Spain.

VII. The Gold Harvest: Arrange the following event into logical and chronological order. Use
numerical symbols on the space provided.

_____51. The old man, had a dinner with Nai Hah Tong
_____52. Finally the time arrived when each had accomplished a goal. Nai Hah Tong had two
jars full of banana fuzz, while his wife had collected many jars full of tical.
_____53. Nai Ha Tong did not answer because he felt like a fool, but he was a very rich fool.
_____54. Nai Hah Tong, obeyed what the priest have told him. Each morning Nai Hah Tong,
collect the banana fuzz, and put them in jars, while his wife collected the bananas,
sold them, and place her tical in a pottery jar.
_____55. Nai Hah tong dreamed of turning copper into gold and both with his wife to
become the richest people in Ayudhya
_____56. Nai Hah tong agreed to his father-in-law, and obey his father-in-law's instructions.
_____57. The father in law told Nai Hah Tong that he cannot turn copper into gold.
 TEST I.

1. b.
2. c.
3. c.
4. b.
5. c.
6. c.
7. a
8. b.
9. c.
10. b.
11. a
12. c.
13. a.
14. d.
15. c.
16.b.
17.d.
18. c (The correct answer is ers/n this sentence we are looking for the missing suffix. Adding the
letters “ed” or “ing” to the root word “contain” makes the root word an action verb. We are not
looking for an action verb in this sentence so neither of those answers is right. Adding “ment” makes
the root word containment  but it does not fit into this sentence. Adding “ers” to the root word
makes the word “containers” and it fits perfectly into the sentence. Therefore, Answer (c) is correct.)
19. d. (The correct answer is ness/In this sentence we are looking for the missing suffix. Adding
the letters “ly” does not create a correct word. Adding the suffix “ing” to the root word gives us
“wildering” which is the process of a plant growing in nature and is clearly not the word our sentence
needs. Adding “ment” makes the root word wilderment  but it does not fit into this sentence. Adding
“ness” to the root word makes the word “wilderness” and it fits perfectly into the sentence.
Therefore, Answer (d) is correct.)
20. c.

21) A The word agony means extreme physical or mental suffering. Someone who is in a great deal
of pain is experiencing agony. The opposite of agony is being free of mental or physical pain.
Because comfort is a state of being free of pain, choice (A) is correct. (B) is incorrect because anguish
is severe mental or physical pain. This is synonymous with agony, not the opposite of it. (C) is
incorrect because success is the achievement of a goal. This is not the opposite of agony. (D) is
incorrect because grief is sorrow. This is not the opposite of agony. (E) is incorrect because security
is the state of being free from threat. This is not the opposite of agony.

22) B The word myriad means an extremely great number. If there is a myriad of reasons not to do
something, then there are a great number of reasons to not do it. The opposite of myriad is small in
number. Because scarcity means a small quantity or the state of not having enough of something,
choice (B) is correct. (A) is incorrect because a mass is a large amount. This is synonymous with
myriad, not the opposite of it. (C) is incorrect because a void is a completely empty space. This is not
the opposite of myriad, because its meaning is too limited and extreme. (D) is incorrect because
excess is an amount of something that is more than necessary. This is practically synonymous with
myriad, not the opposite of it. (E) is incorrect because a pyramid is a monumental structure with a
square base and sides that slant to meet at a point at the top. This is not the opposite of myriad.

23) C The word gratify means to give pleasure or satisfaction. Anything that provides comfort can
gratify someone. The opposite of gratify is to cause pain or not give pleasure. Because disappoint
means to fail to fulfill someone’s hopes or to not please someone, choice (C) is correct. (A) is
incorrect because puncture means to make a hole in something. This is not the opposite of gratify.
(B) is incorrect because coddle means to treat in an overprotective way. This is not the opposite of
gratify. (D) is incorrect because fatigue means to tire out or exhaust. This is not the opposite of
gratify, because something that brings someone pleasure might also exhaust him or her. (E) is
incorrect because thrill means to excite. This is not the opposite of gratify.

24) B The word cultivate means to grow or nurture for growth. When one plants and cares for the
crops he or she planted, he or she is cultivating said crops. The opposite of cultivate is to harm or not
nurture into growing. Because neglect means to fail to care for properly, choice (B) is correct. (A) is
incorrect because labor means to work. This is not the opposite of cultivate. (C) is incorrect because
renounce means to formally declare one’s abandonment of a principle or belief. This is not the
opposite of cultivate. (D) is incorrect because further means to advance or help the growth of. This is
practically synonymous with cultivate, not the opposite of it. (E) is incorrect because cede means to
give up territory. This is not the opposite of cultivate.

25) C The word multiply means to greatly increase in quantity. When one’s problems multiply, one
acquires many more troubles. The opposite of multiply is to reduce in quantity. Because lessen
means to decrease in number or size, choice (C) is correct.

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26. C

27. C

28. C

29. D

30. B

31. heard

32. herd

33. pear

34. cell

35. pair

36. b.

37. d.

38. a.

39. b.

40. c.

41. a.
42. b.

43. c.

44. b.

45. b.

46. O

47. F

48. F

49 O

50. F