THE FIRST SEMESTER OF GRADE 8

Choose a word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest :

• food

• look

• good

• cook

Choose a word with the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest :

• recognized

• established

• finished

• laughed

Choose a word that has a different stress pattern from the rest.

• command

• defeat

• social

• regret

When we went out of the building yesterday, it ...................................hard. (rain)

• was raining

• rained

• had rained

I regret......................you that you have lost the game. (tell)

• to tell

• telling

• tell

Does she adore..................with young children? (work)

My hair is clean. I..................................it. (wash)

• am washing

• have washed

• wash

We don’t like..................noise in class. (make)

He is now famous for his................of saving a boy from a lake. (brave)

• bravery

• braveness

• bravity

Christmas is one of the most interesting................................in the world. (celebrate)