English grade 8 midterm-test

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently.

• door

• foolish

• choose

• soon

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently.

• safety

• electricity

• myself

• anything

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

• leisure

• diving

• origami

• movie

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

He was late, but fortunately his friends waited for him.

• luckily

• magically

• cruelly

• lately

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Will she be annoyed that you forgot to phone?

• displeased

• pleased

• please

• pleasure

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Mr Thompson works more carefully than Mr Baker.

• carelessly

• carefully

• carefulness

• uncarefully

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

I like providing minority children with literacy

• adult

• most

• majority

• many

Life in a small town is __________ than that in a big city

• peaceful

• much peaceful

• less peaceful

• much more peaceful

Farmers who are working on _______ look very happy with shining smiles in summer days.

• grasslands

• paddy fields

• factories

• construction sites

- ‘Is it true that Y Moan was the greatest pop singer of the Ede?’- ‘_________’.

• Really?

• How beautiful!

• Come on!

• Exactly.