Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises the Grade 8 English Paper 1 Mid Term 2 Exam 2025 with Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request.

  The exam paper, titled "ENGLISH (Reading Comprehension, Oral Skills and Grammar) Paper 1," consists of 50 multiple-choice questions. The total time allocated for the paper is 1 hour 40 minutes. It is likely marked out of 50 marks, with each question carrying one mark.

  The exam covers three main areas:

  • Reading Comprehension:
    • Questions 1-6 are based on a passage about the importance of water, issues of water scarcity and contamination, and the need for sustainable water management.
    • Questions 7-11 are based on a passage discussing the fundamental right of children to education, the role of schools and teachers, and the importance of regular attendance and extracurricular activities.
    • Questions 12-16 are based on a passage about bees, their vital role in pollination, the reasons for their declining populations, and ways to protect them.
    • Questions 17-20 involve interpreting a short scenario about friends and their favourite colours.
  • Oral Skills (assessed through written multiple-choice questions):
    • Questions 21-23 require completing a dialogue between two friends discussing a problem with a computer.
    • Questions 24-25 test appropriate social expressions and etiquette in given situations (e.g., accidentally bumping into someone, asking a teacher a question).
  • Grammar and Use of English:
    • Questions 26-35 form a cloze test based on a passage about the benefits and importance of trees, testing vocabulary (prepositions, conjunctions, correct word forms).
    • Questions 36-45 cover various grammatical concepts including:
      • Collective nouns (e.g., "herd of cattle").
      • Pronouns and adverbs (e.g., "nowhere," "everyone").
      • Prepositions (e.g., "good at").
      • Question tags.
      • Conjunctions (e.g., "Unless").
      • Subject-verb agreement (e.g., with "either...or").
      • Possessive pronouns (e.g., "mine").
    • Question 46 tests correct punctuation, specifically in a sentence with a question tag.
    • Question 47 assesses understanding of active and passive voice by identifying sentences with the same meaning.
    • Question 48 involves correctly combining sentences using appropriate conjunctions.
    • Questions 49-50 test vocabulary, specifically the meaning of phrasal verbs or idiomatic expressions within a sentence (e.g., "call off," "bragging about").
• File Size:

  31.35 KB
• Length:

  11 pages
• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Grade 8
• Subject:

  ENGLISH
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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