Subject: English Topic: Questions with answers Class: G8

Unit One

Activity: 1

Change these statements into questions

1. My brother studied in Japan.

 Where did your brother study?
2. They are in the class.
 Where are they?
3. Our teacher lost his car keys.
 What did our teacher loss?
4. These mangoes are not good.
 How are these Mangoes?
5. Abukar went to his house on Friday.
 Where did Abukar go on Friday
6. The victims were taken to hospital.
 Where were the victims taken to?
7. The doctor has treated the patient.
 Who has the doctor treated?
8. The lady wants to buy an umbrella.
 What does the lady want to buy?
9. The lion killed a cow and a calf.  What did the lion kill?
10.We have to return their books.
 What have we return to?

Activity: 2

Riddles

Give a one answer to the following riddles:

1. I am the king of the jungle. A lion

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2. I have two hands and I cannot hold anything. the sleeves of the shirt
3. My house has only one post. Umbrella
4. I have four legs and people sit on me. A chair
5. I have a house that has no door. Egg
6. My four sons cannot work in the absence of one leg. The Four wheels of
the car.
7. I always walk with my companion who does not tell me to rest. Shadow
8. You cannot learn without me. Mind
Activity: 3
Change the following adjectives into adverbs
Adjectives Adverbs
1. Beautiful Beautifully
2. Hopeful Hopefully
3. Quiet Quietly
4. Normal Normally
5. Prompt promptly
6. International internationally
7. Happy Happily
8. Quick Quickly
9. Hungry hungrily
10. Usual usually
11. Accidental Accidentally
12. Skillful skillfully
13. Easy Easily
14. Private Privately
15. Precious preciously
Activity: 4
Write the opposite of the following words
Word opposite 1. Sweet Bitter
2. Simple Complex

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3. Dry Wet
4. Divide Unite
5. Advantage Disadvantage
6. Appear Disappear
7. Honest Dishonest
8. Land sea
9. Empty Full
10. Accept Reject
11. Backward Forward
12. Young Old
13. Private Public
14. Sky earth
15. East west
Activity: 5
Add suffixes to the following words.
Word adding suffix
1. Hope Hopeless
2. Care Careless
3. Use Useless
4. Quick Quickly
5. Beauty Beautiful
6. Arrange Arrangement
7. Appoint Appointment
8. Fool Foolish
9. Boy Boyhood
10. Enjoy Enjoyment
11. Kind kindness
12. Brave Bravely
13. Joy Joyless
14. Mercy Merciful

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15. Health Healthy

Activity: 7 Find
words which relate to sport activities in this
box.
C Y C L I N G S D C
X S D I V I N G R A
C L I M B I N G S T
A S W T E A M J B C
A J U M P I N G N H
H SH B O X I N G N I
B T H R O W I N G N
T M A T C H X DH R G
B A S K E T B A L L
1. Jumping
2. Match
3. Throw
4. Boxing
5. Ball
6. Wing
7. Team
8. Climbing
9. Basketball
10. Diving
Activity 12
Abbreviate the following
1. Master Mr. 2. Doctor Dr.
3. Ministry Ms.
4. Very important person VIP
5. World food program WFP
6. World health organization WHO

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7. Post officer PO
8. Kilometer KM
9. Prime minister PM
10. Criminal investigation department CID
11. Physical duration pd
12. Bachelor of science BS
13. Member of parliament MP
14. All correct ------
15. Please turn over PTO
Activity: 3
Add prefixes at the beginning of the following words
1. Happy unhappy
2. Agree disagree
3. Appear Disappear
4. Kind Unkind
5. Direct Indirect
6. Active Inactive
7. Legal Illegal
8. Necessary Unnecessary
9. Write Rewrite
10. Read unread
11. Trained Untrained
12. Hygienic Unhygienic
13. Honest Dishonest
14. Fair Unfair
15. Tidy Untidy
Activity: 14
Make adjectives from these nouns
1. West western
2. South Southern

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3. Bubble Bubbly
4. Restoration restorative
5. Respiration Respiratory
6. Width Wide
7. Wife Wifely
8. Darkness Dark
9. Continent continental
10. Initiation Initial
11. Decision Decisive
12. Freedom Free
13. Silence Silent
14. Connection connective
15. description Descriptive
Key Notes
Suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the ending of the word
which makes a new word.
Proper noun is the name of particular person or thing.
Prefix is a letter or group of letters which we add at the beginning
of the word.
Question tags are short questions that we put on the end of the
sentence.
If the main part of the sentence is positive, the question tag is
negative.
If the main part of the sentence is negative, the question tag is
positive.
Remember that an auxiliary verb helps the main full verb and is
called
“Helping verb”
Unit two: Examination
Room 1. Write NEB in full.
 National Examination Board.

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2. Why do candidates sit for grade eight leaving examination?

 Because this exam enables the student (candidate) to join the
secondary school education.
3. Why are the candidates checked before they are allowed in the
examination room?

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
>- intention is to make sure that they do not have materials which may
lead to malpractice or cheating.
4. What work does the invigilator do?
 The invigilator displays large sealed envelopes containing exam
scripts, hands out the script and testifies as witness that no exam
leakage takes place.
5. What work does the supervisor do?
 The supervisor supervises what goes on in each exam room and
how the invigilators perform their duties.

Exercise 1

Use the words correctly to complete the sentences below.

Pass mark, accurate, aggregates, candidate, failed, answers, cheating,

certificate, timetable, grade, duration, percent.

1. All candidates will get certificate after the examination.

2. When you write accurate answer they are easy to mark.
3. Cheating is not allowed in examinations.
4. the total of the points in the examination is the aggregates.
5. Out of one hundred marks is known as percent.
6. You have to read the timetable before sitting for examination.
7. Work hard to score above the pass mark.
8. A candidate is one who is ready take examinations.
9. The period one takes in an examination is known as duration.
10. Without pass mark, one has failed.
11. You should write all answers clearly.
12. A good grade enables one to go to a good school.
Exercise 3: rearrange the letters to write correct words you have learnt
before.
1. Natiduro -----------------------------------duration

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2. Entcerna------------------------------------entrance
3. Marypri-------------------------------------primary
4. Noisivid-------------------------------------division
5. Datendica----------------------------------candidate
6. Qesiotu-------------------------------------question
7. Erosc----------------------------------------score
8. Fstetyi---------------------------------------testify
9. Lasede--------------------------------------sealed
10. Optins--------------------------------------points
11. Apmlrcatcie-------------------------------malpractice 12. Vsuripoesni-----------
-------------------- supervision

Exercise 1 grammar. Fill in the gaps below using appropriate form of the
verbs in brackets.

1. Shouting at elders is very bad manners (shout)

2. Lying is a very bad habit (lie)
3. Eating is not allowed in the library (eat)
4. Flying is the fastest model of travel today (fly)
5. Driving makes me very tired (drive)
6. Reading is her favorite hobby (read)
7. Resting can be very refreshing (rest)
8. Painting shows that someone is interested (paint)
9. Crying is common with many babies (cry)
10. Painting is something I enjoy (paint) Unit 3 weather and environment
1. What is the weather like in the monsoon season in Bangladesh?  It
rains very heavily.
2. What is the weather like in winter in Netherlands?
 It is very cold and there is a lot of snow and ice.
3. What do people in Netherlands wear in winter?

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
 In winter, people in Netherland wear a lot of clothes because it is
cold.
4. What will the weather be like in Bangladesh?
 It will be very hot and dry again if Allah wills so. Unit 4: charity.
1. Mention five harmful things normally found on our way.
 Banana peel, slippery thing, bones, thorns and stones.
2. Mention two acts which you can do at school charity.
 Helping others in whatever form and good words.
3. Why do you think justice is mentioned first? Can you imagine what
would happen in the absence of justice?
 Justice is a concept of law that means the people behave in a way
that is fair, equal and balanced fo everyone. In the absence of
justice, most of the people would have suffered inequality,
fairness etc. Unit 5: radio.
1. Who invented the radio?
 It was invented by an Italian engineer called Guglielmo Marcoon
2. What is a radio used for?
Radio is used for sending and receiving messages through live
broadcast transmission.
3. What name is given to live broadcast?
 It is called live broadcast or live debates.
4. Why do people listen to radios?
 People listen to the radios because the abreast with
announcement, live debates and education-nal programmes.
5. What would the world be like with no radio set?
 The world would be remained in poor communication without
radios sets.
6. What is your favourite radio programme?  My favourite radio is
Kulmiye.
7. What can you learn from radio programme?

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 I can learn religious lessons, scientific lessons, education

programmes and historical events from radio programme.
8. Suggest the programmes which are meant for entertainment.
 Radio drams, talent shows, live shows etc
Complete the sentences using the words in the box.
Advertise, volume, announcement, knob, bulletin, communication,
waves, entertained, sight

1. All announcements are made in local radios.

2. Did you listen to news Bulletin last night
3. Sounding drams was one of the earliest method of communication.
4. some eye disease cause a complete of sight.
5. You should use the knob to change a station.
6. The volume is how load the sound is.
7. Sound drives in waves.
8. It is good to Advertise goods on both radio and teievision.
9. After the speeches, the guests were entertained with reciting sweat
voice of the Holy Koran.
Exercise 2: fill in the gaps using the correct form of the verb in
brackets.
1. I like swimming in the river.
2. I do not like walking in the rain.
3. My cousin does not like working in the night.
4. Hasna dislikes cooking in the morning.
5. Ali enjoys travelling by train.
6. My grandfather enjoys writing to his brother.
7. We don’t like eating in the dark.
8. The tourist enjoys climbing at the mounting.
9. Adam loves driving on the high way.\

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
10. Noor doesn’t like riding on a motor-cycle .

Completing the following.

1. Child is to children as mouse to is mice

2. Drive is to train s as fly is to air plane.
3. Dog is to kennel as lion is to jungle
4. car is to garage as bee is to
5. train is to station as ship is to harbor
6. trees is to forest as soldier is to army/national military home
7. good is to best as much is to many
8. export is to import as profit is to loss
9. water is to pipe as electricity is to cable Unit: 6 What is your job?
1. What does basher do?
 Bashir is television presenter.
2. Tel and write the names of the three guests?
 the three guests were Barre, Hersi and Suleiman
3. What is the job of Mahad?
 Mahad is a night watch man. He guards the television studio.
4. What is the job of Abukar?
 Abukar is journalist for the Ilays express in Mogadishu.
5. What job does Roble do?
 Roble is a customer officer.
6. What does ali Gure know?
 He knows everything about engines.
7. Why customers trust al Gure?
 They trust him because he always works carefully and because he
is very honest. He never cheats his customers.
8. Why nurse Amran is always remembered by patient?
 Because she is helpful.

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9. Who was Aden Abdulle Osman?

 Adan Abdulle Osman was the first president of Somalia.
10. Where adsn Abdulle Osman was born?
 He was born in Beledweyne in 1908. Unit: 7 Trees and our
Environment.
1. Name the tree basic requirements of all mankind?

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
the tree basic requirements of all mankind are food, shelter and clothing
2. Name one source of medicine which was used by traditional doctors?
 Trees were one source of medicine which used the traditional
doctors.
3. What can be added to soil to make it more productive?
 Humus which is earth formed from decayed vegetable matter such as
dead leaves, plants, etc.
Complete the following sentence.
1. Nowadays trees are useful to all---------------------------------------------------
--
a. Non-living things
b. Living things
c. Plants only
d. People only
2. --------------------------- have depended on priceless trees.
a. Bark of trees
b. Forest
c. Human being
d. Sources of fuel
3. Trees give us many things such as-------------------------------------------------
a. Wonderful numbers
b. Climate
c. Disaster
d. Food
4. Trees give us over half the earth’s supply of ----------------------------
a. Oxygen
b. Carbon
c. Chlorine
d. Iron

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5. We are sorry, to say trees are being carelessly --------------------------------

-------
a. Saved
b. Wiped out
c. Cared out
d. Fueled out
6. Above all trees assist us to prevent ------------------------------------
a. Enough money
b. problems
c. soil erosion
d. The loss of the sight.
7. We know that forests are sources of ---------------------- for a country.
a. Temperature
b. Environment
c. Weather
d. Money
8. Soil erosion is caused by cutting down trees in large number and
therefore leaving the soil--------------------------------------
a. Unprotected
b. Unchanged
c. Unkind
d. Conserving
9. The trees rivers, hills, valleys, animals and the entire surroundings
including the air we breathe is called ----------------------------
a. Buildings
b. Compound
c. Environment
d. Towns
10. It is therefore very important to stop destruction of trees and
participate in ---------

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a. Soil erosion activities
b. Alarming activities
c. Food providing activities.
d. Tree plant activities.
Unit 8: Modern communication
technology 1. What were the earlier
sources of media?
 The early sources of media were passed on information through
cave paintings, maps, symbols and gestures etc.
2. What different things are named in print media?
 Print media are named magazines, newspapers, books,
newsletters, leaflets and pamphlet.
3. What is the origin of the word media?
 It derived from a place named “media” in Persia which was ruled
by Emperor Cyrus.
Unit 9: Amphibians
1. How many eggs does a female frog lay?
 It lays about 3000 eggs
2. What is the mass of jelly
called?  It is called frog’s
prawn.
3. What is a baby frog called?
 The baby frog is called tadpole.
4. Where does the tadpole spend its first two weeks?  It spends inside
the egg.
5. What does the tadpole look like when it leaves the egg?  It looks
like a very small fish.
6. What happens to the tadpole’s body when it changes into a little
frog?
 It grow legs and gradually its tail begin to disappear.

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7. How does a small frog breathe?

 The little frog has now developed lung and it can live either in
the water or on land.
8. Why do many frogs not survive?
 Many of them are eaten by other animals.
Choose the correct word from the ones given in the box below to
fill in the blanks in the sentences from 1-10

Amphibian, egg, spawns, viviparity, jelly, t adpole, oviparity, tail,

adult, lung

1. A lung is one of the two organs in your just that fills with air
when you breathe.
2. A tadpole is a small animal that lives in the water and develops
into a frog.
3. The eggs of frog is called spawn.
4. Oviparity is an animal that produces young by means of eggs.
5. an around that brings forth live young which have developed
inside the body of parent is called viviparity.
6. Jelly is a soft and sticky substance .
7. An egg is around object with a shell that a female birds produces
and a baby first develops in.
8. A part at the back of an animal’s body that can move it side to
side tail.
9. An adult is someone who is no longer a child and is legally
responsible for his action.
10. An amphibian is animal that can live In water and on land.
Unit 10
Letter writing
1. Who wrote the letter and to whom was it addressed?

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 The letter was written by Ruqiya, and it was addressed to

sahra.
2. What is the writer’s nearest town?
 It is Las’anod.
3. To whom is the letter addressed?
 The letter was addressed to Sahra.
4. When was the letter written?
 The letter was written on 2nd may 2019
5. What was the main purpose of the letter?
 The main purpose of the letter was to inform that xalima was
getting married October 12.
6. In which school was sahra before?
 She was in Halane primary school.
7. From whom was sahra to gt permission?
 She requested her parents and they accepted.
8. What shows that Ruqiya was not from the same school?
 She would have not written a friendly letter to sahra.

Choose the correct word from the box to replace the words in bold and the
sentences below. Body, informal introduction, occasion, informal letters,

purpose, relatives

1. Kaltum often receives letters from her members of the family.

(Relatives)
2. Bashir wanted to know the aim of practicing letter writing. (purpose)
3. The head teacher sometimes receives letters that are not official.
(informal letter)
4. Abdirahman’s graduation ceremony was a great event. (occasion)
5. A personal letter has an introduction which is not formal. (informal
introduction)

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6. The information you need is the main part of the letter. (body)
Unit 11: Annual school closing ceremony.
1. Where were Nor and Ibrahim Going when the saw the crowd?
They were going to attend annual school closing
ceremony 2. What, according to the speaker, were the causes of
the problems in society?
 A lot of poverty among the peopleand the rate of crime
is high.
3. Everyone was silent. This implies that the people were
a. Attentive
b. Disciplined
c. Dump
d. Shocked
4. The boys squeezed their way to the front. This suggests that:-
a. There were very many people in the meeting.
b. The people could not welcome the boys to the meeting.
c. The boys forced the crowd to allow them through.
d. The boys forced the people to make way for them.
5. According o the passage, what advice was given to those who had
grabbed other’s land?
 They should be honest and courteous enough to give back what is
not theirs.
6. Why, according to the speaker in the passage, should adults have strong
model values?
 They should live by values that can hold them together as society
such as honest, loyalty, hard work, respect for others, forgiveness
and discipline.
7. The young man’s speak was
a. Not useful.
b. Received well by all people
c. Too short.

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d. Difficult for the boys to follow.

8. According to the passage, how do we know that some politicians are
dishonest people?
 They steal the savings of others or even grab land that does not
belong to them.
9. What can people do in order to live together as society?
 They have to take keen interest in one another’s welfare, and
they would be honest, love our neighbors and be kind in
generously by sharing what we have with others.
10. Do you agree with what Ibrahim said as the boys walked towards the
school? Give a reason for your answer.
 Yes, I do agree with
11. What can we learn from the speech of the speaker?
 We can learn from the speech of the speaker that we must do
whatever we can to improve to our society.
Unit 12 HIV AIDS

1. Write down any three diseas mentioned in the passage that were there
before 1980.
 The most feared diseases before 1980 were malaria pneumonia
leprosy and polio.
2. Which disease was not widely known?
 HIV/AIDS
3. What were the symptoms of the strange disease that appeared after
1980?
 Symptoms were a persistent cough, loss of appetite, loss of
weight, etc.
4. Did doctors find a cure for the disease?
 No. doctors did not find the disease for cure.
5. Who else a part from the doctors, did research on the disease?
 Scientist went to the laboratories hoping to come up with a
cure.

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6. What are the young unmarried people advised to do to keep the

disease at bay?  They are advised to abstain from illegal sex.
7. How should married people protect themselves from contacting the
disease?
 Married people should be faithful one’s partner for the married
couples.
8. Do you think AIDS is a Monster? Why do you think so?
 Yes, AIDS is monster because it kills the people.
9. What is the complete name of the incurable disease
A-acquired
I-immune
D-deficiency
S-syndrome
10. What is the only way we can be safe from the AIDS?
 It is obeying what the Islamic religion ordains about having pre-
marital sex.
11. Is there a cure yet for the disease?
 No, there is not yet a cure for the disease.

Unit 13: there is no place like home.

1. Who supported Omar and Noor?

 Their parents supported them.
2. What Noor and Omar dreamed?
 They dreamed the idea of emigrating.
3. After their dreaming, what happened to Noor and Omar?  They
began preparing their journey.
4. What happened to them when they crossed the border?
 They encountered many difficulties while they crossed the
border.
5. What did they begin with when they arrived in a dangerous land?
 They began worrying when the things got worse.

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6. What did they find in the harsh land?

 They found brutal bandits in the harsh land.
7. Why Hodan was taken?
 Hodan was taken as hostage and raped her.
8. What did Omar and Noor meet in the big city?
 Omar and Noor finally came to a big city that wasn’t the
destination they had dreamed of.
9. When the two boys returned, what did they ask for?
 The boys asked for forgiveness from their parents.
10. Finally, what did they gain from their emigration?
 They gained experience which served as a lesson for the other

kinds who were planning to emigrate choose the words in the

box to complete the sentences below

Advice, hostage, home, encountered, parents,

education, money, hostage, came, hodan, badly, wealthy.

1. Finally Nor and Omar came back at home.

2. During their travelling they met a person called Hodan.
3. The parents tried to advice the two boys about the wrong
path of life they were talking
4. The robbers took Hodan as hostage and raped her.
5. The robbers punished the boys badly.
6. While on the road the travelers encountered many difficulties
they did not foresee
7. The two boys came from wealthy families
8. The Omar and nor understood the value of guidance and
advice from parents.

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9. After the horrible experience the boys focused on education

10. The boys did have enough money to go back home

Unit 14: Tribalism

1. Talk briefly about tribe?

 Tribe is a racial group whom united by language and
customs.
2. Who is a tribesman?
 Tribesman is a member of a tribe.
3. What is tribalism?
 Tribalism is referred to a way of thinking or
behaving in which people are loyal to their social
group.
4. How long Somali society has been in disarray?
 Somali society has been in disarray for more than
two decades.
5. What has caused Somali’s civil war and social
fragmentation?  It has promoted by tribalism.
6. When Somali nation has gained its independence?
 Somali nation had gained its independence in 1960.
7. What Somalia’s new leaders are focusing on today?
 The Somali new leaders are focusing on how to re-build this civil
war devastated country.
8. If Somalis had turned a blind eye to the tribalism since the
independence would they have caught up with developing
countries?
 Yes I think at least so.
Fill in the gaps using the best word from the box below.

Chief, disarray, lifestyle, obsession, clan, loyalty, Fragmentation,

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patriotism, kin, habit, community, nation, blind, ancestor

1. A nation is a large body of people who associated with a

particular territory.
2. A lifestyle is the way in which a person lives.
3. A chief is a leader or ruler of a people or clan.
4. A strong feeling or support or allegiance is called loyalty.
5. A kin is one’s family or relative.
6. Fragmentation is the process of breaking things into pieces.
7. An ancestor is a parent or the parent of an antecedent.
8. Patriotism is associated with serving your country and waving
the flag.
9. A group of people living in the same place is called community.
10. A blind is a person who cannot see anything.
11. Disarray is a state of disorganization or untidiness.
12. Something which is uppermost in someone’s mind is obsession.
13. A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship
and descent.
14. A somebody’s settled practice that cannot easily be given up
habit.

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