English Grammar Practice Test | Grade 8 (20 MCQs with Answers)
English Grammar Practice Test for Grade 8 with Answers. 20 MCQs with clear answers and explanations for middle school students.
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This English Grammar Practice Test for Grade 8 includes 20 multiple choice questions with answers and detailed explanations. It helps students improve grammar skills and exam confidence.
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#1. I have lived here ____ five years.
Explanation: “For” is used to show a period of time.
#2. Neither the teacher nor the students ____ late.
Explanation: The verb agrees with the nearest subject, which is “students.”
#3. He ____ finished his homework already.
Explanation: “Has” is used with he, she, and it in the present perfect tense.
#4. She said that she ____ busy.
Explanation: In reported speech, present tense changes to past tense.
#5. He speaks English ____ than me.
Explanation: “More fluent” is the correct comparative form.
#6. She ____ to school every day.
Explanation: In the present simple tense, we add “s” or “es” with third person singular subjects like she, he, and it.
#7. She ____ be at home now.
Explanation: “Must” is used to show strong possibility or certainty.
#8. She is ____ than her sister.
Explanation: “Taller” is the comparative form of the adjective “tall.”
#9. You ____ smoke inside the hospital.
Explanation: “Must not” is used to show prohibition.
#10. They ____ playing cricket now.
Explanation: “Are” is used with plural subjects like they in the present continuous tense.
#11. If it rains, we ____ at home.
Explanation: First conditional sentences use “will” in the main clause.
#12. The match was canceled ____ the rain.
Explanation: “Because of” is used before a noun or noun phrase.
#13. This is the ____ book I have ever read.
Explanation: “Best” is the superlative form of the adjective “good.”
#14. The book ____ on the table.
Explanation: “Lying” is used when something rests on its own.
#15. An apple a day keeps ____ doctor away.
Explanation: “The” is used when we refer to something specific or well known.
#16. He asked me where I ____ from.
Explanation: In indirect speech, present tense often changes to past tense.
#17. We ____ lunch when the bell rang.
Explanation: Past continuous tense is used for actions that were happening in the past.
#18. He ran ____ to catch the bus.
Explanation: Adverbs like “quickly” are used to describe verbs.
#19. The sun ____ in the east.
Explanation: Universal truths are written in the present simple tense.
#20. I did not ____ the movie yesterday.
Explanation: After “did not,” the base form of the verb is always used.
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