Mr. Herz's English Page
2019

Eighth Grade Test

Read the Dream Guitar on page 70.
Now, in complete sentences, answer the following questions:

  1. How old is the boy in the story?
  2. What did he want for his birthday?
  3. Did the boy’s father have a guitar?
  4. Where did the father take his son?
  5. What kind of a guitar did the boy want?
  6. What was the man on the stage selling?

Now, in a complete paragraph, describe the guitar that was for sale.

  • Tell me at least three things about the guitar.
  • Why did the father want it?

Translate:

famous songwriter
leave angrily
electric guitar
cash in my wallet
prepare eggs
play piano
sold a slave
spicy onions
heavy blanket
can opener

Answer in complete sentences:

What is something you do every day?
Tell me something your best friend never dos:
What is one thing you did last weekend?
What are you doing now?
What is Bertram doing this afternoon?
What is your favorite subject?

Pick the right word:

This car is fast/faster/fastest than my last one. I have never seen something so ugly/uglier/ugliest. Romeo is not as tall/taller/tallest as Juliette. This test was more fun/funner/funnest than the last one. Mr. Herz is a very funny/funnier man.

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Points of Grammar:

Present Simple (fact, habit) (pp. 36, 42)

I/You/We/They V . . . .
I/You/We/They do (not) V . . . .
Do I/you/we/they V . . . ?
He/She/It Vs . . . .
He/She/It does (not) V . . . .
Does he/she/it V . . . ?

Describing people, places, or things (p. 22, 38)

Subject + be (am / is / are, was / were, will be) + rest of sentence

Present Progressive (happening now or soon)

I am (not) Ving . . . .
Am I Ving . . . ?
He/She/It is (not) Ving . . . .
Is he/she/it Ving . . . . ?
You/We/They are (not) Ving . . . .
Are you/we/they Ving . . . ?

Past Simple (past facts) (p. 62, 68)

s - All subjects
S V2(usu. Ved) . . . .
S did (not) V . . . .
Did S V . . . ?

Modals (p. 16)

modal + V

can / should / must / mustn't / could

Comparative Adjectives (p. 88)

adj.er than: faster than

more/less adj. than: more happy than; less expensive than

as adj. as: as tall as

Superlatives (p. 89)

Superlatives
adjective more most
good better best
bad worse worst
simple: clean adj. + er: cleaner adj. + est: cleanest
CVC: sad CVCCer: sadder CVCCest: saddest
adj.y: saucy adj.ier: saucier adj.est: sauciest

Where C stands for Consonant, V for Vowel, and .y stands for an adjective ending in y.

Know the past of: (p. 155)

be / build / draw / find / have / think / fly / throw / teach / speak / give / hear / make / do / have / ride / wake

Special Vocabulary

who
what
when
where
how
somebody
anybody
nobody
something
anything
nothing
much/many
a/an
good/better/best
bad/worse/worst
adjective/ -er / -est

Time Words

ago
already
all the time
any day
every day
most days
once a week
sometimes
ever/never
sometime
anytime

Vocabulary

Unit 1: Join Us (p. 29)

Join us
a little
ago
agree
amazing
angrily
appear
arrive
audience
audition
band
because
both
bring
broken (break)
case
change (v)
decide
enough
excited
famous
favorite
forget, forgot
form (v)
group
guess (v)
guitar
guitarist
hit (song)
hold
hope (v)
idea
ignore
important
instrument
jazz
join
late
laugh (v)
leave, left
look for
make a list
mathematics
memory
more than
musician
need
no problem
on stage
piano
play (an instrument)
practice (v, n)
pretty good
pride
put
quietly
ready
really
rich
science
scientist
should
smile (v)
something
songwriter
sounds like
star
stare
start
sticker
successful
take a break
take care of
take lessons
thanks to
thousand
touch (v)
treasure
was born
well
worn out

Unit 2: Meet the Band (p. 51)

a bit
across
actor
always
angry
announcement
another
apartment
as
as
aunt
away
believe
between
board (v)
build
capital (city)
celebrate
close (v)
close, closer
collect
concert
country
cousin
create
different
drummer
exciting
experience (n)
far
fasi
fight
frightening
fun
gate
giant
grandfather
grandmother
grandparents
happily
helmet
huge
husband
immediately
invite
island
language
last
life
lost
lucky
main
make
meet
member
minute
move
national
nephew
never
niece
of
often
parents
passenger
passport
pity
plane
poor
push
remember
remind
rule (n)
shout
singer
soon
speak
special
stay
stone
strong
team
the
travel
uncle
usually
wait (for)
what
wife
young

Unit 3: All that Jazz (p. 75)

age
area
be careful
be prepared
become
blanket
can opener
candy
carefully
cash
chicken
choice
combination
cooking
cost (v)
dessert
dish
down
dry
eggs
electric
emergency kit
excellent
expensive
field
first aid kit
flashlight
free (adj)
freedom
French fries
fried
front
fruit
happen
hard
heavy
hope (n)
in silence
kind of
later
let
lie
loud
make sure
move
nervous
next
noise
north
of course
onions
only
order (v)
part (n)
pass
perform
piece
pillow
potato chips
prepare
quickly
recommend
restaurant
sale
sauce
slave
sold
sound (n)
soup
spices
spicy
style
theme
traditional
turn off
typical
valuable
vegetables
wallet
wind
wooden