اختبار إلكتروني لغة إنجليزيةالصف الثامنالوحدة 1 [ Kuwait Then and Now ]

Match each word with its meaning.

• rich (adj) = غني
• wonderful (adj) = رائع
• landmark (n) = علامة مميزة
• recently (adv) = حديثًا
• digital (adj) = رقمي
• become (v) = يصبح
• museum (n) = متحف

Match each word with its meaning.

• locate (v) = يقع
• provide (v) = يزود
• receive (v) = يتلقى
• nowadays (adv) = هذه الأيام
• almost (adv) = تقريبًا
• social (adj) = اجتماعي
• fond of (ph.V) = شغوف بـ

Match each word with its meaning.

• communicate (v) = يتواصل
• deliver (v) = يوصل
• convenient (adj) = ملائم
• previously (adv) = فيما مضى – سابقًا
• instant (adj) = فوري
• tutorial (n) = دورة تعليمية

What are the names of these landmarks (the three most popular attractions in Kuwait)? Choose all correct answers.

• Kuwait Towers
• Al Shaheed Park
• the Scientific Centre
• The Avenues Mall
• Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre

What can people do there? Classify each activity under its place.

• enjoy the Discovery Place = the Scientific Centre
• relax at the seaside café = the Scientific Centre
• learn about science, space, history, and the natural world = Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre
• exercise = Al Shaheed Park
• enjoy nature = Al Shaheed Park
• visit cultural exhibitions = Al Shaheed Park

What is the best title for this passage?

• Smart Apps for Smart Living
• Life in Kuwait in the Past
• Exploring Top Places in Kuwait
• Shopping Online in Kuwait

What does Kuwait offer to visitors?

• It offers landline phones to contact people.
• It offers small houses made of palm leaves and mud.
• It offers many wonderful places to visit, learn, and enjoy.
• It offers hard jobs like fishing and pearl diving.

What does the Scientific Centre educate visitors about?

• It educates about landline phones and letters.
• It educates about the environment, marine life, and science.
• It educates about markets and shopping malls.
• It educates about fishing and pearl diving jobs.

What area do children enjoy at the Scientific Centre? Children enjoy the …….

What can adults do at the Scientific Centre?

• Adults can send letters and use landline phones.
• Adults can work hard jobs like fishing and pearl diving.
• Adults can relax at the seaside café or watch documentaries at the IMAX theatre.
• Adults can travel on camels and boats.

What can visitors learn at the Cultural Centre?

• They can learn how to use a landline phone.
• They can learn about science, space, history, and the natural world.
• They can learn how to build houses of palm leaves and mud.
• They can learn how to order food with online apps.

What is special about Al Shaheed Park?

• It is located in Salmiya.
• It has an IMAX theatre.
• It is one of the largest museums in the country.
• It is the largest park in Kuwait.

What can people do at Al Shaheed Park?

• They can enjoy the Discovery Place.
• They can exercise, enjoy nature, and visit cultural exhibitions.
• They can watch documentaries at the IMAX theatre.
• They can send letters and use landline phones.

What kind of environment does Al Shaheed Park provide?

• It provides a peaceful escape in a busy city.
• It provides a noisy and crowded place.
• It provides a dark theatre for documentaries.
• It provides a shopping mall in Salmiya.

Match the paragraph number with each heading.

• Paragraph 2 = Popular Apps in Kuwait
• Paragraph 1 = Kuwait in the Past
• Paragraph 4 = Learning Online
• Paragraph 3 = Shopping Online

How did people communicate in Kuwait 70 years ago? What about now?

• In the past, people in Kuwait used a landline phone or wrote a letter. Nowadays, people in Kuwait are using social media apps to communicate.
• In the past, people in Kuwait used Instagram and Snapchat. Nowadays, they use a landline phone or write a letter.
• In the past, people in Kuwait sent voice notes. Nowadays, they write letters.
• In the past, people in Kuwait used social media apps. Nowadays, they only meet face-to-face.

What are the most popular social media apps in Kuwait today?

• They are particularly fond of landline phones and radios.
• They are particularly fond of newspapers and letters.
• They are particularly fond of textbooks and notebooks.
• They are particularly fond of some apps, such as Instagram and Snapchat.

What do people use these apps for? Choose all correct answers.

• to share photos
• to write letters by hand
• to listen to the radio
• to record voice notes
• to send messages

What did teenagers often do in the past?

• They communicated more online than face-to-face.
• They ordered food with online apps.
• They played outside or read books.
• They watched tutorials on YouTube.

How did people receive news in the past?

• From Instagram and Snapchat.
• From YouTube tutorials.
• From the radio, TV, or newspapers.
• From voice notes.

How did families shop in the past?

• They used online apps.
• They ordered on Instagram.
• They visited markets or shopping malls.
• They had products delivered within a few hours.

How do people shop today?

• They write letters to shops.
• They listen to the radio.
• They read textbooks.
• They use online apps.

What kind of content do platforms like YouTube and Instagram have? Choose all correct answers.

• science lessons
• landline phone calls
• language lessons
• tutorials
• handwritten letters

Present simple: classify the subjects – which take the base form V(inf) and which take V+s?

• I = V(inf) – base form
• you = V(inf) – base form
• we = V(inf) – base form
• they = V(inf) – base form
• plural subject (جمع) = V(inf) – base form
• he = V+s
• she = V+s
• it = V+s
• singular subject (مفرد) = V+s

When the verb is in the base form V(inf) (I – we – you – they – plural), we make it negative with:

• doesn’t – does not
• is not – isn’t
• am not
• do not – don’t

When the verb ends in s (he – she – it – singular), we make it negative with ...... and the verb returns to the base form.

• do not – don’t
• are not – aren’t
• am not
• doesn’t – does not

Make the sentence negative. Farmers cut hundreds of trees every year. → Farmers …… hundreds of trees every year.

Choose the correct question for the sentence: Farmers cut hundreds of trees every year.

• What does farmers cut every year?
• What farmers cut every year?
• What do farmers cuts every year?
• What do farmers cut every year?

Make the sentence negative. A polar bear usually preys on fish. → A polar bear usually …… on fish.

Choose the correct question for the sentence: A polar bear usually preys on fish.

• What does a polar bear usually preys on?
• What does a polar bear usually prey on?
• What do a polar bear usually prey on?
• What a polar bear usually preys on?

Make the sentence negative. Computers help us to do multiple tasks at the same time. → Computers …… us to do multiple tasks at the same time.

Choose the correct question for the sentence: Computers help us to do multiple tasks at the same time.

• What does computers help us to do?
• What computers help us to do?
• What do computers helps us to do?
• What do computers help us to do?

Make the sentence negative. I am a student. → I …… a student.

Make the sentence negative. My sons are smart in Physics. → My sons …… smart in Physics.

Make the sentence negative. My teacher is Mr. Ahmad. → My teacher …… Mr. Ahmad.

Choose the correct answer: Ali ______ his homework every evening.

• does
• do
• done
• doing

Choose the correct answer: The circus clown always ______ a red nose.

• wears
• wear
• worn
• wearing

Choose the correct answer: Sara sometimes ______ perfume before going to school.

• use
• using
• to use
• uses

Choose the correct answer: The butcher ______ fresh meat daily.

• sell
• to sell
• selling
• sells

Choose the correct answer: Workers ______ at the factory gate at 7 a.m. every day.

• arrives
• arrive
• to arrive
• arriving

Choose the correct answer: The barber usually ______ hair with sharp scissors.

• have cut
• cuts
• to cut
• cutting

Choose the correct answer: The chef often ______ sandwiches to hungry students.

• prepare
• are preparing
• preparing
• prepares

Choose the correct answer: Children usually ______ mirrors to play with reflections.

• holds
• to hold
• holding
• hold

Choose the correct answer: The supervisor always ______ the workers carefully.

• watch
• to watch
• watching
• watches

Choose the correct answer: The peddler often ______ loudly in the street.

• shout
• to shout
• shouting
• shouts

Tom …… lunch now. (have)

The kids …… games at the moment. (play)

Tom …… a book now. (read)

Tom and his family …… TV at the moment. (watch)

My father …… in his office at the moment. (work)

My grandparents …… to my uncle now. (talk)

The mechanic …… the car now. (fix)

Please listen to me. I …… to you. (speak)

Please be quiet! Your grandmother …… in the next room. (sleep)

The baby ……. Please go check on him. (cry)

Make the sentence negative. Tom is having lunch now. → Tom …… having lunch now.

Make the sentence negative. The kids are playing games at the moment. → The kids …… playing games at the moment.

Make the sentence negative. Tom is reading a book now. → Tom …… reading a book now.

Make the sentence negative. Tom and his family are watching TV at the moment. → Tom and his family …… watching TV at the moment.

Make the sentence negative. My father is working in his office at the moment. → My father …… working in his office at the moment.

Make the sentence negative. My grandparents are talking to my uncle now. → My grandparents …… talking to my uncle now.

Make the sentence negative. The mechanic is fixing the car now. → The mechanic …… fixing the car now.

Make the sentence negative. I am speaking to you. → I …… speaking to you.

Make the sentence negative. Your grandmother is sleeping in the next room. → Your grandmother …… sleeping in the next room.

Make the sentence negative. The baby is crying. → The baby …… crying.

Choose the correct question for the sentence: Tom is having lunch now.

• When Tom is having lunch?
• When is Tom having lunch?
• When is Tom have lunch?
• When are Tom having lunch?

Choose the correct question for the sentence: Tom is reading a book now.

• What Tom is reading now?
• What is Tom reading now?
• What is Tom read now?
• What are Tom reading now?

Choose the correct question for the sentence: Tom and his family are watching TV at the moment.

• When Tom and his family are watching TV?
• When are Tom and his family watch TV?
• When are Tom and his family watching TV?
• When is Tom and his family watching TV?

Choose the correct question for the sentence: My father is working in his office at the moment.

• Who is work in his office at the moment?
• Who is working in his office at the moment?
• Who working in his office at the moment?
• Who does working in his office at the moment?

Compare entertainment, education and transportation in Kuwait in the past and nowadays. Classify each item.

• people sang around the fire = In the past
• students learned in al katateeb = In the past
• people travelled on camels and ships = In the past
• people chat on social media = Nowadays
• students learn online = Nowadays
• people travel by cars and planes = Nowadays

Life in Kuwait in the past and nowadays – writing plan: classify the supporting details into the two paragraphs.

• Small houses = Paragraph 1: The past
• Hard jobs = Paragraph 1: The past
• Camels and boats = Paragraph 1: The past
• Air conditioning = Paragraph 2: Nowadays
• Travelling by plane = Paragraph 2: Nowadays
• Work in offices, schools and hospitals = Paragraph 2: Nowadays
• Comfortable life = Paragraph 2: Nowadays

Life in Kuwait (paragraph 1: The past): put the sentences in the correct order.

• Life in Kuwait has changed a lot over time. In the past, life was simple and peaceful.
• In the past, people lived in small houses made of palm leaves and mud. They worked hard jobs like fishing and pearl diving to earn money.
• These jobs were not easy, but they were important.
• People used camels and boats to travel, which took a long time. In conclusion, people in Kuwait lived a difficult life in the past.

Life in Kuwait (paragraph 2: Nowadays): put the sentences in the correct order.

• Today, life in Kuwait is very different. People live in modern homes with air conditioning.
• They drive cars and use buses to get around. In addition, they travel to many countries by plane.
• Many people work in offices, schools, and hospitals. Life in Kuwait is more comfortable now.
• In conclusion, Kuwait is now a rich modern country, but it keeps its great history and traditions.