English Grade 8 FAL Certification Exam Example Questions Fully Solved.

Adverbs - correct answer Tells us more about the verb. Which types of adverbs are there? - correct answer Manner Place Time Degree Reason Result Adverb of manner - correct answer How something is done. Ex. quickly, sadly Adverb of place - correct answer Where something is done. Ex. nearby, there Adverb of time - correct answer When something is done. Ex. now, soon, seldom Adverb of degree - correct answer How strong the adverb is. Ex. loudly, completely Adverb of reason - correct answer Why something is done. Ex. because, thus Adverb of result - correct answer What happened. Ex. so that, in order that Adjectives - correct answer Tells us more about a noun. Describes the noun. Comparative adjectives - correct answer Shows comparisons between two things. Ex. older, safer, louder, more beautiful Superlative adjective - correct answer Used to compare more than two objects or people. Ex. oldest, safest, loudest, most beautiful Adverbial clauses - correct answer Time Place Reason Result Manner Adjectival phrases - correct answer A group of words describing a noun or pronoun without a verb. Ex. The actress with the rosy cheeks acts in "Maroon". Adjectival clauses - correct answer Describes a subject or direct object of a sentence. Ex. The first heart transplant, which happened in 1967, was preformed in South Africa. Active voice - correct answer The object receives the action of the verb. Ex. The interviewer asks questions. (Keep the tense the same) Passive voice - correct answer The subject of the sentence receives the action. The questions were asked by the interviewer. (Keep the tense the same) Ambiguity - correct answer Some words are left out that would've made the meaning clear. Antonyms - correct answer The opposite meaning of a word. 1. Prefixes: un, in/im, dis 2. Suffixes: less, able, ful Diminutive forms - correct answer Uses suffixes to show a smaller version of a noun. 1. let 2. ette 3. ling 4. ock (bullock) Fact - correct answer A statement that can be proved. 2 + 2 = 4 Opinion - correct answer A personal view, attitude, or appraisal. Woolworths is more expensive than other grocers. Stereotype - correct answer A generalized belief about a group of people that are often wrong. Arabs are terrorists. Figurative language - correct answer Language that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create a special effect or feeling. Ex. Wave upon wave Homophones - correct answer These are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings and spelling. Homonyms - correct answer Two words that sound alike and are spelt alike but have different meanings. Plural nouns - correct answer Some refer to nouns that only have a plural (bought goods). Some refer to nouns that have linked parts (pair/s of...) Plural nouns with linked parts - correct answer Tights Jeans Scissors Pliers Clothes Pronouns - correct answer Used instead of nouns. 1. Personal 2. Possesive 3. Reflexive Personal pronouns - correct answer I Me He She They Possessive pronouns - correct answer Yours His Hers Theirs Ours Reflexive pronouns - correct answer -self Myself Yourself Themselves Proper nouns - correct answer Capital letter Names of places, things, or people. Ex. Allan, Friday, Silverstone. Common nouns - correct answer Ordinary, common things that are around us. Ex. desk, person, window, floor, computer, paper, arm. Phrasal verbs - correct answer Verb + Preposition Ex. Look up, Put off, Look down, Put up. Simple sentences - correct answer Short One clause Ex. Masks cover people's faces. Complex sentences - correct answer 1 main clause Adjectival and adverbial clauses Compound sentences - correct answer More than one clause Joined by a conjunction Subjunctive mood - correct answer If... were/would... Types of sentences - correct answer 1. Question 2. Exclamation 3. Command 4. Statement 5. Statement with direct speech.