Grade 8 UNIT 16: INVENTIONS


Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
A. behave B. paper C. taste D. chocolate
A. refine B. invent C. facsimile D. vanilla
A. button B. crush C. pulp D. papyrus
A. touch B. thousand C. about D. round
A. process B. appliance C. official D. place
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below.
The rice crop______ after February every year.
A. is harvesting B. are harvesting C. is harvested D. are harvested
We had dinner_____did the washing-up.
A. and then B. and after C. and finally D. and lately
We delayed our trip due to the bad weather.
A. because B. because of C. therefore D. however
The______machine has a lot of rollers.
A. paper-making B. rnaking-paper C. paper-make D. paper-made
Tell him_____ outside the office, please.
A. wait B. to wait C. waiting D. waits
At one time, coffee_____as a medicine.
A. used B. was used to C. was used D. uses
_____is a machine that washes dishes.
A. Washing machine B. Dishwasher C. Microwave D. Hairdryer
Jack doesn’t know how_____the toaster. [toaster: electrical device for toasting slices of bread]
A. fix B. to fix C. fixing D. for fixing
This food tastes very______.
A. delicious B. wonder C. diliciously D. wonderfully
She reheated the soup in the _____.
A. microwave B. hairdrier C. microphone D. conveyor belt
The facsimile _____ by Alexander Bain in 1843.
A. is invented B. was invented C. invented D. has been invented
First fry the onions______, add the potatoes.
A. than B. then C. after D. before
He______a prize in the competition last week.
A. win B. won C. was won D. has win
Who ______the company?
A. goes B. walks C. jogs D. runs
______ is an instrument for making sounds louder.
A. Loudspeaker B. Recorder C. Facsimile D. Radio
The doctor told me _____ more fresh fruit.
A. eat B. to eat C. eating D. ate
Can you repair my bike?
A. fix B. use C. adjust D. a&b
Coffee was known in Europe_______‘Arabian wine’.
A. as B. like C. was D. Ø
The information ______.
A. stores B. stored C. is stored D. are stored
I saw a _____ flying overhead.
A. train B. helicopter C. conveyor belt D. coach


Choose the underlined part that needs correction.
The rice grains is husked in the mill to produce brown rice.
A B C D
Don’t forget to turn out the lights before leaving the building.
A B C D
Follow I and I will show you the way.
A B C D
The coffee berries fermented in water for make a strong tasting liquid.
A B C D
Ann wanted to know where in order to get a map of the city.
A B C D
Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.
An American called Thomas Alva Edison was the first man (31)______sound. In 1878, he invented a machine (32)______a phonograph. The phonograph was a bit like a record player, but it used metal cylinders instead of discs. Flat discs (records) appeared ten years (33)______.
Tape recorders first appeared (34)______the 1930s, but they were large and expensive. Then, in 1963, the Philips Company developed the first cassette. Cassettes are still very popular all (35)______the world.
A. record B. to record C. recording D. for recording
A. called B. was called C. calling D. was calling
A. late B. lately C. later D. latest
A. in B. at C.