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Class 7–8 English quiz — 1 October 2026

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Question 1 · Tenses

Choose the correct form. While we ___ dinner, the lights went out.

  1. A. have eaten
  2. B. eat
  3. C. will eat
  4. D. were eating ✓

Answer: were eating. A longer action in the past is shown by the past continuous: were eating.

Question 2 · Idioms

Which idiom means "avoid the main point"?

  1. A. Beat around the bush ✓
  2. B. Spill the beans
  3. C. Hit the sack
  4. D. Under the weather

Answer: Beat around the bush. "beat around the bush" means avoid the main point.

Question 3 · One word for many

Which one word means "the study of living things"?

  1. A. biology ✓
  2. B. astronomer
  3. C. library
  4. D. illiterate

Answer: biology. biology means the study of living things.

Question 4 · Spelling

Which spelling is correct?

  1. A. embaras
  2. B. embarras
  3. C. embarrass ✓
  4. D. embarass

Answer: embarrass. embarrass has double r and double s.

Question 5 · Active and passive

Choose the passive form of: Farmers grow wheat.

  1. A. Wheat was grown by farmers.
  2. B. Wheat is grown by farmers. ✓
  3. C. Wheat is being grown by farmers.
  4. D. Wheat grows farmers.

Answer: Wheat is grown by farmers.. Present simple: is/are + past participle.

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