School words and subject words

Grade 8 Reading Worksheet

Circle the best answer.

1. 1.

   Jun reads: “The author never says the town is poor, but the empty shops ____ it.” Which word fits the blank?

   • imply
   • summarize
   • infer
   • state
2. 2.

   Kira reads: “Without any records, historians can only ____ that a drought emptied the village.” Which word fits the blank?

   • predict
   • speculate
   • confirm
   • report
3. 3.

   Luz reads: “The graph shows a function: each input value has exactly one output value.” Which meaning of function fits?

   • a planned event, such as a party
   • the job a body part does in a living thing, like a heart
   • a rule that gives one output for each input
   • a drawing of lines on a grid
4. 4.

   Milo reads: “In the experiment, the amount of light was the variable the students changed, while the water and soil stayed the same.” Which meaning of variable fits?

   • a letter that stands for an unknown number in an equation
   • a factor that is changed to see what happens
   • likely to change often, like weather
   • the water and soil that stayed the same
5. 5.

   Noah reads: “A rock on the Moon has the same mass as on Earth, but it weighs less.” Which meaning of mass fits?

   • the amount of matter in an object
   • a large lump of something
   • a gathering of a great many people
   • weighing less on the Moon
6. 6.

   Pia reads: “The expression has a radical, the square root sign, over the number sixteen.” Which meaning of radical fits?

   • a person who wants big changes in government
   • very different from what is usual
   • a root sign, such as a square root
   • the number sixteen under the sign
7. 7.

   Ren is checking word use. Which sentence uses foreshadowing correctly?

   • The dark clouds in chapter one were foreshadowing, hinting at the storm in chapter five.
   • The story used foreshadowing when the narrator jumped back to describe last summer in chapter two.
   • The foreshadowing is the room where the story takes place.
   • The foreshadowing came after the ending, explaining what had already happened.
8. 8.

   Tala is checking word use. Which sentence uses density correctly?

   • A rock that sinks in water has a lower density than the water.
   • Density is the amount of space that an object takes up.
   • Iron has greater density than wood, so an iron block is heavier than a same-sized wood block.
   • Density measures how fast an object moves.
9. 9.

   Zee is checking word use. Which sentence uses tributary correctly?

   • The tributary carries water away from the main river and into a pond.
   • The creek is a tributary of the larger river, adding its water to the river's flow.
   • The tributary is the place where a river meets the sea.
   • The tributary is a tool for measuring how deep water is.
10. 10.

    Ari is checking word use. Which sentence uses genre correctly?

    • A genre is one single book, so no two books can share one.
    • The genre is the person who tells the story.
    • Mystery and fantasy are two genres of fiction.
    • The genre of the story is the town where it takes place.