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Grade 8 Language: Reading comprehension QuizPrint.CA Ontario curriculum: Language (2023) · Comprehension C2 — analyse and evaluate ideas in complex texts using comprehension strategies NameDateScore 1. What still carried oil into storm drains? The town of Millbrook grew beside a river that supplied drinking water, moved a historic mill, and drew tourists for canoeing. After a factory upstream closed, tests showed fewer pollutants, but runoff from new parking lots still carried oil into storm drains. Students argued that a watershed connects everyone: choices on land show up in the water. They proposed rain gardens to slow and filter runoff before it reached the river. 2. What kind of surprise is this? The fire station burned down while the firefighters were away teaching a fire-safety class. 3. Which idea is a conclusion, rather than a detail the class counted? Grade 8 visited a ravine near the riverbank. Noor counted three kinds of trees, including arbutus, and spotted a snake. Their teacher explained that biodiversity means many different living things sharing a habitat. Owen wrote that if one species disappeared, others might lose food or shelter. The class agreed the ravine was worth protecting. 4. A letter says, "Assign the novel tonight because students can all buy it at the shop on the way home." What does the writer assume? 5. Chloe wrote: "Please bring a labelled water bottle on Friday. We will walk to the park after lunch." What is the author's main purpose? 6. Ice cream sales and sunburns both rise in July. Which statement is careful? 7. Which tree is named in the passage? Grade 8 visited a ravine near the meadow. Isla counted three kinds of trees, including poplar, and spotted a heron. Their teacher explained that biodiversity means many different living things sharing a habitat. Daniel wrote that if one species disappeared, others might lose food or shelter. The class agreed the ravine was worth protecting. 8. Calling the test "a Herculean task" alludes to... 9. Where did the class visit? Grade 8 visited a ravine near the cross-country trail. Callum counted three kinds of trees, including maple, and spotted a chipmunk. Their teacher explained that biodiversity means many different living things sharing a habitat. Omar wrote that if one species disappeared, others might lose food or shelter. The class agreed the ravine was worth protecting. 10. Which term names a tale that stands for a larger idea, such as unfair treatment? In the tale, only the tall plants in the garden receive water. The short plants wilt. Sign in to manage students and save worksheet results. Fresh practice from quizprint.ca. Unofficial practice — not a ministry test or resource. Answer key Grade 8 Language: Reading comprehension Ontario curriculum: Language (2023) · Comprehension C2 — analyse and evaluate ideas in complex texts using comprehension strategies Question numbers match the worksheet. 1.D) runoff from new parking lots 2.D) situational ironyThe outcome is the opposite of what you would expect. 3.A) The ravine was worth protecting. 4.D) that every student can reach that shop and buy the book tonightAn assumption is an unstated idea the argument needs. 5.A) to inform 6.C) Hot weather may explain both. Ice cream does not have to cause the sunburns.Two things can rise together without one causing the other. 7.A) poplar 8.B) a very hard job in an old storyAn allusion refers to a well-known story or event. 9.C) a ravine near the cross-country trail 10.B) allegoryAn allegory tells a story that stands for a larger idea. Keep this page if you are printing for a child. Fresh practice from quizprint.ca. Unofficial practice — not a ministry test or resource.

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