Grade 8 Reading Exercise

It hosts Grade 8 reading materials and exercises covering main question types, provides answers for all questions; students can get reading materials and exercises by topics or types and practices online.

 All Exercises
Safe Computer Use
Words: 418    Suggest to finish in 7 minutes.
Garbage
Words: 589    Suggest to finish in 10 minutes.
The Openings
Words: 590    Suggest to finish in 10 minutes.
The Earth
Words: 617    Suggest to finish in 10 minutes.
Black Powder
Words: 663    Suggest to finish in 10 minutes.
Maginot Line
Words: 765    Suggest to finish in 15 minutes.
Babies Learn Language
Words: 965    Suggest to finish in 15 minutes.
A Tale of Two Countries
Words: 971    Suggest to finish in 15 minutes.
Oversleeping
Words: 1114    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
From Sandals to Sneakers
Words: 1196    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
A Respectable Woman
Words: 1635    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
Gilray's Flower-Pot
Words: 1672    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
The Hydrophobic Skunk
Words: 2405    Suggest to finish in 20 minutes.
 Today's Question
Questions 1–8: The Reading Passage has eight paragraphs A-H. Which paragraph contains the following information? Write the correct letter, A–H.
1. Earth’s natural satellite

2. Distance between Earth and Sun

3. General information about Earth

4. The Solar System

5. Length of most moths

6. Another name for Earth

7. The living part of the Earth's surface

8. The movements of Earth around the Sun
Questions 9-13: Complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer.
9. Apart from Earth, other rocky planets in our Solar Systems are Venus, Mars and .

10. Moon from the Sun on Earth.

11. There are millions of of plants and animals that inhabit Earth.

12. Now the Solar System is traveling through .

13. The dark side of the Moon is the side, which faces Earth.