Welcome to your Grade 8 Engilsh chapter 2
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
Which type of calendar has no relationship with the cycles of the moon and the sun?
2.
Where does the contemporary calendar originate from?
3.
Why is the Gregorian calendar more widely used today?
4.
Who developed the last version of the Gregorian calendar?
5.
Which months were named after Julius Caesar and Augustus?
6.
What marks the beginning of the civil year in the Gregorian calendar?
7.
How were the last four months of the year originally named?
8.
What are "ecclesiastical purposes" related to?
9.
Why are solilunar calendars considered successful?
10.
According to the text, what is a paragraph?
11.
March was named after the god of ______.
12.
Which calendar is mentioned as the Ethiopian mainstream calendar?
13.
How do the months in the Ethiopian calendar compare to the Gregorian calendar?
14.
What does the first sentence of a simple paragraph usually contain?
15.
In Helen's timetable, what is she described as?
16.
What is the purpose of a timetable in the context of the unit?
17.
"Lunisolar calendars" are described as being related to what?
18.
Which month's name evolved to assume its modern name?
19.
Numa introduced a new form of the calendar originally proposed by ______.
20.
Comparative adjectives are used in this unit to compare ______.
21.
What is the relationship between the movement of the sun and academic calendars?
22.
What are "Lunistellar calendars" related to?
23.
The old names of months in the Gregorian calendar evolved ______.
24.
Which calendar is purely lunar?
25.
What do sentences following the first sentence in a paragraph do?
26.
How many types of calendars are initially listed for description?
27.
What do "Other calendars" lack relationship with?
28.
Which months are considered the "last four months"?
29.
In the sample paragraph, what does the warm weather allow?
30.
Who succeeded Caesar's throne?
