Grade 8 Papers
Grade 8 English term test papers. Every paper here has been opened and checked: the grade, subject and term match, the source printed on the paper has been recorded, and no paper carrying student information is listed.
What this collection actually contains
18 papers, from 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024, 2025 and 2026: ten from provincial departments, six from zonal offices and two from schools. By term, that is five first-term, seven second-term and two third-term papers, and there are also a marking scheme, a model answer and a question bank.
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20262 papers
- 2026Past paperEnglish medium
Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2026 - Central Province
- Year
- 2026
- Term or examination
- Second term · Provincial examination
- Province, zone or school
- Central Province
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2026 - Central ProvinceDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2026 - Central ProvinceLinked from the supplied source file
- 2026Model answerEnglish medium
Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2026 Central Province Answers
- Year
- 2026
- Term or examination
- Second term · Provincial examination
- Province, zone or school
- Central Province
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Model answer
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2026 Central Province AnswersDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2026 Central Province AnswersLinked from the supplied source file
20254 papers
- 2025Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - Diagnostic Test 2025 - Ibbagamuwa Model School
- Year
- 2025
- Term or examination
- School term test
- Province, zone or school
- Ibbagamuwa Model School
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - Diagnostic Test 2025 - Ibbagamuwa Model SchoolDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - Diagnostic Test 2025 - Ibbagamuwa Model SchoolLinked from Google Drive
- 2025Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - Third Term Test 2025 - North Western Province
- Year
- 2025
- Term or examination
- Third term · Provincial examination
- Province, zone or school
- North Western Province
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - Third Term Test 2025 - North Western ProvinceDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - Third Term Test 2025 - North Western ProvinceLinked from Google Drive
- 2025Past paperClear scanEnglish medium
Grade 8 English - Year End Term Test 2025 - Southern Province
- Year
- 2025
- Term or examination
- Third term test
- Province, zone or school
- Department of Education, Southern Province
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - Year End Term Test 2025 - Southern ProvinceDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - Year End Term Test 2025 - Southern ProvincePDF, 9.4 MB · Linked from Google Drive
- 2025Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - Second Term Diagnostic Test 2025 - Trincomalee Zone
- Year
- 2025
- Term or examination
- Second term test
- Province, zone or school
- Trincomalee Zone
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - Second Term Diagnostic Test 2025 - Trincomalee ZoneDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - Second Term Diagnostic Test 2025 - Trincomalee ZoneLinked from Google Drive
20243 papers
- 2024Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2024 - Bibile Zone
- Year
- 2024
- Term or examination
- Second term test
- Province, zone or school
- Bibile Zone
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2024 - Bibile ZoneDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2024 - Bibile ZoneLinked from Google Drive
- 2024Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2024 - Gampaha Zone
- Year
- 2024
- Term or examination
- Second term test
- Province, zone or school
- Gampaha Zone
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2024 - Gampaha ZoneDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2024 - Gampaha ZoneLinked from Google Drive
- 2024Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2024 - North Western Province
- Year
- 2024
- Term or examination
- Second term · Provincial examination
- Province, zone or school
- North Western Province
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2024 - North Western ProvinceDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - Second Term Test 2024 - North Western ProvinceLinked from Google Drive
20211 paper
- 2021Question bankEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - Zonal Education Activity Book - Mannar Zone
- Year
- 2021
- Term or examination
- School term test
- Province, zone or school
- Mannar Zone
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Question bank
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - Zonal Education Activity Book - Mannar ZoneDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - Zonal Education Activity Book - Mannar ZoneLinked from Google Drive
20194 papers
- 2019Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - Third Term Test 2019 - North Central Province
- Year
- 2019
- Term or examination
- Third term · Provincial examination
- Province, zone or school
- North Central Province
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - Third Term Test 2019 - North Central ProvinceDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - Third Term Test 2019 - North Central ProvinceLinked from Google Drive
- 2019Marking schemeEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 and Grade 9 English - Second Term Test 2019 - North Western Province - Marking Schemes
- Year
- 2019
- Term or examination
- Second term · Provincial examination
- Province, zone or school
- North Western Province
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Marking scheme
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 and Grade 9 English - Second Term Test 2019 - North Western Province - Marking SchemesDownload PDF: Grade 8 and Grade 9 English - Second Term Test 2019 - North Western Province - Marking SchemesLinked from Google Drive
- 2019Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2019 - Ambilipitiya Zone
- Year
- 2019
- Term or examination
- First term test
- Province, zone or school
- Ambilipitiya Zone
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2019 - Ambilipitiya ZoneDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2019 - Ambilipitiya ZoneLinked from Google Drive
- 2019Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2019 - Walisinghe Harishchandra Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura
- Year
- 2019
- Term or examination
- First term test
- Province, zone or school
- Walisinghe Harishchandra Vidyalaya, Anuradhapura
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2019 - Walisinghe Harishchandra Vidyalaya, AnuradhapuraDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2019 - Walisinghe Harishchandra Vidyalaya, AnuradhapuraLinked from Google Drive
20184 papers
- 2018Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - Term Test 2018 - Southern Province
- Year
- 2018
- Term or examination
- Provincial examination
- Province, zone or school
- Southern Province
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - Term Test 2018 - Southern ProvinceDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - Term Test 2018 - Southern ProvinceLinked from Google Drive
- 2018Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2018 - Mannar Division
- Year
- 2018
- Term or examination
- First term test
- Province, zone or school
- Mannar Division
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2018 - Mannar DivisionDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2018 - Mannar DivisionLinked from Google Drive
- 2018Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2018 - North Western Province
- Year
- 2018
- Term or examination
- First term · Provincial examination
- Province, zone or school
- North Western Province
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2018 - North Western ProvinceDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2018 - North Western ProvinceLinked from Google Drive
- 2018Past paperEnglish mediumLink checked
Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2018 - Western Province
- Year
- 2018
- Term or examination
- First term · Provincial examination
- Province, zone or school
- Western Province
- Subject and paper type
- English Language — Past paper
- Medium
- English
View paper: Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2018 - Western ProvinceDownload PDF: Grade 8 English - First Term Test 2018 - Western ProvinceLinked from Google Drive
No paper in Grade 8 matches those choices
Using a Grade 8 paper well
Grade 8 is the last year before the two that lead directly to the O/L examination, and it is the best year to fix habits that are expensive to fix later.
- Find the weakness, then use the question bank rather than another whole paper. Ten questions of the type that is costing marks are worth more than a fourth complete paper.
- Read the model answer after attempting the question, never before. Compare the shape of the answer with your own: where the point is made, how much detail is given, how long the introduction really is.
- Write to the length asked for. Grade 8 is where students start writing too much and losing marks for it. If a question says a paragraph, a page is not generous, it is off the point.
- Sit one paper under proper time each term. Not more: the information from a timed paper is only useful if there is time to act on it before the next one.
Who set these papers
These papers were set by provincial departments of education, zonal and divisional offices, and schools. The body printed on each paper is recorded on its card. RCF English did not create any of them and does not claim to.
Papers produced by private institutes, academies, tuition classes and publishers are deliberately not listed. Read the Copyright and Resource Policy.
Prepare before you practise
Grade 8 lesson plans
Twelve PPP plans tied to the Pupil's Book units.
Question banks
Ten of the same question type, for repairing one weakness.
Model answers
What a full answer looks like, and how to use one.
How to use past papers
Getting real value from a paper instead of just finishing it.