Grade 8 Listening Comprehension Practice
This worksheet helps 8th-grade students practice active listening skills and recall information from spoken passages.
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Listening Comprehension Practice
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Instructions: Your teacher will read a short passage aloud. Listen carefully and actively. After the passage is read, answer the questions that follow based on what you heard. You may not ask for the passage to be repeated, so pay close attention the first time.
Teacher will read the following passage aloud ONE time:
Passage: The Amazon rainforest, covering much of northwestern Brazil and extending into Colombia, Peru, and other South American countries, is the world’s largest tropical rainforest, famed for its biodiversity. It's home to millions of species of insects, plants, and birds, and contains more than 2.5 million different insect species. The Amazon River, which flows through the rainforest, is the second-longest river in the world and carries more water than any other river. Deforestation is a major threat to this vital ecosystem, driven primarily by cattle ranching and agriculture.
1. Which of the following countries is NOT mentioned as having part of the Amazon rainforest?
Brazil
Ecuador
Colombia
Peru
2. The Amazon River is the longest river in the world.
3. Deforestation in the Amazon is primarily caused by cattle ranching and .
4. According to the passage, why is the Amazon rainforest considered vital?
5. The Amazon rainforest is home to millions of species of insects, plants, and birds.
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False