Grade 8 End Term 3 Practice Exams
| Learning area | Our exam | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 20 multiple choice + 6 worked problems, 50 marks | 1 h 30 min |
| Integrated Science | 30 multiple choice + 4 calculations, 50 marks | 1 h 30 min |
| English | Information text, play extract, grammar and vocabulary, 35 marks | 1 h 20 min |
| Kiswahili | Ufahamu, sarufi and msamiati, 30 marks | 1 h |
| Social Studies | 30 multiple choice, 30 marks | 1 h |
| Pre-Technical Studies, Agriculture, CRE | Being written | – |
Grade 8 is the middle year of junior school and, for many learners, the year that decides how ready they feel for the Grade 9 KJSEA.
About these papers
The content gets harder: integers and inequalities in Mathematics, the breathing and reproductive systems, elements and light in Integrated Science, and longer texts including drama in English. End Term 3 exams test the whole year, so this is the moment to find and fix gaps before Grade 9 begins in January.
Why Grade 8 Results Matter
School-based assessments from Grades 7 and 8 are combined with the national KJSEA papers to give each learner’s final junior school result, which then guides senior school placement and pathway choice. A strong Grade 8 is therefore not just about a report card; it is part of the record that follows your child into senior school. Equally important, Grade 9 builds directly on Grade 8 topics. A learner who is shaky on algebraic expressions or the particle model of matter will struggle with Grade 9 equations and atomic structure.
About Our Exams
End-term exams in junior school are set by schools, zones and publishers rather than KNEC, so formats differ. Ours follow the Grade 9 KJSEA layout: a multiple-choice section first, then questions that need working or longer answers. Every exam is sat online, marked as soon as your child submits, and followed by a worked explanation for every question. The first five questions of each exam are free.
A Two-Week Plan Before The Exams
Week one: sit one exam every other day in timed mode, starting with Mathematics. After each, spend half an hour on the worked answers, writing every missed topic in a notebook. Week two: revise the notebook topics from class notes and textbooks, and use the Grade 8 CBC Challenge for ten-question practice sets. Two days before the school exam, re-sit the online exams. Scores should rise, and if they don’t, those topics are the ones to raise with the teacher.
Subjects Still To Come
Kiswahili and Social Studies exams are now available. We are writing Grade 8 Pre-Technical Studies, Agriculture and CRE exams next, in the same format.
Avoid Paid “Leaked” End-Term Exams
Every term, adverts promise “Grade 8 end term 3 exams 2026 with marking schemes” for a small M-Pesa payment. These are usually publishers’ papers copied without permission, and the marking schemes are often wrong. Learners gain more from a smaller number of honest, well-explained papers than from a pile of unmarked downloads.
See the Grade 8 guide for what each learning area covers, compare with the Grade 7 and Grade 9 papers, or go back to all revision papers.
Original CBC Guide questions, not an official KNEC paper. Aligned to the KICD curriculum designs and checked by the CBC Guides team. Spot an error? Tell us.