Test Grade 8
Task 1 Multiple choice
Look at the statements 1-3 read each statement and choose one correct answer.
There is an example (0) at the beginning.
0. The Independence day is a holiday celebrated in … on July, 4.
a) Canada b) Ireland c) Scotland d) The USA 0-d
1. … is the capitol of Australia.
a) Wellington b) Washington, D.C. c) Canberra d) Sydney
2. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre was opened in … in 1932.
a) London b) Coventry c) Stratford-On-Avon d) Oxford
3. The Tower of London was once a prison and now it is …
a) concert hall b) theatre c) museum d) cinema
Total 3 marks
Task 2. Use of English
Read the sentences below. Complete the spaces (1-3) with the correct form of the words in capitals. There is an example (0) at the beginning.
Every year 0 MORE than eleven million tourists visit Britain.
MANY
Perhaps the least visited places in England are old __________1________ towns. INDUSTRY
But many people think that nineteenth-century cities show the __________2________ of Britain. REAL
The __________3________ of the past is to be still seen in their old streets. GREAT
Total 3 marks
Task 3. Grammar
Choose one correct answer and write your choice. There is an example (0) at the beginning.
0.I... glasses since I was a child,
a) wear, b) wore, c) am wearing, d) have been wearing. 0-d
1. Did you read ... English books at school?
a) some, b) many, c) much, d) none.
2. I want to know what ...,
a) are you doing, b) were you doing, c) will you do, d) you are doing.
3. I've made ... mistakes now than I made last time.
a) few, b) a few, c) fewer, d) less
4. I don't have any pets. Neither ....
a) she does, b) does she, c) is she, d) does she have.
Total 4 marks
Task 4. Use the necessary modal verb: might, can, should, have to, be able to.
There is an example (0) at the beginning.
0.Mary_______take exercises every day. Mary should take exercises every day.
1. I _______ have a talk with her.
2. You ________ visit a dentist.
3. ______ he still be sleeping?
4. I am ______/_____ repair your car.
5. We __________ come home at 5 o'clock.
Total 5 marks
TOTAL ___/_15__
Answers & Comments
1. … is the capital of Australia.
c) Canberra
2. The Royal Shakespeare Theatre was opened in … in 1932.
c) Stratford-On-Avon
3. The Tower of London was once a prison and now it is …
c) museum
Task 2.
1. Perhaps the least visited places in England are old INDUSTRIAL towns.
2. But many people think that nineteenth-century cities show the REALITY of Britain.
3. The GREATNESS of the past is to be still seen in their old streets.
Task 3.
1. Did you read ... English books at school?
b) many
2. I want to know what ...,
d) you are doing.
3. I've made ... mistakes now than I made last time.
c) fewer
4. I don't have any pets. Neither ....
b) does she
Task 4.
1. I might have a talk with her.
2. You should visit a dentist.
3. Can he still be sleeping?
4. I am able to/can repair your car.
5. We have to come home at 5 o'clock.