Evaluation Test

Grade: 8 (L1)

Textbook: Cambridge English for Schools 4, Cambridge University Press; authors: Andrew
Littlejohn, Diana Hicks

Contents evaluated: UNIT 3 : OTTHER WORLDS

Time available: 50 minutes

1. Objectives:
a. checking students’ knowledge of grammar structures (Present Perfect Continuous vs
Present Perfect, phrasal verbs);
b. checking students’ progress regarding reading comprehension and question
answering;
c. checking students’ vocabulary progress (their level of vocabulary assimilation for the
assessed unit);
d. checking students’ writing skills and ability to express opinions in English;
e. checking students’ general progress in the use of the English language.

2. Test Items
I. Read the text below and then answer the questions:

Virtual reality is an artificial, three-dimensional environment, produced by a

computer. Objects in virtual reality seem to have height, length and width. We can
pick them up and turn them around. We can see, hear and feel things that don’t exist.
Today, virtual reality is mainly used in video games. In the future, we will see more
serious uses for virtual reality. Surgeons could plan and practice an operation on a
virtual patient. Engineers could test machines which do not even exist. Architects
could show people around houses that have not been built and tennis players could
play against opponents before the real match begins.

Questions:

1. What is virtual reality?

2. Do objects in virtual reality seem to have length?

3. What fields will benefit from virtual reality in the future?

4. Decide whether the following sentences are true or false. Write T (true) or F
(false) at the end of each one:

a. Virtual objects do not seem to have length, height and width.

b. In virtual reality people can feel things that are not real.
c. Today, virtual reality is used mostly for recreational purposes.
d. Virtual reality will not have any uses in the future.

II. In the following sentences, the words in capital letters are wrong. Write the
correct word at the end of each sentence, also in capital letters.

1. Put a raincoat OFF if you go outside. It looks like rain.

2. Mother told George to pick DOWN all the toys from the floor.
3. We can’t keep this expensive gift. We must send it ON.
 4. Glue is used to link two pieces AWAY.

III. Complete the table with the British English or American English equivalents of
the given words:

British English American

English
1. crisps
2. biscuits
3. subway
4. dustbin
5. sidewalk
6. elevator
7. toilet
8. stroller

IV. Circle the correct answer:

1. Steve is not very well. He has been sleeping /has slept in his room since two
o’clock.
2. She has been doing /has done her homework, so now she can go out with her
friends.
3. The weather is terrible. It’s rained/been raining since yesterday.
4. Jerry hasn’t been playing/hasn’t played with his new toys yet.

V. Do animals have rights? Express your opinion regarding this topic in 120 – 150
words.

3. Item solving and grading

Item Correct answer Points Total
I. 1. Virtual reality is an (artificial, three – 2.5 20
dimensional) environment (created by a
computer).
2. Yes, objects in virtual reality have length. 2.5
or
Yes, they do.
3. Medicine, engineering, architecture and 5
sports will benefit from virtual reality in the
future.
or
The fields that will benefit from virtual
reality in the future are: medicine,
engineering, architecture and sports.
4. a. F 2.5
b. T 2.5
c. T 2.5
d. F 2.5
II. 1. OFF 2.5 10
2. UP 2.5
3. BACK 2.5
4. TOGETHER 2.5
III. 1. chips 2.5 20
2. cookies 2.5
3. underground 2.5
4. pavement 2.5
5. trashcan 2.5
6. lift 2.5
7. restroom 2.5
8. pushcart 2.5
IV. 1. has been sleeping 5 20
2. has done 5
3. been raining 5
4. hasn’t played 5
V. 1. using the appropriate language (grammar, 10
vocabulary, spelling)
2. coherence of speech in English 5
3. expressing a coherent and articulate opinion 3
4. meeting the length limitation requirements 2
Granted points 10
TOTAL 100
Minimum level of points necessary 50