INSTITUCION EDUCATIVA DISTRITAL MARIA INMACULADA

ENGLISH ASSESSMENT
Teachers: John Jairo Herrera
Margeris De La Hoz

STUDENT´S NAME 8TH GRADE___

SCORE

LET´S REVIEW. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING ASSESSMENT TEXT.

1. READ THE SENTENCES AND CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER.

USE: IS /ARE/ WAS / WERE/ AM--- Isn´T / aren´t /am not/Wasn´t / weren´t.
 
a. In summer 2010 I __________ in Brazil.
 
b. We _____________ very happy to see you yesterday.
 
c. I can't find my keys. They ________ herethismorning.

d. The lesson __________ boring. It _______ interesting.

e. A: When ________ your exam? B: It __________ yesterday.

f.  People _______ more polite in the past.

g.  Everybody ______ in the class today. Pablo is at his mother´s office.

h.  There ______ a lot of cowboys in America in the past. 

i. Where _______ youlastnight?

j. The weather __________ very good today. I don´t like it.

k. Last year there ............... a circus in my town. 

l. There .............. four cinemas in Barranquilla in 2004. 

m. There ................... many fountains in this park 20 years ago

n. Lucia …………….. a good doctor. Nobody wants her.

o. There................... five bananas in the fridge 2 days ago. 

p. There .................. an Arabian restaurant Portal del Prado two months ago. 

q. There .................. a new teacher at school.

r. There .................. many children in the park now.

s. Your grandparents…………… at home yesterday. I met them in the supermarket.

t. There ..................  elephants in the zoo five months ago. Nowthere are 5. 

2. PUT THE WORDS IN ORDER TO MAKE QUESTIONS AND USE THE PICTURES TO ANSWER THEM
3. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in present tense.

BRUSH - DO - GET – HAVE – LEAVE - LISTEN - PLAY – START – WAKE

Phil _________ up at quarter to eight.

Rebecca _________ her homework from half past
six to eight o’clock.
We ________ football from four o’clock to quarter
past five.
They _________ lunch at twelve o’clock.
The lessons ________ at ten past eight.
Alex ________ his teeth at ten to eight.
Mark ________ computer games from quarter past
six to seven o’clock.
Lucy ________ school at five past two.
She _________ TV from seven to nine o’clock.
Nancy________ to music every evening.
My friends _________ basketball from ten past
four to five o’clock.
I _________ dinner at five o’clock.
We _______ up at half past seven.
4. READING COMPRENHENSION

5. READ JOHAN´S DESCRIPTION ABOUT HIS CITY. THEN, WRITE A SHORT DESCRPTION ABOUT YOUR CITY.