The Eighth Form

Test A
1. Complete using the prepositions on, in or at.

1. We first visited China ..... 2006. 2. My birthday is ..... the second of July. 3. Let’s meet ..... five
o’clock, shall we? 4. School starts again ..... September. 5. There are lots of people ..... the
restaurant. 6. The people who live ..... number 44 are away on holiday. 7. You should go to the
Louvre when you’re ..... Paris. 8. Gorillas live ..... forests in Africa and eat fruit.

2. Complete the email with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple
or the present continuous.

Hi David,
I (1) ..... (write) to you from our holiday home, right next to the sea. I (2) ..... (sit) in my cosy
bedroom, which (3) ..... (be) at the back of the building, and I (4) ..... (look) out across the waves to
a little island. I (5) ..... (love) this view, and in the evening I sometimes
(6) ..... (stay) in to watch the sun go down. Every day I (7) ..... (go) for a long walk along the top of
the cliffs. It’s late June now, so the weather (8) ..... (get) hotter, but I always (9) ..... (leave) the
house early in the morning while that cool wind from out at sea (10) ..... (blow). I (11) ..... (have) a
really good time here, and I (12) ..... (not think) I want to go home!
Bye for now,
Pamela

3. Complete with the past simple or past continuous.

1. He ..... (have) a shower and ..... (leave) for work. 2. At 10.30 last night, Jim ..... (work) and Maria
..... (watch) TV.
3. I ..... (get) ready for bed when the phone ..... (ring). 4. I’m sorry, I ..... (not listen). Can you repeat
that?
5. ..... (you / call) the police when you ..... (hear) the burglars? 6. We ..... (not drive) fast but the
Police ..... (stop) us.

4. Write four types of questions to the sentences given below.

1. She cleaned the room last week.

2. You have translated three texts today

5. Make questions using the present simple or the present continuous, adding and changing
words where necessary. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN FULL SENTENCES.

Example: what / ‘state verb’ / mean? – What does state verb mean?

1. which things / in your house / belong / to you?

2. what / you / sometimes / forget / to do / in the morning?
3. where / do / you / live?

6. Writing
Read a letter from your English friend, Alan.
“I’m glad you are back from your holidays. Where did you go? Who did you go with? Did you like
it? What was the place like? What did you do there?”
Write a letter to Alan and answer the questions. Write at least 70 words.
7. Reading
Read the text. Are the sentences ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’? If there is not enough information to
answer ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’, choose ‘Doesn’t say’
True/ False/Doesn’t say
Something very strange happened to Tamara. She never knew she had a twin sister until she started
university!
Tamara was born in Mexico. Her parents could not look after her so she went to live with a family
in Manhattan, USA.
When Tamara was twenty years old, she started university in Long Island. She enjoyed her
university life. But one day she was walking home from class, and a student smiled at her. “Hello
Adriana!” said the student. “I’m not Adriana,” said Tamara.
This happened to Tamara again and again. People Tamara didn’t know kept calling her Adriana. It
was very strange. One day, when a woman called her Adriana, Tamara asked “Why do you keep
calling me Adriana?”
The woman replied, “You look like my friend Adriana. You have the same face and the same hair.
Is Adriana your sister?” Tamara said that she did not have a sister called Adriana. But she was
interested in this girl Adriana. Finally she asked someone for Adriana’s email address.
When Tamara wrote to Adriana, she found out that they both had the same birthday, they looked the
same and both of them were from Mexico.When Tamara went to live with the family in Manhattan,
Adriana moved to Long Island to live with a family there. It had to be true! Adriana and Tamara
were twin sisters!

1.Tamara and her sister were both born in Mexico.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

2.Tamara’s parents moved from Mexico to Manhattan.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

3.People called Tamara “Adriana” many times.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

4.Adriana wrote to Tamara first.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

5.Adriana always knew she had a twin sister.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

6.Adriana is Tamara’s only sister.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

7.Adriana was a student at Long Island University.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

8.Adriana had only recently arrived in Long Island.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
The Eighth Form
Test B
1. Complete using the prepositions on, in or at.

1. There’s a party at Emily’s ..... Saturday. 2. What do you want to do ..... the morning? 3. Let’s go
and see Grandma ..... Easter. 4. Where do you usually go ..... Christmas Day? 5. What does that sign
..... the wall say? 6. What did Ethan say ..... his letter? 7. Have you heard of the strange statues .....
Easter Island? 8. Do you really want to spend the whole day ..... the beach?

2. Tommy is an exchange student from the USA. Read what he says about his first day at a
Japanese school and put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or past continuous.

This morning I (1) woke up (wake up) early to visit Ryukoku High School. I (2) ..... (look) out of
the window. It (3) ..... (rain). I (4) ..... (have) a quick breakfast and we (5) ..... (get) ready to go. We
(6) ..... (drive) to school. On the way to school we (7) ..... (talk) about the coming school party. It
(8) ..... (not / take) us long to get to school. There we (9) ..... (change) our shoes for slippers. As I
(10) ..... (put) on my slippers, my Japanese friend (11) ..... (start) looking at my feet. The slippers
(12) ..... (be) too small!

3. Complete with the past simple or past continuous.

1. He ..... (have) a shower and ..... (leave) for work. 2. The film ..... (start) at 8.00 and ..... (finish) at
10.00.
3. While the teacher ..... (talk), I ..... (think) about my birthday party. 4. He ..... (not answer) the
phone because he ..... (not hear) it. 5. ..... (Bruce / wait) for you when you ..... (arrive) at the station?
6. What ..... (you / do) at nine yesterday morning? 7. Mum ..... (cut) her finger while she ..... (cook).
8. They ..... the problem over when we came (discuss).

5. Make questions using the present simple or the present continuous, adding and changing
words where necessary. Then answer the questions in full sentences.

Example: what / ‘state verb’ / mean? – What does state verb mean?

1. which things / in your house / belong / to you?

2. what / you / sometimes / forget / to do / in the morning?
3. where / do / you / live?

6. Write four types of questions to the sentences given below.

1. My grandparents have worked in the garden today.

2. Pupils wrote a dictation yesterday.

7. Writing
Read a letter from your English friend, Alan.
“I’m glad you are back from your holidays. Where did you go? Who did you go with? Did you like
it? What was the place like? What did you do there?”
Write a letter to Alan and answer the questions. Write at least 70 words.
6. Reading
Read the text. Are the sentences ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’? If there is not enough information to
answer ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’, choose ‘Doesn’t say’

Chinese Music in an English Village

Yang Jing usually plays her music in big halls in places like New York and Paris. Yang plays an old
Chinese musical instrument called a pipa. She has been famous in China since 1986. Now she is 34
years old and the best pipa player in the world. She usually gets $3000 each time she plays. A
businessman called Peter Bloxham saw Yang playing in China when he was on a business trip.
Peter comes from Cheswardine, a village in England. After the show, he talked to Yang. He told her
that his village needed to repair their old village hall, so Yang agreed to play there. “You can use all
the ticket money for your hall,” she said. “You needn’t pay me anything.” Last week, Yang arrived
in Cheswardine for her show. She said: “I usually stay in big hotels where everything is fast and
busy, so it is lovely to stay in a small place where everyone has time to talk to me and be so nice. I
don’t suppose there are many people in this place who have seen or heard a pipa before. I hope they
will like my music.

1.Yang Jing has played in New York

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
2.Yang became famous when she was 34.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
3.Yang often plays with other people.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
4.Peter Bloxham went to China to see Yang play.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
5.Yang will not earn any money in Cheswardine.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
6.Yang is staying in Cheswardine with Peter and his family.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
7.Yang thinks Peter’s village is a friendly place.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
8.Everyone in Cheswardine knows Yang’s music.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say