CAMBRIDGE GLOBAL ENGLISH 8: END OF UNIT 8 TEST

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End of Unit 8 test

Vocabulary 1
Complete the sentences using the words in the box.
There are four extra words that you do not need to use.
action fiction real-life ancestors thriller
adventure sci-fi spy story horror
historical recite comedian monologue crime
Example:
0 The book I’m reading has so much ……………………
action in it that it’s hard to put it down.

1 I love …………………… novels like James Bond, in which people try to find
out secrets about other countries or organisations.

2 A …………………… is a really exciting book and you don’t know what’s

going to happen until the very last page.

3 A …………………… novel is about people who lived a long time ago.

4 Any book that has been made up by the writer and isn’t about real people or

events is known as …………………… .

5 If only one person or character talks in a book or a play, this is known as a …………………… .

6 A person who tells funny stories on stage or acts in funny films is known as a …………………… .

7 …………………… books are usually set in the future, in space or on other planets.

8 A …………………… story is one which is based on events that actually happened.

9 …………………… novels are often about a hero who is trying to catch someone who
has broken the law.

10 …………………… stories are written to make you feel frightened.

[Total: 10 marks]

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Grammar 1
Put the correct adverb into the gaps to complete the sentences.
Write your answers in the spaces.

ever never yet already still just

Example:
0 I’ve ………………
never read such a good book before – it was fantastic!

11 I haven’t finished that book you lent me ……………… – can I keep it for a few more days?

12 Have you ……………… read any books by Michael Morpurgo?

13 I’ve ……………… finished reading a great novel – would you like to borrow it?

14 I’ve ……………… got 500 pages of my book to read – it’s very long!

15 I don’t want to borrow that book, thanks, I’ve ……………… read it – while I was on
holiday last year, actually.

[Total: 5 marks]

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Grammar 2
Use the present perfect continuous to complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first.
Use no more than five words.
Example:
0 I started studying poetry two years ago.

I …………………………………
have been studying poetry for two years.

16 I started to work in a bookshop when I was 18 years old.

I ………………………………………….. in a bookshop since I was 18 years old.

17 They first watched a science-fiction movie four years ago.

They ………………………………………….. science-fiction movies for four years.

18 We started buying books about celebrities when we were twelve.

We ………………………………………….. books about celebrities since we were 12.

19 She read her first novel six years ago.

She ………………………………………….. six years.

20 He first tried writing poetry when he was six years old.

He ………………………………………….. he was six years old.

[Total: 5 marks]

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Vocabulary 2
Read the story, and for each number, circle the correct positive or negative adjective or
adverb on the next page.

The Fisherman and his Sons

A long, long time ago, there was a fisherman. He had three grown-up sons, but they were all rather
(0) to the fisherman because they refused to help him catch fish. They always came up with
………..
reasons why they couldn’t do it.
(21)
‘Father,’ said the oldest son, ‘I find the water very ………… so I cannot possibly go out with you
…. why his eldest son went swimming so
in your boat.’ His father walked to his boat, wondering
often if he was afraid of the water!
(22) artist, not a fisherman. How can I create my
His second son said to him, ‘Father, I am a …………
….on a boat?’ So his father walked slowly to his boat,
(23) paintings if I have to spend all day
…………
…..
thinking about how…………(24) it was that he had never seen any of these amazing paintings
around their home. …..
(25)
The next day, his youngest son told him, ‘Father, I’m sure that fishing is a very ………… job,
but how will I find a wife if I am always out on the water with you? When I have ….found

a wife, then I will help you.’ The fisherman sighed and walked to his boat. Then the fisherman
(26) way. ‘Sons,
had a fantastic idea. He called his sons together and spoke to them all in a very …………
…..
when I was out in my boat yesterday, a very ………… (27) thing happened. I suddenly saw thousands
… all of them as they fell into the sea,
of pieces of gold fall from the sky. The fish ate
every single one.’
The sons ran quickly to their father’s boat and were soon out at sea, throwing the nets into the
water and pulling them in as fast as they could. The job was much less ………… (28) than they had
…
(29) , so they had a great time together. When they
imagined. In fact, it was actually rather ………….
…..
returned that evening, the boat was completely full of fine, fat fish. Their father was waiting for them,
(30) as they hadn’t found a
laughing. They couldn’t understand why their father found it so………..
single piece of gold. But the fisherman just smiled and said, ‘No, but you have a boat full of treasure!’

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Example:

0 A mysterious B imaginative C disappointing

21 A scary B descriptive C realistic

22 A brilliant B complicated C surprising

23 A scary B disappointing C imaginative

24 A complicated B surprising C brilliant

25 A descriptive B realistic C exciting

26 A serious B disappointing C scary

27 A descriptive B mysterious C realistic

28 A surprising B realistic C complicated

29 A descriptive B enjoyable C serious

30 A scary B complicated C amusing

[Total: 10 marks]

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Grammar 3
Put a suitable preposition in each gap to complete the sentences.
Example:
0 I’d like to put some bookshelves up……...
on this wall.

31 The author’s talk will begin ……….………. 4 o’clock.

32 I always find that going ……….………. a walk helps give me ideas for my writing.

33 If I’m buying a book by an author I’ve never read before, I usually get the one ……….……….
the best reviews.

34 If you walk ……….………. this road for about 500 metres, the library’s on the left.

35 Please switch off all mobile phones ……….………. the performance.

[Total: 5 marks]

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Grammar 4
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
The first sentence is in direct speech and the second is in reported speech.
Use between three and four words.
Example:
0 ‘I played an evil king in my school play,’ he said.
He said ………………………
he had played an evil king in his school play.

36 ‘I can’t remember where to go,’ she said.

She said ……………………………………………… where to go.

37 ‘Shall I give this lamp back to Aladdin?’ the man asked.

The man asked if ……………………………………………… the lamp back to Aladdin.

38 ‘What do you think of the music in the play?’ she asked me.

She asked me ……………………………………………… the music in the play.

39 ‘I was a very good actor when I was young,’ said dad.

Dad said that ……………………………………………… a very good actor when he was young.

40 ‘I wonder what has happened to Aladdin,’ said the princess.

The princess ……………………………………………… to Aladdin.

[Total: 5 marks]

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