Exam Practice

8th Grade Name:________________________________ Class:_______ Date: ______________

Grammar

(Comparatives and Superlatives)

1 Look at the information. Then complete the sentences comparing Julian and Albert. Use the correct form of the word in brackets.

name height weight age job salary people’s opinion

Julian 1.75 m 85 kg 25 manager £150,000 unfriendly

difficult

Albert 1.90 m 75 kg 39 gardener £17,000 friendly

easy going

0 Albert is friendlier than Julian. (friendly)

1 Julian is ............................................................ . (short)

2 Julian is ............................................................ . (fat)

3 Julian is ............................................................ . (young)

4 Julian is ............................................................ . (difficult)

5 Julian is ............................................................ . (rich)

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2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the word in brackets.

0 London is the most expensive city in the UK. (expensive)

1 Ulan Bator is .................... capital city in the world. (cold)

2 Bangkok is .................... capital city in the world. (hot)

3 La Paz is .................... capital city in the world. (high)

4 Is Athens .................... capital city in the world? (old)

5 I don’t think Tokyo is .................... capital city in the world. (large)

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3 Read the information about two hotels. Then complete the sentences. Use the words in brackets.

Hotel Tropicarlo

Hotel Tropicarlo is just ten minutes from the beach. Built in 1966 it has 1200 rooms, an outdoor swimming

pool and parking facilities. Visit the 10th floor restaurant to see the wonderful view of the town. Double

rooms from €60 a night.

Palm Beach Hotel

The world-famous Palm Beach Hotel opened in 2008 and is situated right on the beach with 150 luxury

rooms on two floors. It has a gym, one indoor and two outdoor swimming pools. Rooms from €500 a night.

0 Palm Beach Hotel is nearer the beach than Hotel Tropicarlo. (near)

1 Palm Beach Hotel is .................................................................................................... (expensive)

2 Hotel Tropicarlo is .................................................................................................... (tall)

3 Palm Beach Hotel is .................................................................................................... (luxurious)

4 Palm Beach Hotel is .................................................................................................... (modern)

5 Hotel Tropicarlo is .................................................................................................... (big)

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4 Look at the information. Then write sentences about John, Tony and Dave. Use the words in brackets.

height age happiness success intelligence

John 1,90 m 23 OK unsuccessful very intelligent

Tony 1,75 m 22 very happy successful intelligent

Dave 1,75 m 26 happy very successful intelligent

0 John is the tallest. (tall)

1 .................................................................................................... (young)

2 .................................................................................................... (old)

3 .................................................................................................... (happy)

4 .................................................................................................... (successful)

5 .................................................................................................... (intelligent)

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(Future: present continuous, will, going to)

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

0 I’ve got a bad back. I am seeing a doctor tomorrow.

(see / doctor / tomorrow)

1 I’ve got toothache. ........................................................................................................................

(go / to the dentist / on Thursday)

2 Angela’s going to Mallorca next year.

........................................................................................................................

(visit / grandparents)

3 I can’t see you on Thursday. ........................................................................................................................

(my mother / take me / to the theatre)

4 Come to our place on Saturday afternoon.

........................................................................................................................

(have / a barbecue)

5 I’m not good at maths so ........................................................................................................................

(study / with a private tutor every Monday)

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6 Underline the correct answer.

0 In the future, I’m sure all school children will / won’t use computers at school.

1 I’ve got a Maths test tomorrow. I doubt I will / won’t get the answers right – Maths is too difficult.

2 That dress is awful. I’m sure girls will / won’t buy that!

3 Look at the sky. I think it will / won’t rain soon.

4 Maybe she will / won’t get the job. She’ll be very unhappy then.

5 He will / won’t probably become famous soon. He sings very well.

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7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

0 If it rains, we won’t go swimming. (not go)

1 If I ......................... now, I’ll get to Rome by this evening. (leave)

2 If Peter ......................... to my party, I’ll be annoyed. (not come)

3 If he finds a ticket, he ......................... to the concert. (go)

4 If my sister ......................... jogging, she’ll lose weight. (take up)

5 If the beach isn’t clean, we ......................... there. (not stay)

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(Must, should)

8 Jim’s new boss is telling him about the office rules. Complete the text below with must, mustn’t or don’t have to.

Welcome to the office and your new job, Jim. I am going to tell you about some of the office rules. You

0 must start work at 8 am every day and finish at 6 pm. You

1 .................... arrive late. There is one hour for

lunch. You 2 .................... take it between 1 pm and 3 pm. You

3 .................... to take an hour – you can

take half an hour if you want to. But you 4 .................... tell me what you are going to do. One more

important thing, you 5 .................... eat food at your desk or near your computer. That is forbidden.

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9 Complete the sentences with should or shouldn’t.

0 A:

B:

My daughter is only 18 but she wants to get married.

I think she should wait.

1 A:

B:

My eyes hurt.

You .................... play on the computer.

2 A:

B:

I never have any money.

You .................... buy so many clothes.

3 A:

B:

I’m bored of playing volleyball.

You .................... take up tennis.

4 A:

B:

Tom can’t understand his Maths homework.

He .................... ask his teacher for help.

5 A:

B:

Anja’s friends are sometimes unkind to her.

She .................... go out with them.

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10 Circle the correct answer.

1 If you want to pass your exam, you ____ study every night.

a) must to b) have c) must

2 If I go swimming every day, ____ be healthier.

a) I going to b) I’ll c) I will to

3 I see Tom after work every night. So, ____ , I’ll tell him the news.

a) when I see him b) if I see him c) if I’ll see him

4 ____ celebrate New Year in Tokyo?

a) Does he to b) Isn’t he going to c) Aren’t he going to

5 You ____ come with us to Grandma’s house if you don’t want to. It’s your choice.

a) don’t have to b) mustn’t c) must to

6 Listen! The teacher is talking. You ____ to your friend.

a) mustn’t to speak b) must speak c) mustn’t speak

7 We ____ play tennis if it rains. We can go to the cinema.

a) won’t b) will not to c) mustn’t to

8 We ____ to watch that horror film. It’s too frightening.

a) will b) aren’t going c) are going

9 If we hurry, we won’t miss the start of the film.

a) will miss b) won’t miss c) will to miss

10 When my mother sees my new flat, ____ shocked. It’s smaller than her kitchen.

a) she’ll to be b) she’ll be c) she will

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Vocabulary (Adjectives)

11 Underline the correct adjective (opinion or feeling)

0 Wow, this match is so exciting / excited!

1 Susie gets boring / bored very easily.

2 We had a very tiring / tired weekend.

3 The news on the TV was shocked / shocking!

4 This book I’m reading is so frightening / frightened!

5 The children weren’t interesting / interested in the DVD at all.

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12 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. You do not need to use all of them.

amazed annoyed tired excited terrifying shocking terrified annoying shocked amazing boring

0 I think working as a computer programmer must be very boring.

1 I am really .................... about my holiday this year. We’re going to the Amazon Jungle. It’s going to be

fantastic!

2 I watched a horror film with my sister last night. It was .................... . I was so scared!

3 My mum’s an actress on TV and I am .................... of people asking me about her all the time.

4 My little brother is so .................... . He’s always crying and he breaks my toys!

5 I was .................... when my neighbour was arrested by the police. I thought he was so nice. You just

never know about people!

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13 Underline the correct adjective of personality.

0 A cheerful / miserable person usually smiles a lot.

1 A relaxed / nervous person doesn’t worry about things.

2 A lazy / hard-working person is always busy.

3 A polite / rude person never says please.

4 Someone who doesn’t tell you what they really think is honest / dishonest.

5 If you are organised / disorganised, you keep things in order.

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14 Complete the dialogue using the words in the box. There are two words you do not need to use. (adjectives of opinion)

awful ugly attractive boring interesting cool dreadful brilliant

Sarah: I hate school, it’s 0 awful.

Jill: Some things in school are OK. Do you like Maths?

Sarah: Of course I don’t. It’s so 1 .................... . I nearly fall asleep and the teacher, Mr Marshall, is

2 .................... . He doesn’t know how to teach. I bet you don’t like Maths either.

Jill: I love Maths and there’s a new boy in the class, he’s really 3 .................... . He’s tall and blonde

with blue eyes.

Sarah: What’s he like, as a person?

Jill: He’s 4 .................... because he plays the guitar in a group. He’s also

5 .................... at Maths. I’m

going to ask him to help me with my homework.

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15 Complete the adjectives of feeling. The first letter has been given to you.

0 How do you feel when you watch a scary movie? Frightened. And the movie is frightening.

1 How do you feel when you don’t have anything to do?

B.................... . Why? Because doing nothing is b.................... .

2 How do you feel when your little brother keeps coming into your room?

A.................... . And your little brother is a.................... .

3 How do you feel after you have been to the gym?

T.................... . And exercise is t.................... .

4 How do you feel when you are going on a fantastic holiday?

E.................... . And the holiday is e.................... .

5 When you saw the terrible news on TV, how did you feel?

S.................... . The news was s.................... !

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16 Circle the correct answer. 0 My mother wants to set up / work out a new travel company.

1 I hope my father will look up / give up smoking next year.

2 I can't work out / check out this Maths problem. It's too hard.

3 I'm going to take up / set up a new sport. Shall I do volleyball or basketball?

4 There's a new Chinese restaurant in town. Do you want to check it out / set it up with

me tomorrow?

5 I can't remember Sam's number. I'll take it up / look it up in the phone book.

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Total: _________ / 85