ENGLISH 8-TEST FOR UNIT 13

ENGLISH 8 – TEST FOR UNIT 13


I. Fill in each gap with one suitable compound noun in the box.

bullfighting ice-skating bird-watching weight-lifting
water-fetching air-conditioning zebra-crossing window-shopping


1. My father likes …………………………………… He spends lots of hours watching the birds.
2. In ……………………………………, a traditional public entertainment in Spain, bulls are fought and usually killed in a bullring.
3. …………………………………… is the activity of lifting heavy objects as a sport or as exercise.
4. She enjoys looking at goods displayed in shop windows, so she goes …………………………………… very often.
5. …………………………………… is the activity of skating on ice.
6. In the …………………………………… contest, one person from each team has to run to the river to get the water.
7. …………………………………… in a system that makes the air inside a building, room or vehicle cool.
8. Pedestrians must cross the street on ……………………………………

II. Change the following sentences into passive voice.
1. Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem “A visit from Saint Nicholas”.
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2. They performed Christmas songs for people in town.
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3. Santa Claus gave children presents on Christmas Eve.
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4. My father decorated the Christmas tree with colorful lights.
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5. Miss Thanh taught me to draw the Christmas cards.
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6. Ba invited Liz to the rice-cooking festival.
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7. They held the festival in the communal house yard.
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8. The council leader awarded the first prize to the Mekong team.
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III. Change these sentences into active voice.
1. The Christmas trees were decorated and put at the front doors.
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2. His paintings will be exhibited for the first time by New Arts Gallery.
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3. How often are these animals fed?
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4. French isn’t taught in this school.
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5. Was this symphony written by Mozart?
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6. A new supermarket is going to be built next year.
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7. Most of the questions can be answered by Nam.
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8. My camera was stolen from my hotel room a few days ago.
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IV. Put the verbs into the correct form: present simple or past simple, active or passive.
1. It’s a big factory. Five hundred people ……………………………… (employ) there.
2. Water ………………………………(cover) most of the Earth’s surface.
3. The letter ……………………………… (post) a week ago and it ……………………………… (arrive) yesterday.
4. The boat ………………………………(sink) quickly but fortunately everybody ……………………………… (rescue).
5. Ron’s parents ……………………………… (die) when he was very young. He and his sister ……………………………… (bring) up by their grandparents.
6. The gate ……………………………… (lock) at 6.30 pm every day.
7. Sue ……………………………… (bear) in London but she ……………………………… (grow) up in the north of England.
8. We ……………………………… (not play) football yesterday afternoon. The match ……………………………… (cancel).
9. Originally the book ……………………………… (write) in Spanish and a few years ago it ……………………………… (translate) into English.
10. I saw an accident last night. Somebody ……………………………… (call) an ambulance but nobody ……………………………… (injure) so the ambulance ……………………………… (not need).

V. Rewrite the sentences, using reported speech.
Ex: Tom said, “I’m a student”
Tom said that he was a student.
Ex: Nga said to her brother, “I can’t answer this question”.
Nga told her brother that she couldn’t answer that question.
1. Charles said, “I’m living in London now”.
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2. He said to us, “You are my best friends.”
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3. John said to me, “I don’t know what Fred is doing”
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4. She said, “I will answer the phone.”
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5. He said to his friends, “I must go home now.”
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6. Hoa said, “I can’t go out after 8 p.m.”
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7. She said to me, “I will come and see you as soon as I can”.
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8. Judy said, “John wants to come here but he isn’t very well”.
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9. Susan said, “My sister is coming to see me next week.”
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10. Judy said to me, “I’m going away for a few days. I’ll phone you when I get back.”
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VI. Complete the passage with the suitable words in the box.

relatives top preparations holiday put are although bought


Christmas is the biggest (1) ………………………………of the year in most of Britain. Celebrations start on 24 December, Christmas Eve, (