ENGLISH TEST - 8TH YEAR

NAME: ________________________________________________________ NUMBER: __________

CLASSIFICATION: ________________________________ SIGNATURE: ______________________

READ THE FOLLOWING TEXTS:

Hello!
My name is Andrew. I am 15 years old and I study in New York.
Last Summer I went to France with my family. We visited Paris and all the monuments there. It was
wonderful! I had a great time!

Hi!
I’m Jane! I’m 14 years old and I come from Australia.
My last summer holidays were very exciting. I went camping with my friends to New Zealand. It was
brilliant! No parents! We could do all that we wanted!!

A- COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TABLE ACCORDING TO THE TEXT:

NAME
PLACE HE/SHE WENT TO
PEOPLE HE/SHE WENT WITH
IMPRESSIONS ABOUT THE
HOLIDAYS

B- COMPLETE THIS INTERVIEW MADE TO ANDREW BY THE REPORTER FROM HIS SCHOOL
NEWSPAPER:

REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: My name is Andrew.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: I’m fifteen years old.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: My address is Long Square, 50 New York.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: My phone number is 976842105.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: I’m from New York City.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: I’m English.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: I’m a student.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: In my free time I play football and computer games.

C- COMPLETE THE SPACES WITH THE PRESENT SIMPLE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS:
Mary ___________(be) a young and beautiful girl. Everyday she ____________ (get) up at 7 o’clock. But I
don’t! I only _____________ (get) up at 8 because I ______________ (go) to school by car and she goes on
foot!

D- COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN: WHO / WHAT / WHEN / WHERE /
WHY / HOW:
1- ____________ is her surname? Smith.
2- ____________ is my new book? Over there on the table!
3- ____________ are you going on holiday? Next Monday.
4- ____________ are those? They are my friends from school.
5- ____________ did you arrive so late? I lost the bus!
6- ____________ are you? I’m fine thanks!

E- COMPLETE THE SPACES WITH THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS:
Last weekend I ____________ (play) football with my friends at the beach. We ____________ (travel)
there by bus and we ____________(stay) there the whole day! At the end of the day we ______________
(be) all very tired, but happy! I _____________(arrive) home around 7 o’clock, ____________ (have)
dinner and ___________ (go) straight to bed! I ___________(be) beat up!
 F- COMPLETE THE TABLE WITH THE MISSING FORMS OF THE VERBS:

TO DO
TO DRINK
WAS
RECEIVED
TO HAVE
SAID
SAW
TO MAKE
TO VISIT
ATE

A- ORDER THESE SENTENCES IN THE PAST SIMPLE:

1- JOHN / MARY / AND / PARIS / TO / GO / LAST MONTH
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2- YOU / DO / HOMEWORK / YOUR /?
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3- NOT HAVE / TIME / I
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4- WHERE / YOU / HOLIDAYS / SPEND / YOUR /?
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B- WRITE A TEXT DESCRIBING JANE!

NAME: JANE
AGE: 14
ADDRESS: ST. JOHN`S STREET, 50
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 61978204
ORIGIN: SYDNEY
NATIONALITY: AUSTRALIAN
JOB: STUDENT
FREETIME ACTIVITIES: VIDEO GAMES/HANDBALL

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C- DESCRIBE YOUR LAST SUMMER HOLIDAYS: WHERE DID YOU GO? WHAT DID YOU VISIT?
WHAT DID YOU DO? DID YOU LIKE YOUR HOLIDAYS? WHY?
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