CAMBRIDGE GLOBAL ENGLISH 7: END OF UNIT 8 TEST
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End of Unit 8 test
Vocabulary
Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the verbs in the box.
There are four extra verbs that you do not need to use.
Example:
0 My friend ………...
sent me a link to an amazing online video.
send ask become click look
think google know watch type
find reach accept contact have
1 I …………………… the friend request as soon as I received it.
2 My sister can …………………… really fast on a phone, and on a computer keyboard too.
3 Keira was doing a project on famous scientists so she …………………… Albert Einstein.
4 The link doesn’t work because when I …………………… on it, nothing happens.
5 Marcela used the internet to …………………… out information about space travel.
6 Adrian and Enrique …………………… friends on social media two years ago.
7 When Veronika is away on business, she …………………… a video conversation
with her children every day.
8 I had a lovely surprise yesterday when a friend I haven’t seen for over ten years
suddenly …………………… me on social media.
9 No one has …………………… me to be their friend on social media for a few weeks.
10 The best way to learn how to play a song on the guitar is by …………………… online
videos of someone showing you how to play it.
[Total: 10 marks]
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Grammar 1
Put the correct conjunction into the gaps to complete the sentences.
so that as because therefore however although
Example:
0 It’s a popular newspaper, ……………..
although not as popular as it used to be.
11 You don’t need to pay for some newspapers ……………… they’re totally free.
12 Most people believed the story when it appeared in the news. ………………, it wasn’t
actually true!
13 Some stories on news websites are translated into other languages ……………… more
people can read them.
14 Fewer and fewer people bought the newspaper. ……………… it had to close.
15 The story was very long but I couldn’t stop reading it ……………… it was so interesting.
[Total: 5 marks]
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Grammar 2
Circle the correct determiner to complete the sentences.
Example:
0 I speak English well and so do both of / neither of my brothers.
16 Sally and Fiona often speak Spanish with either of / one another to practise.
17 My parents never studied Mandarin Chinese so both / neither of them can speak it.
18 Both / Either my brother and my sister can speak some French.
19 My grandparents are Italian so I practise my Italian with neither of / both of them.
20 Do either / another of you know where my Japanese dictionary has gone?
[Total: 5 marks]
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Vocabulary 2
Complete the sentences by making complex noun phrases using the words supplied.
Example:
0 five-year study has shown that mobile phones are affecting people’s sleep.
A …………………
…... study five
year
21 Each school should have a clear …………………………………………… .
phone policy mobile
22 A …………………………………………… has shown that a huge percentage of students take
phones to school.
published report recently
23 A …………………………………………… should be really easy to use and look good too.
well app designed
24 Results improved by 5% in …………………………………………… after mobiles were banned.
year the school
25 I wonder if …………………………………………… will become more widely available.
phones powered solar
26 The maps app on my phone gives …………………………………………… .
follow to directions easy
27 A new …………………………………………… has opened recently – it’s really cheap!
shop cut phone price
28 My parents have introduced a …………………………………………… rule at home.
after phone 8 p.m. no
29 I like …………………………………………… apps that you can use for a bit before you pay
for them.
buy try you before
30 My last phone had a really …………………………………………… – it was terrible!
screen read to difficult
[Total: 10 marks]
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Grammar 3
Here are some sentences about a young woman called Simone who went exploring in the desert.
Put the verb in brackets into the past simple or past continuous. The verbs can be active or passive.
Example:
0 The sun ……………….
was shining (shine) very strongly already when Simone ……………
decided (decide) to go
exploring in the Mojave desert, in the USA. ….
31 She ……………………..…. (look) for rare animals because she ……………………..…. (want) to
photograph them.
32 Unfortunately, she ……………………..…. (not carry) enough water with her, so she
soon ……………………..…. (become) very thirsty.
33 When the rescue services ……………………..…. (find) Simone, she ……………………..…. (lie)
under a cactus, feeling very ill.
34 It ……………………..…. (start) to get dark when the rescue team ……………………..…. (see)
Simone from the helicopter, so she was very lucky.
35 She ……………………..…. (get) better last night, and doctors ……………………..…. (say) she
would soon be home.
[Total: 10 marks]
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