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 ……………………
ask the friend request as soon as I received it.

2 My sister can ……………………

find really fast on a phone, and on a computer keyboard too.

3 Keira was doing a project on famous scientists so she ……………………

know Albert Einstein.

4 The link doesn’t work because when I ……………………

reach on it, nothing happens.

5 Marcela used the internet to ……………………

think out information about space travel.
know
6 Adrian and Enrique …………………… friends on social media two years ago.

7 When Veronika is away on business, she ……………………

watch
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 ……………………
have
me on social media.
look
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 ……………………
become 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.

because
11 You don’t need to pay for some newspapers ……………… they’re totally free.

however
12 Most people believed the story when it appeared in the news. ………………, it wasn’t
actually true!

so that
13 Some stories on news websites are translated into other languages ……………… more
people can read them.
therfore
14 Fewer and fewer people bought the newspaper. ……………… it had to close.

because
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 ……………………………………………

policy mobile phone .
phone policy mobile
published report recently
22 A …………………………………………… has shown that a huge percentage of students take
phones to school.
published report recently
well app designed
23 A …………………………………………… should be really easy to use and look good too.
well app designed
the school year
24 Results improved by 5% in …………………………………………… after mobiles were banned.
year the school
powered phone solar
25 I wonder if …………………………………………… will become more widely available.
phones powered solar
direction to easy follow
26 The maps app on my phone gives …………………………………………… .
follow to directions easy
shop cut price phone
27 A new …………………………………………… has opened recently – it’s really cheap!
shop cut phone price

28 My parents have introduced a ……………………………………………

no phone after 8p.m rule at home.
after phone 8 p.m. no

29 I like ……………………………………………
try your before buy
apps that you can use for a bit before you pay
for them.
buy try you before

30 My last phone had a really ……………………………………………

difficult screen to read
– 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 ……………………..….
was looking (look) for rare animals because she ……………………..….
was wanting (want) to
photograph them.

32 Unfortunately, she ……………………..….

doesnot carrying (not carry) enough water with her, so she

soon ……………………..….
became (become) very thirsty.

33 When the rescue services ……………………..….

finding (find) Simone, she ……………………..….
lieing
(lie)
under a cactus, feeling very ill.

starting
34 It ……………………..…. (start) to get dark when the rescue team ……………………..….
saw (see)
Simone from the helicopter, so she was very lucky.

35 She ……………………..….
got (get) better last night, and doctors ……………………..….
spoke
(say) she
would soon be home.

[Total: 10 marks]

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