Exam book grade 8

Mark: _______6

Date: _______________
EXAM 4
VOCABULARY


Match the words and the sentences.

1. __ Children can have fun here.

a. library

2. __ Red, yellow and green lights on the road.

b. roundabout

3. __ A place where roads meet and drivers go around.

c. university

4. __ People and cars go along these.

d. playground

5. __ People buy and sell all kinds of different things here.

e. cinema

6. __ Students study here.

f. traffic lights

7. __ You can borrow a book here.

g. market

8. __ You can see a film here.

h. streets

Choose the right word to complete the sentences.

1. I need to send a letter. Let’s go to the post office / centre.

2. On Saturday I went to the swimming centre / pool with my friends.

3. We played basketball at the sports / traffic centre last night.

4. My mum takes the car to the petrol centre / station every week.

5. There’s a bus / cycle station near the river.

6. Let’s meet in the car station / park near the bridge.

7. The police / post station is near the bank.

8. When we were in Edinburgh, we went on a walking / sports tour of the New Town.

GRAMMAR
Choose the right word(s) to complete the sentences.

1. Our house is opposite / outside the school.

2. The cafй is beside / through the river.

3. The airport is outside / in front of the town.

4. To get to the bank, walk next to / across the bridge.

5. Our school is next to / through the bank.

6. The River Thames runs through / opposite London.

7. The hospital is in front of / across the Tourist Information Office.

8. There is a park near / across the supermarket.

Look at the map. Complete the sentences with the prepositions from the list.

opposite | beside | near | across | outside | through | next to | in front of

1. The cafe is _______________________ the market.

2. The hospital is _______________________ the petrol station.

3. The river runs _______________________ the town centre.

4. There are three bridges _______________________ the river.

5. The sports centre is _______________________ the town centre.

6. The bank is _______________________ the museum.

7. There is a bus stop _______________________ the post office.

8. The train station is _______________________ the post office.

PRONUNCIATION


Listen and underline the stressed word in each two-word noun.

1. bus station

2. cycle tour

3. petrol station

4. police station

5. post office

6. sports centre

7. town centre

8. walking tour

Number of correct answers: _________

Mark: _______6

Date: _______________
EXAM 5
VOCABULARY


Complete the sentences with the words from the list.

snowy | sunny | windy | foggy | rain | cloudy | snow | icy

1. I really love going to the beach when it’s _____________ and I swim in the sea.

2. It’s very _____________. I can’t see anything, can you?

3. When it’s very cold the roads become _____________ which makes it difficult to walk.

4. It’s very _____________. Look at that big black one up there.

5. It gets very _____________ in Canada in the winter and the mountains look beautiful.

6. It’s a good day to fly a kite because it’s _____________ today.

7. Let’s go snowboarding. There was a lot of _____________ last night and it looks fantastic.

8. I don’t like playing rugby in the _____________. I really hate getting wet.

Choose the right word to complete the sentences.

1. Mount Teide in Tenerife is 3,718 metres high / wide.

2. The River Nile runs through Africa and is 6,670 km high / long.

3. Lake Baikal is in Siberia, in Russia. It’s 636 km long and 79 km wide / high.

4. The children’s swimming pool at the sports centre is only one metre deep / long.

5. You need to walk along the snow / cliff edge until you reach the road down to the beach.

6. We could go swimming in the lake / island but it isn’t very warm.

7. Borneo, Taiwan and Sardinia are all islands / mountains surrounded by sea.

8. The horses are in the field / river at the moment. Shall we go and get them?

GRAMMAR