test no 3 test for grade 8 test no 3 part 1 reading comprehension section a choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence circle the letter abc or d against the number of each item 1 1

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<i><b>Test No 3</b></i>

<b>PART 1: READING COMPREHENSION</b>

<i>SECTION A: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Circle the </i>
<i>letter A,B,C or D against the number of each item 1-10 for the word or phrase you </i>
<i>choose (15ms)</i>

1. She is afraid of _______ the test

to fail failed failing fail
2. I was tired _____ watching the children playing

with of in at

3. Tim is ______ I am

so old as as old as older as as older as
4. If you were me, what ______ ?

will you do
did you do

would you do
are you going to do
5. My brother can’t play tomorrow, and ______

neither can I

either can I neither I canI can’t too
6. There _____ no rain here since last month

is has been did was

7. She spoke much more fluently than I _____

was am did will be

8. Mr. Sminth said he would come, but he ______ yet
did not come

had not come

does not come
has not come
9. She’s been a teacher _____ 1992

in for ever since

10. What _____ at nine o’clock last night ?
did you do

you did

you were doing
were you doing
11. He went _________ everyday as a boy

to boat
boating

playing boat

to play a boat

12. My sister had a baby daughter yesterday and she is my first ______
nephew cousin niece relation

13. When you come to stay, ______ some warm clothes. It’s cold here

bring carry Take Look for
14. “you’re late”, he said “I think the bus _____ already”

went was going has gone goes
15. That man is _____ deaf to hear what we say

so too enough not

<i>SECTION B: Choose the words to fill in the blank of the following sentence: (15ms)</i>

Here you are – here it is – after – before – although – made of – made in – how – by what
– so many – so much – making – the same – could I – I’d like – is – interesting –

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16. “Could you pass the salt, please” – “Certainly, ……….”
17. “……… do you go to work?” – “By bus”

18. This bracelet is ………….. silver
19. Try to avoid ………….. him angry

20. ………….. the evening meal, they went straight to bed

21. you should look after your teeth and not eat ………. Sweets
22. ……….. I was born in England, I grew up mostly in Australia

23. “Are you leaving?” – “yes, bit I wish ……… to go”

24. “My school bag’s ……….. as your’

25. “Hello ……… to speak to Prof. Raymond Bake, please”
26. We ………….. brush our teeth at least twice a day

27. This book has a very ……….. introduction
28. I fell asleep ……… the film was so boring

29. In the past, people got married ………….. quite an early age.
30. To be a good teacher ………….. always what I want to

<b>PART 2: USE OF ENGLISH </b>

<i>SECTION A: Complete the text by putting one of the verbs into each space. Choose </i>
<i>the most suitable tense and form. Use each verb once only. (15ms)</i>

Be – call – come – decide – find – go – happen – keep – know – miss – need – phone
– take – tell – understand

Is was good to see you at the weekend. This is just a quick letter to tell you what …
happened …… after you …went…….. home on Saturday. Ron and I finally ……
decided…….. to buy a motobike and we found…… one advertised in the local paper.
We ……know……… a way of getting to college, because at the moment we ………
need….the bus every morning, and you …take……. What the buses are like. We
usually …miss…….. the first half an hour of lectures, and our tutor ……keep……
complaining. We …called……… about the bike, and the owner ……came….. away
on business, but his sister …told……… us to go round and see it this week. He is
……came…… back on Saturday.

Could you come with us? You probably ……understand……… more about bikes
than we do, so you can give us some advice. We ……are……. At your place on
Saturday morning at about 10.00

See you then,
Denise

<i>SECTION B: Rewrite the sentences using the given words (10ms)</i>

31. The café has a lot of tables
=>There

32. If John doesn’t change his way, he will end up in prison
=> Unless

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=> The English exercise was too

34. A French engineer designed this bridge
=> This bridge

35. I can’t swim as far as Jane
=> Jane can

36. It was such an awful meal that we complained to the waiter
=>The meal

37. They have built the supermarket for 2 years now
=> The supermarket

38. They walked to the beach in 2 hours
=> It took them

39. Pat is the tallest in the class
=>No one