IED COLEGIO TOM ADAMS

BIMONTHLY EXAM 8TH GRADE FOURTH TERM

ENGLISH

NAME:___________________________________________DATE:________________SCORE:___________

1. Fill in the blanks with a modal verb. There is more than one answer in some sentences.

1.- ……………….. I borrow your rubber, please? Yes, of course you ……………..

2.-My friend is getting married today, she ……………. feel very nervous.

3.-Next year I think you ……………… to translate any report into your own language.

4.-Don’t touch that wire because it …………………. be dangerous.

5.-I ……………. swim quite well when I was five years old.

6.- Sonia …………………… practise so much if she wants to take part in the marathon.

7.- You ……………….. cook those vegetables because they have already cooked.

8.-The girl …………………… go to the studio for an audition.

9.- That diamond bracelet is very elegant but it …………………………….. have cost a fortune.

10.-If you are interested in human life, you …………………….. study biology.

11.-He is applying for a job at the university. He …………….. get it.

12.-That house was really important in her life so she …………………………. sell it.

13.-I’m not sure but perhaps Roberto ………………………. leave for Australia soon.

14.-You ………………………………. have shouted at Thomas yesterday. He is very sorry.

15.-Look it has stopped raining. We ……………………. go for a walk in the country.

16.-The old woman ……………….. fall on the street and break a leg. She ………… carry a stick.

17.-Sheila didn’t go to work yesterday. She ………………….. be ill in bed.

18.-Last Christmas party was fabulous, you ………………………………. have come with me.

19.- I’ve lost my keys. I ……….............. have dropped them when I went shopping.

20.-It’s prohibited to go into that building. You ……………………. go in.

21.-Patricia is driving a new car. She ……………………… have bought it.

22.-My dictionary isn’t in my schoolbag. I …………………….. have left it at home.

 Read the following text carefully and then do the activities below.

This is the incredible – but true - story of one of the most intriguing unsolved mysteries ever. What
happened to the Mary Celeste ship and its crew?

The Mary Celeste left New York on (1)…………………... Captain Briggs and his (2)…………………. were on the ship,
and (3)……………. other men.
On December 4th, another ship called the (4)………………….., was in (5)………………………………………. Its captain saw
the Mary Celeste. The captain and some men went on the Mary Celeste. There weren’t any people on the
ship!

There was a lot of (6)……………….. on the ship. In the kitchen, there were (7)………………………………. Everything
was in its place. The people weren’t there, but all of their clothes and things were! The captain looked at
the (8)…………………….. on the table. The last date in it was (9)…………………………... Did the people leave the ship
after that day?

Why did they leave? Did they jump off the ship? What happened to the people after they left the Mary
Celeste?

People have tried to answer those questions for (10) …………………!

 Write indirect questions about the missing information on the text.

 I’d like to know ……………………………………………………………...

1. I wonder …………………………………………………………………….

2. Does anybody know ……………………………………………………...?

3. Do you happen to know …………………………………………………..?

4. I’m not sure …………………………………………………………………

5. Can you tell me ……………………………………………………………?

6. Do you have any idea……………………………………………………?

7. I have no idea ………………………………………………………………

8. Would you mind telling me ………………………………………………?

9. I don’t know ……………………………………………….………………..

 The missing information is in the box below. Put the pieces of information in the right places.

25th November - family - food - plates and saucepans - November 5th, 1872 -
years - Dei Gratia – logbook – the middle of the Atlantic - six

 Two friends read the text about the Mary Celeste and then they commented about it. Complete the
question tags they make, and also include the intonation, falling () or rising () according to the
speakers’ intentions.

A- It’s an interesting story, …………………………? ____________

B- It certainly is. Have you read about it before?

A- Not really. But it took place in 1871, …………………………? ___________

B- 1872, actually. The Mary Celeste sailed on November 5 th, but the people on it were never seen again.

A- I guess the most intriguing thing was the food and the clothes the men from the Dei Gratia found,
…………………………? ____________

B- You’re right! What’s the point of leaving the ship with all your things on it?
A- They must have left for a good reason, …………………? _____________

B- Definitely. They weren’t in the middle of the Pacific, …………………………? ____________

A- No, they were in the middle of the Atlantic, but all the same: nowhere to go!

B- And they didn’t have the logbook with them, …………………………? ____________

A- No, the Captain of the Dei Gratia found it on the ship, too. I wonder what happened to those poor
people.

B- I guess we will never know, …………………………? ____________

3. Complete the sentences with across, along, away, by, down (to), in, off, on, out, over, through
or up.

1. My daughter is an early bird. She gets _ _ _ _ _ _ at 7 every day of the week.

2. How can Tom get _ _ _ _ _ _ on his poor salary?
3. Pat usually fails to get her jokes _ _ _ _ _ _.
4. Jim got _ _ _ _ _ _ his exams without much effort.
5. You’d better get _ _ _ _ _ _ the back seat. I’ve got my son’s safety seat in the front.
6. I’ve never got _ _ _ _ _ _ with my brother-in-law.
7. If this secret gets _ _ _ _ _ _ , you’ll be in trouble.
8. We’ve climbed the fence easily, but now we can’t get _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
9. You should get _ _ _ _ _ _ with your homework right now.