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8th grade

TEST PAPER

I. The following sentences have been removed from the passages below. Read the passage
and put each of these sentences in the appropriate place.

a) I wish we had better laws to protect our environment.

b) I wish we used less fuel and different kinds of transport.

c)..............it shouldn’t have happened.

On the 23rd of March 1989 the tanker Exxon Valdez set off from the port of Valdez in Alaska. As
the tanker made its way through Prince William Sound, it hit rocks which made ten holes in the
bottom of the tanker. Immediately oil began to leak. Millions of gallons spread on the clear
waters of Prince William Sound and on the shore line of Alaska. The oil spill killed hundreds of
animals and thousands of birds. Everybody agreed that(1)………………

People don’t do, can’t do, or, which is worse, pretend that they cannot do more to prevent
accidents that spoil the environment. Ship companies, for instance, still don’t want to spend more
money to put extra lining in the bottom of their ships and legally no one can stop them.
(2)…………………………..

We need millions of gallons of oil each day, most of it for cars. That’s why oil companies are
always looking for oil and pumping out more and more of it. (3)…

Moreover, we should consider using buses and trains more often than individual cars.

II. Match the two columns making any necessary changes to form complete sentences:

Example: If cargo ships had an extra lining, they wouldn’t spill so much oil.

a)Cargo ships/ have an extra lining oil companies would pump out less oil.

b)we/ protect the environment our planet would be a healthier place to live

c) people use other fuels the town would look much more attractive.

d) more people travel by bus we could breathe the air in our town.

e) people/ not litter the streets they wouldn’t spill so much oil.
Name:
8th grade

III. Complete the Conditional Sentences (Type I) by putting the verbs into the correct form.

1. If you…………………. (send) this letter now, she will receive it tomorrow.

2. Peggy…………………….. (go) shopping if she has time in the afternoon.

3. Simon will go to London next week if he ……………….(get) a cheap flight.

4. If her boyfriend………………………. (phone / not) today, she will leave him.

5. If they……………………. (study / not) harder, they will not pass the exam.

IV. Match each of these sentences with its logical ending:

1.When I got up

a) I had breakfast b) I had had breakfast

2. When he called the police

a) the robbery took place b) the robbery had taken place

3. When she got the job

a) she graduated from school b) she had graduated from school

4. When they met Mrs. Page

a) they greeted her b) they had greeted her

V. Write an informal letter to a friend giving him/her current news about yourself.