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DATE:
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR THE 8TH GRADE

1.Complete the sentences with too, enough or notenough, and the correct form of the words in
brackets. (6 x 0.1p =0.6p)
1.The eagle was_______________________________(young/hunt) properly yet.
2.Greg trained as a musician but he was______________________________(good/join) the National
Orchestra.
3.You are_____________________________(short) and your arms are__________________
(strong/ride) an enormous motorbike like that.
4.Odysseus was______________________________(clever/stay) a prisoner of the Cyclops.
5.Am I_______________________________(tall) for the basketball team this year?
2.Rewrite the sentences to mean the same using need, need-ing or need to be .
(5 x 0.2p =1p)
1.Someone must mend those jeans before they come to pieces.
2.Its important that Bill arranges for the pizzas to be delivered at exactly 10 pm.
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3.You have to speak to the journalists before we leave.
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4.Its important to take those bottles to the recycling bin today.
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5.It is necessary for Rupert to telephone his grandmother before Saturday.
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3.Unjumble the words in capital letters and write them in the blanks. (8 x 0.1p =0.8p)
1.RROWRAI In the old days, a soldier or fighter was known as a w .
2.YUBR In some countries, people used to b. gold and precious jewels with the dead
person.
3.TDEI Your d consists of everything you eat.
4.LGGIBOENNS All the things that belong to you are known as your
b .
5.KTNSEEOL The framework of bones in your body is referred to as your
s.. .
6.ERTURFAC Another name for a broken bone is a f.. .
7.TTLBEA A fight between two opposing groups is called a b.. .
8.MTBO A large, decorated grave is called a t .

4.Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the word
given and other words. (3 x 0.4p = 1.2p)
1.If we dont find any bones in this cave we will have to give up the search.(unless)
We will have to give up the search_________________________________________________________
_____________________in this cave.
2.Our Geography teacher would give us a prize only if we found more than 50 of the answers to the quiz.
(provided)
_________________________________________________________of the answers to the quiz our
Geography teacher would give us a prize.
3.If you promise not to wear those worn out jeans you can come with me to the television studio.(long)
You can come with me to the television studio_______________________________________________
__________________________________those worn out jeans.
5.Join the pairs of sentences using so that, so as not to or in order to. (6 x 0.2p = 1.2p)
1.The thief hid the gold. He didnt want to be caught.
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2.Tom set his alerm clock. He wanted to be up on time in the morning.
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3.Maria kept her pet as a secret. Nobody knew it existed until last week
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4.I climbed a wall. I got in to the concert.
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5.My dad crashed the car. He didnt want to kill the dog.
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6.Mum had made sandwiches. We had something to eat as soon as we got to the beach.
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6.Complete the sentences with the correct form of the following phrasal verbs : bring about, switch
on, look after, live on, look for, put off. (6 x 0.2p = 1.2p)
1.When we were camping we nearly ran out of food. We had to ____________potatoes for two days!
2.Its a bit dark in here. Shall I ___________the light?
3.Could you help me ________________ my wallet? I cant find it anywhere!
4.Peter cant come out tonight. Hes got to ________________ his baby brother while his parents are out.
5.Its raining so were going to _____________our tennis match until tomorrow.
6.Computerisation has ______________________great changes in the way newspapers are produced.

4p granted

Good luck!