English in Common 3

Unit 8 Test: Answer Key

1 GRAMMAR
1. are made 2. are sent 3. is cooked 4. are employed 5. is grown
6. Does your wife like your cooking?
7. What are you doing this weekend?
8. Have you ever done any speed dating?
9. Why are you in a hurry?
10. Do you play a musical instrument?
11. was walking 12.were writing 13. broke, was playing
14. was washing, cut 15. was listening

2 VOCABULARY
16. b 17. e 18. d 19. a 20. c
21. risen 22. fallen 23. increased 24. deteriorated 25. gone up
26. c 27. a 28. d 29. e 30. b

3 READING
31. about 32. week 33. worse 34. replace 35. isn’t

4 WRITING
36.-40. Answers will vary. Answers will vary. To be scored a correct answer, sentences must be
appropriate to the topic and grammatically correct. Score one incorrect point for each sentence
with grammatical errors or for each piece of information that is missing.

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