Test Student’s name and surname

Date / /
8A __________________________ Total score: 70
Vocabulary 4 Write complete questions score: 10
score: 5 and answer them.
1 Complete the sentences 1. What / you / buy / if / you / go / shopping
with some of the verbs
centre / Saturday?
below in the correct form.

apply • be born • become • fall • get •

graduate • leave • start • train
2. Where / you / go / if / it / rain / next
1. I’m planning to a degree in weekend?
economy when I leave school. 
2. When you for a job, you often 
have an interview with a psychologist. 3. You / buy / ticket / concert / if / Arctic
3. Susan, my aunt, married last Monkeys / come / your country / next year?
month but decided not to have children. 
4. When my brother as a dentist, 
my parents organized a surprise party 4. What / you / do / if / lights / go out / tonight?
and invited all his friends. 
5. When a baby , many things 
change in the family. 5. What / you / eat / if / you / go / restaurant /
next Friday?
2 Order the letters to  score: 5 
complete the sentences. 
1. The acoustic guitar and the lnovii
are string instruments.
Reading
2. Could Michael Jackson play the umrds
? 5 Read the text on the next  score: 10
3. The buoinetamr hasn’t got keys. page and answer the
You just shake it or hit it with your hand. questions.
4. Mozart and Beethoven played the aopin 1. Why did Richard find the article interesting
. at first?
5. Most jazz bands include a phaxsooen 
player. 2. Was 2017 an important year for Drake?
Justify your answer.

Grammar 3. Were Drake’s dad and uncle an influence
3 Complete the sentences score: 10 on him? Justify your answer.
with will or won't and the 
verbs below. 4. Will Richard write about Drake in the end?

spend • take • pass • go • leave
5. What will he write about?
1. I the dog for a walk today 
because I’m not feeling well.
2. My brother and I home early
to arrive at school on time.
3. We to Mary’s birthday party
because she didn’t invite us.
4. I think I my next summer
holidays in a seaside resort. I need to rest.
5. You your final exam because
you’re an excellent student and study hard.

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Richard Waverly was surfing the Web for some Listening
information for a school project on music artists
6 10Listen to Richard  score: 10
when he found an article about a singer he didn’t
and his mum and choose
know. His name is Drake and this is part of the
the correct answers.
information he found:
1. Richard will start learning to play the guitar ...
a. next month.
b. next Wednesday.
< >D
c. next week.
Drake was born on 24th October, 1986. His complete 2. Most students have got electric guitars and
name is Aubrey Drake Graham and he is a Canadian they’ll ...
rap and hip-hop singer and actor. He became a. take them to school.
famous in 2001 when he acted in the popular and
b. take them back home.
long Canadian TV drama series called Degrassi: The
Next Generation. Drake grew up with music in his c. sell them at school.
blood. His father Dennis was a drummer and his 3. An electric guitar can cost ...
uncle Larry played the bass. a. about £700.
He started his career as a hip-hop singer in 2006, and b. £650.
his first hit single and video ‘Replacement Girl’ came c. £750.
out just one year later. In 2008, Drake was once
4. Richard should buy a ... guitar online.
again successful when his song ‘Best I Ever Had’
reached number 2 on Billboard’s 100 singles chart. a. newer
In 2010, Drake released his first studio album, Thank b. more expensive
Me Later, which was number one on both American c. second-hand
and Canadian album charts. In May 2017, Drake 5. Richard ... play the guitar in public.
was the artist who won 13 prizes at a. won’t
the Billboard Music Awards, breaking Adele's record
b. shouldn’t
for artist with the most wins in one year.
c. mustn’t

Richard read the article but it didn’t have any

Writing
information about the singer’s future. Will he
record a new album? Will he go on a world tour? 7 Write a description of  score: 20
What countries will he visit? The article was not a music festival in your
really complete, so Richard decided to go on country in about 60 words.
investigating and write about a band. Use these questions as a guide.
He thought, ‘If I write about a pop band, my • What’s the name of the festival? Where
classmates will be more interested in my work and when is it? How can you get there?
and my teacher will be happier.’ • How many people usually go to this
festival? Do they wear special clothes?
What kind of music do they listen to?
• Why do/don’t you like it?

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