Name: UNIT TEST A 8

Vocabulary 5 Complete the sentences using the past simple or past

simple passive form of the verbs in the box.
1 What are these objects made of? Write the words.
1 a wheel build buy make bake do
2 a pot
1 I my homework before you arrived.
3 a garden wall
2 This jumper by my grandmother.
4 a T-shirt
3 They my school 10 years ago.
5 a toothbrush 4 A huge cake for my birthday.
5 5 Where you your phone?
2 Write the nouns that correspond to each verb. 5
1 build
2 construct
Reading
3 create 6 Read and choose the best answer.

4 decorate
5 develop S kyscrapers are very tall buildings which are found
in many cities around the world. These huge
structures are named ‘skyscrapers’ because they are
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so tall that they seem to touch, or ‘scrape’, the sky.
3 Complete the sentences with an adjective from the box. You can sometimes see a skyscraper from far away
and also recognize some cities thanks to their famous
dark soft opaque pale rough skyscrapers.
Early skyscrapers were built with iron and steel,
1 You can’t see through the window because the glass is but modern skyscrapers are made of steel, concrete
. and a lot of glass. Skyscraper construction is useful
in large cities because land is very expensive, so the
2 The road was very . It was full of holes.
best direction for the creation of a large building is up.
3 You don’t look very well. Your face is very . This also means there is more space for parks and
4 There are no lights here. It’s completely . public areas.
The Empire State Building is a famous skyscraper
5 I don’t like sleeping on mattresses. in New York with more than 100 floors. Tourists go
I prefer hard ones. to the top for a great view of the city. The tallest
5 skyscraper in the world is in Dubai (the Burj Khalifa).
It is 828 meters high, which is about the length of
eight-and-a-half football fields, and it was built in
Grammar only five years. The weight of the concrete used is
equivalent to 100,000 elephants!
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
verb to make them passive.
1 They sell this material on the Internet. 1 T hese buildings are called ‘skyscrapers’ because they
are high / huge.
This material on the Internet.
2 S kyscrapers can tell you which city you’re in /
2 They make houses out of wood. if you’re far away.
Houses out of wood. 3 B
 oth early and modern skyscrapers are made of glass /
3 My teacher writes our tests. steel.
4 Skyscrapers save / take up space in big cities.
Our tests by my teacher.
5 The Burj Khalifa was made with concrete / elephants.
4 My favourite restaurant serves this pizza.
M
 y favourite pizza in this 5
restaurant.
5 My mother designs my clothes.
My clothes by my mother.

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 UNIT TEST A 8

Listening Extra
7 e 15 Listen to the conversation. Answer true (T) or
false (F). 10 Write a word for each definition
1 S ome fabrics are made with materials that can harm 1 not damaging the environment: s
the planet. 2 thin line of fibre: t
2 Coal and oil will not run out. 3 not heavy: l
3 Some companies are making clothes from plants. 4 rubbish: w
4 M
 aking clothes from animal products is good for the 5 fabric for making clothes: c
environment.
5
5 Y
 ou get a reward in some shops if you give them old
clothes. 11 Rearrange the words to make sentences.
5 1 is sold / that product / on the Internet

Speaking 2 of concrete / my house / is made
8 Put the dialogue in the correct order.
Tania Hey Miriam, I heard that the exam results 3 this word / how is / pronounced ?
are out.
a Tania Yes, I am. And only 60% of the class 4 was spent / all the money / on food
passed.

b Miriam Phew! That’s a relief. You had me worried
there. 5 as an arena / the Colosseum / was used

c Tania No, I’m serious. But don’t worry, you and I

have passed.
5
d Miriam Are you sure? The teacher said they
Total with Extra 55
wouldn’t be ready till next week.
e Miriam You must be joking. I don’t believe it!

Writing
9 Think about a famous historical building or site.
Write a blog entry about it (50–120 words).
Answer the questions.
• What is it made of?
• When was it made?
• Where is it located?

Total 45

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