Unit 8 Short Test 2B: Grammar
Unit 8 Short Test 2B: Grammar
Unit 8 Short Test 2B: Grammar
Grammar
1 Look at the quotes and complete the reported statements.
1 Jan: ‘I’ve seen two burglaries in the area.’ Jan said she __________________ two burglaries in the area.
2 Fred: ‘We can’t give you the money today.’ Fred said they __________________ me the money that day.
3 Paul: ‘I’ll tell you the secret code later.’ Paul said he __________________ me the secret code later.
4 Sam: ‘We can stop those vandals.’ Sam said we __________________ those vandals.
5 Ricky: ‘I won’t shoplift again.’ Ricky said he __________________ again.
6 Jess: ‘They've made a film about the robbery.’ Jess said they __________________ a film about the robbery.
Mark: ___ / 6
Mark: ___ / 4
Vocabulary
3 Complete the sentences with the adjectives below. There are two extra adjectives.
cowardly dangerous helpful hopeful lucky selfish suspicious
1 A __________________ person doesn’t believe people when they are telling the truth.
10 A __________________ person often wins competitions and prizes.
11 A __________________ person always does things for other people.
12 A __________________ person thinks that life will be better in the future.
13 A __________________ person doesn’t think about other people.
Mark: ___ / 5
4 Add a suffix to the words in brackets to complete the sentences. You may need to change the spelling
of the words in brackets.
1 Mobile phones were really expensive ten years ago, but today they’re more __________________ (afford).
14 A journalist for a __________________ (nation) newspaper said that crime had got worse in the last six months.
15 The burglar was __________________ (care) because he left his fingerprints all over the house.
16 The woman was very __________________ (mystery). No one knew her name or anything about her.
17 It was __________________ (fool) to vandalise the wall and write your name on it.
Mark: ___ / 5
Total: ___ / 20