FINAL EXAM BASIC 8 - LH.2.UNIT.10 Student name Group/Class Date Score GRAMMAR 1 Complete the sentences using the correct f orm of the word in brackets. An example (0) has been done f or you. 0 T he air in the mountains is cleaner 1 T he south of France is (clean) than in the city. (hot) than the north of France. 2 I think cities are (ugly) than small villages in the countryside. 3 Living in a town is (noisy) than living in the country. 4 Houses in T okyo are (expensive) than houses in Rome. 5 T he weather in England is (bad) than the weather in Spain. Score: /5 Score: /5 Score: /5 2 Select the correct word in italics in each sentence. An example (0) has been done f or you. 0 T he highest/higher mountain in the UK is Ben Nevis. 1 T he Sahara is the more bigger/biggest desert in the world. 2 Mercury is the most near/nearest planet to the sun. 3 What/How is the oldest city in your country? 4 What is the rainy/rainiest place in America? 5 T he best/most good time to visit Japan is in spring. VOCABULARY 3 Select the correct word in italics in each sentence. An example (0) has been done f or you. 0 You can’t use an umbrella when it’s windy/raining. 1 When it’s sunny/snowing we often go to the beach. 2 Please drive home slowly. It’s very cold/foggy. 3 It’s really cloudy/cold. I can’t see the sun at all. 4 Do you have a heater? It’s so windy/cold in here. 5 We love when it’s snowing/raining. Everything is white. READING 4 Read the text about dealing with stress. Number the sentences (a–f ) in the correct order in which they happened. T he f irst one has been done to help you. How I Manage Stress I suppose I started to think about how busy my life was and how to de-stress a few years ago. It was probably after the birth of my twins. If anything is going to give you a headache, it’s how to manage a job and children. When I was at school, I went swimming a few times a week because I was part of a sports club. When I got my first job, I just didn’t think I had time to do exercise. I was a secondary school teacher, so I was at school in the day and every evening I marked work. It was hard to find time to eat, even harder to exercise! And I was so tired. When the children were about two, I was ready to get organised properly. I might have a job and children, but I knew I needed to make time for myself. My friend told me about how she had kids but still went away every year. She said doing sport and taking care of herself made her life less stressful, not more stressful. I decided to try it for myself. I left the kids with their dad for the week and headed for the mountains of Norway to ski. It was a fantastic week and I was surprised to have all the energy I thought wasn’t there. T hat’s the strange thing about exercise. When you’re tired, you do exercise and have more energy, not less. T hese days, I do my job and look after the children, and I also started tennis last year. I’m still busy, but the two hours I exercise give me time to myself and help me manage the rest of my life in a better way. She got her first job. 1 She went on a ski trip. 2 She started playing tennis. 3 She had the twins. 4 She went swimming. 5 She decided to get organised. 6 Score: /5
