English Language – SECOND WRITTEN WORK – 8th grade – Group A – I Part Name & Class___________________________
LISTENING
1. Listen to Amanda and Matthew. Circle the correct answer – A, B, or C ___/12
1. Matthew’s speech day is on....
A Thursday B Friday C next Tuesday
2. The guest speaker at Matthew’s school is....
A the head teacher B a footballer C a TV newsreader
3. Another person is going to make a speech at Matthew’s school. It is...
A the head teacher B Amanda’s brother C a footballer
4. Who will come to Matthew’s speech day?
A his mum and dad B his dad only C his dad and uncle
5. The prizes at Matthew’s school this year are going to be...
A CDs and books B books C pens
6. Matthew thinks he might get a prize for...
A Maths B History C Sport
READING
2. Read the text and circle the correct answer.
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THE GIANT’S CAUSEWAY
One of the most fascinating places in the United Kingdom is the Giant’s Causeway, in County Antrim. Although this amazing ‘’path’’ of
huge stones going into the sea is on the coast of Northern Ireland, you could easily think that you were on the Moon when you look at it!
The Giant’s Causeway is a collection of stone columns that form stepping stones and start from the bottom of the cliff and disappear under
the sea. There are about 40,000 stone columns and the tallest ones are about twelve meters high. No one knows exactly when the Causeway
was formed, but most people agree that it is the result of volcano erupting. The first reports of the Causeway appeared in the seventeenth
century, but before the coast road was built in the 1830s it was difficult to get to the Causeway because the land was so rough.
Of course, Irish legends have another explanation of how the Giant’s Causeway was formed: the Irish giant Finn McCool, an ancient hero
who was incredibly strong, lived on the Antrim coast. However, he fell in love with a lady giant who lived on a Scottish island, and if he
wanted to bring her to his home, he had to build this enormous road across the sea, which is now mostly under the sea.
1. The Giant’s Causeway is...
A in Southern Ireland B in Northern Ireland C on the Moon
2. A lot of Giant’s Causeway is now...
A on the Moon B destroyed C under the sea
3. When was the Causeway formed?
A we don’t know B in the 17th century C in the 1830s
4. How was the Causeway formed?
A an ancient giant built it B from the cliffs C it is a material from the volcano
5. When was the coast road built?
A in the 17th century B in the 1830s C in ancient times
6. Some people believed that Finn Mc cool built the Causeway because...
A he wanted to bring a woman to Ireland B he was incredibly strong C he wanted to get to the Antrim coast.
3. Read the text again and complete the chart with the information from it. ___/10
1. What kind of sight? huge stepping stones 2. How many stones?
1. Where? 3. Tallest stones?
4. First reports when? 5. How formed?
WRITING
4. Write an essay to one of the following subjects. ___/16
1. A person I admire
- You could write about a friend, a relative or a famous person. Write about the person’s appearance, personality, likes and dislikes,
something about the person’s life and why you like the person so much.
2. The day I will never forget
- First decide why the day was special to you. Did you have some good or some bad news? Did you find or lose something? Did you
meet someone special? Did you have an accident or escape from an accident? Tell your story in the past tense and use linking
words: at first, suddenly, straightaway, just then, anyway, by the time, in the end.
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