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Unit 8 Practice Quiz ( /20 )

A Circle the correct answer. You have 5 minutes.

1 _____ four cell phones in our house!

a They are b There is
c There are d Is there

2 _____ raining today but yesterday the weather was beautiful.

a It are b There is
c Is there d It is

3 Our refrigerator has stopped working. _____ not surprising because it is very old.
a There is b It is
c There are d Is it

4 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. _____ a great invention!

a It b There are
c This d It is

5 I thought my MP3 player was in my room but I have looked and it is not _____.
a there b there are
c in d it

6 I watch TV everyday. I don’t know what I would do without _____!

a is it b there
c it d them

7 _____ always a nice smell in our kitchen because my mom is always baking something in
the oven.
a There are b They is
c There is d Are there

8 _____ any inventors you would like to know more about?

a Are they b Are there
c Is there d They is

9 I find math very difficult. _____ difficult for you, too?

a It is b Are they
c It d Is it

10 New inventions have helped the world a lot, but _____ many more problems that still
need to be solved.
a they b it is
c there are d are there

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B Correct the mistake. You have 5 minutes.

1 There was very cold because there was no heater.

2 It is strange to think that 20 years ago it was no Internet in schools.

3 It are some inventors whose inventions don’t make money.

4 There is a better way to heat water than using a kettle? Maybe there is a way that uses

no electricity!

5 My dad’s new car has a TV in there! But it doesn’t work when he is driving.

C Complete the sentences using there or it. You have 5 minutes.

1 The workers at the factory want more money and they won’t work until they get

___________.

2 ___________ was at my uncle’s house on my 10th birthday that I decided to become an

inventor.

3 Nobody knows for sure if ___________ is a ghost in the house but they’re all scared of

it in any case!

4 Have you seen Mel’s new kitchen? ___________ is very stylish and high-tech!

5 Is ___________ a reason that you’re not talking to me?

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Unit 8 Practice Quiz 20 points

Answers:
A
1 c 6 c

2 d 7 c

3 b 8 b

4 d 9 d

5 a 10 c

1 It was very cold because there was no heater.

2 It is strange to think that 20 years ago there was no Internet in schools.

3 There are some inventors whose inventions don’t make money.

4 Is there a better way to heat water than using a kettle? Maybe there is a way that uses no

electricity!
5 My dad’s new car has a TV in it! But it doesn’t work when he is driving.

C
1 it

2 It

3 there

4 It

5 there

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