Language Test A - Units 9-12

Vocabulary

1 Complete the words.

This morning there was a terrible ⁰b _u _r _g _l _a _r y in High Street. A ¹b __ __ __ __ __ r broke into a jewellery shop on the High Street. He broke the window and took a lot of ²v __ __ __ __ __ __ e jewels. Mrs White saw him and she phoned the police on her mobile. The police came at once. They started the ³i __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ n at once. They questioned the ⁴w __ __ __ __ __ s, Mrs White. A detective took ⁵f __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ s.

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2 Circle the odd one out.

0 burglar / fingerprint / detective / policeman

1 town / capital / heat / village

2 bread / mouse / keyboard / screen

3 North Pole / Welsh / Equator / Andes

4 ancient / clean / range / deep

5 deer / pony / horse / mountain

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Language in context

3 Match 1-5 with A-E to make short conversations.

0 Why do you like New Forest ponies? __F_

1 Are ponies' manes shorter than horses' manes? _____

2 Are New Forest ponies the smallest ponies in Great Britain? _____

3 Am I taller than this pony? _____

4 Are there deer in the forest too? _____

5 Have they got longer legs? _____

A) No, Welsh ponies are smaller.

B) Yes, there are. They are very shy.

C) Yes, you are! This pony is not very tall.

D) Yes, they have. They are taller than ponies.

E) Ponies' manes are longer, I think.

F) Because they are prettier than horses.

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4 Complete the dialogue with sentences A-E.

Detective: Hello. My name's Purlock Combs. I'm the most famous detective in England. What happened here?

Bob: Hello, Mr Combs. There was a terrible burglary. The burglars broke into my house.

Detective: Now, tell me... What did the burglars steal?

Bob: ⁰__F__

Detective: Was the painting valuable?

Bob: ¹_____

Detective: Was the furniture expensive?

Bob: ²_____

Detective: Were the jewels more valuable than the painting?

Bob: ³_____

Detective: Did the burglars steal anything else?

Bob: ⁴_____

Detective: Were the clothes valuable?

Bob: ⁵_____

A) No, but it was very beautiful. My little daughter painted it.

B) No, but the sofa was the most comfortable one in this house!

C) They also stole some clothes.

D) No, but they were very colourful.

E) No, they were just my old jeans and jumpers.

F) They stole a painting, furniture and jewellery.

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Grammar

5 Circle the correct answer - A, B or C.

0 It is the _____ jewellery in Britain.

A) valuable than B) more valuable C) most valuable

1 That is the _____ story in this book.

A) more strange B) most strange C) strangest

2 This chair is _____ than that one.

A) very comfortable B) more comfortable C) most comfortable

3 Horses are _____ than ponies.

A) bigger B) biggest C) more big

4 It is _____ book in the library.

A) more interesting B) interesting C) the most interesting

5 The weather is _____ than yesterday.

A) bad B) worse C) worst

6 He is the _____ detective in the world.

A) good B) better C) best

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6 Complete. Use a, an, the or Ø (no article).

0 There are beautiful __Ø___ stars in the sky today.

1 There is _____ river near my village. _____ river is called the Cam.

2 _____ largest ocean is _____ Pacific Ocean.

3 _____ Moon goes around _____ Earth.

4 There are _____ old buildings in my town. _____ buildings are over 100 years old.

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7 Complete the dialogue using the information in the table. Use the correct forms of going to.

	Ben	Mary
July	have swimming lessons and aunt - visit Ben	visit grandparents in Cornwall and learn to sail
August	travel to Crete with dad	not travel stay at home

Mary: How are you going to spend your holidays, Ben?

Ben: In July I ⁰'m going to have swimming lessons. I want to learn to swim. And my aunt ¹____________________. She lives in St Ives.

Mary: Really? My grandparents live in Cornwall. I ²____________________ them in July.

Ben: What ³____________________ do in Cornwall?

Mary: I'm going to learn to sail.

Ben: Oh, that's fantastic!

Mary: What about August?

Ben: In August my dad and I ⁴____________________ to Crete. And you?

Mary: Well, I ⁵____________________ in August.

I ⁶____________________ at home.

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TOTAL

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