Unit 2 Name: _____________________________________ GROUP B 5 Write affirmative, negative sentences or questions VOCABULARY with there was/there were. 1 Underline the adjective which doesn t match each 1 ______________ any after-class activities on Monday? category. 2 ______________ lots of customers in the shop. 3 ______________ a good guitarist in the competition? 1 an animal: unusual / dangerous / modern 4 ______________ an interesting concert on TV yesterday. 2 a piece of art: amazing / expensive / surprised 5 ______________ any famous paintings in the museum. 3 a musician: famous / industrial / talented 4 a song: catchy / poisonous / popular 1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5 5 a style of music: interesting / classical / adventurous 6 Complete the text with the verbs in Past Simple or 1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5 Past Continuous. 2 Complete the sentences with the word in brackets in Do you know Vanessa Mae? I hope you do. For me she is the the correct form. most wonderful musician in the world. I remember I (1) _______________ (drive) along a motorway when I first 1 Can you describe your best friend s (APPEAR) (2) _______________ (hear) her on the radio. I was so ______________________? impressed that I almost stopped and (3) _______________ 2 I went to an (EXHIBIT) ___________________________ (cause) a crash. She plays the violin like nobody else. I didn t of celebrities photos yesterday. really like the sound of this instrument before, but she has 3 They arrested the (CYCLE) ________________________ changed that for me. And she is such a nice person. who was responsible for the accident. I (4) _______________ (go) to her concert a few years ago. 4 Many famous people pay for (PROTECT) When I (5)_______________ (leave) the theatre she smiled ______________________. at me. I will never forget that. 5 We invited a (SCIENCE) ___________________________ to one of our lessons last week. 1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5 1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5 COMMUNICATE 3 Complete the sentences with words from the box. There is one extra word. 7 Match questions 1-6 with the answers A-F. farther same much closer many different 1 Can you play any musical instruments? _____ 2 Have you visited any other museum which 1 My new school is much ___________ to my house uses new technology? _____ than the old one. 3 Have you ever heard this band? _____ 2 I haven t got as ___________ CDs as my friends. 4 Do you like classical music? _____ 3 In the modern art museum there is ___________ 5 Would you like to work in a museum? _____ more space than in the National Gallery. 6 What kind of concerts do you enjoy? _____ 4 Dan s bike is ___________ from mine. It s bigger and more expensive. 5 I don t watch the ___________ films as my brother. A A few in fact. I learned to play them as a child. B Anything from rap to classical music. But it must be 1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5 the best of its kind. C That depends. I enjoy a few pieces, but I prefer something more modern. GRAMMAR D I think I have but I m not sure when and where. 4 Write sentences using Present Perfect. E Not really. It s the first one of this kind. F I don t think so. It must be really boring. 1 they / spend / a lot of money. ____________________________________________ 1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 6 2 she / never / meet / a film director. ____________________________________________ 8 React in the following situations. 3 writer / not finish / his latest book / yet. 1 Dowiedz się, ile osób było na koncercie. ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 4 she / be / hospital / three times / this year. 2 Poproś kolegę, żeby zarezerwował bilety do kina na ____________________________________________ weekend. 5 you / ever / read / a book in English / ? ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________ 3 Nie wiesz, ile trwa przedstawienie, na które się wybierasz. Jak o to zapytasz? 1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5 ____________________________________________ Copyright by Nowa Era English Explorer 3 4 Zapytaj, czy możesz zadzwonić pózniej. WRITING ____________________________________________ 10 You went to the concert advertised below. 1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 4 Write a diary entry about it. AMAZING CONCERT !!! READING WILD MUSIC MONKEYS performing live in our school 9 Match the correct title (A-F) to each text (1-5). MEET THE STARS AFTER THE SHOW There is one extra title. 19 November at 4 p.m. A AN OPEN-AIR CHARITY EVENT B AN UNLUCKY PERFORMANCE ____________________________________________________ C A STAR INJURED BY FANS ____________________________________________________ D A FORTUNE FOR A SONG ____________________________________________________ E A COMPETITION WITHOUT PRIZES ____________________________________________________ F A TALENTED TEENAGER ____________________________________________________ 1 _____ 2 _____ 3 _____ 4 _____ 5 _____ ____________________________________________________ 1 Last night the results were finally announced of the final ____________________________________________________ of Boyband of the Year. Boize, who were leading after four weeks of competition, went home disappointed as a result ____________________________________________________ of the lead singer s illness. The rest of the band did their Total ____ / 5 best and went ahead with the show, but it wasn t enough, and they were beaten in the final vote by just 5 points. EXTRA ACTIVITIES 2 The pianist, Eva Richie, first appeared on the music scene at the remarkably young age of 12 just two years 11 Complete the second sentence so that it gives the ago. Last night, in a surprise presentation, halfway same information as the first one. through Eva s recital, the world famous conductor, 1 The paintings are similar but they are not the same. Robert Richter, announced the results of an international The paintings are similar but they are competition, in which Eva got second place. A _____________________________ each other. representative of the judges presented Eva with her 2 John is more polite than Gina. award and a cheque for $5000. Gina isn t _____________________________ John. 3 On Friday night we watched the last episode in the 3 A lot of people came to see the new film. series of Can You Take It? The idea for the show was to ___________________ a lot of people at the cinema. put contestants in separate small rooms with their pet 4 There are fewer teachers in our school this year. hates . After a week only 2 of the original 7 remained. Last year there were ___________________________ When they finally got out, one from a room full of in our school than this year. spiders, the other from a room with cockroaches, both 5 This restaurant is farther from the centre than the others. were pleased it was over. The winners did not get any The other restaurants are _______________________ rewards but they stressed that it was a great experience the centre than this one. which helped them overcome their fears. 1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5 5 The family of David Jones, injured during last month s 12 Match the words and use the compounds to Grand Prix race, have thanked the organisers of Sing complete the sentences. With the Stars show for persuading international star, Will box concert street ballet child Andrews, to take part in the celebrity auction aimed at raising funds for David s medical treatment.Celebrities prodigy artist dancer hall office will pay to sing the unforgettable Frank Sinatra song, 1 Mary wanted to be a ____________ ____________ My Way, with Will. It is believed that they are paying up when she was a child, but she was too tall. to Ł1,500 to help David. 2 They are building a new _______________ 4 This year s Pantomime in the Park was a great success ______________ in our town. I can t wait to go there. thanks to pleasant temperatures and record-breaking 3 Michael Jackson was a ____________ ____________. donations from enthusiastic ticket-holders. Local He started performing when he was a kid. celebrities from the world of entertainment spent several 4 To reserve tickets for this performance you must call weeks preparing for the spectacle: a musical version of the _______________ _______________. Cinderella. All the money raised will help build a regional 5 I paid the _______________ _______________ for school of performing arts. singing my favourite song. 1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5 1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5 Copyright by Nowa Era English Explorer 3