Test 7 A.

Units 16 - 17

Grammar .

1 Choose the correct answers. [5 marks]

1 Most people ………………………………… cars in the 1920s.

a) didn't use to have b) used to had c) didn't use to had

2 ………….. women …………….. outside the home?

a) Did ….. worked b) Did ... used to work

c) Did …… use to work

3 People ………………………………… the world was flat.

a) used to thought b) use to think c) used to think

4 My parents …………………………….. a mobile phone.

a) did use to own b) didn't use to own c) used to owned

5 I …………………………….. the bus to school.

a) used to caught b) used to go c) used to catch

2 Write sentences about Anna when she was

a girl using used to / didn't use to. [5 marks]

share / bedroom with her sister

She used to share a bedroom with her sister. .

1 fight / with brother

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2 have / teddy called Barnaby

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3 not eat / vegetables

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4 go / nursery school

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5 play / with pet rabbit

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[Total 80 marks]

3 Put so, such, such a or such an in the

correct place in each sentence. [5 marks]

so

Don't be/\ stupid!

1 He said stupid thing last night.

2 The present was beautiful.

3 She bought expensive computer.

4 They were lovely flowers.

5 We were late we missed the film.

4 Rearrange the words to make

correct sentences. [5 marks]

bus station open. that early were

so We the wasn't

We were so early that the bus

station wasn't open.

1 can't The so that loud I hear you. is music

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2 such everywhere good they go together.

They're friends that

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3 was It a warm wear yesterday coat. that I so didn't

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4 He so he that had leave the to room. angry was

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5 so went It crowded home. that we was

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7A .

5 Here are some sentences about holidays in

Cornwall. For each question, complete the second sentence so it means the same as the first. [10 marks]

`I've enjoyed being in Cornwal1.'

He told me he'd enjoyed being in Cornwall.

1 `I'm from Barcelona.'

I said ………………………… Barcelona.

2 `We're all learning English in Torquay.'

She said they …………………………………… English

in Torquay.

3 `I'm working in a hotel.'

I told him …………………………………. in a hotel.

4 `I travelled by plane and train.'

He said he ………………………………….. by plane

and train.

5 `We arrived four weeks ago.'

He said they ………………………………….. four

weeks before.

6 `I haven't visited the Eden Project before.'

He said ……………………………. the Eden Project before.

7 `I went to Cornwall in 2002.'

She told him …………………………… to Cornwall in 2002.

8 `I can't remember the price of the tickets.'

He told him that ………………………………………….

the price of the tickets.

9 ` I'm going home on Tuesday.'

He said …………………………………. on Tuesday.

10 `I'm sure Penny will enjoy it.'

I said ………………………………………. enjoy it.

Vocabulary .

6 Complete the vocabulary table. [0.5 each = 4 marks]

7 Complete the sentences with words

from the table in Exercise 6. [6 marks]

1 Picasso is a famous …………….. from Spain.

2 I think I'll ………………. my bedroom blue.

3 Can you …………… the dinner tonight?

4 ………………. is my favourite hobby.

5 My dream is to ………………… the Antarctic.

6 I couldn't be a ……………….. because I

don't like animals or dirt.

8 Use the correct noun endings in

the box to complete the unfinished

words. [5 marks]

-ance -er -ion -ment -ology

He works as a computer programmer.

1 The science experi………. went wrong.

2 Read the informat………… before you start.

3 Their perform……… was brilliant.

4 My mother is my closest relat………. .

5 I like science but I don't like Bi………… .

9 Circle the odd-one-out. [5 marks]

1 buffalo roam crops herds

2 website file programmer attachment

3 tribe herd group settler

4 open send file delete

5 cooker painter explorer farmer

Communication .

10 Ian wants to buy two tickets

for a museum. Write the dialogue. [6 marks]

Ian: ask for two tickets:

(1) …………………………………………… ?

Woman: say yes: (2)……………………………

Ian: ask the price: (3) ………………………….. ?

Woman: say £6 each: (4) ………………………

Ian: ask about student tickets:

(5) …………………………………………… ?

Woman: ask to see student card:

(6) …………………………………………… ?

7A .

11 Put the telephone conversation

in the correct order. [0.5 each = 4 marks]

Yes, please. Can you tell her that

Keith Davis called? □

Good morning. Hilton College.

Can I help you? □

Yes, I will. Goodbye. □

Hello. Can I speak to Mrs Dawn Jones, please? □

I'm afraid she's out. Can I can take

a message? □

And tell her I'll ring back later. □

Yes, of course. □

Thank you. Goodbye. □

Reading .

12 Read the text opposite and

answer the questions. [10 marks]

a) Choose the correct answers.

1 This is about …

a) nineteenth century life in the USA.

b) programmes on British TV.

c) a TV programme.

2 The writer ... the programme.

a) wants to see

b) has seen

c) was in

3 Reality TV means programmes …

a) about real people.

b) with actors.

c) made in the USA.

b) Look at these statements about the text.

Are they correct (v) or incorrect (x))?

1 The people in reality TV

programmes have a script. □

2 Frontier House was about how people

used to live in the nineteenth century. □

3 The modern families lived like

settlers for a year. □

4 Life was difficult for nineteenth-century

settlers. □

5 The twenty-first century families found

it easier than they had expected. □

6 The modern families didn't work hard. □

7 Living like settlers was an interesting

experience. □

On most evenings in Britain, you can watch a reality TV programme. There isn't a script, actors or a story but there are real people who are followed by cameras, lighting and recording teams for a week, a month or even longer.

One programme which was on TV earlier this year was called Frontier House. In this programme, three American families spent one summer living in the state of Montana, just as settlers used to do in the nineteenth century. Settlers' lives were very hard so it was a difficult test for modern people. For example, they had to build wooden houses, grow food, catch fish and raise animals.

The twenty-first century families had gone to Montana expecting to work hard, but it was even more difficult than they had thought to keep themselves clean, fed and warm. They had to carry every litre of water that they needed and, of course, they couldn't go to the supermarket when the kitchen cupboard was empty.

The families returned to their twenty-first century lives at the end of the summer. They had all had an unforgettable experience and learned a lot about how settlers used to live more than one hundred years ago.

Writing .

13 This is part of a letter you receive

from your English penfriend. [10 marks]

Now write to your penfriend in your notebook. Answer his / her questions in your letter.

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