Answer Ans wer key Unit 1 Test
Higher Level
Listening 1
CD1
Listen and match the people to the free-time activities. There are three activities you don’t need to use. 2
CD 1 Track 2 Woman: Hi, Alex. Hello. Boy: Woman: Is that your stamp collection? No. I don’t like collecting things. I like Boy: doing puzzles. My sister sister,, Kim, likes collecting things. It’s her collection. She also likes collecting pictures of animals, like birds, fish and dogs. Woman: That’s nice! What about Daisy? What does she like doing? She goes to the youth club twice a week. Boy: music? Woman: Oh! Does she like playing music? No, she doesn’t. She likes playing chess Boy: with the other children at the club. She’s very good at it! Woman: And what about Charlie? Charlie plays the piano and the drums. Boy: He loves playing the drums! He loves going to concerts, too. I sometimes go with him. Woman: And is that Vicky? Yes, that that’s ’s right. She’s very clever. She Boy: likes practising a foreign language. Woman: Really? Yes. She wants to learn Japanese next Boy: year. Woman: Wow! That’s interesting!
Man: OK. Well, there are drum lessons and guitar lessons in the club in August, but they finish after the school holiday. There aren’t any music activities now, I’m afraid. But the ‘learn to juggle’ classes start this week, on the 15th of September. Girl: Brilliant! I love juggling! Man: You can choose classes on Monday or on Thursday. They are from three o’clock to five o’clock on Monday, or from six o’clock to eight o’clock on Thursday. o’clock to eight o’clock o’clock is Girl: Thursday from six o’clock perfect for me. Thank you. Man: OK, great. Can I help you with anything else? to the club Girl: Yes, my brother wants to come to as well. He likes making things, like model planes and cars. Man: How old is your brother? Girl: He’s ten. There’s a weekend in October all Man: Perfect. There’s about making model mo del ships. You have to be at least eight to do that, so your brother can come, no problem. The price for that weekend is £15 if you come on Saturday and Sunday, or £10 for just one day. Girl: Thank you very much! Man: No problem. Now what’s your name? Answers: 1 holiday 2 juggle 3 Thursday 4 October 5 15/fifteen
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Answers: 1 d 2 e 3 h 4 b 5 a
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CD1
Listen and write T (true), (true), F (false) (false) or DS (doesn’t say). 4
CD 1 Track 4 Hello! Do you know how to play chess? Maybe you like watching other people play, but you don’t play because you think it’s too difficult?
CD1
Listen and complete the sentences with one word. 3
CD 1 Track 3 Youth Club, how can Man: Good morning. Gresford Youth I help you? to become a member of the Girl: Oh, hello. I’d like to club, please. Man: That’s great! What activities are you interested in? drums, and I also like like Girl: Well, I love playing the drums, collecting dolls and stamps.
Now there’s a website that can help you learn to be a good chess player. It’s called kidschess. Here’s some information about the game. Chess is more than 1,000 years old. Two Two players play in each game and they use a board with 64 squares. Each player moves 16 pieces around the board. To win the game, g ame, you need to ‘capture’ the other player’s king. This move is called ca lled ‘checkmate’. Now, about the website. Children from all around the world play chess online here. You can have
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Answer Ans wer key Unit 1 Test
Higher Level
fun and make new friends, and you can chat to the other children while you play! There are different ways to play the game. You can play fast chess or slow chess against other children. Fast chess takes just a few minutes to play, but slow chess gives you lots of time to think – a game can last for three or four days! You can also play with the computer instead of with another person. But the computer is very good at chess, so that’s that ’s more difficult. You You need to practise a lot first. This website is free for children to use – you can use it with your parents or your friends, and you don’t have to pay. Chess teachers who want to use the website with their students pay to use the website. But it’s only £8 for one month, or £90 for a year.
8 Look and complete the sentences with the correct activity. Answers: 1 like practising a foreign language 2 don’t like juggling 3 like going to pop concerts 4 likes making things 5 doesn’t like using the internet 6 like going fishing
9 Read Ceri’s message. Now write about you and your best friend. Answers: Pupils’ own answers.
Speaking
Sign up today and enjoy learning to play chess on kidschess!
10 Name the activities.
Answers: 1 T 2 DS 3 F 4 T 5 T 6 F
11 Answer the questions.
Reading 4 Read the email and complete the sentences with one to three words. Answers: 1 use the computer/internet 2 (going) fishing 3 luckier than 4 sporty 5 practises/speaks a foreign
5 Read and circle the correct answers. Answers: 1 journalist 2 students 3 Four 4 students 5 healthy and strong 6 visiting places in Wales
6 Read and circle the correct answers. Answers: 1 d 2 d 3 a 4 a
Writi Wri ting ng 7 Look and complete the sentences
Answers: Part 1 1 go fishing 2 make things 3 do puzzles 4 play the drums 5 juggle 6 go to pop concerts 7 collect things 8 use the internet 9 play chess 10 practise a foreign language Part 2 Pupils’ own answers.
