End-of-term Test 3 5 Complete the sentences. (10 marks)
Listening 1 Listen to Jim Stanton. Who is he? Who is he talking to? Why? (3 marks) ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ 2 Listen again. Answer the questions. Write complete sentences. (7 marks) 1 What is Jim’s opinion on bringing bathroom products camping? What is more important? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 2 What small thing frustrates Jim about people who come camping? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 3 What does Jim advise you do if you come into physical contact with a bear? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 4 What is it essential not to do if you meet a mountain lion? _______________________________________
1 Welcome to The Big Quiz Show of the Year! And here is your __________ – Roy Carter! 2 When hiking in the countryside you should always keep to the __________. 3 My dad’s __________ died before I was born so I’ve never known my grandpa or grandma. 4 Elephants are a __________ species of Africa and Asia. They have always existed there. 5 We spent the holidays visiting __________: my cousins, aunties and uncles.
Practical English 6 Complete the dialogue. (10 marks) Sasha Dan Sasha Dan Sasha Chris
Sasha
Vocabulary
Dan 3 Read the sentences. Does the word in brackets have a similar meaning as the underlined word? Write ‘Y’ for Yes and ‘N’ for No. (5 marks) 1 We saw bright yellow lights in the distance. (colourful) ___ 2 There is a giant tree in our back garden. (massive) ___ 3 The police banned the annual parade. (allow) ___ 4 The people in the village were very friendly to me. (nice) ___ 5 Jason is serious about his studies. (worried) ___ 4 Read the definitions and write one word. (5 marks) 1 overflow of water on normally dry land: __________ 2 single part of a TV series: __________ 3 part of a plant that is underground: __________ 4 way of getting to a destination: __________ 5 not connected to the internet: __________
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OK everyone, let’s organize the party. Who’s (1) __________ be the DJ? I will. I’ve DJ-ed at parties before. Thanks. So that’s the music sorted. Can (2) __________ bring any food? Yes, I will. I live near a supermarket. Great. Chris, do you (3) ________ if we have it at your house? Of course I don’t. I asked my parents and they say it’s fine as long as we aren’t too messy. Great, that’s really (4) __________ of them. Have we forgotten anything? Don’t worry, it’s all (5) __________.
Grammar 7 Add appropriate words to the prompts then use them to write sentences. (10 marks) 1 Take my advice! / you / ________ / drink / so much / coffee. / bad / health. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 2 I / going to / buy / ________ / new bike. / I / need / one / get to / school. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 3 you / ________ / smoke / bars / restaurants / other public places. / against law. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 4 does / ________ / want / last biscuit? _______________________________________ _______________________________________
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End-of-term Test 3 5 we / not have got / ________ / bread / left / make sandwiches. / need / get / more. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 8 Rewrite the second sentence so it means the same as the first. Use the correct form of the grammar in brackets. (10 marks) 1 Do you eat a lot of fruit every day? (quantifier) ____________ do you eat every day? 2 Is there cheese in the fridge? (quantifier) Have we ____________ cheese? 3 It’s not permitted to use your phone here. (modal of prohibition) You ____________ your phone here. 4 I think it’s a good idea to get out into the great outdoors now and then. (modal of advice) We ____________ into the great outdoors now and then. 5 It’s not necessary to bring shower gel as I have lots. (modal of no obligation or necessity) You ____________ bring shower gel. 9 Add the correct question tags. (10 marks) 1 2 3 4
Tom is very tall, __________? You don’t like fish, __________? That film isn’t very interesting, __________? Kay and Beth can come to the party, __________? 5 Jane has got two sisters, __________?
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Consolidation 10 Complete the text. (10 marks) Last year I decided to set myself a challenge: to give up my home comforts for a month. The first things I gave up were my skin and haircare products. I stopped washing (1) __________ with shower gel and putting (2) __________ on my skin. That was really hard because I have naturally dry skin. I didn’t feel as nice and clean as I normally do during that month! I also gave up using my (3) __________. That was terrible! My hair took ages to dry naturally and it looked really wild and messy. I remember, a group of boys at school laughed at my wet hair. My face went red and I felt really (4) __________ – it wasn’t nice. I also gave up my phone and the internet. Wow, I didn’t realise quite how difficult that was going to be! I often found myself reaching for my phone to text (5) __________, without thinking who or why, or to just look something up on the internet, but my phone wasn’t there! When the challenge was over I decided to limit the time I spend using gadgets and the time I spend online. It was a hard challenge but it taught me a lot about myself.
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End-of-term Test 3 Reading
The next experiment was a ‘Swap Box’. This was a box that people could leave things in that they
11 Read the text. According to the writer, what was the main achievement of the project? (2 marks)
no longer wanted and ask for things they wanted.
_______________________________________ _______________________________________
attached with a short story about the history of
Each object in the Swap Box had a paper tag
the object and why the owner wanted to swap it. This idea was quite successful and proved an effective way of recycling objects and reducing
Designing in the street
waste. A group of Design students from Sheffield Hallam Another rather humorous idea that emerged as a University in the UK did a research project result of the research was the ‘Gossip Vehicle’. about innovative street design. The purpose of This is an electric car that could be shared by their project was to explore how design can be the people living on the street in an effort to used to create interesting and innovative urban reduce the number of cars in the area. In order spaces. The students focused on a section of to gain access to the car, the passenger has to Gloucester Road in London. They considered the whisper an exciting piece of news or gossip to street in terms of the people who lived there the car! permanently, such as home owners and shop owners, the people who passed through, such as
‘Street Furniture Pets’ was another proposal.
pedestrians, and those who regularly interacted
The concept was that the people who live on the
in the street, such as post men, taxi drivers,
street would be responsible for a piece of
bus drivers and rubbish collectors. At the time
street furniture, such as a lamp post. They had
of the study there were plans to reduce the
to keep track of how much electricity was used
number of vehicles in the street by only
by the ‘pet’. The idea behind this was to raise
allowing electric cars. This was to lower the
awareness of energy usage.
amount of pollution produced by them.
Although none of the ideas have become a
The students started the project by observing
permanent feature of Gloucester Road, the
what went on in the street over a week. They
students’ creative ideas helped to temporarily
also talked to people in the street, asking
transform a typical London street into a
their opinions about what they would like to see
friendly and helpful place and encouraged a real
made better and how they wanted the street to
sense of community and fun.
change in the future. Then the students went away and thought about how they could improve the neighbourhood. They were not just focused on design, but also on how they could encourage a sense of community and sharing between strangers. One of the ideas they came up with was ‘Bus Stop Messaging’. They put a large notepad on a bus stop with the question, ‘What are you thinking about to pass the time?’ Many people on the street wrote their thoughts on the pad. The students discovered that people liked sharing their stories with each other and reading other people’s stories.
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12 Read the text again. Answer the questions. Write complete sentences. (8 marks) 1 What was the researchers’ aim? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 2 What preparations did the students do in Gloucester Road? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 3 Which of the students’ experiments did not involve written communication? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ 4 Why did the students want to promote a ‘Gossip Vehicle’? _______________________________________ _______________________________________
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End-of-term Test 3 Writing 13 Write an article about one of the following topics: the best or worst event in your life the best or worst holiday of your life Use the prompts to help you. Remember to use grammatical structures that you have learnt from Units 7–9 and linking words to explain and contrast your ideas. Write about 150 words. (10 marks) Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic. Say where and when you went, who you were with and what you did there. Paragraph 2: Give further details about the event or holiday. Explain what happened and what was great or terrible about it. Paragraph 3: Conclude the article. Say if you enjoyed yourself in the end or not. Make a comment on what you learned from the experience. If you are writing about an event, can you give any advice to the reader about it? If you are writing about a holiday, give advice to someone considering that type of holiday.
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Listening _____ / 10 Grammar _____ / 30 Writing _____ / 10
Vocabulary _____ / 20 Consolidation _____ /10
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Practical English _____ / 10 Reading _____ / 10 TOTAL __________ / 100
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