Unit 4 Test Listening 1 Listen to Jack talking about his life and his plans for the future. Name two things he likes to save money for. (2 marks) ____________________________________ 2 Listen again. Read the sentences and choose the correct option. (8 marks) 1 The £1,000 that Jack mentions refers to money A he saved. B he won. C he spent. 2 Next year, Jack is going to A study English. B be a writer. C have a holiday in Portsmouth. 3 Jack thinks that writers A don’t have a lot of money. B are very rich. C can become rich. 4 Jack says he A is generally good at saving money. B finds it difficult to save money. C only saves money when he wants something.
5 The underlined words are in the wrong sentences. Replace them with the correct words. (10 marks) 1 The net that separates the two houses has fallen down. __________ 2 There is a tunnel over the sea that connects the island to the mainland. __________ 3 Over there is an underground wedding that people used for hiding during the war. __________ 4 I went to Mark and Sandra’s bridge on Saturday; it was beautiful and they both looked so happy! __________ 5 We walked down to the beach and we chatted to a fisherman who was repairing his wall. __________
Practical English 6 Complete the dialogues with the correct option. (10 marks) 1 Shopper
Shop assistant I’m sorry, we only take (2) ___. Shopper (3) ___ there a cash machine near here? Shop assistant Yes, there’s one on Oxford Street. Shopper OK, thanks.
Vocabulary 3 Match the words to the definitions. (5 marks) 1 2 3 4 5
pocket money ___ sell ___ prize money ___ buy ___ earn ___
(1) ___ I pay by card?
2 Shopper (4) ___ like to return this. Shop assistant Have you got your (5) ___? Shopper Yes, here you are.
A get money for work you do B pay for something C money you receive as an award for succeeding in a competition D money that children get from their parents E give something in exchange for money
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A A A A A
Can money There’s I’d refund
B B B B B
Will cash Are I money
C C C C C
How do I notes Is I’ll receipt
4 Choose the correct preposition. (5 marks) 1 2 3 4 5
slide down / to crawl at / under dive into / around fall up / off hop onto / to
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Unit 4 Test Grammar
Cumulative Review
7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of be going to and a verb. (10 marks)
10 Complete the text. (10 marks)
do give have move visit 1 I ______ going to ______ England next year. I can’t wait! 2 Rishi ______ going to ______ the mud run because he doesn’t like mud! 3 We ______ going to buy a new house this year. We don’t ______ the money. 4 They ______ going to ______ the prize money to charity. It’s really generous of them. 5 Charlie ______ going to ______ to Madrid next month. He wants to experience life in the capital. 8 Complete the predictions with the correct form of the most appropriate verb, will or be going to. (5 marks)
This August I’m (1) g________ to do a charity challenge in Peru. It involves walking, cycling and travelling by boat across the country. I really believe it (2) w________ be a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Last year I (3) c________ Mount Everest with a group of friends. While we (4) w________ walking along the mountain paths, we saw the most spectacular views. I’m going to do the Peru challenge with the same team. I’m really looking forward to the trip. We’re going to pass through an ecovillage called ‘Eco Truly’. It’s a place where people live simply and in harmony with nature. The community that live there have a deep respect for their (5) e________. I think it’s going to be one of the highlights of the trip.
1 Look! That boy ____________ dive into the pool. He’s standing on the diving board ready to go. 2 I believe Nick ____________ be pleased about Jo winning the prize money. Nick’s a nice man. 3 Mr Sinclair ____________ be very happy with me. It’s the third time I forgot my homework! 4 Don’t worry, I moved the glass so that it isn’t so close to the edge of the table. It ____________ fall off. 5 Sorry, James and Antony ____________ play football today because they’re both ill. 9 Complete the questions with the verbs in the present continuous. Then match them to the answers A–E. (15 marks) come get married meet swim visit 1 ____ your brother ____________ this year? ___ 2 ____ the students ____________ the museum tomorrow? ___ 3 ____ Mr Burgess ____________ to the art show tonight? ___ 4 ____ you ____________ your girlfriend at the cinema tomorrow? ___ 5 ____ Terri ____________ in the competition? ___ A Yes, he is. He accepted our invitation. B No, I’m not. C No, she isn’t. D Yes, he is. The big day is in August. E No, they’re not.
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Unit 4 Test Reading David and Catherine Cook 11 Read the text. Match sentences A–E with 1–4 in the text. There is one sentence you do not need. (4 marks) A A big supermarket chain asked him to sell it in their stores. B They turned a simple idea into a huge, global success and became millionaires overnight. C He experimented with his grandmother’s recipes to produce his own version made from 100% fruit. D Fortunately, their older brother Geoff was so impressed he decided to help by giving them the money they needed to start their company. E His neighbours liked his designs so much that they paid for him to make greetings cards for them. Business Profiles: Teenage Millionaires
American brother-and-sister team David and Catherine Cook became millionaires by turning a simple yearbook into one of the most popular websites in America. A yearbook is a book that contains pictures and information about the students at a school for a particular year. When the Cooks moved to a new school they looked at the school yearbook to find out if there was anyone they knew. That’s when they got the idea – why not put it online so everyone could see it? But they needed help. (4) Their website, myyearbook.com, made it easy for anyone to look up and connect with their friends. It didn’t take long for their business to become a success – it is now worth close to $100,000 million. With the success of Facebook, they changed their message to focus on making new friends rather than connecting with friends you know. Their website name is now meetme.com.
Cameron Johnson When he was only nine, Cameron Johnson from Virginia started a business – making invitation cards for a party his parents were having. (1) He called his company ‘Cheers and Tears’. When he was eleven, he earned several thousand dollars from the business. He used the money to start an online business where internet users get paid to look at adverts. By the time he was fifteen, he was making $400,000 a month from this! Before he left high school it was worth $1,000,000! Now Cameron is a global business expert. He appears on TV shows and gives lectures about business to young people.
12 Read the text again. Complete the sentences with one word. (6 marks) 1 Cameron was only a __________ when he started his first business. 2 Fraser was __________ by his __________ recipes. 3 David and Catherine were __________ for familiar faces in a __________ when they thought of their business idea. 4 Myyearbook.com __________ its name to meetme.com to set it apart from Facebook.
Fraser Doherty Fraser Doherty, from Edinburgh, started making *jam when he was fourteen. (2) Initially, he donated the money to his favourite charity, Greenpeace. His jam became popular and many people bought it. By the time he was sixteen there was a large demand for Fraser’s ‘SuperJam’ as he called it. (3) Fraser used the money he earned to develop the business. Soon he was making £1.4 million in sales! He wrote a jam cookbook and a business guide, SuperBusiness. Fraser continues to make jam today – that’s what he loves to do. He’s also a popular business speaker because he’s so cheerful, energetic and inspirational. * jam = la mermelada
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Unit 4 Test Writing 13 Write a formal letter of invitation for one of the following situations. Use the questions to help you. Write about 125 words. (10 marks) A You are in the final of a writing competition. Invite your English teacher to the event, where the winner will be announced. B Some of your school’s music students are organizing a charity concert at the town hall. Invite your head teacher. Paragraph 1: Start with a formal greeting. Say what the invitation is for, where the event is and why it is being held. Paragraphs 2 and 3: Give more details about the event. What time will it start and finish? What is going to happen? What useful information (e.g. about parking restrictions) can you tell the person you are inviting? Paragraph 4: What do you think the event will be like? Express a positive opinion that will convince the person to come. Request a reply and sign off appropriately.
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Listening _____ / 10 Grammar _____ / 30 Writing _____ / 10
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