Unit 2 Test: Standard

Name: __________________________________ Result: __/100

Vocabulary 2 Match the definitions (1–7) to the words (a–g).

1 Label the pictures with the words given. 1 It’s in the living room. You sit on it. ______

bathroom bedroom dining room garden kitchen 2 You use it to wash your body. ______
living room 3 You look out of it to see the garden. ______
4 You look in it to see yourself. ______
5 You use it to cook food. ______
6 You sleep in it. ______
7 You use it to clean clothes, e.g. jeans. ______
a bed
b microwave
1 __________________ 4 ________________
__________________ ________________ c washing machine
d mirror
e bath
f sofa
g window
Score __/7

2 __________________ 5 ________________ 3 Choose the correct alternative.

__________________ ________________
1 How often do you do/make the shopping?
2 I sweep/dust the furniture once a week.
3 They lay/make their beds every morning.
4 I tidy/take the rubbish out in the evening.
5 Please do/lay the table for dinner.
6 I sweep/make the floor every day.
7 They often vacuum/clean the windows.
3 __________________ 6 ________________
__________________ ________________ Score __/7

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Grammar 6 Complete the mini-dialogues with the present

continuous form of the verbs given.
4 Choose the correct alternative.
1 Tom: Hi, Sam. What _______________ you
1 There isn’t/aren’t a TV in my bedroom. The only TV
_______________ (do)?
is in the living room.
Sam: Watching a film on TV.
2 There is/are two beds in my bedroom.
2 Ana: Where’s Kate?
3 We don’t have a dog or cat or other pet. There
are/aren’t pets in our house. Ben: She _______________ (play) football in the
garden with her brother.
4 Is/Are there a sofa in the living room?
3 Mia: Are you busy now?
5 There is/isn’t a garden at our house. We don’t have a
garden. Eli: No, we _______________ (not do) anything.
Why?
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4 Tom: Are Max and Ella at home?
5 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with Ali: Yes, they _______________ (have) dinner.
the prepositions given.
5 Jay: Why are you on the computer?
behind between in in front of near under
Leo: I _______________ (chat) online with my
friends.
6 Ana: Why is there music on?
Sam: Ben and Katie _______________ (dance) to
the music in the living room.
1 4 7 Eva: Has Josh got his bike?
Jac: No, he _______________ (not go) to school by
bike today. He’s on the bus.
Score __/7

7 Choose the correct alternative.

2 5
1 I don’t watch/am not watching TV every day.
2 What do they do/are they doing at the moment?
3 Sam checks/is checking his messages now.
4 They don’t usually clean/aren’t usually cleaning the
windows at the weekend.
3 6
5 Marta doesn’t chat/isn’t chatting online to her
friends right now.
1 Cat 1 is _______________ the desk. 6 We’re busy. At the moment we put/are putting the
clothes in the washing machine.
2 Cat 2 is _______________ the desk.
7 School always starts/is starting at 9 am.
3 Cat 3 is _______________ the desk.
4 Cat 4 is _______________ the chairs. Score __/7

5 Cat 5 is _______________ the desk.

6 Cat 6 is _______________ the drawer.
Score __/6

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Use of English Listening

8 Read the text and decide which answer (A, B or C) 9 Listen to five speakers talking about their
best fits each gap. favourite household objects. Match speakers (1–5)
with their favourite objects (a–e).
1 Speaker 1
2 Speaker 2
Home sweet home
3 Speaker 3
Karen’s house 1 ________ three bedrooms, a
living room, a kitchen and bathrooms. There’s a 4 Speaker 4
fridge, a dishwasher and a washing machine in 5 Speaker 5
the kitchen. It sounds like a typical house, but it 2
________. It is a a poster
42 m long, and 3 ________ 86 windows. Why? b a lamp
4 ________ house is inside an old plane! Friends
c a dishwasher
and family 5 ________ and they love her home.
6 ________ her house there is a lake, so the d a guitar
views of the water are fantastic. 7 ________ is
e an armchair
Karen doing now? She 8 ________ her windows
because they’re dirty again! Score __/5

10 Listen again. Are the sentences True (T) or False (F)?

1 Speaker 1 says her friends love sitting in her
armchair. T / F

1 A have got B has got C having got 2 Speaker 1 says she enjoys looking out at the garden.
T/F
2 A isn’t B aren’t C doesn’t
3 Speaker 2 enjoys playing computer games. T / F
3 A are B there is C there are
4 Speaker 3 has got a big bedroom with a TV in it. T / F
4 A She B Her C Hers
5 Speaker 4 has got a poster that is a photo of her and
5 A often are visiting B visit often C often visit her friends. T / F
6 A In front of B Between C Above 6 Speaker 4 doesn’t like her new rug. T / F
7 A Where B What C Why 7 At night, Speaker 5 puts his guitar on the chest of
8 A cleans B are cleaning C is cleaning drawers. T / F

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Reading 4 Teenage girls spend just over 2.5 hours

_______________ every day.
5 Boys spend almost an hour a day _______________.
• •• Score __/5

Teen life 13 Read the blog again and choose the correct answers.
I’m writing this blog after reading some new 1 The writer thinks the results from the Pew Research
information about the daily life of teenagers in the US Center are …
from the Pew Research Center®. It says how teens
A normal.
spend their time nowadays is different to ten years
ago – that’s normal. But there are some other things B surprising.
I’m quite surprised about! C crazy.
Do you know, girls STILL help out more at home? 2 Both girls and boys …
Crazy! Girls spend 38 minutes a day doing housework
and other jobs round the house. For 29 minutes of that, A spend 24 minutes a day doing housework and other
they’re making food and cleaning up afterwards. Boys jobs.
do housework for an average of 24 minutes a day – 12 B spend 38 minutes a day doing housework and other
minutes of making food and cleaning up and the rest jobs.
doing other jobs. So, girls and boys usually spend
C spend the same amount of time doing jobs such as
about the same time on other jobs in the home, for
ironing or dusting.
example, ironing, sweeping the floor, vacuuming or
dusting. 3 How much time do teenagers generally spend on
screens?
That’s not all Generally, teens spend 5 hours 44 mins
doing free-time activities, and a lot of this time A Between 5 and 6 hours
includes looking at screens. Boys spend almost 3 B Between 3 and 4 hours
hours 31 minutes a day on screens, but girls generally
spend 2 hours 33 minutes. In contrast, girls spend 1 C Between 2 and 3 hours
hour 11 minutes doing homework, but boys only 4 Which is true about doing homework?
spend 50 minutes!
A Girls and boys spend about the same amount of time
Boys do more exercise – they spend 59 minutes a day doing homework.
doing sports. For girls, it’s 33 minutes. However, girls
B Boys spend over 20 minutes more on homework than
spend more time shopping. Generally, teens spend
over 9.5 hours a day sleeping on average – about 11 girls.
hours a night at the weekend and 9 hours during the C Girls spend over an hour doing homework every day.
week.
5 Girls and boys spend the same amount of time …
What do you think of these results? Is it similar where
A doing sports.
you live?
B sleeping.
11 Read the blog and choose the best summary. C shopping.
1 It is a blog about teenagers’ daily life ten years ago. Score __/5
2 It is a blog about how teenage girls spend their time.
3 It is a blog about how teenagers today spend their
time.
Score __/2

12 Read the blog again. Complete the sentences with

one or two words, or a number.
1 The way teenagers today spend their time is
_______________ to 10 years ago.
2 Teenage girls spend _______________ minutes a
day doing housework and other jobs.
3 Teenage boys spend over ten minutes a day
_______________ and cleaning up afterwards.
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14 In your opinion, which things in the report are similar

to teenagers in your country? Which are different?
Choose three of the following to write about:
• jobs in the house that girls and boys do
• the time teens spend on screens
• homework
• sleeping
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Writing ________________________________________________
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15 Write a description of your house. In your
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description, include information about the following:
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• the location
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• special rooms and features
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• furniture and special household objects
• technology ________________________________________________
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Write 30–45 words.
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Writing bank: adjectives
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• adjectives come before the noun they describe
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• adjectives come after the verb be ________________________________________________

• adjectives don’t have a plural form Score __/10

• use very to make some adjectives strong

Speaking
Useful adjectives 16 Work in pairs. Give your opinion about ALL the
things in the box. Remember to:
big-small, traditional-modern, beautiful-ugly,
• use phrases for giving opinions
comfortable-uncomfortable, very bad-
• give reasons for your opinions
great/amazing/fantastic
• say which activity you like best
________________________________________________ doing the shopping going on social media
going to the gym hanging out with friends
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tidying up your bedroom watching films at the cinema
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Score __/10
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Vocabulary __/20
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Grammar __/25
________________________________________________ Use of English __/8
________________________________________________ Listening __/12
________________________________________________ Reading __/15
________________________________________________ Writing __/10
Speaking __/10
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TOTAL __/100
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