Think Level 2 Skills Test Units 3-4

Name Class Date
SKILLS TEST 3 & 4

READING
1 Read the entertainment guide. Match the types of programme with the names.
0 Today b
These days, you can easily watch TV online. Not everything’s
good, of course, but here are our recommendations. 1 Professor Strange
LIKE • COMMENT • SHARE
2 The $1,000,000 Quiz
Today 3 Star in my Car
A look at what’s in the news around the world.
4 The Sound
Professor Strange
5 Nutt y Antiques
This popular show is about a man who travels through time
and space. Professor Strange (no-one knows his real name)
is 1,000 years old, but he looks much younger. Every week, 6 I want to go home!
he goes to a different time, or place, meeting aliens and
fighting monsters. This is a low-budget British programme, 7 Old Bernard’s Balloon
and the special effects aren’t as good as big Hollywood films,
but the stories are always much more interesting. a talent show e sitcom
b the news f chat show
The $1,000,000 Quiz
c reality show g cartoon
No one has won the big million-dollar prize yet, perhaps
because the host, Nick Parsons, asks the most complicated d sci-fi h game show
questions on TV. Most contestants leave with nothing.
7
Star in my car
Neil Smith drives around Los Angeles in a big car. Inside is 2 Read the entertainment guide again. Mark
a camera, and a celebrity! They sing along to the radio. It’s these sentences T (true) or F (false), or the guide
not as boring as it sounds. Neil asks much more interesting doesn’t say (DS).
questions than other presenters ask.
0 It’s not difficult to watch TV online
The Sound these days.
T
Every week, contestants get the chance to sing in front of 1 The Today programme is a comedy
celebrity singers. Some contestants have got talent – but many
haven’t. The winner of the show gets a recording contract. show about the news.
2 In Professor Strange, the special effects are
Nutty Antiques
often better than big American movies.
This comedy is about a group of people who work in a shop,
selling old furniture. It’s far funnier than anything else on TV.
3 The questions are very difficult in
The best character is Mrs Macaroon, the cleaner, who breaks The $1,000,000 Quiz.
everything.
4 Star in my car isn’t as interesting as other
I want to go home! chat shows.
Ten celebrities are on an island in the middle of nowhere, with 5 Many singers who are famous now won
no electricity, or network coverage. They have to find their The Sound.
own food and cook it. It’s great to see them have arguments
– and they often do! All the celebrities want to go home, but 6 Nutt y Antiques isn’t as funny as
you can go online and vote for the celebrity you want to keep other sitcoms.
on the island!
7 The celebrities on I want to go home!
Old Bernard’s Balloon often disagree with each other.
This is easily the best kid’s show on TV. Bernard tells stories 8 The presenter in Old Bernard’s Balloon is
about how he flies around in a balloon, meeting his friends
Russell the dragon and Jack the parrot. It’s beautifully animated.
not animated.
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Name Class Date
SKILLS TEST 3 & 4

LISTENING
3 Listen to two teenagers, Rita and Mark, talking about a problem. Tick [P] the things which are true.
1 Someone is making Mark upset. P

2 Mark is phoning someone.
3 Mark has got a blog.
4 Someone is writing messages under Mark’s blog.
5 Mark thinks the writer is offensive.
6 Rita knows the writer’s name.
7 Rita thinks Mark shouldn’t write back.
8 Rita says the person only wants to make Mark upset.
9 Rita advises Mark to change his blog.
10 Mark tells the person what he’s going to do.
11 Mark finds out the person’s email address.
12 Mark is happy with Rita’s advice.
4 Listen again. Choose the correct answers.
0 Mark is busy because he wants to

A finish his blog. B reply to some comments on his blog.
1 The comments are

A about the blog. B about Mark.
2 Rita thinks it’s someone who wants to

A start an argument. B ignore Mark.
3 First, she advises Mark

A not to answer. B write back more comments.
4 She thinks the troll

A is angry. B is happy to make Mark upset.
5 Mark wants the troll to think

A he is smart. B he often has arguments.
6 Rita thinks that it’s

A easy to win an argument with a troll. B not possible to win an argument with a troll.
7 At the moment, people who comment on Mark’s blog

A have to give their email address. B don’t have to give any personal information.
Name Class Date
SKILLS TEST 3 & 4

WRITING
5 Write a paragraph (100–125 words) about the best film or TV programme you have seen. Use the ideas
below to help you.
• What type of film/TV programme is it?
• Why is it the best?
• Do you think other people should see it? Why?
20
SPEAKING
6 Work in pairs. A friend wants to know how to be safe online. Talk together about the different things your
friend can do. Use the ideas and the useful language below to help you.
shouldn’t, ought to, had better
advise (someone) (to do something)
advise against (something)
How to be safe online
• Don’t post too many photos.
• Use different passwords.
• Don’t chat with people you don’t know.
• Don’t use public computers.
• Don’t reply to offensive comments online.
• Don’t download attachments or files from people you don’t know.
7 Look at the photos of people enjoying entertainment. Talk about what you can see in the photos, and
compare the types of entertainment.
A B
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TOTAL SCORE 70

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Name Class Date

SKILLS TEST 3 & 4

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1 Someone is making Mark upset. P

3 Mark has got a blog.

4 Someone is writing messages under Mark’s blog.

5 Mark thinks the writer is offensive.

6 Rita knows the writer’s name.

7 Rita thinks Mark shouldn’t write back.

8 Rita says the person only wants to make Mark upset.

9 Rita advises Mark to change his blog.

10 Mark tells the person what he’s going to do.

11 Mark finds out the person’s email address.

12 Mark is happy with Rita’s advice.

4 Listen again. Choose the correct answers.

0 Mark is busy because he wants to

1 The comments are

2 Rita thinks it’s someone who wants to

3 First, she advises Mark

4 She thinks the troll

5 Mark wants the troll to think

6 Rita thinks that it’s

7 At the moment, people who comment on Mark’s blog

SKILLS TEST 3 & 4

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