6

1 Put the questions in order.

Test B
NAME:

4 Write the sentences in the past tense.

1 your when speak he/she English was Could teacher five? 1 I am a student.
Could your teacher speak English when he/she was five?
___________________________________________ I was a student.
___________________________________________
2 you when five? write Could music you were 2 Is your grandmother English?
___________________________________________ ___________________________________________
3 a you when father he was car twenty? Could drive 3 My friend isn’t at work.
___________________________________________ ___________________________________________
4 mother she your ski was when seven? Could 4 Are your friends from Spain?
___________________________________________ ___________________________________________
5 twelve? were when you Could golf play you 5 My boyfriend and I are doctors.
___________________________________________ ___________________________________________
6 you you when ten? were Could dance 6 It’s hot in Spain.
___________________________________________ ___________________________________________
2 marks for each correct answer 10 7 My mother and father aren’t on holiday.
___________________________________________
2 Complete the paragraph with the correct form of to be or can. 6
Usually, when children (1) are 18 months old, they (2) _______ say
some words but they (3) _______ say sentences, and they (4) _______ 5 Read and answer.
read or write. When they are about 30 months, they (5) _______
usually speak in very short sentences. Their parents (6) _______ usually JERRY HARNS: MATHS GENIUS?
understand them, but often other people (7) _______ ! Jerry is a twelve-year-old English boy. When he was two he could do
mathematics. Both his parents are teachers but Jerry doesn’t go to
Some children (8) _______ geniuses and they (9) _______ do difficult
school. On week days, Jerry goes to university and at weekends his
things when they are young. When Martha Greeves (10) _______ a
mother teaches him at home. ‘Jerry is a happy child. He loves going
child, she (11) _______ a genius. When she was three, she (12) _______ to university and I can teach him other things. He doesn’t want to go
play the piano, but she (13) _______ read music. to school. My son was at school when he was five but the teachers
12 couldn’t help him because he’s a genius.’
Jerry studies mathematics for five hours a day. ‘I can’t have friends
because I study a lot. I was at school when I was five years old – it
3 Use the correct form of the verbs and the information to
was great, I could play with other children. I don’t think I’m a genius,
complete the sentences.
I just work very hard.’
drive paint play speak
1 How old is Jerry? He’s twelve.
_____________
Portuguese a train tennis pictures Japanese
2 Where is he from? _____________
Felipe ✗ ✗ ✗ ✓ ✓ 3 What do his parents do? _____________
Marisa ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗
4 Where does he study mathematics? _____________
can speak Japanese but he (2) _________
1 Felipe (1) __________ 5 What does Jerry do at weekends? ____________
Portuguese. 6 Why doesn’t Jerry go to school? ____________
2 They (3) __________ tennis. 7 Why can’t Jerry have friends? ____________
3 ‘(4) _____ Marisa _____ pictures?’ ‘(5) __________ .’ 8 Does Jerry want to go to school? ____________
4 ‘(6) _____ they _____ a train?’ ‘(7) __________ .’
2 marks for each correct answer 14
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6 Write another word with the same pronunciation. 9 Read the advertisement. Write a formal letter.
1 /fO:/ for four
_______ 4 /si:/ see _______
WANTED
2 /baI/ buy _______ 5 /raIt/ write _______
Italian person to teach Italian conversation
3 /neU/ no _______ 6 /aI/ I _______
to two children aged 10 and 12.
5 Can you speak Italian and English?
Do you like working with children? Are you free from
7 Correct the spelling mistakes. 5.00 – 6.30 on Monday and Friday?
1 We were here at for o’clock. four Please write in English to:
2 Are these answers write? Patricia Harper , 48 East Street, Taunton TA6 5LB
3 I can see the see from my bedroom.
4 I want to by some apples. _____________________________________________
5 Our son doesn’t no right from left. _____________________________________________
6 Eye like swimming in the sea. _____________________________________________
7 Their were two men in the bar. _____________________________________________
6
_____________________________________________
1 mark each for position of addresses and date,
8 Find two conversations in the box. There is one extra line. appropriate salutations; 15 marks divided between 20
accuracy and content of body of letter
Bye! Don’t worry. I’ll ring later.
Good morning. Can I speak to the manager, please?
Good morning. How can I help you? Goodbye. 10 Translate.
Great. See you Saturday. Bye! Hello. Is that Peter? 1 Can I speak to Tim, please?
I’m afraid he isn’t in his office. Can I take a message? _________________________________
Never mind. Perhaps next time. Bye! 2 How can I help you?
Oh, hi Peter. This is Stella. Is Saturday still OK for the theatre?
_________________________________
Thank you, goodbye. Yes, that’s fine. Yes, this is Peter.
3 Can I take a message?
Conversation 1 _________________________________
A _________________________________ 4 I’ll just get him.
B _________________________________ _________________________________
A _________________________________ 5 I’ll ring back later?
B _________________________________ _________________________________
A _________________________________ 5
Goodbye.
B _________________________________
TOTAL 100
Conversation 2
Hello. Is that Peter?
C _________________________________
D _________________________________
C _________________________________
D _________________________________
C _________________________________
D _________________________________
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1 Correct the mistakes.
7 Test A
NAME:

4 Answer the questions in 3. Write sentences.

1 Shirley Temple maked over 50 movies. made My favourite subject was history.
1 ___________________________________________
2 Amelia Earhart didn’t had any children. 2 ___________________________________________
3 Yuri Gagarin knowed he wanted to be a pilot. 3 ___________________________________________
4 He could sang when he was a boy. 4 ___________________________________________
5 She didn’t went to school in Hollywood. 5 ___________________________________________
6 Shirley Temple goed to school when she was twelve. 6 ___________________________________________
5 7 ___________________________________________
6
2 Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the
verbs in brackets. 5 Complete the text with the Past Simple form of the verbs in
1 studied (study) Spanish at university.
My mother ________ the box.
2
When ________ (are) your parents born? be become begin die have leave look marry
3
James ________ (be) a junior golf champion. retire go study
4
I ___________ (not start) school when I was five.
5
My brother ___________ (sell) his car last week.
6
Why _______ you _______ (want) a new computer? Margaret Roberts (1) was born in the north of England in
7
Charles Babbage ________ (make) the first computer. 1925. Margaret’s father, Alfred, (2) ______________ a shop and
8
Where _______ Carl Lewis _______ (win) four gold her mother, Beatrice, (3) ______________ after Margaret and
medals? her sister, Muriel. In the 1940s, Margaret (4) ______________ to
9 Amelia Earhart __________ (not marry) Yuri Gagarin. Oxford University. She (5) ______________ Chemistry.
10 Michael Jackson _______ (sing) with his brothers in In 1951, Margaret (6) ______________ a rich businessman,
the 1960s and 1970s.
Denis Thatcher, and (7) ______________ Mrs Margaret Thatcher.
11 _______ (be) Mrs Thatcher the world’s first woman She entered politics in 1959 and (8) ______________ a long
Prime Minister?
10 career as a politician. She was Prime Minister from 1979 until
she (9) ______________ government in 1990. She
3 Write Past Simple questions. (10) ______________ from public life in 2001 and her husband
(11) ______________ in 2003.
1 what / be / your favourite school subject?
What was your favourite school subject?
___________________________________________
2 what / you / watch / on television last week? 2 marks for each correct answer 20
___________________________________________
3 where / meet / your best friend?
___________________________________________
4 what / you / have for lunch last Sunday?
___________________________________________
5 when / you / last / go / on holiday?
___________________________________________
6 who / be / your first teacher?
___________________________________________
7 where / your grandparents / born?
___________________________________________
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 NAME:

6 Read and answer the questions. 8 Complete the sentences with the correct verbs. There are two
extra verbs.
GLENN MILLER American musician (1904–1944)
Glenn Miller was born on 1st March 1904 in Iowa, USA. His family became break cook drink drive eat ride win
moved a lot and as a boy he lived in Nebraska, Missouri, and
Colorado. When he lived in Nebraska, his father bought him a became an astronaut in the 1960s.
1 Yuri Gagarin _______
musical instrument. He quickly learned to play it and he joined his 2 In Britain, you can’t _______ a car when you are
school band. sixteen.
When Glenn Miller left school, he worked in a band for a few years. 3 Some British children _______ bikes to school.
Then, in 1923, he went to the University of Colorado. However, he 4 In hot weather, _______ lots of water.
didn’t finish his studies because he knew he wanted to be a 5 You can’t _______ an Olympic medal for chess.
musician. He worked for lots of different bands all over the USA and 6 I usually _______ a sandwich for lunch.
in 1938 he started his own band, The Glenn Miller Orchestra. The
5
Glenn Miller Orchestra had lots of hit records and he earned
$20,000 a week. Millions of people listened to them on the radio. 9 Read the clues. Write compound nouns.
In December 1944, Glenn Miller flew from England to France. Sadly, 1 This is where you put dirty clothes: washing machine
he didn’t survive the flight – the plane disappeared over the sea.
2 You send this to a friend once a year:
They couldn’t find the plane, the pilot, or the famous passenger.
b_______ c_______
In Iowa, the USA. 3 Shirley Temple was one: m_______ s_______
1 Where was Glenn Miller born? ____________
4 I relax on the sofa and watch television here:
2 Where did he live when he was a boy? ____________
l_______ r_______
3 Who bought his first musical
instrument? ____________ 5 This is where you catch a train: r_______ s_______
4 Did he play music at school? ____________ 6 A woman puts her money, comb, mobile phone, etc.
5 Why did he leave university? ____________ in it: h_______
5
6 Did he start The Glenn Miller
Orchestra at university? ____________
10 Complete the table.
7 Did he earn a lot of money? ____________
8 Did people enjoy his music? ____________ We write ✍ We say
9 How did Glenn Miller die? ____________ 1 12/5/2004 the twelfth of May, two thousand and four
2 the nineteenth of June, nineteen fifty-seven
2 marks for each correct answer 16
3 28/12/2001
7 Make notes about a famous person from your country. 4 3/3/1800
• Name • Family • What they did 5 the fifth of July, nineteen hundred
• Born in • Early life
6 31/8/1985
Write a paragraph about the person. Write 60–70 words.
5
... was born in ...
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________ TOTAL 100
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
20 marks divided between accuracy and content;
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 8 Test A

1 Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the

NAME:

4 Complete the conversation with the correct form of the

verbs in brackets. verbs in the box.
did you _______
1 When _______ start (start) school?
meet ask be leave not forget not speak see
2 People __________ (fly) in planes eighty years ago. be talk think go be
3 _______ you _______ (make) dinner last night?
4 We __________ (drive) to Naples two months ago. did you _______
A When (1) _______ meet your husband?
5 He __________ (not take) any photographs on B I (2) _______ Jim at a party in January 2000 but
holiday.
I (3) __________ to him because I was frightened!
6 I __________ (eat) breakfast at 7.30 this morning.
I (4) _______ nineteen and I (5) __________ he
7 _______ people __________ (listen to) CDs thirty
(6) _______ wonderful. I (7) __________ the party
years ago?
but I (8) __________ him.
8 I __________ (ride) my bike yesterday because there
weren’t any buses. A So when did you speak to him for the first time?
9 I __________ (meet) my oldest friend eighteen years B A month after the party, I (9) __________ on holiday
ago. to Switzerland and Jim (10) __________ at the same
10 I never __________ (drink) coffee when I was a child. hotel with his brothers!
B That’s amazing!
9
A Yes, they (11) __________ on holiday in the same
place. That evening, I (12) __________ to them in the
2 Write the questions.
bar and Jim (13) __________ me to go skiing.
1 this test / start?
When did this test start?
________________________________ 24
2 your grandparents / get married?
________________________________ 5 Cross out the silent letters.
3 you / last use a dictionary? 1 talk 4 flight
________________________________ 2 island 5 could
4 this school year / start? 3 wrong 6 Christmas
________________________________ 5
5 your parents / last have a holiday?
________________________________ 6 Write in, on, or at in the correct place.
6 you / last see a film? at
________________________________ 1 I get up 7 o’clock.

5 2 I usually do my homework the mornings.

3 I like watching TV Sunday evenings.
3 Write true answers to the questions in 2. 4 What do you do weekends?
At 9 o’clock, five minutes ago.
1 ________________________________ 5 I was born the 20th century.
2 ________________________________
6 I never go on holiday the winter.
3 ________________________________
7 I think he was born 1986.
4 ________________________________
6
5 ________________________________
6 ________________________________
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7 Read and answer the questions. Use linking words, e.g. and, so, but, because, when, until, in
your paragraph. Write 60–70 words.
Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler was born in Europe in 1914. In the early _____________________________________________
1940s, she moved to the USA with one of her six husbands. When _____________________________________________
she got to Hollywood, she changed her name to Hedy Lamarr and _____________________________________________
became a very famous film star. _____________________________________________
Hedy Lamarr was famous because she was very beautiful but she _____________________________________________
was also very clever. She said, ‘Any girl can be wonderful. All she 20 marks divided between accuracy and content;
does is stand still and look stupid.’ 5 for use of conjunctions and additional information 25

What a lot people don’t know is that she and George Antheil
invented a secret communications system in 1942. Their idea was 9 Write the names of the special days.
very clever because it couldn’t be blocked or interfered with. At the
1 In Italy, M_o _t _h _e _r ’s D_a y_ is in May.
time, people didn’t think the invention was good so no one made it.
2 V_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ’s D_ _ is on 14th February.
Lamarr and Antheil’s machine wasn’t used in World War II. In 1957,
3 E_ _ _ _ _ D_ _ isn’t at the same time each year.
engineers at New York company used their idea and they put in
4 T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is an American holiday.
military ships in the 1960s.
5 N_ _ Y_ _ _’_ E_ _ is on the 31st December.
6 H_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is at the end of October.
Tick (✓) the true sentences. Correct the wrong sentences. 5
1 Hedy Lamarr was from the USA.
Hedy Lamarr wasn’t from the USA.
__________________________ 10 Complete the conversations.
2 She went to live in Europe. Conversation 1
3 She changed her name in the USA. A Did you know that President Regan was a Hollywood
4 She was a film actress in the USA. film star?
5 She wasn’t a beautiful young woman. Really
B (1) __________? That’s (2) __________ .
6 She invented a machine with another person. A Well, it’s true!
7 People liked their idea. Conversation 2
8 Engineers made the machine in the 1950s. A Did you know that Sting taught English?
9 Hedy Lamarr’s invention was never used. B He (3) __________! I (4) __________ it!
8 A Well, it’s true!
3

8 Write about learning English. Make notes to help you. 11 Translate.

• When did you start learning English?
1 Congratulations! ___________________________
• Who was your first English teacher?
2 Happy birthday! ___________________________
• Did you like him / her?
3 It’s lovely. ___________________________
• Which was your first English book?
4 It’s midnight. ___________________________
• Did you like it?
• Do you like learning English? 5 Happy New Year! ___________________________

TOTAL 100

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