Eyes Open 4 Unit 1 Test: Extra

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Language focus
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use used to
in sentences 1–3 and would in sentences 4 and 5.
0 When he was young, my grandfather used to love (love) cycling.
1 (you/live) in London when you were younger?
2 My father (not/be) a hippy when he was a student.
3 My parents (have) a house in France when they first got married.
4 How long (it/take) you to travel home from school as a child?
5 I (not often/get) homework from school when I was small.
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2 Underline the correct answer.

When I was very small, I 0 used to / would love going to my grandma’s house. She 1 would / used
make me some special cookies, and then I 2 used to / would to want to have a look in the
cupboards in her bedroom. She 3 would / wouldn’t keep anything valuable in them, but there 4
would / used to be boxes full of old jewellery and make-up that I loved looking at. How often 5 did
you use to / you would visit your grandparents when you were small?
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3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the past
perfect or past simple.
0 I had gone (go) to bed by the time my brother came home last night.
1 (you/see) Sam when you were in town yesterday?
2 When Jake got home, he realised he (leave) his bag on the bus.
3 Mum’s cake wasn’t cooked when she took it out of the oven because she (not switch) it on.
4 I had football practice last night, so I (not be) at home when Dad got back.
5 The café we went to last night was great. (you/eat) there before?
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4 Choose the correct answer: a, b or c.

0 When you were younger, have a bicycle?
a had you b did you use to c would you
1 The food at that café really good the last time we went.
a was b had been c would be
2 you had breakfast by the time you got to school yesterday?
a Did b Have c Had
3 My father be a hippy as a student – he was a punk rocker!
a didn’t use to b wasn’t c wouldn’t
4 My grandfather cycle a long way to school as a boy.
a had b would c used
5 When Tom returned home, he discovered he to lock the front door.
a forgot b has forgotten c had forgotten
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Vocabulary
5 Label the pictures with the correct adjectives. The first letter is there to help you.

0 a l e a t h e r jacket 1 a s jumper 2 a f dress

3 f shoes 4 a f coat 5 b jeans

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6 Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

0 I don’t think my little brother is afraid of anything!
1 My History teacher is fascinated life in our town in the past.
2 I’m not very keen swimming in the ocean. The water is cold.
3 Sam’s really excited going on his skiing holiday next week!
4 Jackie was very proud her results in the photography competition.
5 Dad was happy all the work I’d done to clean his car.
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7 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

street corners motor industry taxi fare guitar band style changes street art

My grandfather’s a really interesting character. He’s always worked in the 0motor industry ,
either making or selling cars. But when he was a student, all he really wanted to do was join a 1
and play rock music! It’s hard to imagine now that he’s in his sixties. But I love talking to him about
what his life used to be like. For example, he’s seen a lot of 2 in the way people dress –
from 50s fashions through hippy and punk rock to present-day casual styles. And he says the
average street looks different now. In his day, there was a phone box on many 3 because no-
one had mobiles, and there wasn’t the kind of 4 on buildings and so on that you see today.
And of course everything is more expensive. His 5 home from work was much less than
it is now!
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8 Choose the correct answer: a, b or c.

0 Excuse me a minute. I just need to make 3 Dad’s car broke down, so he had to take a taxi
a phone . to get home from his office.
b
a text call c number a bus b driver c cab
1 John was disappointed what people said about 4 I hadn’t been interested History at all before our
his photos. new teacher arrived.
a by b for c in a with b in c of
2 Tom came to the party wearing a jacket. 5 This new silk looks cool when I wear it around
a style b flat c denim my neck.
a T-shirt b skirt c scarf
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Useful language
9 Complete the five conversations. Choose the correct answer: a, b or c.
0 How about this sweater? 3 Do you think this shirt suits me?
a Yes, it’s really nice. a I see what you mean!
b I suppose so. b Never mind!
c They’re a bit baggy. c You look great!
1 I really like the jeans in this shop. 4 These T-shirts are half-price.
a What’s the matter with them? a You should defi get one.
b Why don’t you try some on? b Maybe we’ll see some in the next shop.
c I’m not so sure it is.
c Where did you buy them?
5 These jeans don’t fi very well.
2 Where are the changing rooms?
a No, that style isn’t in at the moment.
a I’ll go there for you.
b No, they’re a bit tight.
b Over there on the left.
c No, you look better in purple.
c That’s a good idea.
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Listening
10 You will hear five short recordings. Answer the questions. Choose the correct answer: a, b or c.
0 You hear two friends talking about what they’ll wear to 3 You hear a boy called Jack talking about leaving
a party. his home this morning.
Why does the girl change her mind? Why was Jack worried about the key to his house?
a She doesn’t really like wearing what she’s chosen. a He knew his brother wouldn’t be able to get in.
b She thinks what she’s chosen won’t be suitable. b He’d forgotten to tell his brother where it was.
c She’s got too many clothes to choose from. c He couldn’t remember where he’d put it.
1 You hear a girl called Samantha talking to her father. 4 You hear a boy called Mark talking to his
What does he say about himself as a student? friend Chloe about his jumper.
a He used to dress in hippy clothes like What is Chloe’s opinion of the jumper?
Samantha’s mother. a She agrees that it doesn’t really suit him.
b He had already decided he wanted to work in a b She likes it better than he does.
bank.
c She thinks he should choose another in the shops.
c He wasn’t interested in what he wore until
5 You hear a girl called Amanda telling a friend
he graduated.
about some CDs.
2 You hear a girl called Bella talking about when
Why did Amanda’s father give them to her?
her grandfather was young.
a She’d asked him to play her his favourite music.
How was his life different from Bella’s?
b He’d wanted to teach her about the music he liked.
a He often went out to have fun.
c They’d taken too much space on his shelves.
b He cycled to school every morning.
c He worked on the family farm.

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Reading
11 Read the school magazine article about teenage fashions.

Teenage Fashions
by Lucy Watts

D
o you know how your grandparents used uniform among young people. In America, it was the
to dress when they were your age? I found fir st time that the fashion industry had made clothes
out that until the 1940s, young people had specially for teenagers. And in the UK, the Teddy
just dressed like their parents, so there Boy movement brought in the first fashion style just
were no fashions specially for teenagers for teenagers.
then. That’s really hard to imagine now, isn’t Men wore smart jackets and narrow trousers, with
it? thin ties and brightly coloured socks. I even found a
photo of my father dressed exactly in that style!
A couple of days ago I was looking at some family
photos and talking about them with my grandma. As There were lots of interesting photos in the family
a result of what I saw, I decided to look further into album, but there was one that really caught my
the history of fashions for young people. attention and I copied it and put it on my wall. It was
of my grandma as a young woman, when she was
I discovered that in the late 40s and 50s, major
walking with my grandfather arm in arm near the
changes were starting to take place. For one
beach at the seaside. She was wearing a long,
thing, people began to have a little more money to
stylish ‘swing-back’ coat, a tight-waisted dress
spend. Also, man-made materials like nylon were
and a close-fitting hat. She looked incredibly smart
becoming really popular.
and well-dressed, but not in the kind of clothes
So materials that people had worn until then, like
we’d consider suitable for the beach today!
wool and silk, soon fell out of fashion.
Another change was that teenagers going to
college in the 50s began to wear casual sweaters
and trousers, or tight skirts for women, instead of
dressing more like their parents. In fact, that style
of dress became almost like a

Are the sentences True (T) or False (F)? If there isn’t enough information in the
text, write Doesn’t Say (DS).

0 Lucy was surprised to discover that teenagers hadn’t always had their own particular style of dress. T
1 The family photos that Lucy found were given to her by her grandma.
2 One factor that influenced what people wore in the 1940s and 50s was the wider range of materials
3 available.students in the 1950s still continued to dress like the previous generation.
College
4 Lucy suggests that Teddy Boy fashions brought an important change in teenage dress styles in the
5 UK.
In Lucy’s favourite photo, her grandfather was dressed in a similar smart style to her grandmother.

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Writing
12 Read the part of a letter you receive from an English-speaking friend, Pat.

Write a letter to Pat and answer the questions.

Write 120–140 words.

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