End-of-year test 1

Listening
4 Read the definitions. Write the words. (6 marks)
1 8 4.15 Listen. Answer the questions. (10 marks)
1 It’s a sport with a ball that isn’t round.
1 What course did Julia go on last summer? _________________________
_______________________________________ 2 This person’s job is to catch criminals and
2 What does she say about swimming? to make places safer for people to live in.
_______________________________________ _________________________
3 How did Adam get into the canoe after the first day? 3 This happens to you when your children
_______________________________________ have children.
4 What other water sports has Adam tried? _________________________
_______________________________________ 4 It’s something that you walk or drive on to go
5 What will Julia do before she goes on a water from one side of a river to the other.
sports course with Adam? _________________________
_______________________________________ 5 It’s a long orange vegetable that you can cook
or you can have in a salad. _________________
Vocabulary 6 It’s a cheap, light material made of chemicals.
2 Complete the sentences. (8 marks) It’s used for supermarket bags and other things.
1 This weekend, we’re going to the new _________________________
_____________ _____________ because
I want to buy some shoes and a CD. Grammar
2 Daniel loves his job. He’s an _____________ 5 Write sentences and questions. Use the present
and he performs on TV and in theatres. simple or the present continuous. (6 marks)
3 I know you’re going to wear your jacket, but it’s 1 Isabel / usually / read / in bed. ü
cold so you should put a ___________ on over _______________________________________
your shirt first. 2 Mark / play / football / at the moment. û
4 I like watching ______ _______ on TV because _______________________________________
I want to know what’s happening in the world. 3 you / eat / in the canteen / every day?
5 Factories shouldn’t _____________ rivers with _______________________________________
chemicals. It’s irresponsible. 4 Oh no, it / rain / again! ü
6 My bedside table is made of ______________ . ______________________________________
7 Ah, that __________ story was so romantic! 5 He / sometimes / go / to the skatepark. ü
8 _____________ is a stronger metal than ______________________________________
aluminium. It’s often used in buildings. 6 they / have lunch / at the moment?
_______________________________________
3 Correct the bold mistakes. (6 marks)
1 Has the doctor made our pizzas yet? ________ 6 Complete the email. Use the comparative or
2 My favourite film is on TV every day. I love superlative forms of the adjectives in the box.
(4 marks)
seeing the characters develop. ___________
3 A scientist helps customers in a supermarket. difficult hot noisy young
_________________
4 We use paper to make toilets. ______________
5 It’s a good idea to buy and read a passport
before you go to a new city. ________________ Hi Anna
6 You can try archery in the swimming pool before It’s 39ºC here – (1) ___________ than last
you do it in the sea. ______________________ summer. I can’t sleep well because people
sit outside and I’m in (2) ______________
street in the town! I’m at an advanced
sports camp so it’s all (3) _____________
than PE at school. The teacher is only 21
so he’s (4) ______________ than our PE
teacher and I think I’ve fallen in love ...
Helena
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7 Complete the sentences. Use can, can’t, could
or couldn’t and the verbs in the box. (4 marks)
Reading
go help sing speak
11 Read the text. Answer the questions. (10 marks)
1 You ________________ out now. It’s raining and
you haven’t got an umbrella. Matt Groening
2 My brother ________________ when he was America’s most famous cartoon family first
younger but now he wins talent contests. appeared on TV in 1989. They celebrated their
3 I’m a great chef and I ______ cook Italian food, 20th birthday in 2009 and the series is now
like spaghetti carbonara. probably the most popular cartoon in the world.
4 James ________________ Mandarin when he Have you ever heard about the designer of The
was a child because he went to school in China. Simpsons?
8 Complete the text. Use the going to forms of a On his first day at school, Matt Groening started
different verb for each gap. (5 marks) drawing and he’s never stopped. Because of this,
I’m (1) _______________ ü on a school camping he often didn’t listen in class, so his teachers were
holiday. We (2) __________________ û in the sea, angry with him. After he left school, Matt worked
so I (3) ________________________ û a swimsuit. for a newspaper in Los Angeles, but he drew
Mr York (4) _________________ ü some matches. cartoons in his free time. In 1988, a TV company
He and his wife (5) _______________ ü our meals. contacted him and his career as an animator
began.
9 Write sentences and questions. Use the present
perfect form of appropriate verbs. Put the words When he was developing his first ideas, Matt drew
in brackets in the correct place. (15 marks) animals, like rabbits, but he found that it was
1 he / archery? (ever) faster to draw humans. Matt had the clever idea of
_______________________________________ making Bart and his family yellow so people could
2 I / my bag. (already) find the programme quickly when they were
_______________________________________ changing channels. And why have we seen them
3 she / an email. (just) so often in the same clothes? Because that way,
_______________________________________ it’s quicker and easier to draw them.
4 we / to the USA. (never) Matt loves his work and he can’t believe that
_______________________________________ people pay him to draw.
5 they / any photos? (yet)
_______________________________________ 1 In what year did The Simpsons start?
_______________________________________
10 Complete the dialogue. Use the correct forms of
2 Why was Matt’s drawing sometimes a problem?
appropriate verbs and other words. (16 marks)
_______________________________________
Dad Have you finished your project (1) ________?
3 Why did Matt make the characters yellow?
If you (2) _________ ________ it to Mrs Hall
_______________________________________
tomorrow, she (3) _________ ______ happy.
_______________________________________
Amy I’ve (4) __________________ all the text,
4 Why do the characters wear the same clothes?
but I (5) _____________ finished the project
_______________________________________
because I draw really (6) ________________
5 What aspect of his work surprises Matt?
so I need to find a map on the Internet.
_______________________________________
Dad Will Mrs Hall like that? Shouldn’t you draw it?
Amy It’s OK, Dad. I’ve (7) ____________ asked
her. (8) _______ doesn’t mind.
Writing
12 Write about your favourite holiday. Write about
when and where you went, what you did and

Listening _____ / 10 Vocabulary _____ / 20 Grammar _____ / 50 Reading _____ / 10 Writing _____ / 10

TOTAL: _____ / 100

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why you liked it. Say where you want to go on
your next holiday. You can invent the
information. Write 80–100 words. (10 marks)

Listening _____ / 10 Vocabulary _____ / 20 Grammar _____ / 50 Reading _____ / 10 Writing _____ / 10

TOTAL: _____ / 100