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Name: _________________________________________________ Result: __/100

Vocabulary • You can 4 __________ awareness of the problem if

you 5 __________ a blog like this.
1 Look at the photos and write the body parts of the
animals. donate join organise raise

• You can 6 __________ an organisation that helps

wildlife.
• You can 7 __________ a special event at your
school and 8 __________ the money people give
1 __________ 2 __________ 3 __________ you to an organisation that helps animals.
• You can also 9 __________ money for charity by
making cakes and selling them.
As you can see, there’s a lot you can do!
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4 Choose the correct answers to complete the

4 __________ 5 __________
dialogue.
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Mel What are you doing, Tiago?
2 Complete the dialogue with the words in the box. Tiago I’m 1 __________ my room. I’ve got all these
There are two extra words. things that I don’t use. Here’s the
colourful dangerous marine poisonous spotted 2 __________ that I used when I visited
Amsterdam. There was a lot of good
striped
information in it.
Emily What animals do you like Joe?
Mel What happened to it?
Joe I know the lion is very 1 __________ and can
Tiago There was a 3 __________ and it got wet. I
kill people, but it’s my favourite. The turtle is
can’t use it now. And I’ve got these T-shirts
nice too, with its green and brown
that I can’t wear because they’re too
2 __________ shell.
4 __________ . I’m much bigger now!
Emily My favourite 3 __________ mammal is the
Mel That blue T-shirt is really 5 __________ . I
dolphin. They’re so intelligent. What’s your
love it! Can I have it? I can wear it to play
favourite bird, Joe?
6 __________ outside!
Joe I think the most beautiful bird is the peacock,
Tiago OK. You can have it. But what about all these
with its 4 __________ tail. I love the mixture of
things?
green and blue!
Score __/4 Mel Why don’t you 7 __________ them to charity?
Tiago That’s a great idea!
3 Complete the collocations with the verbs in the
1 a making b tidying c solving
boxes.
2 a waterproof jacket c guidebook
Let’s help the animals!
b backpack
protect raise solve start visit
3 a thunderstorm b sandals c trainers
You want to 1 __________ animals in danger but what
4 a baggy b tight c casual
can you do to 2 __________ the problem?
5 a thick b old-fashioned c trendy
Here are some ideas:
6 a volleyball b surfing c yoga
• First, you can 3 __________ a zoo to find out which
animals are in danger. 7 a join b donate c raise
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Grammar 8 Complete the text with the past simple form of the
verbs in brackets.
5 Complete the email with the correct past simple
form of be. Last weekend, Tom and Rose 1 __________ (visit)
their local zoo for the first time. On the way there, it
Hi Teresa,
2 __________ (start) to rain, but they 3 __________
Yesterday we enjoyed a great day at the beach. The (not have) an umbrella. They 4 __________ (go) to
water 1 __________ perfect for swimming, and there see the panda first because Rose loves pandas. They
2 __________ a lot of fish in the water. For the first looked for the panda, but they 5 __________ (not see)
hour, we 3 __________ the only people there, so there it because it was inside. Rose 6 __________ (not
4 __________ a lot of space for us to play. enjoy) her day at the zoo.
Hope you’re having a good holiday too! Score __/6

Brent
9 Choose the correct option to complete the email.
Score __/4
Hi Amanda,
6 Order the words to make questions.
How are things? I’m writing from Barcelona, in
1 there / pandas / How / were / many / in 2018 ?
Spain. We 1 ’re visiting/visit/visits my
_________________________________________
brother. The weather is 2 hot/more
2 funny / monkeys / the / Were ? hot/hotter than in the UK. It’s usually sunny
_________________________________________ here and it 3 rains hardly ever/hardly ever
rain/hardly ever rains. Now, we’re sitting on
3 at the zoo / Was / a panda / there ?
the beach and I’m eating 4 the/an/a apple.
_________________________________________
Yesterday we 5 was/go/went to the aquarium.
4 dangerous / the / Was / shark ? It’s a good place because visitors can take photos
_________________________________________ of the fish. I saw a shark – it was very big!

Score __/4 6 Are/Do/Does you like sharks? 7 Are

there/There is/Is there an aquarium in your
7 Complete the table with irregular verbs.
city?

Infinitive Past simple Write back soon,

be was, were Kate

go 1 __________ Score __/7

2 __________ had
meet 3 __________
4 __________ saw
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Reading 4 Lou works as a photographer.

T/F
A teenager saving animals 5 Lou always wears a special T-shirt when he goes
1 ______________________ out. T/F
Lou Wegner was 14 years old when he founded the Score __/5
organisation Kids Against Animal Cruelty. His
organisation wants more people to adopt animals who 12 Choose the correct definition of the words in bold
are in danger in animal shelters (places for lost animals in the text.
or animals that people do not want). 1 founded a started something new

2 ______________________ b gave information about

When he started, he thought animal shelters were safe something
places for animals. But when he worked as a volunteer 2 adopt animals a take an animal and have it
at one shelter, he learnt that some shelters harm as part of your family
animals. He was very sad and decided to start a social
b give an animal to an
media page with articles and videos to raise awareness.
animal shelter
He started with 47 friends in his group, and in the first
two years, he helped save 20,000 animals. Now over 3 a volunteer a a person who wins a
75,000 people follow his social media page. competition
b a person who is not paid
Lou is an actor and always tries to find ways to raise for their work
awareness of his organisation. For example, if he’s in a
public place where there are photographers, he puts on 4 harm a find a safe place for
a Kids Against Animal Cruelty T-shirt. He also filmed a b do something bad to
music video in an animal shelter to raise awareness of the
5 a public place a a place where all people
problem. The song helped raise money for the animals.
can go
b a place where people buy
10 Read the text and choose the best heading for
clothes
paragraphs 1 and 2.
Score __/5
1 a The organisation Lou Wegner started and its goal
b A 14-year-old who loves animals 13 Think of three ways that people can help animals.
2 a Lou’s first job working at a shelter
b How Lou got his idea and how he helped
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_________________________________________
11 Read the text again. Are the sentences T (true) or
_________________________________________
F (false)?
1 Lou started an animal shelter when he was 14. _________________________________________
T/F
2 Lou’s organisation helps animals in danger. Score __/3
T/F
3 Lou’s social media page is more popular than
before. T/F

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Listening 16 Listen again. Are the sentences T (true) or F (false)?

1 Kayla’s presentation is for her English class.
14 Listen and choose the correct answers to T/F
complete the sentences. 2 Kayla’s presentation is about keeping the sea clean.
1 Kayla is talking to T/F
a a student. 3 Harry saw a turtle at a wildlife park last summer.
T/F
b a teacher.
4 Harry joined the World Wildlife Fund because he
2 At the end of the conversation,
wanted to help animals in danger.
a Kayla is sad because she doesn’t know how to T/F
help animals.
5 Harry walked 15 kilometres to raise money for a
b Kayla is happy because she’s got more charity. T/F
information for her presentation.
6 Kayla is watching videos to learn more about the
Score __/2 problems that animals have. T/F
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15 Listen again and choose the correct answers to
complete the sentences.
1 Kayla is giving a presentation __________ . Speaking
a today b next week
17 Complete the dialogue with one word in each gap.
2 Kayla’s presentation is called__________ .
Ana How was your weekend?
a ‘Save the planet’ b ‘Save these animals
now!’ Ben It was brilliant.
3 Kayla is going to say in her presentation how people Ana What did you do?
can __________ and help save animals in danger. Ben I went to the cinema. I saw the new Marvel
a take action b get more information movie.
4 Harry says the World Wildlife Fund helps animals Ana 1 __________ ? What was it 2 __________ ?
__________ . Ben It 3 __________ great. One of the actors was
a that are dangerous b around the world there in the cinema.
5 Harry walked with __________ for charity. Ana You’re 4 __________ ! That’s amazing.
a his parents b his pet Ben I know. I got a photo with him.
6 Kayla is sad because some animals are losing their Ana No 5 __________ !
homes in the __________ . Score __/5
a sea b forest
18 Work in pairs and have a conversation about your
7 Harry says that __________ is a big problem for fish weekend in the Speaking task from your teacher.
and mammals.
Score __/5
a plastic b hunting
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Writing
Hi there!
19 Read the email you received from your English
How are things?
friend, Joe. Write an email to Joe answering all his
I saw your photo of your visit to the wildlife park on
questions.
social media. It was a great photo of you, but you didn’t
Checklist say anything about the visit. When did you visit the
wildlife park? What animals did you see there? Which
• Use sequencing words to describe animals did you like best and why?
the order of events. Tell me everything!
Joe
Write 60–80 words.

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Teacher’s comments:
Vocabulary __/25
Grammar __/25
Reading __/15
Listening __/15
Speaking __/10
Writing __/10
TOTAL __/100

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