Unit 2 test

Listening Grammar

1  4.33 Listen. Underline the correct options.
(2 marks)
1 The cottage was far from / near the town.
2 They built a factory / housing estate on the site
of Grandad’s cottage.
3 Grandma’s bike was broken / the wrong size.
4 Grandma was from the countryside / city.
2  4.33 Listen again. Answer the questions with
one word. (8 marks)
1 The town where Grandad lived was more like a
__________ in those days.
2 He used walk in the __________ and woods.
3 Grandma was staying with her aunt and uncle for
the __________ .
4 Grandma was from __________ .
Vocabulary
3 Underline the correct options. (10 marks)
My uncle has got cows on his factory / farm.
1 We live on the twelfth floor of a housing estate /
block of flats. The view of the city is fantastic.
2 Cars drive very fast on the car park / motorway.
3 The forest / lake was full of pine trees.
4 This village / building has got a shop, a train
station and a school.
5 There’s a little bridge / cottage over the river.
4 Complete the dialogue. Use the words in the
box. (10 marks)
ancient astonished enormous
freezing gorgeous
Eva Hi, Mel! Can you help me carry Grandma’s
present? It’s (1) _____________ !
Mel Wow! She’ll really like it – it’s
(2) _____________ !
Eva It’s beautiful, isn’t it? Grandma’s coming to
stay with us because her cottage is absolutely
(3) _____________ in the winter. It’s
(4) _____________ – it was built in the
eighteenth century. I’m (5) _____________
that she still wants to live there.
5 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or
the past continuous. (10 marks)
1 I _____________ (buy) my sister a silver
bracelet for her birthday.
2 Why did you turn off the radio? I _____________
(listen) to that song!
3 Mum _____________ (live) on a housing estate
when she was young. Now we live in a village.
4 _____________ anybody _____________ (see)
the film on TV last night?
5 At 4:30 a.m., I _____________ (sleep).
6 Correct the mistakes. Use the past simple or the
past continuous. (14 marks)
I shopped for food when I met my friend Sam in
the supermarket.
was shopping
1 Matthew rode his bike when he broke his arm.
____________________
2 We didn’t wear coats when it started snowing.
____________________
3 I was losing my mobile phone last week.
____________________
4 I was hearing the song for the first time when I
was listening to the radio.
____________________
5 The accident was happening when they were
skiing in Colorado.
____________________
6 My sister is born when we were living in France.
____________________
7 A man spoke when I was answering the phone.
____________________
7 Correct the mistakes. Change the bold words.
(10 marks)
1 We used play in the street.
_______________________
2 It rained when I came out of the hairdressers.
_______________________
3 We did walk for hours yesterday.
_______________________
4 He didn’t wear a helmet when the police
stopped her.
_______________________
5 Where are they use to live?
_______________________

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Unit 2 test
8 Write sentences and questions. Use love, like, 9 Read the email. Find words that match the
not like or hate, and used to. (16 marks) definitions. (4 marks)
1 friends ____________
üü = love ü = like û = not like ûû = hate 2 covered in wet earth ____________
3 the side of a hill ____________
I / swim. ü I used to like swimming. 4 a plant like a small tree ____________
1 I / listen to music. üü
10 Read the email again. Are the sentences true or
_______________________________________ false? Write T or F. (6 marks)
2 Mark / go to the theatre. û
1 Joe went to the activity centre on his own. __
_______________________________________
2 Clare tried all the activities. __
3 Maite and Rafa / go cycling. ûû
3 Joe had an accident on the first day. __
_______________________________________
4 The path down to the lake was wet. __
4 We / draw. û
5 Joe was chatting when he fell. __
_______________________________________
6 Tomorrow Joe wants to try hill-sliding. __
5 Your parents / travel / ? ü
_______________________________________
6 I / play basketball. ûû Writing
_______________________________________
11 Complete the rules. Use the words in the box.
7 Sylvia / play chess / ? ü
(5 marks)
_______________________________________
8 We / go to the sweet shop. üü conclusion introduction opinions
_______________________________________ paragraphs topic

Reading 1 Divide your text into ______________ .

2 Give each paragraph its own ______________ .
Hi Mark 3 Begin your text with a short ______________ .
I had an amazing time last week at an activity 4 Finish it with a ______________ .
centre. I went with my mates Ryan and Nick, and 5 Give your ______________ at the end.
Clare, my sister. Clare used to be absolutely
12 Describe a place that was different in the past.
terrified of doing anything dangerous, but she joined Say what it used to look like, what there was and
in with everything. There were lots of different how people used to live. Is it better or worse
activities to choose from, but we ended up doing all now? Use the writing guide to help you.
the same things. (5 marks)
Paragraph 1
I enjoyed trying most things, but waterskiing was an In the past, … was / had ...
incredible experience. I nearly had an accident, There was / were ...
though – and it wasn’t even on the water! It Now …
happened on the third day. A group of us were Paragraph 2
walking down a hill to the lake. It was raining, so the People used to work in ... / travel by ...
ground was muddy. I was talking to Nick when I fell Now ...
over. I tried to get up but I slipped again. Suddenly, I Paragraph 3
was sliding down a slope and I couldn’t stop. I was In my opinion, ...
really lucky, though. My clothes got caught on a I prefer …
bush and it stopped me falling any further. I wonder
if ‘hill-sliding’ is also considered a sport!

Joe

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

TOTAL _____ / 100