Unit 6 Standard test A
3 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple
Listening
1 [1.07] Listen to the conversation. Complete the
sentences. (10 marks)
Andy and Karen watched a tennis match
on TV last Saturday.
1 Tony started playing tennis when
__________________________________.
2 When Tony was young, he learned a lot
__________________________________.
3 When Tony was eleven, he
__________________________________.
4 Tony won a silver medal at the Olympic Games
when ____________________________.
5 Tony lives ________________________.
Vocabulary
2 Complete the sentences with the words in the
box. (10 marks)
athletics cycling fan football player race
sailing skiing stadium team
1 Andy Murray is the best British tennis ________.
2 I enjoy being on the water. ________ is my
favourite sport.
3 He loves running and jumping. He’s good at
________.
4 Martina is very fast. She usually wins the 100-
metre ________.
5 When you play ________ you can kick the ball,
but you can’t touch it with your hands.
6 More than 75,000 people can watch the match at
Manchester United’s football ________.
7 ________ with my friends is my favourite activity.
We take our bikes to the park.
8 I’m a basketball ________. I watch my local team
every weekend.
9 There are fifteen players in a rugby ________.
10 ________ is a popular winter sport in the
mountains.
form of the verbs in the box. (5 marks)
learn go watch win start
1 You’re late! The match ________ five minutes ago!
2 I ________ to Spain last summer.
3 We ________ about the Olympic Games in our
last history lesson.
4 Our team ________ the match! The score was 3–2.
5 We ________ a film on TV yesterday evening.
Language focus
4 Correct the mistakes. (5 marks)
1 There wasn’t any fans in the stadium. ________
2 There weren’t some cars 200 years ago. ________
3 Last Friday there was some swimming races.
________
4 They were a lot of people at the match. _______
5 There weren’t a maths exam yesterday. ______
5 Write affirmative () or negative () sentences.
Use the correct form of was or were. (10 marks)
1 You ________ at the party last night. ()
2 I ________ at this school five years ago. ()
3 My parents ________ at home this morning. ()
4 We ________ on holiday two weeks ago. ()
5 Our last lesson ________ ICT. ()
6 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple
form of the verbs. (5 marks)
1 I ________ a month in the UK last year. (spend)
2 We ________ volleyball this morning. (play)
3 They ________ to this city in 2012. (come)
4 You ________ two goals in the match. (score)
5 We ________ a good film last Saturday. (see)
7 Choose the correct answers. (5 marks)
1 The lesson started ten minutes ____.
a ago b last c first
2 The London Olympic Games were ____ 2012.
a last b in c ago
Unit 6 Standard test A
3 He first played tennis ____ he was six years old. 9 Ninety-three thousand people watched the final
a in b when c ago on TV. ________
4 We had a geography exam ____ week. 10 Uruguay won the competition. ________
a in b ago c last
5 We moved to this flat when we ____ very young.
Speaking
a was b were c are
9 Complete the conversation with the words in the
box. (10 marks)
Reading
bye don’t good how there was
8 Read the text. Then read the sentences and
went when who why
write true or false. (10 marks)
THE FIRST WORLD CUP 1
A Hey. ________ are things?
The World Cup is the most famous football competition in 2
B Good, thanks. How ________ your weekend?
the world. Every four years, thirty-two teams from all over 3
the world compete for the famous gold cup. But do you A It was great, thanks. I ________ to a concert on
know about the competition’s history? Saturday.
The first World Cup was in 1930. It was in Uruguay, in 4
B Really? Was it ________?
South America. The people of Uruguay were excited about 5
A Yes, it was brilliant. ________ were two really
the competition, and they built a new stadium in the
country’s capital. But there was a problem: the journey good bands.
across the Atlantic by ship was long and expensive. There 6
B Great! ________ were you with?
weren’t any jet planes in those days! 7
A My sister. Why ________ you come next time?
Other countries in the Americas (like Brazil, Mexico and 8 9
the USA) agreed to be in the competition because the B Sure. ________ not? Text me ________ you’re
journey wasn’t difficult for them. But a lot of players in going, OK?
Europe wanted to stay at home. In the end, four teams 10
A OK then. ________.
from Europe decided to come, and there were thirteen
teams in the competition. There weren’t any teams from
Asia, Africa or Australia.
Writing
In the final, Uruguay played Argentina. More than 93,000
came to the stadium – there was no TV in those days.
10 Write a profile of a famous person from your
Uruguay won 4–2!
country. You can use some of the words and
1 There is a World Cup competition every year. phrases in the box. Write 60–80 words.
(10 marks)
________
2 The first World Cup was in 1930. ________
Paragraph 1: name – born – lives – famous
3 The first World Cup was in Argentina. ________
Paragraph 2: first – started – age – won – became
4 A lot of people travelled by plane in 1930. ________
Paragraph 3: after that – successful – now
5 Brazil played in the 1930 World Cup. ________
6 In 1930 the journey from Mexico to Uruguay was
Total marks: Listening _______ / 10
difficult. ________ Vocabulary _______ / 15
7 There were thirty-two teams in the 1930 World Language focus _______ / 25
Cup. ________ Reading _______ / 10 Speaking _______ / 10
8 Australia played in the 1930 World Cup. ________ Writing _______ / 10 TOTAL _______ / 80