ABILITIES TEST

NAME: _________________________________________________ DATE: _________________

LISTENING

LISTEN TO EMILY AND HER COUSIN ANDREW AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH
ONE OR TWO WORDS. (10 points)

1 Andrew wants to have beef burger _______.

2 Emily and Andrew are in ______ now.
3 ______ is one of the most popular dishes in the UK.
4 The first of these restaurants was open more than _______ years ago, but it got popular in the ______.
5 Banger and mash are ______ with mashed __________.
6 Trifle is made with ____, ____, jelly, and ______.

READING

READ THE ARTICLE ABOUT AN UNUSUAL SCHOOL CALLED SUMMERHILL. THEN

MARK THE STATEMENTS AS T OR F. (5 POINTS)

A school with no rules?

1 Summerhill is the most famous and
Is it possible to have a school with no rules? Lots of ‘democratic’ or oldest ‘free’ school in England. ______
‘free’ schools around the world say it is. The oldest and best known
of these schools is Summerhill School in England. About 75 2 Students don’t go to class. They spend
children between the ages of 5 and 17 go there. their time in the garden or art room
The idea behind Summerhill is that children should be confident instead. _____
enough to make decisions on their own. The students must decide
which subjects they’ll study but they don’t have to go to class if 3 Some students in Summerhill do
they don’t want to. They can hang out in the art room or garden exams before leaving school. ______
instead. They don’t have to do exams either but most students take
some exams before they leave school. 4 Apart from doing normal subjects,
Like students in most other schools, students at Summerhill do students also have to do activities and
maths, English, science etc. What’s different is that they have to projects like afternoon walks or magic
choose other kinds of activities and projects. Here the students shows or gardening. _____
suggest the projects and not the teachers. Suggestions have
included: afternoon walks, magic shows and gardening. 5 The child has to agree before a teacher
Teachers do not give marks at the end of the year and the school sends a report to their mother or father.
does not send reports to families. If a parent wants a report on their _____
child, first the child has to say that it’s OK for the teacher to write
one.
GRAMMAR

WRITE THE CORRECT ANSWER A, B OR C. (5 POINTS)

1 Grandma came to my house and we cooked pizza _____.

A ourselves B themselves C myself
2 He hurt ____ while running.
A herself B yourself C himself
3 You aren’t old _____ to go to the market by yourself.
A enough B too C for
4 It is _____ good to be real.
A enough B too C for
5 It’s too early _____ us to go to bed.
A enough B too C for

WRITING

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES ON YOUR OWN. (5 POINTS)

1. The most popular dishes in my country are _______________________________. (mention 3 at least)

2. The meal that I like the most is _______________ because __________________________________.
3. I usually have for breakfast___________________________________________________________.
4. What I don’t like at all is/are ___________________________________________________________.
5. My favorite dessert is ________________________________________________________________.