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A1 Unit test 9A

1  Listen and choose the words you hear. 2 Read the sentences. Then choose the correct
answers.
1 a right
b write 1
2 a you’re
We don’t like that music. It’s awful!
b your
3 a new
What does awful mean?
b knew
a interesting
4 a bye
b really bad
b buy
2
5 a our
b hour Luke is miserable because he lost his phone
yesterday.
2 points for each correct answer 10
What does miserable mean?
a very slow
b very sad
3
Have you got an umbrella? There’s showery
weather today.

What does showery mean?

a rainy
b sunny
4

Stephen Hawking has physical problems with

walking and talking, but he is really clever.

Physical problems are problems with your …

a body
b memory
5
Most people can only read one book, but Kim Peek
could read two books at once.

What does at once mean?

a at the same time
b really fast

2 points for each correct answer 10

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A1 Unit test 9A

3 Underline the correct past verbs. 5 Match 1–6 to A–G. There is one option you do
not need.
1 We went / were to Turkey last year.
2 I met / lost my keys this morning. 1 When I eat a lot of chocolate, I feel __
3 I sold / saw my car for $400. 2 Yesterday my brother met __
4 My parents met / knew on holiday. 3 She’s tired today because she slept __
5 I got / saw Omar in the supermarket. 4 When I’m ill, I go to __
6 They had / did a dog when they were children. 5 We were late and we missed __
7 She wrote / could swim very well. 6 He didn’t study because he had __
8 We went / knew the answer to her question.
A a friend.
1 point for each correct answer 8 B sick.
C the doctor.
4 Complete the sentences with the words in the
D the bus.
box. There is one option you do not need.
E the time.
a difficult a happy an easy an old F badly.
her new his old G a headache.

2 points for each correct answer 12

1 I saw _________________ friend yesterday. We
met ten years ago.
2 Bjorn had _________________ time at school. He
didn’t like his classes.
3 She went to Spain and started _________________
life.
4 It’s a sad film, but it has _______________ ending.
5 Marco is rich. He’s got _______________ life, but
he says it’s boring!

2 points for each correct answer 10

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6 Rewrite the sentences in the past simple. 7 Match the times 1–6 to the expressions A–F.
Now is 10 o’clock on Friday, 20th May 2016.
I go to work by bus.
I went to work by bus. 1 8.00 today E -
2 17th May 2016 ___
1 We leave our flat at 7.30.
3 May 2015 ___
______________________________________
4 Friday 6th May 2016 ___
2 My grandparents don’t use computers.
5 9.55 today ___
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6 January 2016 ___
3 A Do you watch TV at the weekend?
B Yes, I do.
A a year ago
______________________________________
B five minutes ago
______________________________________
C three days ago
4 They come to our house every month.
D four months ago
______________________________________
E two hours ago
5 Abdu doesn’t meet his friends very often.
F two weeks ago
______________________________________
6 A Does Jaime see his sister?
B Yes, he does. 2 points for each correct answer 10
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______________________________________ 8 Underline the correct words.

1 How’s / What’s the weather like today?

2 points for each correct answer
12 2 It’s / There’s often warm and sunny.
3 Yesterday, it was hot / cold and snowy.
4 What was / were the weather like yesterday?
5 It’s warm in the rainy / September season.
6 It’s not sunny today, it’s cloudy / warm.
7 It was really / a lot hot last week.
8 It’s very hot in Australia in / by summer.

1 point for each correct answer 8

Unit 9A test total 80

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