UNIT TEST 1 ● ANSWER KEY

Dictation, Listening and Reading

Group A Group B
Dictation Dictation
Exercise 1 Exercise 1
Can write from dictation using correct spelling. Can write from dictation using correct spelling.
My favourite day / of the week / is Friday. / I often go out / My favourite day / of the week / is Friday. / I often go out /
in the evening. in the evening.

Listening
Exercise 2
Can understand very simple phrases and expressions
related to basic personal information.
1 Melanie: Melanie says she spends about fifteen minutes
every day on her blog.
2 Nick: Nick says he’s got two blogs, one about news
stories and one about computer games.
3 Simon: Simon says he has lots of photos of himself –
selfies.
4 Melanie: Melanie says ‘I’ve got twenty friends who read
it…’.
5 Nick: Nick says that people say they like his blog but
people who don’t like it don’t leave comments.
6 Simon: Simon says that some people aren’t kind about
his photos.
Reading
Exercise 3
Can identify specific information in simple letters,
brochures and short articles.
1 A: The article says that she finishes working when the
parents come home from work.
2 A: The article says that some au pairs work nearly 24
hours a day.
3 B: The article says that Elena often goes to the park on
Sundays with her friends.
4 C: Elena says she chats to friends in Hungary and emails
her friends and family too.
Listening
Exercise 2
Can understand very simple phrases and expressions
related to basic personal information.
1 Melanie: Melanie says blogging helps her to relax in the
evening.
2 Simon: Simon says that he adds something every
Saturday.
3 Nick: Nick says he’s got two blogs.
4 Simon: Simon says he loves holidays and travelling, and
he takes lots of photos and writes about where they are.
5 Nick: Nick says he writes when he reads or hears some
interesting news or buys a new computer game.
6 Melanie: Melanie says that she writes every evening.
Reading
Exercise 3
Can identify specific information in simple letters,
brochures and short articles.
1 C: The article says he usually goes home at about
midnight, when the last customer leaves the restaurant.
2 C: Max says that some chefs don’t get free uniforms like
him.
3 A: Max says that he goes to the library on Mondays to
improve his English.
4 B: Max says because he left his running shoes in Poland
and doesn’t have enough money for new ones.

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