Project 3 • Unit 2 Test A

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of 3 Match the sentences in A with the responses in B.
the verbs in brackets.
A B
Example 1 Are you coming to a What’s the problem?
Paul was (be) was very excited yesterday. the cinema with us? b It was brilliant.
2 Someone stole my c Yes, I’m really looking
He 1 (get) a letter from the dad’s car. forward to it.
European Space Agency yesterday morning. He 3 I need someone to d I’ll go.
go to the shops for e Do you fancy going
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(start) training at their school for me. swimming, then?
astronauts next week. Now he 3 (talk) 4 Are you having a f That’s terrible.
good time? g Yes, it’s a great party.
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to his mum. Paul and his mum (get) 5 I can’t do this
ready for his first day at astronaut school. His mum homework.
6 I’ve got nothing to do tonight.
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(buy) him new clothes tomorrow. ‘But 7 Did you enjoy the film?
I need something to put them in,’ Paul tells her. MARK /6
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‘OK, I (buy) you a new bag, too,’ she
answers.
4 Paula is preparing for a party tomorrow. Look at
the pictures. What is she going to do?
‘And I 7 (pay) for it,’ his dad says. ‘After
Example
your first flight in space, you 8 (be) the
most famous twelve-year-old in the world!’
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2 Complete the dialogue.

Example
fiona I’m not going to Vicki’s party.
hugh Why not? She’s going to buy 1
fiona I 1
tell you later. 2
some drinks.
going to her party?
hugh I’m not sure.

fiona Why not? 3

to go?
hugh No, not really. She isn’t really a close friend

of mine and I don’t like some of her friends.

I don’t have any definite plans for Saturday.
fiona I 4
an idea. 2 3
hugh What?

fiona I 5
get us tickets for the White
Stripes concert that night. 6
like to come?
hugh Yes, please.

MARK /6

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MARK /5

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5 Match the beginnings in A to the endings in B.

A B
1 A railway company runs a planets.
2 Aliens are people from other b satellites.
3 They use rockets to launch c trains.
4 On some motorways you have to pay a d stars.
5 Our Sun is just one of millions of e toll. MARK /5

6 Read and match the texts and pictures.

a Welcome to the Space Flight Simulator, where the
latest computer technology allows you to travel in
a virtual Lunar Space Shuttle. Today you are going
on a short trip to the Moon and back. Before
we take off, please listen carefully to the safety
announcement.
d Our flight today will take twenty minutes and we
will make one orbit of the Moon before returning
to Earth. From the window, you will be able to
see the place where Neil Armstrong landed on the
Moon in 1969.

e We are going to visit the Mir Space Station on the

b Please sit in your seats and put on the safety belts way back from the Moon. We will stop for a few
ready for take-off. No smoking is allowed inside minutes to pick up a new robot. You must not
the ship. leave the ship.
1

c Space flight is dangerous, so please do not stand 2

or move about during the flight. In case of
emergency, the robots will tell you where to go.

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MARK /5

7 Read the texts again and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
Example
This is about a real space flight. T / F
1 The text is about a flight into space beyond our solar system. T / F
2 You have to sit down during the journey because space travel is dangerous. T / F
3 It will take twenty minutes to get to the Moon. T / F
4 The ship will visit the Space Station and then go round the Moon. T / F
5 You cannot go onto the Space Station. T / F
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