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LISTENING

1. Listen to the text and decide if the sentences are TRUE or FALSE.
1. Lucy talks about her last summer break. ___________
2. She travelled with her family and her dog, Fluffy. ___________
3. She visited Salamanca, in the south-eastern part of Spain. ___________
4. La Plaza Mayor is one of the most beautiful squares in Spain. ___________
5. Lucy said that the food was delicious. ___________

2. Listen again and tick (✓) the correct option to complete the sentences.
1. Lucy travelled to Salamanca ___________.

a) by plane

b) by train

c) by car

2. In Spain, she visited Salamanca, which is located ___________.

a) in the south-eastern part of the country

b) in the north-western part of the country

c) in the north-eastern part of the country

3. In Salamanca, Lucy visited several places, such as ___________.

a) the University, the museum and the cathedrals

b) the University, the museum and La Casa de las Conchas

c) the University, the cathedrals and La Casa de las Conchas

4. She had dinner in a typical restaurant in the Plaza Mayor. She ate ___________.

a) tapas, tortillas and paella

b) tapas, tortillas and pinchos

c) tapas, pinchos and paella

5. Lucy enjoyed the weekend because Salamanca ___________.

a) is a very quiet, romantic and surprising city

b) is a vivid, lovely and surprising city

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c) is a stressful, crowded but lovely city

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READING, USE OF LANGUAGE AND WRITING

Read the following message.

Hello! I’m João and I’m going to tell you about an

amazing experience that I had last summer. Last
August I went on a safari! It was amazing, and, yes, it
was here in Portugal! I went to Badoca Park, a wildlife
park located in Alentejo, in the south of Portugal. I went
on a kind of train around the park and I saw giraffes,
zebras, ostriches, bison, tigers, impalas, and many
other animals! It was very good because I was able to
get close to the animals and see how they live. It
seemed like I was in the African savannah, which was
amazing! You should try it!

1. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

a) Last summer João visited a wildlife park in Africa.
b) The park was located in the southern part of the country.
c) He visited the park on foot.
d) He saw many different wild animals.
e) He was able to be very close to the animals.

2. Read the message again and complete the notes.

a) Last summer João went ______________________________________.
b) Badoca ______________________________________.
c) To visit the park, he ______________________________________.
d) He enjoyed visiting the park because ______________________________________.
e) He said it looked like ______________________________________.

3. Complete the sentences using the correct tense of the given verbs (Present Simple, Present Continuous,
Past Simple, Past Continuous).
a) I usually ______________ my grandparents in the summer. (visit)
b) Daniel ______________ to Paris at the moment. (travel)
c) Yesterday I ___________ to the cinema and I _________ “Matrix, the Next Step”. (go / watch)
d) When Susan ______________, Paul ______________ pizza. (arrive / eat)
e) My friends ___________ going to the beach. They _________ the mountain. (not like / prefer)
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f) Barbara ______________ Spanish because she __________ to live in Bilbao. (learn / want)
g) I ______________ my umbrella because it ______________ when I ______________ the house.
(bring / rain/ leave)

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4. Choose the correct option to complete each sentence.

a) Paula and Rita are visiting ______________ grandparents.
1. hers 2. their 3. theirs
b) This is the ______________ new computer.
1. boys 2. boys’s 3. boys’
c) I ______________ play the piano when I was ten.
1. can 2. may 3. could
d) ‘______________ were you born?’ ‘I was born in August’.
1. Where 2. When 3. What
e) Have Susan and John got ______________ children?
1. a 2. some 3. any
f) My sister hung the picture ______________ the wall.
1. at 2. on 3. in
g) Lucy is on holiday ______________ in Italy.
1. somewhere 2. nowhere 3. anywhere
h) My mother is always ______________ my father.
1. busiest than 2. busier than 3. as busier as
i) Burj Khalifa is ______________ building in the world.
1. the taller than 2. the tallest 3. the tallest than

WRITING

Do you remember your last summer holidays? Describe an activity you really enjoyed or a place you visited.
Write about 50 words.
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SPEAKING

PART 1
The teacher greets the learner and checks his/her name.

The teacher asks the student some personal questions:

Back-up prompts
How old are you? Are you twelve years old?
Do you have any free time activities? Do you enjoy watching TV/ playing video
games / reading…?
Do you have any brothers or sisters? Do you have a sister? Do you have a
brother?
What’s your favourite sport? Do you play any sports?

PART 2

The teacher shows the learner some pictures and explains: ‘Here are some pictures of Peter’s last summer
holiday.’

Back-up prompts

What is Peter doing? Is he swimming?

Who is he with? Is he with some friends?

What other activities did they do? Did they go hiking?

PART 3

The teacher asks questions related to the pictures:

Back-up prompts

Look at the pictures. How did they travel?

They represent the Browns’ last Did they go to the beach?

holiday.
Can you describe what they did? Did they go swimming?

Did they eat pizza?

Thank you.

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SPEAKING – PICTURES

PART 2

PART 3

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ANSWERS
SCRIPT
Last weekend
LISTENING
Hi, I’m Lucy and I’m going to tell you about my last weekend. 1.
Last weekend I travelled to Spain with my parents and my 1. False
sister. We left our dog Fluffy at a dog hotel. We visited 2. False
Salamanca, which isn’t too far away. Some places in Spain, 3. False
it’s good to fly to, but no plane for this one. We thought about 4. True
going by train, but later we decided to go by car. 5. True
Salamanca is a beautiful city located in the north-western 2.
part of the country. It was built with a specific type of stone 1. c; 2. b; 3. c; 4. a; 5. b.
which gives a golden colour to the city. I visited the
University, the old and the new cathedrals, La Casa de las READING, USE OF LANGUAGE AND WRITING
Conchas and, of course, La Plaza Mayor, which is one of the 1.
most beautiful in Spain and where you can find many a) F; b) T; c) F; d) T; e) T.
restaurants and eat all kinds of food, typical and not so 2.
typical. There are always a lot of people there. In fact, the a) Last summer João went on a safari.
city was full of tourists and, because it was near Easter, b) Badoca is a wildlife park located in Alentejo.
many people came to see the religious processions. The c) To visit the park, he went on a train-like vehicle.
processions, are very impressive, like others all over Spain, d) He enjoyed visiting the park because he could see a lot of
which is a very Catholic country. We tried a typical restaurant animals and how they lived.
in the Plaza Mayor and we ate tapas, tortillas and paella – e) He said it looked like he was in the African Savannah.
everything was so delicious! It was a wonderful weekend and 3.
Salamanca is a lovely and surprising city, full of life, colour, a) visit
good food, nice people and a lot of wonderful places to b) is travelling
discover. c) went / watched
d) arrived / was eating
e) don’t like / prefer
f) is learning / wants
g) brought / was raining / left
4.
a) 2; b) 3; c) 3; d. 2; e) 3; f) 2; g) 1; h) 2; i) 2.

WRITING AND SPEAKING

Personal answers.

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MATRIZ LISTENING

Aprendizagens Conteúdos Estrutura Cotações Critérios de classificação

essenciais

Compreender discursos Personal 1. Verdadeiro ou 5 × 10p = 50p Resposta correta: 10 pontos

simples, articulados de information; Falso Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos
forma clara e pausada. Travelling.
2. Assinalar a opção 5 × 10p = 50p Resposta correta: 10 pontos
correta. Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos

MATRIZ READING, GRAMMAR AND WRITING

Aprendizagens essenciais Conteúdos Estrutura Cotações Critérios de classificação

Parte 1 Texto e 1. Distinguir as 5 × 4p = 20p Resposta correta: 4 pontos

vocabulário frases verdadeiras Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos
Compreender o texto na relacionados com das falsas.
globalidade e em tópicos estudados
detalhe. 2. Completar notas. 5 × 5p = 25p Resposta correta: 5 pontos
Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos
Desconto máximo para incorreções: 2
pontos

Parte 2 Verb tenses, 3. Completar frases. 13 × 1p = 13p Resposta correta: 1 ponto

modal verbs, Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos
Aplicar itens gramaticais possessive
já estudados. determiners, 4. Escolher a opção
Resposta correta: 2 pontos
adjective correta. 9 × 2p = 18p Resposta incorreta: 0 pontos
degrees,
prepositions…

Writing about last Escrever um texto 24p Vocabulário adequado, erros de

Parte 3 holiday respondendo às ortografia irrelevantes e estrutura
questões. organizada e coerente: 14-24 pontos
Produzir um enunciado Vocabulário restrito e/ou inadequado e
escrito. erros de ortografia e estrutura pouco
organizada:
6-13 pontos
Vocabulário restrito e/ou inadequado,
erros de ortografia e estrutura
bastante desorganizada: 1-5 pontos
Frases incoerentes sem estrutura: 0
pontos

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