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Skills test  Unit 9 Beginner FOURTH EDITION

Reading Writing
Read the text. Are the sentences true (✓) or false (✗)? Write five sentences about your family.
• Where and when were they born?
Belinda and Lucas live in Oxford. They are married, but
• Where are they today?
• Where were they yesterday?
they like different things.
  My mother was born in Croatia in 1968.
Last Saturday they went to London. In the morning
they went on a tourist bus. They saw a lot of famous
places. They went to an Italian restaurant for lunch.
Belinda said the lunch wasn’t good. Lucas said it was. In
the afternoon they went to the National Gallery. Lucas
saw a lot of beautiful paintings. Belinda bought some
postcards in the shop. 3 points for each correct sentence  15
Then they went shopping in Oxford Street. Lucas bought
a new CD player and Belinda bought some books. The
Listening  T 9.7
CD player was very expensive. The books were very
cheap. In the evening they went to the theatre. Lucas Listen and write the dates.
said it wasn’t very good. Belinda said it was excellent. 1 Shakespeare   1564
They went home on the 11 p.m. train. Lucas and Belinda 2 Mozart   1756
both said it was a lovely day! 3 Diana Spencer
4 Andy Warhol
5 Michael Jackson
1 Belinda and Lucas live in Oxford. ✓
6 Benazir Bhutto
2 Last Saturday they went to Oxford. ✗
7 Marilyn Monroe
3 Belinda and Lucas went on a tourist bus. 8 Ayrton Senna
4 They went to a restaurant for dinner.
1 point for each correct answer  6
5 Lucas said the lunch was good.
6 Belinda saw a lot of paintings in the gallery.
7 Lucas and Belinda bought books and a Speaking
CD player in London.
Have a conversation with your teacher.
8 The books were expensive.
Teacher When’s your birthday?
9 Lucas said the theatre was good. Student
10 They went home by bus. Teacher Where were you born?
11 They said it was a lovely day. Student
Teacher What time were you born?
1 point for each correct answer  9 Student
Teacher What did you do on your birthday?
Student
Teacher Do you like birthdays?
Student

2 points for each correct answer  10

Skills Test total 40

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