UNIT 5: Language Test

GROUP A

Tuesday, the twenty-fourth of January

GRAMMAR
Class work
3 Choose the correct form to complete the
VOCABULARY sentences.
1 Choose A, B or C to complete the sentences. 0 Franck is the nicest / nicer than boy at our school.
0 An orchestra usually plays ____ music.
A country B classical C techno 1 Amanda is much bravest than / braver than me.

1 I really love traditional music – it’s ____! 2 Do you think Science is more interesting than /
A terrible B brilliant C alright most interesting than Music?
2 There’s usually a big ____ at major rock concerts. 3 This is the worst / the baddest song on the CD.
A audience B people C group
4 Jeremy is at least 20cm tallest than / taller than
3 There are some really good street ____ in my city
his brother.
these days.
A players B bands C musicians 5 London is by far the bigest / the biggest /
4 My friend Aleks writes really ____ pop songs – the most big city in the UK.
they’re so unusual.
6 I think that the guitar is easier / easyer /
A new B typical C original
more easy to play than the piano.
5 A small instrument you hold in your hand and play
with your mouth is a/an ____. 7 Beyoncé is one of the more successful /
A harmonica B cello C accordion the most successful / the successfulest singers
ever.
6 I prefer watching ____ music to listening to CDs.
A direct B live C open 8 Hip-hop is probably the most popular /
7 Hip-hop artists always have such great dance the more popular / more popular than pop
____ in their music videos. amongst young people.
A programmes B breaks C routines /8
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2 Complete the text using a word or expression 4 Make sentences using the prompts. Use either
from the box. There are three extra words. a comparative or a superlative of the adjective
in each prompt.
composer concerts drums fantastic fit lazy
rock stage songwriter stronger typical usually
0 Max / cool / dancer / in the school
Max is the coolest dancer in the school.
Hi, my name’s Jim and I’m a ‘Roadie’ for the famous
1 The River Amazon is longer than the Mississippi
0
rock band Televisionhead. A Roadie carries and
_____________________________________
sets up all of the equipment for the band when they
2 Petra is the friendliest person I know
play at 1 _ concerts _. We make sure that the _____________________________________
2
_ drums __, the guitars and all the other equipment 3 Jackson is more intelligent than his sister
are working properly and in the right place on the 3 _____________________________________
___ stage ____. We have to be 4 Carl and Kim are the funniest pupils in my class
4
______stronger_________ than most people to _____________________________________
carry all of the equipment from the lorry into the hall. I
5 Dolly is better at playing the guitar than Alvin
got the job because I’m friends with the main
_____________________________________
5
____songwriter___ and guitarist in the band. A
6
___typical____________ day at work for me lasts 6 Is Art more interesting than PE?
about 18 hours! It’s definitely not a job for _____________________________________
7
_____lazy__________ people! I don’t mind though 7 Ellie and Alastair are the most brilliant musicians
– I love the music they play – it’s 8 ___fantastic____ at my school
to listen to! _____________________________________
/8 /7
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 UNIT 5: Language Test

GROUP A

ENGLISH FOR SPEAKING ENGLISH FOR WRITING

5 Choose the correct words from the box to 6 Match the emojis and the phrases from texts
complete the dialogue. There are four extra and tweets in Column A to the meanings in
words. Column B. There are four extra meanings.

alright funny great how in let’s of

OK other suggest suggestion sure that A B
where why A There’s a funny TV
1 CanU PLZ call ____
programme on this evening
Bill: Hi Tia. How are you?
B Why are you feeling very
Tia: Oh, I’m 0 alright, I suppose. I’ve got a cousin
____ happy?
staying at the moment and I don’t know what 2
C Thank you very much for a
to do with him.
3 Me2 ____ fantastic evening.
Bill: Can I make a 1 ______________?
D I love you too.
4 OK BFN ____
Tia: Yes, 2 ______________ course.
E Oh dear, I don’t feel very
Bill: Well, 3 ______________ don’t you take him to well.
see a band? ____ F Have a really nice evening.
5
Tia: Hmmm…, which band do you G Please can you ring me?
4
______________.
H Why do you feel so angry?
Bill: Well, The Castles are on at the Rock Shack ____
6 YRU so I I’m shocked!
tomorrow night.
7 LOL show 2NITE ____ J Goodbye, see you later.
Tia: I’m not 5 ______________. I don’t think he
likes rock music Have you got any K I feel the same way as you.
6
______________ ideas? L My parents are really angry
8 Mum&Dad with me.
Bill: Err…,7 ______________ about taking him to ____
the classical music concert at the Town Hall? 9 THX 4 GR8 NITE M I’m not going out tonight.
____ N I’m feeling really sad!
Tia: That’s a 8 ______________ idea – he loves
orchestras and that sort of thing. Hey,
9
______________ all go together – you can 10
come too. ____

Bill: Ha ha, I don’t think so!! /10

Tia: What’s so 10
______________?
/50
Bill: Oh…err…nothing! It’s just that I’m not sure
that music’s really my thing. I mean, I love rap,
not a load of violins!
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