B1 Name:

Class:
2ND EDITION Preliminary for
Schools

UNIT 6: LANGUAGE TEST B

GRAMMAR
Task 1
Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 The Earth inhabits / is inhabited by billions of people.
2 The sun first appeared / was appeared in the sky 4.5 billion years ago.
3 The fight to save the last Western Black Rhino lost / was lost in 2011.
4 Many new products which help the environment make / are made in my country.
5 Leo Hendrik Baekeland created / was created the first plastic in 1907.
6 There are plenty of TV programmes which show / are shown the problems facing the environment.
7 Lots of gadgets that use less electricity introduced / were introduced in the early 21st century.
8 It’s really important that information about the environment teaches / is taught in all schools.
9 I asked / was asked by my teacher to write an essay about the environment.

Task 2
Complete the sentences with one word.
10 It now known that humans are the cause of climate change.
11 Whales often hit by boats.
12 Hundreds of empty plastic bottles found last month in just one small area of the ocean.
13 Three scientists fell into the freezing sea but fortunately they not hurt.
14 In 2015, a solar-powered plane was flown around the world two Swiss men without using any
fuel at all.
15 I asked not to use my phone on the plane.

Task 3
Use the prompts to write sentences with the correct form of have/get something done.
16 My brother / is going to / some furniture / deliver / next month / .

17 Petra / her motorbike / mend / yesterday / .

18 Victoria / her car / wash / every week / .

19 I / my teeth / check / at the dentist’s / right now / .

20 Where / she / usually / her clothes / clean ?


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 B1 Name:
Class:
2ND EDITION Preliminary for
Schools

UNIT 6: LANGUAGE TEST B

VOCABULARY Task 2
Complete the sentences with these words. There are three
Task 1 extra words.

Match the words (21–29) with the definitions (A–I).

field fog moon rocks sand sky stars
21 carbon footprint storms sunshine waterfall wave
22 loss
30 The river went straight down about fifty metres over the
23 creature .
24 rubbish 31 There was a clear blue every
25 incredible day of my holiday so it was very sunny.

26 energy 32 If there are no clouds tonight, we can go outside and look

up at all the .
27 planet
33 I couldn’t believe how warm the
28 survive was on the beach – it was
almost too hot to walk on.
29 horrible
34 The beach was covered in huge
A the things you throw away .
B amazing 35 There’s no at all in the winter
C stay alive, perhaps in a difficult situation at the very north of the Earth – it’s dark, even during the day.
D an animal 36 There are quite often big here
E a huge round object in space, like the Earth in the summer, with lots of thunder and lightning.
F not nice 37 The farmers keeps cows or sheep in this
G the amount of CO2 that a person uses .
H the power you need to do something
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I when you can’t get something back

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Task 3
Put the words in brackets in the correct order to complete
the sentences.
38 From the aeroplane, you could see the
below. (green, countryside,
attractive)
39 There was a stretching as far
as you could see. (path, grey, long)
40 They watched as the walked
slowly across the road. (grey, elephant, huge)
41 They didn’t know how to cross the
. (icy, wide, river)
42 The were completely covered
in snow. (mountains, white, high)
43 There’s a really museum in the
city. (old, interesting, museum)
44 The they’d bought for the
party wasn’t big enough. (pink, cake, small)
45 A very also lived at the house
where they were staying. (friendly, cat, black)

Total: 50

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