Test in English (term 1)

Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Result: _______

Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with the correct verbs.
train got go beat roll miss cheat have
1 Dan _____________ married last year.
2 Susie is going to _____________ to be a nurse.
3 I’m going to _____________ to Manchester University.
4 I’d like to _____________ two children.
5 We usually _____________ Fiona when we play chess because she isn’t very good at it.
6 First, _____________ the dice. Then move the counter.
7 If you give the wrong answer to the question, you _____________ a turn. You must wait while everybody else
plays twice.
8 You shouldn’t _____________ at games. Always be honest and play fair.

2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

Aquarium art gallery campsite cathedral fishing port
Market safari park
1 There are a lot of paintings in an ______________ ______________ .
2 On holiday, people often take a tent and stay at a ______________ .
3 An open-air ______________ takes place every Saturday morning in my town. They sell fruit and vegetables.
4 A ______________ ______________ is by the sea. There are lots of boats there and they go out to catch fish
every day.
5 A ______________ ______________ is a large park with wild animals. Visitors drive through in their cars.
6 A ______________ is a large church.’
7 You can see fish and other water animals in an ______________ .

Grammar
3 Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Sam ____________________ (work) in an office every day.
2 Joanne ____________________ (play) tennis right now.
3 Tom ____________________ (stay) at a campsite this week.
4 Andrew never ____________________ (get up) before eight o’clock.
5 At the moment, Olive ____________________ (sit) outside.

4 Complete the sentences with the correct past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in the box.
Leave play run stay take
1 Dan ____________________ football on the beach yesterday when he fell and broke his arm.
2 Sally got up, had a quick shower, then ____________________ to school.
3 Joe ____________________ a photo of a rhino while we were travelling across Africa.
4 Harriet went to the party last night but she ____________________ early.
5 While he ____________________ at the campsite, Jim met Fiona.

5 Rewrite the sentences in the negative form.

1 Andrea lives in the south of Spain.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
2 Nick and Diana are enjoying the party.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
3 The twins had a good holiday in France.
____________________________________________________________________________________________
4 I was sitting outside in the sunshine.
____________________________________________________________________________________________

6 Complete the sentences with the correct future form of the verb in brackets.
1 I am ______________________________ (visit) my grandmother tomorrow afternoon.
2 We’re going ______________________________ (have) a picnic by the sea.
3 I’ll ______________________________ (phone) you later.
4 Andy won’t ______________________________ (go) to the party.

7 Complete the questions the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 How often __________ you ____________________ to the seaside every summer? (go)
2 Where __________ they ____________________ at the moment? (stay)
3 What time __________ she ____________________ home last night? (get)
4 What __________ the children ____________________ to when I came in? (listen)
5 What __________ you ____________________ tomorrow evening? (do)
6 When __________ he usually ____________________ to bed? (go)

Reading
8 Read the text and choose the correct answers.
The first computer games
We have played computer games for about sixty years, and nowadays games are very sophisticated. But did you
know that the first computer game was a version of noughts and crosses? It was in black and white and it was very
simple. A scientist called A.S. Douglas designed it in 1952 while he was studying at Cambridge University.

In 1962, an American computer engineer created ‘SpaceWar!’ His name was Steve Russell and it took him and his
team of computer programmers 200 hours to design the programme. Steve loved reading science-fiction books so
he wanted to invent the first science fiction game. If you play the game today, it will seem very simple and boring,
but in 1962 it was an amazing invention.

Nowadays, most young people enjoy playing computer games at home on their computers or consoles, but in the
1970s and 1980s teenagers didn’t have computers. They went to arcades to play the new, exciting computer games.

In the future, computer games will inevitably change. Major companies are spending a lot of money on developing
very realistic games, and some games are going to have so many levels that you will never finish the game!

1 The first computer game was ____ . a) not in colour b) quite sophisticated
2 The designer of the first computer game was ____ . a) an American engineer b) a university student
3 Steve Russell worked ____ to create ‘SpaceWar!’ a) with other people b) by himself
4 In the 1970s, young people ____ played computer games at home. a) never b) often
5 In the future, computer games will ____ . a) cost more to buy b) take longer to play

Writing
9 Complete the sentences from an email with the words in the box. Then rewrite the sentences in the correct
order to make an email.
everyone Finally Firstly Most of Then
Hi Tim,
I’m writing to tell you about our new recycling programme at our school. ______________, we put a recycling bin in
every classroom. ______________, we asked ______________ in the school to put used paper in the bins.
______________ the students – about 90% – agreed to do it. _____________ , we emptied the bins in the recycling
centre.

Bye for now. I’ll write again soon.

Siobhan x

Listening
10 Listen and circle the correct answers.
1 Catherine wants to play cards because she ____ . a) has nothing to do b) is very good at cards
2 Catherine ____ where the pack of cards is. a) doesn’t know b) knows exactly
3 ____ finds the rules for the card game ‘knockout whist’. a) Michael b) Catherine
4 Michael ____ played the game before. a) has b) hasn’t
5 Catherine ___ she will win the game. a) thinks b) doesn’t think