CAMBRIDGE GLOBAL ENGLISH 7: END OF UNIT 6 TEST

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End of Unit 6 test

Vocabulary 1
Complete the sentences about sport using a word from the box.
There are four extra words that you do not need to use.

club saddle lane stumps net

pads glove pitcher cup helmets
bicycle goal goggles javelin kneepads

Example:

0 Golf players hit a small white ball towards a hole using a ………
club .

pads
1 In baseball, the person who throws the ball at the batter is called the ……………… .
pitcher
2 Volleyball players use their hands to hit a ball over a ………………… .
pads
3 Skateboarders should always wear ………………… to protect themselves.
cup
4 Throwing the ………………… is an athletics event at the Olympic games.

5 Rollerbladers wear elbow and knee …………………

knee pads
to protect themselves.
saddle
6 A horse rider sits on a ………………… and holds onto the reins.
helmets
7 Cyclists should wear ………………… on their heads in case they fall off their bikes.
goggles
8 Swimmers usually wear ………………… so they can see under the water.

9 Football players try to get the ball into the other team's …………………
goal .

10 In cricket, the bowler tries to hit the batsman’s …………………

stumps
with the ball.
[Total: 10 marks]

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Grammar 1
Match a word from Column A with a word from Column B to make compound nouns.

Column A Column B

0 American post 14

11 tennis glove 13

12 high caddie 15

13 boxing racket
11

jump 12
14 goal

15 golf football

[Total: 5 marks]

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Grammar 2
Create abstract nouns from the adjectives in brackets to complete the sentences.
Example:

0 Footballer Lionel Messi has had …………..

success (successful) for both his club and his national team.

coorination
16 You need good …………………..……… (coordinated) for most sports.
agility
17 You need a high level of …………………..……… (agile) to become a professional
basketball player.
determination
18 Professional athletes need a lot of …………………..……… (determined) to succeed.

enthusiasium
19 If you don’t have enough …………………..……… (enthusiastic), you won’t
become a professional sportsperson.
streagth
20 You need more …………………..……… (strong) for some sports than for others.
[Total: 5 marks]

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Vocabulary 2
Complete the dialogue about football using the words in the box.
There are four extra words which you do not need to use.

match scored win half draw

goal second time extra player
against won up score nil

Sally: Did you see the big football (0)…………………..

match on TV last night?

Ben: Yes, in the first (21) ………………

half our team played really badly.
score
Sally: I know! The other team were three (22) ………..…… up within 40 minutes. The last time we
won
played (23) ……….……… them, we beat them easily.

scored
Ben: But at least our team did much better after half (24) ……………….
seconde They (25) ………………
three goals within 10 minutes!
ni;; draw
Sally: Yes, so the (26) ………….…… was 3–3 at the end of 90 minutes – it was a (27) …….……….
second
Ben: Yes, except because it was a cup game, they had to play (28) ………….……… time to decide
who (29) …………..…….
win

Sally: And luckily it was our team who scored another (30) …………………. I was so pleased when
it finished.

Ben: Me too!
[Total: 10 marks]

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Grammar 3
Read the sentences about big sporting events.
Circle the best word to complete each sentence.
Example:

0 I love sport so anything / nothing can stop me watching it when it’s on TV!

31 I’ve never seen anything / everything as amazing as the football World Cup final.

32 Everything / Anything has to be really well organised at big sporting events.

33 Somebody / Nobody won a medal at the 1940 Olympics because they were cancelled.

34 Anybody / Everybody wants to see their own team or country win.

35 Anyone / Nobody who sees a big event at the stadium will always remember it.
[Total: 5 marks]

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Grammar 4
Use a comparative adverb to complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than two words.
Example:

0 We didn’t play football for as long as we usually do.

We usually play football for …………

longer than we played today.

36 I’ve never thrown the javelin as far as my brother.

far
My brother can throw the javelin …………………..…….. me.

37 I can’t jump as high as my sister.

higher
My sister can jump …………………..…….. me.

38 Yasmin isn’t as good at playing cricket as her sister.

not good as
Yasmin is …………………..…….. her sister at playing cricket.

39 Runners don’t travel as fast as cyclists.

Cyclists travel …………………..……..

travel
runners.

40 I don’t often run as badly as I did today – I was terrible!

better
I usually run much …………………..…….. I did today – I was terrible!

[Total: 5 marks]

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