Unit 6 Test A

3 She _____________ (cross / discover) a new café

Listening in town.

1 1.07 Listen to a radio programme about

4 They _____________ (explore / invent) the city.
Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. Then 5 He _____________ (invade / invent) the radio.
complete the summary. Write a word or a
6 We _____________ (establish / cross) the river in
number in each gap. (10 marks)
a boat.
Edinburgh is a popular city .Thirteen million
7 Mathi _____________ (change / discover) the
people visited it last year. Many famous people
lived here. colour of his hair.
8 I _____________ (prefer / establish) the museum
Sean Connery was born in Scotland, but he moved
to (1) ______________. to the art gallery.

J.K. Rowling invented some ideas for Harry Potter

when she was in a (2) ______________ in Edinburgh.
Language focus
Mary I was queen of Scotland from 1542 to 5 Write sentences or questions and short answers
(3) ______________. There were (4) ______________ using the correct form of was or were. (10 marks)
Scottish queens. Picasso / from Spain (
)
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. His Picasso was from Spain.
father was a (5) ______________ in Edinburgh. 1 Shakespeare and the Beatles / from the UK (
)
___________________________________________
Vocabulary 2 J.K. Rowling / a farmer ()
___________________________________________
2 Complete the definitions with seven of the
words. (7 marks) 3 Columbus and Vasco de Gama / chefs ()
___________________________________________
actor doctor explorer mechanic scientist
king queen teacher waitress 4 France and England / part of Rome (?)
___________________________________________
1 A _______________ studies science.
____________, they ____________. (
)
2 An _______________ works in films.
5 Muhammad Ali / a football player (?)
3 A _______________ is a man. He rules a country.
___________________________________________
4 An _______________ visits new countries.
____________, he ____________. ()
5 A _______________ helps people in hospital.
6 A _______________ works in a café or restaurant. 6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
There was or There were. (10 marks)
7 A _______________ works with cars.
100 years ago …
3 Complete the definitions with the correct form of 1 __________________ a café in my town. (
)
the words. (5 marks)
2 __________________ any parks. ()
1 A _______________ builds houses. (build)
3 __________________ two shops. (
)
2 A _______________ plays an instrument. (music)
4 __________________ any cars. ()
3 A _______________ writes books. (write)
5 __________________ a library. ()
4 An _______________ paints or draws. (art)
5 An _______________ makes new things. (invent) 7 Complete the sentences using the past simple
form of the verbs. (10 marks)
4 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple 1 We _________________ the horror film. (prefer)
affirmative form of one of the verbs. (8 marks)
2 The girl _________________ football. (not play)
1 Zoe _____________ (change / name) her dog Ben.
3 I _________________ to music last night. (listen)
2 I _____________ (travel / invade) to Canada.
4 They _________________ in the city. (not live)
5 The bus _________________! (not stop)
Unit 6 Test A
8 Complete the text with the correct form of a Early history of the village 
ten of the words in the box. (10 marks)
b Why did they change the name? 
not use in in the study last ago on c Places with interesting names 
listen travel invade live not live d Popular place names 
e What is the village like today? 
We (1) _________________ British history at school f Why is one Welsh village unusual? 
(2) _________________ week.
Communication
The Romans (3) _________________ Britain about
10 Complete the questions with the past simple of
2,000 years (4) _________________. Some of them be. Then match the questions 1–5 with the
(5) _________________ in villas in England and Wales, replies a–e. (10 marks)
but they (6) _________________ in Scotland. 1 What ________ Tokyo like? 
William I (7) _________________ to Britain 2 ________ you on your own? 
(8) _________________ 1066 and became king. He 3 What about the shops? ________ they good? 
made the French language very popular. Most people 4 ________ the weather good? 
in the south of England (9) _________________ English
5 How ________ the exam? 
(10) _________________ twelfth century. They used
French! a No. I was with my family.
b Yes, it was brilliant. It was really sunny!
Reading
c Yes, they were amazing.
9 Read the text. Then match headings a–f on the
d It was terrible! The questions were really difficult.
right with paragraphs 1–5. There is one heading
that you do not need. (10 marks) e It was a really cool city.

BIG NAME, SMALL VILLAGE! Writing

1 Many British places have got unusual names. In 11 Choose the correct words (5 marks)
England, you can visit Dog Village in the south and
1 London is a big city then / today / yesterday.
World’s End in the north! The name of one village in
Scotland has only got two letters: Ae! 2 She visited us about a year last / past / ago.
3 We travelled to Greece in / on / at 2009.
2 But one village in Wales has got a really difficult
name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobw- 4 It was popular in the / in / about 1600s.
llllantysiliogogogoch. This is longer than all the 5 They invaded in the sixth century / time / age.
other place names in Europe.
12 Write about the area where you live. Use the
3 This Welsh village is very old – Romans lived
ideas to help you. (5 marks)
there about 2,000 years ago.
4 In the 1850s, the name of the village was Llanfair, Paragraph 1: What is the name of your area? Is
and it was a very quiet place. People in the village it big or small? Where is it?
wanted more visitors, so they changed the name. Paragraph 2: Describe one interesting place in
They invented a more interesting new name, with 58 your area. What do you know about its history?
letters! Paragraph 3: What interesting people lived in
your area? What did they do?
5 Today, 3,000 people live in the village, but
thousands tourists visit every year. It’s famous!

Total marks: Listening _______ / 10 Vocabulary _______ / 20 Language focus _______ / 40

Reading _______ / 10 Communication _______ / 10 Writing _______ / 10 TOTAL _______ / 100