Unit 1 Basic Test

Unit 1 test
Listening
1 1.02 Listen to a conversation. Then choose the correct answers. (10 marks)
In this conversation, Katie and Martin are talking about their ... .
a primary school b friends and families
1 Katie shows Martin a photo of … .
a both Katie and Martin b just Martin
2 Today, Martin … long hair.
a has got b hasn’t got
3 At the time of the photo, Katie was talking to … .
a the photographer b a girl
4 When Miss Perkins arrived at the school, she’d had her teaching qualification for … .
a a day b a few months
5 Mr Jones used to ... in class.
a shout b get upset
Vocabulary
2 Write the words for the definitions. (10 marks)
craze crisis gadget
icon poverty weapon
the state of not having much money: poverty
1 a thing people use for killing or hurting people, like a bomb: ____________
2 a very famous person: ____________
3 a small machine, like a mobile phone: ____________
4 a time when there’s a big problem: ____________
5 a fashion or trend: ____________
3 Complete the sentences with the phrases. There is one extra phrase you do not need. (10 marks)
together upset a job
a present the flu home
Tess got a job at the hospital. She’s a nurse.
1 She got ___________ in time for lunch.
2 Don’t get ___________ and shout. Relax!
3 They got ___________ for their mum’s birthday.
4 I get ___________ with friends every weekend.
5 Sarav got ___________ and he felt very ill.
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Language focus
4 Choose the correct words. (10 marks)
I used to / use to play the piano.
1 He use to / used to work in that shop.
2 I didn’t use to / didn’t used to visit my grandparents at the weekend.
3 We used to listening / listen to the radio.
4 They used go / to go out every Friday night.
5 She didn’t / doesn’t use to have long hair.
5 Write the past participles. (10 marks)

ate eaten 3 be _________
1 like _________ 4 read _________
2 swim _________ 5 write _________
6 Complete the sentences with the words. (10 marks)
’d met ’d seen hadn’t started met

saw started
When I arrived, the party hadn’t started.

1 I _________________ her brother before he joined my class at school.
2 I bought the game because I ________________ a good advert for it on TV.
3 The disco _________________ after I’d left.
4 I _________________ Zoli for coffee after I’d moved to Budapest.
5 I _________________ the film after I’d read the book.
7 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or the past continuous form of the verbs. (10 marks)
At this time yesterday, I was working. (work)
1 At 8 a.m. on Saturday, I _________________ in bed! (sleep)
2 Tim Berners-Lee ________________ the internet in the late twentieth century. (invent)
3 When we ________________ to the protest, we saw an Anti-War poster. (walk)
4 I _________________ off my bicycle while we were cycling. (fall)
5 When I arrived, it ________________. (rain)
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Reading
8 Read Dee’s diary. What is it mainly about? (2 marks)
a Dee’s old primary school friends.
b Dee’s old and new friends from different schools.
DEE’S DIARY
Yesterday, I went to a primary school reunion. It was the first time I’d seen my old classmates for five years – since I left
primary school. The others get together quite often, but my family moved to another area when I was eleven, so I hadn’t
seen them for a long time.
Poppy Symonds was there. I didn’t recognize her at first. Her hair had changed a lot. She used to have short, dark hair
and now it’s long and blonde. Her personality hadn’t changed. She always used to joke and was friendly with everyone.
She used to be good friends with Jamie, but they’d argued and he’d made new friends. She’d got quite upset at first,
but now she’s got a different best friend called Ben.
I hadn’t expected to see Simon. His mother had got an important job in Paris and his family moved there when he
finished his last year at primary school. He had made a lot of new friends in Paris because he started his new
secondary school at the same time as the other children. He used to be quiet and quite shy at primary school, but we
talked a lot last night.
It was a good evening!
9 Read Dee’s diary again and choose the correct answers. (8 marks)
Today, Dee is … .
a sixteen years old
b a primary school teacher
1 Dee tells us that she ... .
a sees her old classmates quite often
b used to live in a different area
2 Today, Poppy has got ...
a different hair and a different best friend
b a different appearance and personality
3 Dee didn’t expect to see Simon because ... .
a he’d moved
b he didn’t have many friends
4 At the party, Simon ... .
a was quite quiet b chatted to Dee
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Communication
10 Choose the correct words. (10 marks)
Did you enjoy / have a good time?
1 Did I already / ever tell you about my first day at work?
2 When was that / then?
3 It was around eight years ago / past now.
4 It was a disaster. The worst bit / happening was when I dropped my coffee on the computer!
5 What did / happened then?
Writing
11 Complete the sentences with the words. (4 marks)
as for example like such
There were good times and happy events in the seventies, such as the end of the Vietnam War.
1 There were a lot of pop and disco bands in the charts, for __________, the Bee Gees and ABBA.
2 There were also bad times, __________ instance, the death of eleven people in the 1972 Munich Olympics.
3 People became more interested in issues such __________ the environment, and inventions like jumbo jets made
travel cheap and easy.
4 Many people wore fun, interesting clothes, __________ tall ‘platform’ shoes and colourful suits.
12 Write a short text about the seventies. Answer the questions. Use ideas from exercise 11 and your own
ideas. (6 marks)
1 What were the memorable events?
2 What was music and fashion like?
3 How had the world changed by the end of the decade?
Total marks: Listening _______ / 10 Vocabulary _______ / 20 Language focus _______ / 40

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

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5 Write the past participles. (10 marks)

6 Complete the sentences with the words. (10 marks)

’d met ’d seen hadn’t started met

When I arrived, the party hadn’t started.

Total marks: Listening ___ / 10 Vocabulary _ / 20 Language focus _____ / 40

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