Unit 1

Standard Test

GRAMMAR 4 I didn’t eat / I was doing my homework. (while)

1 Circle the correct options. _____________________________________
1 While I took / was taking care of my baby _____________________________________
nephew, the phone rang. _____________________________________
2 Sarah was watching a movie when the TV broke / 5 Cara broke her arm / she was climbing. (when)
was breaking.
_____________________________________
3 I didn’t see / weren’t seeing you while we were
hanging out after school. _____________________________________

4 My sister did / was doing a school project when 5

I left. 4 Circle the correct option in parentheses and put
5 My brothers were cooking dinner when my mom it in the correct place in the sentences.
arrived / was arriving. 1 My dad used get along with his parents. (be / to)
5 _____________________________________
2 Complete the sentences with the simple past or 2 Your parents use to live in the city? (did / were)
past continuous form of the verbs in
_____________________________________
parentheses.
3 I used to want to be a scientist, but I my mind.
1 What were you doing when I __________ (see)
(changed / used to change)
you?
_____________________________________
2 The teacher __________ (talk) when the class
ended. _____________________________________

3 __________ the sun __________ (shine) when 4 Now she’s calm, but she to be anxious.
you woke up? (use / used)
_____________________________________
4 My friends __________ (hear) a loud noise
while they were walking to school. 5 I didn’t like salad, but now I love it.
(use to / used to)
5 What __________ Ana __________ (laugh) at
when I walked past? _____________________________________
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3. Write sentences using the prompts and the 5 Complete the text with the correct form of used
words in parentheses. to, the simple past, or the past continuous form
1 I was sleeping / my phone rang. (while) of the verbs in parentheses.
_____________________________________ My grandma is really inspiring. When she was
_____________________________________ young, she 1______________ (use to / dream) of
becoming a doctor and helping people. So when
2 we were reading / Peter left the room. (while) she grew up, she 2______________ (go) to college,
_____________________________________ and while she 3______________ (study), she
4
______________ (meet) my grandpa. They both
_____________________________________ 5
______________ (become) doctors and traveled
3 my parents were cooking / I got home. (when) around the world helping people. I really look up
_____________________________________ to them!

_____________________________________
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VOCABULARY LISTENING
6 Complete the sentences with the words in 9 Listen to a radio program. Answer True or
the box. False.
1 María and Yolanda live in a tourist
active calm sensible sensitive talented
place. ______
1 My dad never worries about things. He’s always 2 Their friends saw a lot of animals
____________. on the beaches. ______
2 Dan plays the guitar really well. He’s so 3 They wanted stores to stop using
____________. plastic bags. ______
3 My grandma is seventy, but she is very _______ 4 They visited another country. ______
and plays tennis every day.
5 Plastic bags are illegal in Mexico. ______
4 My best friend usually makes good decisions.
She is very ____________. 5

5 My mom is very ____________. She always 10 Listen again. Complete the notes.
understands how I am feeling.
Friends María Martínez and Yolanda García López
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• Started doing something inspirational while
7 Circle the correct opposites. they were 1 ____________.
1 sociable • Did two things: collected garbage from
a unsociable b insociable beaches and asked 2 ____________ not to
use plastic bags.
2 patient
• Also educated people about the problems
a impatient b unpatient with 3 ____________.
3 inspiring • Now they want no more 4____________
a ininspiring b uninspiring in their town.
4 sensitive • They are inspiring because they are helping
the 5 ____________ and changing the world.
a unsensitive b insensitive
5 ambitious
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a unambitious b inambitious
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8 Complete the text with the words and phrases
in the box.
deal with get along with hang out
patient shy
I come from a big family with seven brothers and
sisters! I 1______________ all of them. We never
fight – well, not often, and we often
2
______________ together. My oldest sister, Ruby,
is 22. She’s a teacher in an elementary school.
She’s always cheerful and 3______________ with
her students. She can sometimes be a little quiet
and 4______________, but her students love her.
I know I couldn’t 5 ______________ the challenges
of her job! I really look up to my sister!
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READING 12 Read the text again. Circle the correct options.
Helen Keller 1 Helen’s mother helped her by … .
Life is difficult when you are blind. But what about a finding a teacher
when you cannot see and you also cannot hear? For b paying for college
Helen Keller, this was reality. Helen Keller was born
in the U.S. in 1880. As a baby, she was able to see c teaching her to talk
and hear normally, but when she was about two 2 Anne taught Helen to communicate … .
years old, she got very sick. After the illness, Helen
was playing when her mother noticed that her child a with her fingers
couldn’t see or hear. b with sounds
Helen found it quite difficult to deal with everyday c with signs and pictures
life, but her mother was determined to help her
3 When she was ten, Helen … .
become independent. She found a teacher for
Helen, Anne Sullivan, who was working with deaf a went to Boston
children in Boston. Anne started to teach Helen to
b went to school
communicate by using her fingers to spell words.
While she was learning, Helen often got very angry c went on a trip
and frustrated, but Anne was very patient and 4 Henry Rogers paid for … .
helpful, and by the time Helen was ten years old,
she started classes at a school for deaf children. a Helen’s school

Helen was ambitious and she worked hard. b Helen’s teacher

A rich man, Henry Rogers, agreed to pay for her c Helen’s college fees
to go to college. Every day, Anne used to go with
Helen and sit next to her to help her understand 5 After she graduated, Helen worked … .
the lectures. In 1904, when she was 24, Helen a for disabled people
graduated from college. She was the first
b in a school
deaf-blind person to get a degree.
c for the government
During her life, Helen became famous and worked
for people with disabilities. She traveled to 35 10
countries and wrote 12 books. Her life is inspiring, 13 Find words in the text that match the
not only for blind and deaf people, but for definitions.
everyone.
1 to manage to do (paragraph 2)
11 Read the text. Put the sentences (a–e) in the _____________________
correct place (1–5).
2 to share information with other people by
a Helen’s mother found her a teacher. speaking or writing (paragraph 2)
b Helen wrote some books. _____________________
3 feeling annoyed because you cannot do what
c Helen became sick.
you want (paragraph 2)
d Helen went to college. _____________________
e Helen became blind and deaf. 4 wanting to be successful (paragraph 3)
_____________________
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5 formal talks to a group of people, especially
students (paragraph 3)
_____________________
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WRITING
14 Complete the sentences with the words
in the box.

me my opinion Personally think

1 I ________ he is very talented.

2 ________, I think my brother is inspiring.
3 In ________ view, this is a very important
thing.
4 In my ________, my grandma is amazing.
5 For ________, the most important thing is
the environment.
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15 Write about an inspiring person in your family.
Use the prompts below to help you.
Write at least 120 words.
• Who is the person?
• What inspiring things do they do?
• Why do you look up to them?

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TOTAL SCORE 100

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