End-of-term Test 3

5 Complete the sentences. (10 marks)

Listening
1 Listen to Jim Stanton. Who is he? Who is he
talking to? Why? (3 marks)
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2 Listen again. Answer the questions. Write
complete sentences. (7 marks)
1 What is Jims opinion on bringing bathroom
products camping? What is more important?
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2 What small thing frustrates Jim about people
who come camping?
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3 What does Jim advise you do if you come into
physical contact with a bear?
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4 What is it essential not to do if you meet a
mountain lion?
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1 Welcome to The Big Quiz Show of the Year! And

here is your __________ Roy Carter!
2 When hiking in the countryside you should
always keep to the __________.
3 My dads __________ died before I was born so
Ive never known my grandpa or grandma.
4 Elephants are a __________ species of Africa
and Asia. They have always existed there.
5 We spent the holidays visiting __________: my
cousins, aunties and uncles.

Practical English
6 Complete the dialogue. (10 marks)
Sasha
Dan
Sasha
Dan
Sasha
Chris

Sasha

Vocabulary

Dan
3 Read the sentences. Does the word in brackets
have a similar meaning as the underlined word?
Write Y for Yes and N for No. (5 marks)
1 We saw bright yellow lights in the distance.
(colourful) ___
2 There is a giant tree in our back garden.
(massive) ___
3 The police banned the annual parade.
(allow) ___
4 The people in the village were very friendly to
me. (nice) ___
5 Jason is serious about his studies. (worried) ___
4 Read the definitions and write one word.
(5 marks)
1 overflow of water on normally dry land:
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2 single part of a TV series: __________
3 part of a plant that is underground: __________
4 way of getting to a destination: __________
5 not connected to the internet: __________

OK everyone, lets organize the party.

Whos (1) __________ be the DJ?
I will. Ive DJ-ed at parties before.
Thanks. So thats the music sorted.
Can (2) __________ bring any food?
Yes, I will. I live near a supermarket.
Great. Chris, do you (3) ________ if
we have it at your house?
Of course I dont. I asked my parents
and they say its fine as long as we
arent too messy.
Great, thats really (4) __________ of
them. Have we forgotten anything?
Dont worry, its all (5) __________.

Grammar
7 Add appropriate words to the prompts then use
them to write sentences. (10 marks)
1 Take my advice! / you / ________ / drink / so
much / coffee. / bad / health.
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2 I / going to / buy / ________ / new bike. / I / need
/ one / get to / school.
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3 you / ________ / smoke / bars / restaurants /
other public places. / against law.
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4 does / ________ / want / last biscuit?
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5 we / not have got / ________ / bread / left /
make sandwiches. / need / get / more.
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8 Rewrite the second sentence so it means the
same as the first. Use the correct form of the
grammar in brackets. (10 marks)
1 Do you eat a lot of fruit every day? (quantifier)
____________ do you eat every day?
2 Is there cheese in the fridge? (quantifier)
Have we ____________ cheese?
3 Its not permitted to use your phone here.
(modal of prohibition)
You ____________ your phone here.
4 I think its a good idea to get out into the great
outdoors now and then. (modal of advice)
We ____________ into the great outdoors now
and then.
5 Its not necessary to bring shower gel as I have
lots. (modal of no obligation or necessity)
You ____________ bring shower gel.
9 Add the correct question tags. (10 marks)
1
2
3
4

Tom is very tall, __________?

You dont like fish, __________?
That film isnt very interesting, __________?
Kay and Beth can come to the party,
__________?
5 Jane has got two sisters, __________?

Consolidation
10 Complete the text. (10 marks)
Last year I decided to set myself a challenge: to
give up my home comforts for a month. The first
things I gave up were my skin and haircare
products. I stopped washing (1) __________ with
shower gel and putting (2) __________ on my skin.
That was really hard because I have naturally dry
skin. I didnt feel as nice and clean as I normally do
during that month! I also gave up using my
(3) __________. That was terrible! My hair took
ages to dry naturally and it looked really wild and
messy. I remember, a group of boys at school
laughed at my wet hair. My face went red and I felt
really (4) __________ it wasnt nice. I also gave
up my phone and the internet. Wow, I didnt realise
quite how difficult that was going to be! I often found
myself reaching for my phone to text
(5) __________, without thinking who or why, or to
just look something up on the internet, but my
phone wasnt there! When the challenge was over I
decided to limit the time I spend using gadgets and
the time I spend online. It was a hard challenge but
it taught me a lot about myself.

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Reading

The next experiment was a Swap Box. This was a

box that people could leave things in that they

11 Read the text. According to the writer, what was

the main achievement of the project? (2 marks)

no longer wanted and ask for things they wanted.

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attached with a short story about the history of

Each object in the Swap Box had a paper tag

the object and why the owner wanted to swap it.

This idea was quite successful and proved an
effective way of recycling objects and reducing

Designing in the street

waste.
A group of Design students from Sheffield Hallam
Another rather humorous idea that emerged as a
University in the UK did a research project
result of the research was the Gossip Vehicle.
about innovative street design. The purpose of
This is an electric car that could be shared by
their project was to explore how design can be
the people living on the street in an effort to
used to create interesting and innovative urban
reduce the number of cars in the area. In order
spaces. The students focused on a section of
to gain access to the car, the passenger has to
Gloucester Road in London. They considered the
whisper an exciting piece of news or gossip to
street in terms of the people who lived there
the car!
permanently, such as home owners and shop
owners, the people who passed through, such as

Street Furniture Pets was another proposal.

pedestrians, and those who regularly interacted

The concept was that the people who live on the

in the street, such as post men, taxi drivers,

street would be responsible for a piece of

bus drivers and rubbish collectors. At the time

street furniture, such as a lamp post. They had

of the study there were plans to reduce the

to keep track of how much electricity was used

number of vehicles in the street by only

by the pet. The idea behind this was to raise

allowing electric cars. This was to lower the

awareness of energy usage.

amount of pollution produced by them.

Although none of the ideas have become a

The students started the project by observing

permanent feature of Gloucester Road, the

what went on in the street over a week. They

students creative ideas helped to temporarily

also talked to people in the street, asking

transform a typical London street into a

their opinions about what they would like to see

friendly and helpful place and encouraged a real

made better and how they wanted the street to

sense of community and fun.

change in the future. Then the students went

away and thought about how they could improve
the neighbourhood. They were not just focused on
design, but also on how they could encourage a
sense of community and sharing between
strangers.
One of the ideas they came up with was Bus Stop
Messaging. They put a large notepad on a bus
stop with the question, What are you thinking
about to pass the time? Many people on the
street wrote their thoughts on the pad. The
students discovered that people liked sharing
their stories with each other and reading other
peoples stories.

12 Read the text again. Answer the questions. Write

complete sentences. (8 marks)
1 What was the researchers aim?
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2 What preparations did the students do in
Gloucester Road?
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3 Which of the students experiments did not
involve written communication?
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4 Why did the students want to promote a Gossip
Vehicle?
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End-of-term Test 3
Writing
13 Write an article about one of the following
topics:
the best or worst event in your life
the best or worst holiday of your life
Use the prompts to help you. Remember to use
grammatical structures that you have learnt
from Units 79 and linking words to explain and
contrast your ideas. Write about 150 words.
(10 marks)
Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic. Say where and
when you went, who you were with and what you
did there.
Paragraph 2: Give further details about the event or
holiday. Explain what happened and what was great
or terrible about it.
Paragraph 3: Conclude the article. Say if you
enjoyed yourself in the end or not. Make a comment
on what you learned from the experience. If you are
writing about an event, can you give any advice to
the reader about it? If you are writing about a
holiday, give advice to someone considering that
type of holiday.

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Listening _____ / 10
Grammar _____ / 30
Writing _____ / 10

Vocabulary _____ / 20
Consolidation _____ /10

Practical English _____ / 10

Reading _____ / 10
TOTAL __________ / 100