Units 1 and 2 Test 1

Name: Form: Class: No:

Topic: Introducing; families and jobs

• Possessive pronouns ‡ Present Simple
• Possessive case

I
A. Read the text.
Callum Alden
My name is Callum Alden and I’m a twelve-year-old boy from Glasgow i
n
Scotland. What can I tell you about me? I’m a normal teenager. I’ve got
t
straight brown hair and brown eyes. I’m quite tall and thin. I like making
.
people laugh. My friends say I’m a lot of fun… I like playing football and
basketball.
5 I live with my mother, my sister and my stepfather because my parents are divorced. My father is a
bus driver in London so we don’t see him a lot. My mother works at the airport. She’s a secretary for
British Airways. My stepfather is a gardener. His job is pretty cool because he works outside all the
time. My sister and I like helping him around the garden or we also like hanging out at the park at the
weekend. We get along well. But we don’t usually do lots of things with our mother because she
sometimes has to work
10 on Saturdays and Sundays. There are two dogs in our family, Rusty and Cooler. It’s quite fun to have
dogs around. But not for my mother! She doesn’t really appreciate having them in the house…
I go to Bannerman High School in Glasgow and I’m in year seven. I really like my school. I go to
school on foot because it’s not very far from where I live. It only takes me about ten minutes to get
there. I usually go with my friends James and Andrew. We are all in the same class but we’ve got
15 different after-school activities.
I’ve got basketball practice on Wednesdays and they have got photography club on Thursdays after
school.

B. True (T) or false (F)? Find evidence for the true statements and correct the false ones.

1. Callum is English.

2. He lives with his parents.

3. Callum and his sister visit their father lots of times.

4. His mother works at the weekend.

5. Callum walks to school.

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C. Answer the questions about the text.

1. What is Callum like?

2. Do Callum and his sister get along with their mother and stepfather?

3. How does Callum go to school? Why?

4. Does Callum go to school alone? Explain.

5. Callum and his sister have got two dogs. What about you? Have you got a pet? Do you think
it’s nice to have pets at home? Give your opinion.

II

A. Complete the sentences with the correct possessive pronoun.

1. Andrew: Hi, Callum! Look at the dogs! Are they ?

Callum: Yes, they’re . Their names are Rusty and Cooler.
2. This is Callum’s sister's bedroom. It’s .
3. Callum: I really like skating with my neighbour, Andrew. These are my skates and those
skates are .
4. Andrew, James and I go to a nice school. It’s .

B. Complete the sentences using the possessive case.

1. James and Andrew are . (Callum / friends)

2. Rusty and Cooler are the . (kids / dogs)
3. Callum is . (James / best friend)
4. Where is the ? (children / house)
5. This is my . (mother and stepfather / car)
C. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets.

_ (your father / live) in Glasgow?

No, my father (not live) in Glasgow. He (have got) a house in London.
I (not see) him a lot but he (phone) us almost every day.

III

Write a text about you, your friends and your family.

Here is some help:

• What are you like?
• Who are the members of your family?
• Who are your friends / best friends?
• Do you get along?
• What do you do together?

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Units 1 and 2 Test 2
Name: Form: Class: No:

Topic: Introducing; families and jobs

• Possessive pronouns ‡ Present Simple
• Possessive case

I
A. Read the text.
Callum Alden
My name is Callum Alden and I’m a twelve-year-old boy from Glasgow i
n
Scotland. What can I tell you about me? I’m a normal teenager. I’ve got
t
straight brown hair and brown eyes. I’m quite tall and thin. I like making
.
people laugh. My friends say I’m a lot of fun… I like playing football and
basketball.
5 I live with my mother, my sister and my stepfather because my parents are divorced. My father is a
bus driver in London so we don’t see him a lot. My mother works at the airport. She’s a secretary for
British Airways. My stepfather is a gardener. His job is pretty cool because he works outside all the
time. My sister and I like helping him around the garden or we also like hanging out at the park at the
weekend. We get along well. But we don’t usually do lots of things with our mother because she
sometimes has to work
10 on Saturdays and Sundays. There are two dogs in our family, Rusty and Cooler. It’s quite fun to have
dogs around. But not for my mother! She doesn’t really appreciate having them in the house…
I go to Bannerman High School in Glasgow and I’m in year seven. I really like my school. I go to
school on foot because it’s not very far from where I live. It only takes me about ten minutes to get
there. I usually go with my friends James and Andrew. We are all in the same class but we’ve got
15 different after-school activities.
I’ve got basketball practice on Wednesdays and they have got photography club on Thursdays after
school.

B. True (T) or false (F)? Correct the false statements.

1. Callum is English.

2. He lives with his parents.

3. Callum and his sister often visit their father.

4. His mother works at the weekend.

5. Callum walks to school.

C. Answer the questions about the text.

1. What is Callum like?

2. Do Callum and his sister get along with their mother and stepfather?

3. How does Callum go to school? Why?

4. Does Callum go to school alone? Explain.

5. Callum and his sister have got two dogs. What about you? Have you got a pet? Do you think
it’s nice to have pets at home?

II

A. Complete the sentences with the correct possessive pronoun: ours, hers, his, yours, mine.

1. Andrew: Hi, Callum! Look at the dogs! Are they ?

Callum: Yes, they’re . Their names are Rusty and Cooler.
2. This is Callum’s sister bedroom. It’s .
3. Callum: I really like skating with my neighbour, Andrew. These are my skates and those
skates are .
4. Andrew, James and I go to a nice school. It’s .

B. Complete the sentences using the possessive case: 's / '

1. James and Andrew are Callum friends

2. Rusty and Cooler are the kids dogs.
3. Callum is James best friend.
4. Where is the children house?
5. This is my parents car.

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C. Complete the sentences with the Present Simple of the verbs in brackets.

1. _ (your father / live) in Glasgow?

2. No, my father (not live) in Glasgow.
3. He (have got) a house in London. I (not see)
him a lot but he (phone) us almost every day.

III

Write a text about you, your family and your friends.

Here is some help:

• What are you like?
• Who are the members of your family?
• Who are your friends / best friends?
• Do you get along?
• What do you do together?
Unit 3 Test 3
Name: Form: Class: No:

Topic: Everyday actions; unusual routines

• Prepositions of time ‡ Present Simple and Present Continuous
• Adverbs of frequency

I
A. Read the text.
Martin and Roy Benson are 12-year-old twins. They
attend the same school but they have a very different daily
routine. Martin gets up at 7 o’clock every morning but
Roy’s day starts very early. He usually leaves home at 5.30
am. He
5 is a great swimmer and he always has swimming practice
before going to school. Martin thinks his brother has got a
very hard life but Roy usually says: “It’s not easy to get up
so early, especially during winter when it is very cold, dark
and sometimes rainy but I like what I do and that gives me
10 motivation to do this every day.” Mr. Benson drives Roy to
the swimming pool every morning.
After his morning shower, Martin gets dressed and tidies up his room. Roy usually gets back home
when Martin is in the kitchen. While Roy has a shower and gets ready for school, Martin makes
breakfast. Their mother is usually busy with their little sister, Zoe.
15 The boys always take the bus to school. Their classes begin at quarter past eight. At midday it's time
for lunch. They usually have lunch in the canteen with their friends. In the afternoon they have music or
art lessons and do sports.
After school Roy goes to the swimming pool to practise for two hours. Martin has guitar lessons and
then he goes home. He has a snack and studies. Roy only arrives home at dinner time.
20 At home everybody gives a hand: dad cooks, Martin lays the table, mum puts the dishes in the
dishwasher and Roy… well he is too tired to do anything.
After dinner Martin watches TV or plays computer games but Roy has to do his homework and go to
bed because he needs to rest.

B. Match the two columns to make true sentences about the text. There are two extra
options.

1. Martin and Roy are brothers

a. because he has to go to the swimming pool.
2. Roy gets up before Martin
b. has a difficult life.
3. In Martin’s opinion Roy
c. Roy to the swimming pool.
4. The boys’ father takes d. is a very good swimmer.
e. but they don’t have the same routine.
f. because he likes swimming.

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C. Complete the sentences.

1. Before going to the kitchen, Martin

2. When Roy returns from swimming practice, Martin
3. Mrs Benson doesn’t help the boys make breakfast because
4. Their morning lessons start

D. Answer the questions.

1. What activities do they have after lunch?

2. What do the boys do after school?

3. Why doesn’t Roy help at home?

4. Does Roy watch TV after dinner?

II

A. Complete with prepositions of time.

1. Martin: My birthday is 14th November. Zoe was born June.

2. The students have lunch twelve o’clock.
3. the afternoon they have sports.
4. Wednesdays and Fridays they have music lessons.
5. the weekend the Bensons always have dinner out.
B. Rewrite the sentences with the adverbs in brackets in the correct place.
1. Martin and Roy go to school on Saturday. (never)

2. Roy is on time for his swimming practice. (always)

3. They don’t go to the cinema during the week. (often)

4. What do you do on Sundays? (usually)

C. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple or Present Continuous.

1. Martin and his friends (play) the guitar at the moment.

2. Mrs Benson (not take) her children to school. She always _ (stay)
at home with Zoe. Right now she _ (tell) Zoe a story.
3. When (they / have) History lessons?
4. (Roy / study) after dinner? Yes, he .

III

Write a text about your daily routine.

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Unit 3 Test 4
Name: Form: Class: No:

Topic: Everyday actions; unusual routines

• Prepositions of time ‡ Present Simple and Present Continuous
• Adverbs of frequency

I
A. Read the text.
Martin and Roy Benson are 12-year-old twins. They
attend the same school but they have a very different daily
routine. Martin gets up at 7 o’clock every morning but
Roy’s day starts very early. He usually leaves home at 5.30
am. He
5 is a great swimmer and he always has swimming practice
before going to school. Martin thinks his brother has got a
very hard life but Roy usually says: “It’s not easy to get up
so early, especially during winter when it is very cold, dark
and sometimes rainy but I like what I do and that gives me
10 motivation to do this every day.” Mr. Benson drives Roy to
the swimming pool every morning.
After his morning shower, Martin gets dressed and tidies up his room. Roy usually gets back home
when Martin is in the kitchen. While Roy has a shower and gets ready for school, Martin makes
breakfast. Their mother is usually busy with their little sister, Zoe.
15 The boys always take the bus to school. Their classes begin at quarter past eight. At midday it's time
for lunch. They usually have lunch in the canteen with their friends. In the afternoon they have music or
art lessons and do sports.
After school Roy goes to the swimming pool to practise for two hours. Martin has guitar lessons and
then he goes home. He has a snack and studies. Roy only arrives home at dinner time.
20 At home everybody gives a hand: dad cooks, Martin lays the table, mum puts the dishes in the
dishwasher and Roy… well he is too tired to do anything.
After dinner Martin watches TV or plays computer games but Roy has to do his homework and go to
bed because he needs to rest.

B. Match the two columns to make true sentences about the text.

1. Martin and Roy are brothers

a. because he has to go to the swimming pool.
2. Roy gets up before Martin
b. has a difficult life.
3. In Martin’s opinion Roy
c. Roy to the swimming pool.
4. The boys’ father takes d. but they don’t have the same routine.
C. Find evidence in the text for the following sentences.

1. Martin’s day starts later than Roy’s day.

2. Roy has a difficult routine but he likes what he does.

3. Martin and Roy’s mother doesn’t make breakfast for them.

4. The boys don’t go to school on foot.

D. Answer the questions.

1. What activities do they have after lunch?

2. What do the boys do after school?

3. Why doesn’t Roy help at home?

4. Does Roy watch TV after dinner?

II

A. Complete with prepositions of time in, on or at.

1. Martin: My birthday is 14th November. Zoe was born June.

2. The students have lunch twelve o’clock.
3. the afternoon they have sports activities.
4. Wednesdays and Fridays they have music lessons.
5. the weekend the Bensons always have dinner out.

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B. Rewrite the sentences with the adverbs in brackets in the correct place. The verbs in bold
may help you.
1. Martin and Roy go to school on Saturday. (never)

2. Roy is on time for his swimming practice. (always)

3. They don’t go to the cinema during the week. (often)

4. What do you do on Sundays? (usually)

C. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple or Present Continuous. Pay attention to
the words in bold.
1. Martin and his friends (play) the guitar at the moment.
2. Mrs Benson (not take) her children to school. She always (stay)
at home with Zoe. Right now she (tell) Zoe a story.
3. When (they / have) History lessons?
4. Roy usually (study) after dinner? Yes, he .

III

Write a text about your daily routine. get up; have a shower; brush my teeth;

The words in the boxes may help you. get dressed; have breakfast / lunch /
In the morning; dinner; make my bed; go to school; have
In the afternoon; lessons; do homework; play football /
In the evening basketball / the guitar… ; watch TV,
listen to music,
email friends; surf the Net; go to bed…
every day; and; by car; by bus;
then; by bike; on
next; before / after foot
Unit 4 Test 5
Name: Form: Class: No:

Topic: Friends and neighbours

• Past simple ‡ Regular and irregular verbs

I
A. Read the text.
A great neighbourhood party
Let me tell you about a big party we had in our neighbourhood last Sunday.
It all started when my best friend, Melissa, and I decided that we had to do something to welcome
our new neighbours, the Russells. They moved to a house in our street two months ago. They have got
three children: two little boys and a girl my age. Her name is Brenda and she goes to my school. One
5 day Melissa told me: “Liza, look at Brenda! She is always on her own and she looks very unhappy.” I
agreed and said: “We have to do something to help her feel better at school.”
I think I am very lucky because my best friend is also my neighbour. So it’s easy to spend a lot of
time together: we study, talk, watch TV and plan things. Some days ago we asked for our parents’ help
to organise our neighbourhood party. They thought our idea was very good as these parties are an
10 opportunity for neighbours to socialise, to get to know new neighbours and to make friends.
There were lots of tasks to do like writing invitations, planning activities, organizing food and drinks
and forming a clean-up committee. It was a lot of work but it was worth it. The Russells are very polite
and friendly. I also saw Brenda laughing for the first time. She surprised everybody when she started
playing the guitar and singing. We didn’t know she could sing so well.
15 It was an awesome Sunday and we had great fun.

B. Find the words or expressions that mean:

1. to accept / receive someone well
4. activities
2. attends
5. a group of people who clean and tidy up
3. talk, laugh and be friendly when you the place
meet people

C. Correct the wrong information in each sentence.

1. Last Sunday there was a big birthday party at Liza’s house.

2. The Russells are Liza and Melissa’s friends.

3. Liza’s best friend is Brenda.

4. Liza wanted to help Brenda with her schoolwork.

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D. Answer the questions.

1. Why did Liza and Melissa decide to organise a neighbourhood party?

2. What do Liza and Melissa usually do together?

3. What do Liza’s and Melissa’s parents think about neighbourhood parties?

4. Was it easy to organise the party? Explain.

5. How did Liza feel about that Sunday?

II

A. Complete the dialogue between Melissa and Ben, a school friend.

1. Ben: ?
2. Melissa: My weekend was very good. There was a party in my neighbourhood.
3. Ben: ?
4. Melissa: There were about 40 people at the party.
5. Ben: ?
6. Melissa: The party was in the street.
7. Ben: ?
8. Melissa: Oh, yes. I enjoyed myself a lot.
B. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple.
1. Melissa (go) to the supermarket to buy some food.
2. Brenda’s father (not take) her and her brother to school. They _ (stay)
at home because they (to be) ill.
3. At the party (there to be) lots of delicious things to eat.
4. Some neighbours (sing) and others (play) music.

C. Write sentences in the Past Simple.

1. party / lots of children / at / there to be

2. go / where / last weekend / they / ?

3. decorate / the street / not / Liza

4. guitar / sing / and / play / Brenda

III

Write a text about.

My best friend
OR
A neighbourhood party

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Unit 4 Test 6
Name: Form: Class: No:

Topic: Friends and neighbours

• Past simple ‡ Regular and irregular verbs

I
A. Read the text.

A great neighbourhood party

Let me tell you about a big party we had in our neighbourhood last Sunday.
It all started when my best friend, Melissa, and I decided that we had to do something to welcome
our new neighbours, the Russells. They moved to a house in our street two months ago. They have got
three children: two little boys and a girl my age. Her name is Brenda and she goes to my school. One
5 day Melissa told me: “Liza, look at Brenda! She is always on her own and she looks very unhappy.” I
agreed and said: “We have to do something to help her feel better at school.”
I think I am very lucky because my best friend is also my neighbour. So it’s easy to spend a lot of
time together: we study, talk, watch TV and plan things. Some days ago we asked for our parents’ help
to organise our neighbourhood party. They thought our idea was very good as these parties are an
10 opportunity for neighbours to socialise, to get to know new neighbours and to make friends.
There were lots of tasks to do like writing invitations, planning activities, organising food and drinks
and forming a clean-up committee. It was a lot of work but it was worth it. The Russells are very polite
and friendly. I also saw Brenda laughing for the first time. She surprised everybody when she started
playing the guitar and singing. We didn’t know she could sing so well.
15 It was an awesome Sunday and we had great fun.

B. Match the words on the right with their synonym.

1. to welcome
a. attends
2. goes to
b. activities
3. socialise
c. to accept / receive someone well
4. tasks
d. a group of people who clean and tidy up the place
5. a clean-up committee
e. talk, laugh and be friendly when you meet people
C. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Find evidence in the text.

1. Last Sunday there was a party at Liza’s house.

2. The Russells are new in the neighbourhood.

3. Liza’s best friend isn’t Melissa.

4. Liza wanted to help Brenda feel good at school.

D. Answer the questions.

1. What did Liza and Melissa do to welcome the Russel family?

2. What do Liza and Melissa usually do together?

3. Why did the girls’ parents like their idea?

4. List the things they did to organise the party.

5. Did Brenda feel happy? Explain.

II

A. Complete the dialogue between Melissa and Ben, a school friend. Use the following question
words: how many, why, where, how.

1. Ben: your weekend?

2. Melissa: My weekend was very good. There was a party in my neighbourhood.
3. Ben: people _ at the party?
4. Melissa: There were about 40 people at the party.
5. Ben: the party??
6. Melissa: The party was in the street.
7. Ben: Brenda very happy??
8. Melissa: Brenda felt very happy because she made new friends.

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B. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple.
1. Melissa (go) to the supermarket to buy some food.
2. Brenda’s father (not take) her and her brother to school. They _ (stay)
at home because they (to be) ill.
3. At the party (there to be) lots of delicious things to eat.
4. Some neighbours (sing) and others (play) music.

C. Write sentences in the Past Simple.

1. there to be / lots of children / at the party

2. where / they / go / last weekend / ?

3. Liza / not / decorate /the

street
4. Brenda / sing / and / play the
guitar

III

Write a text about.

My best friend
Don’t forget to say: who your best friend is, when you met him/her,
why he / she is special, what do you usually do together…
OR
A neighbourhood party
Don’t forget to say: when the party was, who helped you organise
everything, how many people there were at the party, which activities
you planned, if you enjoyed yourself, if the party was a success,…
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