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Unit 5  Test | Essential Total score: /50 5

Listening
1 U5:1 Listen and tick ( ) the correct answer a or b. Score: /5
1 Which film did Janet watch? 2 Which film did the girl and boy both like?

a b a b

3 Which film did the woman not enjoy? 4 What did the girl’s dad do at the end of the film?

a b a b

5 What happened in the film? 6 Which film did the boy and girl watch first?

a b a b

2 U5:2 Listen and circle. Score: /5

1 Horror film: everyone clapped / cried.

2 For the children: animated film / musical with hippos and lions.

3 Animated film: a dolphin screamed / cried in one part of the film.

4 Adam Martin’s film has amazing costumes / actors.

5 Everyone clapped / laughed during the Beautiful Castle film.

6 Johnny Woods is an actor / a director.

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Unit 5  Test | Essential 5

Reading and Writing
3 Read the sentences and tick ( ) the types of film. Score: /5

1 I watched a film last night and I laughed a lot.

a horror film b comedy

2 Everyone in the audience screamed loudly during the film. It was so scary.

a horror film b action film

3 In one scene, the actors drove dangerously on busy roads. The people who filmed it were amazing.

a camera operators b directors

4 The film has great writers – I loved the dialogue.

a set b script

5 The animals danced and moved like real ones.

a animated film b comedy

6 I didn’t like the actors’ voices much but I loved the songs.

a horror film b musical

4 Read and circle. Score: /5

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I 1 watched / watch a great science-fiction film last week. It was about

two people who decided to live in the ocean. They could breathe
underwater because they 2 have / had special masks and flippers. They
moved very quickly. They could even walk slowly on the waves. They
3
are meeting / met some sharks and they started talking to each
other in a different language. I 4 didn’t like / wasn’t like that part very
much. It was quite strange and not believable. I watched it to the end,
though and I’m glad I 5 do / did because the end was amazing. The
two main actors started to look like fish! They 6 built / build their own
underwater castle and lived happily ever after.
Kim, 10

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Unit 5  Test | Essential 5

5 Complete the sentences using the words in brackets. Score: /5

?
1  Did he like
            the musical? (like) 2 
            the action
film. (I / watch)

?
3 
            the comedy. 4 
            a science-fiction
(they / enjoy) film. (you / watch)

5 
            the horror 6 
            the animated
film? (we / love) film. (she / enjoy)

6 Order the words to write sentences. Score: /5

1 loudly / we / screamed 2 laugh / they / quietly

  We screamed loudly.
                                     

3 nervously / she / talked 4 I / hard / cried

                                       

5 danced / we / well 6 quickly / you / walked

                                       

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Unit 5  Test | Essential 5

Speaking
7 Look at the pictures. Ask and answer what the people thought of the films.  Score: /10

Did they enjoy the comedy? Yes, they did.

he we you

they she Sam and Kim

8 
What did these people do to make the film? Look and say.  Score: /10
Use the words in the box.
The set designer painted slowly.

actor/actors  audience  camera operator  director  set designer  

act  clap  dance  fast  film  hard  laugh  loud  move  
nervous  paint  quick  quiet  scream  slow   well

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 Audio Scripts and Answers
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Unit 5 | Essential   6 Which film did the boy and girl watch first?
B: Wow! I’m really tired. We watched so many films
Listening last night!
   G: Me, too. I think the comedy was the best. It was a
1 U5:1  isten and tick (✔) the correct answer a or b.
L good idea to watch it last because the other two
1 Which film did Janet watch? films were boring.
   W: You look tired, Janet. What’s wrong?     B: Well, I thought the musical was great! But
  G: Oh I’m fine, Mum. There’s nothing wrong. I just perhaps it was good because we started with
watched a really long film. It was really boring! such a boring film.
W: Oh no! Was it an action film? I know you don’t    G: Oh the animated film. I actually thought it was
like those. quite fun!
    G: No, it wasn’t. It was a science-fiction film. I
usually like science-fiction films but this one Answers: 2 a 3 b 4 a 5 b 6 b
lasted three hours!
W: Wow, that was long. That’s nearly as long as the
2 U5:2 Listen and circle.
musical I watched last week.
  2 Which film did the girl and boy both like? M: Good evening, everyone and welcome to tonight’s
   B: I really enjoyed the film we watched last night. programme What’s on at the cinema! . . . We’ve
   G: The animated one? Did you really? I thought it got a new horror film called Angels laugh and
was boring and I didn’t laugh at all. the people who watched it last night loved it.
B: Well, what film did you like? What about the They all clapped at the end. Now, for our little
horror film we watched last weekend? You said it cinema-lovers we’ve got a great musical that
was good. features hippos and lions. They dance and sing,
  G:  Yes, I did. But I can’t say the same for you! You and make everyone smile. Another film that
screamed three times. shows wild animals is the latest animated film.
B: That’s true. The comedy we watched at the A group of dolphins take on a mission to save
cinema was great, though. I loved it! all the sea animals in the world. It has some
G: Me, too! sad moments, like when a dolphin cries when
  3 Which film did the woman not enjoy? it can’t swim in the ocean. But overall, it will
W: I generally like action films because there’s so make you feel good by the end. For those of
much going on and everything is so fast. I didn’t you that enjoy a good scream, don’t miss Adam
like the last one I watched, though. The script Martin’s new horror film. It starts quite late, at
was really boring . . . I fell asleep during the ten o’clock in the evening, but the costumes are
second part. I watched a really good musical amazing. If you prefer to laugh, then I’m sure
last weekend. I loved singing along to the songs. Beautiful Castle is the best option. I watched
The science-fiction film I watched at the cinema it last night and everyone in the audience was
wasn’t bad either. laughing throughout. And don’t miss Travel Now,
 4 What did the girl’s dad do at the end of the film? a science-fiction film from director Johnny Woods
   G: Did you enjoy going to the cinema last night, that sees actors travelling to the past through
Dad? chimneys. Now, . . .
M: Yes, I did. The film I watched was great! It was
about a famous actor who was at the end of his Answers: 2 musical 3 cried 4 costumes
career in the theatre. In the film, it was the actor’s 5 laughed 6 a director
last performance. Everyone clapped at the end of
the play.
   G: Sounds interesting! It’s much better than horror
Reading and Writing
films. I didn’t like the one I saw last week. All that 3 Read and tick (✔) the types of film.
the actors do in the film is scream and shout!
M: Yes, you’re right! Well, I actually cried at the end Answers: 2 a 3 a 4 b 5 a 6 b
of this one. So there was no screaming!
    5 What happened in the film?
4 Read and circle.
B: I watched a really strange film last week. It was
about some people from another world that
Answers: 2 had 3 met 4 didn’t like 5 did
danced all the time. There was no music at all, so
6 built
that made it even more strange. It wasn’t scary,
though, and the set was interesting.

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5 Complete the sentences using the words in brackets. Activity 8 asks pupils to use the jobs vocabulary and
verbs from this unit and to produce affirmative and
Answers: 2 I didn’t watch 3 They enjoyed negative statements in the simple past with the use
4 You watched 5 Did we love 6 She didn’t enjoy of adverbs of manner. The focus is on both regular
and irregular adverbs.
6 Order the words to write sentences. Ask pupils to look at the pictures and match the
prompts to the people actors, director, audience, etc.
Answers: 2 They laughed quietly. Have them suggest a verb and an adverb that could
3 She talked nervously. 4 I cried hard. be used to describe each scene. Then have them
5 We danced well. 6 You walked quickly. form sentences to describe the people in the pictures,
using these adverbs in the simple past. Make sure
Speaking they are using the correct form of the simple past.
Teaching notes
Award one point per item for accuracy and one point 7 Look at the pictures. Ask and answer what the
for ability to communicate well. people thought of the films.

Activity 7 asks pupils to produce the genre Example answer: Did we watch a horror film?
vocabulary items from Lesson 1 of this unit forming No, we didn’t.
questions and short answers with the past simple of
regular verbs. 8 What did these people do to make the film? Look
Ask pupils to look at the pictures and name and say. Use the words in the box.
the different film lexis. They should point to the
pictures and call the film genres out, e.g. musical, Example answers: The camera operator moved fast.
­science-fiction film, comedy, etc. Look at the example The director clapped loudly.
together. Then have pupils ask and answer in pairs
using the verbs in the box, focusing on the correct
form of the simple past. They should ask and answer
five questions each and give a mix of affirmative and
negative answers.

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