Gold Experience A1 End-of-year test Units 6–10

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Grammar
1 Put the words in the correct order.
1 longer / Tom’s / is / hair / mine. / than

Tom’s hair is longer than mine.

2 were / yesterday. / lessons / The / interesting / very

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3 in / Jane’s / the / got / bag / class. / biggest / the
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4 home. / any / There / at / weren’t / DVDs

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5 cat / is / My / than / older / me.

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6 colder / summer. / is / Winter / than

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2 Complete the conversation. Use the past simple form of the verbs.
Wendy: 1) Did you go (you/go) to the cinema on Saturday evening?

Chris: No, I 2) _______________ .

Wendy: What 3) _______________ (you/do)?

Chris: I 4) _______________ (go) to the tennis club. What about you?

Wendy: I 5) _______________ (make) a cake with my grandma.

It 6) _______________ (be) delicious!

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3 Write sentences with going to.
1 I / go / to the beach

I’m going to go to the beach.

2 Joy / watch / a lot of TV

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3 Simon and Jen / not play / sport

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4 you / leave / at 6.00?

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5 I / not study / at the weekend

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6 what / Martin / see / in London?

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4 Choose the correct words.

1 There aren’t much/many people here today.

2 Jake’s the cleverer/cleverest boy I know.

3 I’d like any/some apples, please.

4 Jim wants to travel/travelling around the world.

5 They’ve got some/any water.

6 The children weren’t/didn’t happy.

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Vocabulary
5 Choose the correct words.
1 Girls wear this in the sea: T-shirt/hat/swimsuit

2 Boys don’t usually wear this: skirt/jeans/hat

3 We wear these when it’s sunny: tights/boots/sunglasses

4 My hands are very clean/dirty/loud. I’m going to wash them.

5 We wear these on our feet for sport: hat/shirt/trainers

6 Danni won the competition. She’s very happy/sad/short.

7 My feet are hot. I’m going to wear sandals/tights/trousers.

8 My brother doesn’t eat any vegetables. He only eats carrots/tomatoes/meat.

9 Sshh! Be loud/quiet/sad! There’s an exam.

10 My sister is very old/good/difficult. She’s twenty-five!

11 ‘Do you like sugar/apples/sweets?’ No, I don’t like fruit.

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6 Complete the words in the sentences.

1 I’ve got a stomachache because I ate lots of sweets.

2 I need to go to the dentist. I’ve got a t___________ .

3 You look very hot. Have you got a t___________ ?

4 I went to a party yesterday. The music was really loud. I’ve got a bad h___________ now.

5 I can’t speak much. I’ve got a cold and a s___________ t___________ .

6 A lot of people get a c___________ in winter, so they stay in bed to keep warm.

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7 Complete the text with these words.
have stays talk travels visits walk
Jenna’s cousin Lola often 1) visits her at the weekends. She 2) ____________ for one or two nights.
She 3) ____________ to Jenna’s house by train. The girls 4) ____________ to the park together and
5) ____________ about their schools. Then they 6) ____________ a drink in a café.

Listening
8 Listen to Jim and Liz talking about a competition. Are these sentences
true (T) or false (F)?
1 Liz wants to go to the competition. T

2 Jim is interested in the competition. ____

3 In the competition people try to catch a ball. ____

4 In the competition people try to catch a big piece of cheese. ____

5 Liz is going to enter the competition. ____

6 Liz’s brother won last year. ____

9 Listen again. Match the sentence halves.

1 Jim D A is in the park.

2 Jim ____ B takes the cheese home.

3 The competition ____ C went to hospital.

4 The hill ____ D is watching a DVD.

5 Last year two people ____ E is very long.

6 The winner ____ F loves cheese sandwiches.

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Speaking
10 Put the conversations in the correct order.
1 ____ Yes, of course. What would you like?

1 I’m thirsty. Can I have a drink, please?

____ Can I have an orange juice, please?

2 ____ Let’s go skateboarding.

____ What do you want to do today?

____ OK. Good idea.

11 Read the conversation. Choose which sentence (A–F) fits each space.
Judy: 1) C

Ben: I went to the zoo.

Judy: 2) ____

Ben: I saw a lot of animals.

Judy: 3) ____

Ben: I went with my dad.

Judy: 4) ____

Ben: We went by car.

Judy: 5) ____

Ben: We walked a lot and we ate pizza.

Judy: 6) ____

Ben: Yes, I loved it!

A What did you do there?

B How did you travel there?
C Where did you go today?
D Did you enjoy it?
E Who did you go with?
F What did you see there?

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Reading
12 Complete the email with these words.
all always any are but house rainy them to town write
Dear Rosie,
I’m having a really boring time at Aunt Sue’s 1) house. Last year it was great because my cousins were
here and we played 2) __________ day. The weather was good, so we often went 3) __________ the
swimming pool in 4) __________ . We met a lot of my cousins’ friends and we played with
5) __________ . We often ate in a café in town in the evenings or we cycled in the forest. We found a
great place in the forest. It was really quiet and we 6) __________ took our skateboards and music
players there.

But this summer my cousins are in Germany. They’re going to come back next Thursday,
7) __________ I’m going to leave next Wednesday, so I’m not going to see them. I’m really sad
because there aren’t 8) __________ children here. The weather is really bad, too. It’s cold and
9) __________ most days, so I stay inside all the time. My uncle works every day and my aunt cooks
and cleans all day, so I read, watch DVDs and play computer games. Yesterday I helped my aunt. I
tidied the living room. Tomorrow we 10) __________ going to make bread.

I really want to go home. Please 11) __________ to me soon!

Love,

Ali

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13 Read the email again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1 Ali’s bored. T

2 Ali often had lunch in town last year. ____

3 Her cousins don’t have many friends. ____

4 The weather was much better last year. ____

5 She’s going to see her cousins next week. ____

6 Her uncle and aunt are busy. ____

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14 Read the email again and choose the correct words.
1 Ali’s having a good/bad time.

2 Last year was better/worse.

3 Her cousins are/aren’t here this year.

4 She often/never went out last summer.

5 She often/never goes out this summer.

6 Every day, she stays in the house with friends/her aunt this summer.

Writing
15 Read Jill’s blog and complete the table.
Hi! I’m having a fantastic time in Scotland. We’re staying for five days. They eat lots of fish and chips
here. The chips are really big. I love them! Yesterday we visited a big lake. It was very beautiful. We
went sailing on the lake. I made a new friend – her name is Hannah. She’s tall and she’s got long black
hair. She’s very funny.
Tomorrow we’re going to go swimming in a river. It’s going to be very cold! I’m going to put some
photos on my blog tomorrow!

how many days

where Scotland
food
yesterday
new friend
tomorrow

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16 You’re away on a summer holiday and you want to write a postcard to your friend.
Complete the table with these notes.
beach – swimming and surfing city – fish and rice Spain Tony – tall, short spiky
hair, interesting train, take photos, visit museum two weeks

how many days

where
food
yesterday beach – swimming and surfing
new friend
tomorrow

17 Write a postcard about your holiday. Write 20–30 words. Use the information in
the table in Exercise 16 to help you. Include this information.
• Where are you?
• What food do you eat?
• What did you do yesterday?
• What are you going to do tomorrow?

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Total: 100

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