LEVEL: ELEMENTARY.

SPEAKOUT ELEMENTARY

UNITS 7 AND 8 EXAM

NAME: ____________________________________________ DATE: ________________________

1. Complete the sentences with the present continuous form of the verbs. (12 points)
1 Jake ___________________ (play) the guitar and ___________________ (sing).
2 Wesley ___________________ (take) a photo of Jake.
3 Jo and Sam___________________ (stand) near Jake and ___________________ (listen) to him.
4 Roger ___________________ (walk) near Jake but he ___________________ (not listen) to him.
5 Megan ___________________ (sit) and ___________________ (drink) a coffee.
6 Paolo and Zoe ___________________ (chat) with each other. They ___________________ (not watch) Jake.
7 Lisa ___________________ (look) at some bags.
8 Philip___________________ (sell) a bag to Kalila.

2. Write the questions. (12 points)

Ex. 1 W hat / Megan / read? What’s Megan reading?
2 W ho / Zoe / talk to? ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
3 W here / Zoe and Paolo / sit? ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
4 How many bags / Jo and Sam / carry? ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
5 Who / Wesley / take / a photo of? ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
6 W hat / Roger / do? ___________________ ___________________ ___________________

3. Complete the sentences with prepositions. (12 points)

1 Kim's over there. He's chatting to Joan.
2 I'm waiting ____ the train.
3 Diana, can you take a photo ____ the class?
4 What are you listening ___ _?
5 We read the wedding yesterday in the newspaper.
6 I can't come at the moment. I'm ____ the phone.
7 Hazel is on holiday. At the moment she's lying ___ _a
beach in Goa.
8 Harry looked ____ his watch. Jean was thirty minutes
late.

4. Underline t he correct alternatives. (10 points)

Gerald: Hi, Bruno. It's me, Gerald, What Ida you do / are you doing?
Bruno: I have / 'm having a coffee with Carla. What about you?
Gerald: I sit / 'm sitting at my desk as usual. So you don't work / aren't working today.
Bruno: I am, but I don't usually start / 'm not usually starting work before ten o'clock.
Gerald: How's Carla?
Bruno: OK, but she doesn 't like / isn't liking her job at the hospital.
Gerald: Oh, why not?
Bruno: Well, she works / 's working from 11 a.m. till midnight every day.
Gerald: That sounds hard. Does she look / Is she looking for a new job?
Bruno: Yes, I think so. She looks / is looking in the newspaper and on the internet every day.
Gerald: Really? Because I phone / I'm phoning about a job opening here. Office work, not very interesting but the money
isn't bad. Perfect for Carla.
Bruno: Hey, Carla - good news, it's Gerald ...

THE T-SHIRT IS HERE TO STAY

It's hard to think of life without T-shirts. But the word 'T-shirt' only became a word in the English dictionary in the 1920s,
and the style only became popular in the 1960s. In the Second World War, American soldiers wore wool uniforms, and they
were very hot and uncomfortable in the European summers. The American soldiers saw that European soldiers weren't hot
because they wore a light cotton vest under their shirt. After that, all the soldiers in the American army started wearing cotton
vests. So men wore T-shirts under their shirts - T-shirts were underwear. Then in the 1950s, three American film stars (John
Wayne, Marlon Brando and James Dean) surprised everyone by wearing their 'underwear' in films. In the 1960s it became
easier to put words and pictures on T-shirts. By the late 60s, rock and roll bands and sports teams started to make big money
selling T-shirts with their logos and team names on them. After that, T-shirts became popular not just in the USA, but all

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over the world. People wear T-shirts to express themselves with words and slogans and because they are comfortable, cheap
and can be fun. T-shirts will be popular for a long, long time.

5. According to the article, are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? (10 points)
1 T-shirts became popular in the 1920s. 4 American movie stars surprised people when they took
2 American soldiers brought T-shirts to Europe. their T-shirts off.
3 For many years T-shirts were underwear. 5 Putting pictures on T-shirts started in the 1980s.
6 T-shirts are popular all over the world.

6. Match the words from the article with their dennitions. (10 points)

1 uniform a) a piece of underwear that people (often men) can wear under a shirt or top
2 light b) special clothes that people wear for a job or school
3 vest c) to show your feelings, your ideas o r your personality
4 logo d) a short, clever phrase that an organisation uses, e.g. Nike's 'Just do it.'
5 to express e) not heavy; good in hot weather
6 slogan f) a symbol for a group or an organisation, e.g. the Apple Computer Company's apple.

7. Write the questions. Use superlatives (12 points)

1 What / long / word in this sentence? What's the longest word in this sentence?
2 What / short / word on this page? _________________________________________________
3 Which / interesting / text in units 1- 6 of this book? _________________________________________________
4 Which / good / exercise on this page? _________________________________________________
5 What / difficult / grammar point in English? _________________________________________________
6 Who / happy / person in your family? _________________________________________________
7 Who / friendly / person in your English class? _________________________________________________
8 Which / bad / restaurant in town? _________________________________________________

8. Put the words in the correct order. Start with the underlined words (10 points)
a. Go –take – left. – and – down – the – Gran – first Avenue
b. On. – bank – Turn – and – right – go – at – straight – the
c. Turn – into – Park – right – Lane. – Take - the – right – then – third
d. ‘s – left – on – it – the
e. Straight – turn – road – end – on – right. – and – of – until – Go – then – the – the

9. Complete the information with the comparative or superlative form of the words in the box (12 points)

Tall – cheap – hot – quiet – interesting – slow – convenient – cold - fast

SHAGHAI…When is the best time to go?

The best months to visit are May and October, when it's 19-24°C. July and August are ______________ months, when it can
be 28 °C. November to April are ______________ months, when it's 3-14°C. How can I get around? You can travel by bus
or by metro. Buses are ______________ than the metro, especially in the morning and evening when the traffic is bad. The
metro is ______________ than buses, but there are only two metro lines. The ______________ way to travel around the city
is by taxi because there are lots - they go everywhere and they aren't very expensive. Visit ______________ building in
China, the 492-metre Shanghai World Financial Centre. The floor is glass and it feels like walking in the sky. Walk along the
Bund, next to the river - it's very central, but it's a lot ______________ than the noisy city centre. And visit the Shanghai
Museum - most visitors to the city say this is ______________ thing to see in Shanghai. Shanghai has hundreds of hotels,
and there are many two-star and three-star hotels for travellers on a budget - of course, these are ______________ than the
4-star luxury hotels. Check the internet for recommendations from other travellers.

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