6Skills Test

Reading
Name ................................................................................................................................................

Class .......................................................... Date ....................................................................

1a Complete the table with information about Catherine.

name year subjects free time activities

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Catherine 3
_____________________ 7
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Conway 4
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_____________________ and downloading
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music
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The school with everything!!!

Hello! My name’s Catherine Conway. I’m from
Bristol but at the moment I live at my school
in London. I go to Alba Peak School and I’m
in year 7. My school is a boarding school. This
means we eat and sleep at school.
I love my school. It is really modern and new.
There are only 250 students so it is very small.
A typical day at school
I usually wake up at 7.30 am. I have a shower and get dressed.
I have breakfast with my best friend Alice. We start school at
9 am. We study Maths, English, Chinese and Science in the
morning. We have lunch in the canteen. The food is nice! In the
afternoon we do Art, Physical Education (PE) and History.
The lessons are fun and all the teachers are great.
After school there are lots of activities to choose from: painting,
swimming, tennis, volleyball, music, computer club, dance,
football and basketball. I usually go swimming or do dancing.
Sometimes I go to the computer room and download music
on my mp3 player.
At 6.30 pm we have dinner. After dinner we have time to do our
homework, watch TV and read. I usually go to bed at 10.30 pm.

1b Read the text. Decide if the information is Right, Wrong or Doesn’t say.

1 Catherine’s school is quite big. 9 The lessons are boring.

a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
2 Catherine loves her school. 10 The students do their homework together.
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
3 Catherine is in Year 8. 11 Catherine doesn’t often go swimming.
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
4 The school is really old. 12 Catherine can use a computer well.
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
5 The students live at the school. 13 They have dinner in the canteen.
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
6 Catherine has breakfast with her class. 14 Catherine does her homework before dinner.
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
7 The food is terrible. 15 Catherine goes to bed at 11 pm.
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say
8 They study three languages.
a Right b Wrong c Doesn’t say 15

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2 Answer the questions.

1 What time do you start school?
2 What time do you finish?
3 What subjects do you study?
4 What are your favourite subjects?
5 What other activities can you do at your school?
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Listening
3a 07 Listen to Nina and Daniele and complete the sentences.
1 There are _______________ students at Nina’s school. 7 Daniele goes to school from Monday to _______________ .
2 Nina finishes school at _______________ pm. 8 Daniele _______________ walks home with his friends.
3 Nina’s favourite subject is _______________ . 9 Daniele usually does his homework _______________
4 After lunch Nina _______________ with her friends. dinner.
5 Nina _______________ after dinner. 10 Daniele goes to bed at _______________ pm.
6 Daniele starts school at _______________ am.

3b 07 Listen again and check your answers.

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Writing
4 Write a paragraph (30-40 words) about My school day and free time. Include this information:

• A typical school day (start, finish, lunch etc.)

• The subjects you study
• Your favourite subjects
• What you do after school
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