End-of-term Test 3

Listening
4 Match the words 1–5 to the definitions A–E.
There is one word you do not need. (5 marks)
1  Listen to Park Ranger Jim Stanton give
advice to a group of students about a camping 1 routes ___ A overflow of water
expedition to Yosemite National Park. Circle two 2 offline ___ B single part of a TV series
things that Jim says students do not need for 3 episode ___ C part of a plant that is
this trip. (2 marks) 4 cure ___ underground
cooking pot jumper shampoo 5 roots ___ D ways of getting to a
shower gel sleeping bag sun hat 6 flood ___ destination
tent tinned food
E not connected to the
internet
2  Listen again. Complete the sentences with
one or more words. (8 marks)
5 The words in bold are in the wrong sentences.
1 Jim finds it surprising that so many people forget Write them in the correct sentences. (5 marks)
to bring a ____________ when they go camping. 1 There are two hosts along the coastal road.
2 Jim mentions four animals that live in Yosemite: ________
bears, mountain lions, wolves and 2 Douglas and Nicola are vivid of Edinburgh.
____________. ________
3 Jim tells the students not to ____________ 3 There are two female natives of this popular TV
because bears like this. talent show. ________
4 If you are confronted by a bear Jim says you 4 My footpaths are from Newcastle. ________
____________ away. Instead you should remain 5 The sky lit up with the parents colours of the
____________ and speak ____________. fireworks. ________
5 Jim advises that if you come into contact with a
mountain lion it is important not to look
Practical English
____________. If it attacks you, you should
cover your ____________. 6 Complete the dialogue. There are three words
that you do not need. (10 marks)
Vocabulary all anyone anything going to kind
mind not will
3 Complete the words. Then write them in the
Sasha OK everyone, let’s organize the party.
correct category. (10 marks)
Who’s (1) __________ be the DJ?
1 p__t b__
Dan I will. I’ve DJ-ed at parties before.
2 t__s__s
Sasha Thanks. So that’s the music sorted.
3 b_n_h
Can (2) __________ bring any food?
4 a _ _ _ _ nd _ t _ _ _ _ _ g
Dan Yes, I will. I live near a supermarket.
5 m_g
Sasha Great. Chris, do you
6 t___r
(3) __________ if we have it at your
Everyday Street objects Kitchen house?
items gadgets Chris Of course I don’t. I asked my parents
and they say it’s fine as long as we
aren’t too messy
Sasha Great, that’s really (4) __________ of
them. Have we forgotten anything?
Dan Don’t worry, it’s (5) __________ under
control.

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End-of-term Test 3
Grammar
7 Complete the sentences with one word.
(10 marks)
1 You ____________ eat too much chocolate. It’s
bad for you.
2 Andy’s going to get ____________ a new bike.
His old bike is broken.
3 You ____________ smoke in bars, restaurants
or other public places. It’s not allowed.
4 Does ____________ want this last biscuit?
5 We haven’t got ____________ bread to make
sandwiches. We need to get some more.
8 Use the words and the prompts to write
sentences. There are two words you do not
need. (10 marks)
any anyone anything many much
some somewhere
1 how / fruit / you / eat / day?
_______________________________________
2 we / have got / cheese?
_______________________________________
3 how / live / without / home comforts?
_______________________________________
4 there / rice / in / cupboard.
_______________________________________
5 I / want / go / nice / this / summer.
_______________________________________
Consolidation
10 Complete the text. (10 marks)
Last year I decided to set myself a challenge: to
give up my home comforts for a month. The first
things I gave up were my skin and haircare
products. I stopped washing (1) m_________ with
shower gel and putting (2) m_________ on my skin.
That was really hard because I have naturally dry
skin. I didn’t feel as nice and clean as I normally do
during that month! I also gave up using my
(3) h_________. That was terrible! My hair was very
messy and I felt really (4) e_________ when I went
out of the house, because I felt like everyone was
staring at my horrible wet hair! I also gave up my
phone and the internet. I didn’t realise quite how
difficult that was going to be! I often found myself
reaching for my phone to text (5) s_________ or to
just look something up on the internet, but my
phone wasn’t there! When the challenge was over I
decided to limit the time I spend using gadgets and
the time I spend online.

9 There is one mistake in each question tag.

Rewrite the questions and correct the mistakes.
(10 marks)
1 Tom is very tall, doesn’t he?
_______________________________________
2 You don’t like fish, don’t you?
_______________________________________
3 This film isn’t very interesting, is he?
_______________________________________
4 Kay and Beth can come to the party, won’t they?
_______________________________________
5 Jane has got two sisters, doesn’t she?
_______________________________________

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End-of-term Test 3
Reading The next experiment was a ‘Swap Box’. This was a
box that people could leave things in that they
11 Read the text. Match sentences A–F with spaces no longer wanted and ask for things they wanted.
1–4 in the text. There are two sentences you do
Each object in the Swap Box had a paper tag
not need. (4 marks)
attached with a short story about the history of
A They weren’t just interested in design but also in
the object and why the owner wanted to swap it.
how to bring people together.
This idea was quite successful and proved an
B The students focused on a section of Gloucester
effective way of recycling objects and reducing
Road in London.
waste.
C They had to keep track of how much electricity
Another rather humorous idea that emerged as a
was used by the ‘pet’.
result of the research was the ‘Gossip Vehicle’.
D It was a busy London street.
This is an electric car that could be shared by
E Then the students went away and thought about
the people living on the street in an effort to
how they could improve the neighbourhood.
reduce the number of cars in the area. In order
F This was to lower the amount of pollution
to gain access to the car, the passenger has to
produced by them.
whisper an exciting piece of news or gossip to

Designing in the street the car!

A group of Design students from Sheffield Hallam ‘Street Furniture Pets’ was another proposal.

University in the UK did a research project The concept was that the people who live on the

about innovative street design. The purpose of street would be responsible for a piece of

their project was to explore how design can be street furniture such as a lamp post. (4) ____

used to create interesting and innovative urban The idea behind this was to raise awareness of

spaces. energy usage.

(1) ____ They considered the street in terms of The students’ creative ideas helped to

the people who lived there permanently, such as temporarily transform a typical London street

home owners and shop owners, the people who into a friendly and helpful place with a real

passed through, such as pedestrians, and those sense of community.

who regularly interacted in the street, such as

post men, taxi drivers, bus drivers and rubbish 12 Read the text again. Complete the sentences.
collectors. At the time of the study there were
(6 marks)
plans to reduce the number of vehicles in the 1 Before they produced their designs, the students
street by only allowing electric cars. (2) ____ ____________ local residents, workers and
business owners.
The students started the project by observing
2 The purpose of the bus stop idea was to find out
what went on in the street over a week. They
__________________________ while they were
also talked to people in the street, asking
__________________________.
their opinions about what they would like to see
3 The ‘Swap Box’ encouraged people to
made better and how they wanted the street to
________________ and ________________
change in the future. (3) ____ They were not
things up that they wanted.
just focused on design, but also on how they
4 One idea was to pretend that various
could encourage a sense of community and sharing
__________________________ were like
between strangers. One of the ideas they came up
animals and make people look after them.
with was ‘Bus Stop Messaging’. They put a large
notepad on a bus stop with the question, ‘What
are you thinking about to pass the time?’ Many
people on the street wrote their thoughts on the
pad. The students discovered that people liked
sharing their stories with each other and
reading other people’s stories.

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End-of-term Test 3
Writing
13 Write an article about one of the following
topics:
 the best or worst event in your life
 the best or worst holiday of your life
Use the questions and the prompts to help you.
Remember to use some grammatical structures
that you have learnt from Units 7–9 and the
following linking words to explain and contrast
your ideas. Write about 125 words. (10 marks)
also and as well because but

Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic. Where and when

did you go? Who were you with? What did you do?
Paragraph 2: Give further details about the event or
holiday. What was great / terrible about it?
Paragraph 3: Conclude the article. Did you enjoy
yourself in the end? What did you learn from the
experience? If you are writing about an event, do
you have any advice to share? If you are writing
about a holiday, what advice would you give to
someone considering that type of holiday?

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Listening _____ / 10 Vocabulary _____ / 20 Practical English _____ / 10

Grammar _____ / 30 Consolidation _____ /10 Reading _____ / 10
Writing _____ / 10 TOTAL __________ / 100

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