Skills Test Unit 6

Reading
Read the text and complete the sentences with He, She, or They.

Dorothy is 65. Her husband, Edward, is 68. She’s retired. She doesn’t work. Edward is 1 She is
retired, too. sixty-five
Edward usually goes out in the morning and buys the newspaper. He reads it with his 2 ________
breakfast. He has toast and tea. Dorothy often has cereal and coffee. Sometimes Edward is sixty-eight.
watches the news on TV. Dorothy never watches TV in the morning. Edward has a nice 3 ________
garden and sometimes works in the garden. are retired.
Dorothy has a lot of hobbies. In the morning she sometimes paints and she sometimes goes 4 ________
to French lessons. has toast and tea for
Sometimes they watch TV in the afternoon. They like TV game shows. In the evening they breakfast.
have dinner at 7.30 and Dorothy sometimes drinks a glass of wine. Edward never drinks 5 ________
wine, but he sometimes drinks beer. They never eat pizza because they don’t like Italian
has cereal and
food. They usually eat English food. They never go out in the evening. They watch TV or
play cards. coffee for
breakfast.
6 ________ has a lot of hobbies.
7 ________ watches the news on TV in the morning.
8 ________ works in the garden.
9 ________ like TV game shows.
10 ________ drinks a glass of wine.
11 ________ don’t like Italian food.
1 point for each correct answer 10
Writing
Write five sentences about your day. Use some of the words and expressions from the box.
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usually  sometimes  never  have breakfast/lunch/dinner  go to
school/work get home  get up  listen to music  watch television  go
shopping
in the morning/afternoon/evening  stay at home  go out  play
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2 points for each correct sentence 10
Listening T 6.10
Listen to the questions and answers about Eliot’s day. Are the sentences true ( ) or false ()?
1 He leaves home at seven fifteen. 
2 He goes to work by bus. 
3 He has lunch in his office. 
4 He doesn’t usually work late. 
5 He doesn’t eat in a restaurant. 
6 He doesn’t work in the evening. 
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points for each correct answer
Speaking
Have a conversation with your teacher.
Teacher Good morning/afternoon!
Student __________________________________________________________________
Teacher What time is it, please?
Student __________________________________________________________________
Teacher Do you get up early?
Student __________________________________________________________________
Teacher What time do you go to work?
Student __________________________________________________________________
Teacher Do you watch TV in the evening?
Student __________________________________________________________________
2 points for each correct answer 10

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