GOLD EXPERIENCE A1 – TEST UNITS 5 – 6

UNIT 5
Grammar
1 Choose the correct sentence, A or B.
1 A My sister playing tennis.
B My sister is playing tennis.
2 A I am enjoy the film.
B I am enjoying the film.
3 A Are your parents working?
B Your parents are working?
4 A Susan doesn’t listening.
B Susan isn’t listening.
5 A What are you doing?
B What are you is doing?
6 A Trudiis travelling in Greece.
B Trudi is travel in Greece.

2 Complete the sentences with the present continuous form of the verbs.
1 I am reading (read) a good book.

2 Simon ______________ (eat) an icecream.

3 Julie and Ian ______________ (watch) TV.

4 I ______________ (not write) in German.

5 We ______________ (study) English.

6 Look out of the window! It ______________ (snow)!

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 3 Write questions and answers in the present continuous.
1 A: Is your brother playing football? (your brother / play / football)

B: Yes, he is.

2 A: ____________________________________________ (your parents / have / a party?)

B: Yes, ______________ .

3 A: ____________________________________________ (you / sleep?)

B: No, ______________ .

4 A: ____________________________________________ (John / shout?)

B: No, ______________ .

5 A: ____________________________________________ (you / sit / on my chair?)

B: Yes, ______________ .

6 A: ____________________________________________ (we / go / to the cinema?)

B: Yes, ______________ .

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 Vocabulary
4 Complete the jobs.
1 This person looks after animals. zoo keeper

2 This person drives people to different places. t_________ d_________

3 This person works in the classroom with students. t_________

4 This person makes films. f_________ m_________

5 This person looks after people in hospital. n_________

6 This person works outside with animals or plants. f_________

7 This person looks after arrest in the streets. p_________ o_________

8 This person listens to music and dances. d_________

9 This person plays basketball. b_________ p_________

10 This person takes photos. p_________

11 This person acts. a_________

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 5 Complete the weather words.
1 nriay rainy

2 doucly c__________

3 mraw w__________

4 ynosw s__________

5 ocdl c__________

6 gygfo f__________

7 nwydi w__________

8 nyusn s__________

9 oloc c__________

10 toh h__________

11 seegdr d__________

6 Write these words in the correct group.

August autumn March October spring summer
Seasons: spring, ____________________________

Months: __________________________________

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 Listening
7 Dave is at the Chunbury Festival. His sister Katherine is taking him around.
Listen and put the activities in the order you hear them.
a practising ____

b acting ____

c comedy ____

d dancing 1

e learning to play the guitar ____

f filming ____

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 8 Listen again and choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
1 The festival is on for

A one day.

B two days.

C three days.

2 The dance teacher is from

A Brazil.

B Belgium.

C Italy.

3 The children are learning to play

A the guitar.

B the drums.

C the violin.

4 The children are

A four and five years old.

B five and six years old.

C six and seven years old.

5 The comedy show starts at

A 7 o’clock.

B 7.30.

C 8 o’clock.

6 The students behind the children are from the

A festival.

B film academy.

C theatre.

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 Speaking
9 Match the questions (1–6) with the answers (A–F).
1 Who are the people in the photo? ____ A in a café

2 What is the woman saying? ____ B a boy and his mother

3 What are they doing? F C They’re having a drink.

4 Where are they? ____ D It’s sunny.

5 What’s happening? ____ E ‘Are you hungry?’

6 What’s the weather like? ____ F They’re talking.

10 Put the words in the correct order.

1 outside / He’s / house. / the / standing

He’s standing outside the house.

2 a man. / talking / She’s / to

____________________________________________________

3 the cinema. / watch / often / films / I / at

____________________________________________________

4 two / see / people. / can / I

____________________________________________________

5 films / never / home. / I / watch / at

____________________________________________________

6 a / looking / is / The / boy / photo. / at

____________________________________________________

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 Reading
11 Read the article about photo workshops. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1 You need a camera, or a camera on your mobile phone. T

2 The course is in the winter. ____

3 You can take photos of different things. ____

4 You can study for four weeks. ____

5 Fran’s taking photos of places this week. ____

6 Geoff is a student at the Photo Academy. ____

7 Geoff’s dog is called Trevor. ____

8 Trevor is happy. ____

9 Tina’s studying for two weeks. ____

10 Tina’s taking photos of people. ____

11 In Tina’s favourite photo it’s raining. ____

Young Photo Academy

 Do you like taking photos?
 Have you got a camera (or a camera on your mobile phone)?
 Are you under eighteen years old?
 Are you free in the summer holiday?
Then our course is for you. You can take photos of people, animals or places. You can study for one, two or three
weeks.
Here are some students from this summer’s workshop.
Fran’s studying here for two weeks. She’s taking photos of the other students this week. The students are playing,
eating and talking in her photos. In her favourite photo her friends are playing football.
Geoff’s doing a two-week course. This week, he’s taking photos of his dog, Trevor. Trevor’s sitting on the sofa. He’s
really happy because everyone is talking to him and giving him food.
Tina’s studying here for three weeks. She’s taking photos of buildings in town. Her teacher is helping her because it’s
very difficult to take an interesting photo of buildings. Today she’s taking photos of shops. Her favourite photo is of
the school on a sunny day.

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 12 Read the article again and choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
1 How many weeks is Fran studying for?
A one
B two
C three
2 What are the students doing in Fran’s photos?
A playing, eating and talking
B playing football, sitting and talking
C eating, talking and sleeping
3 What are Fran’s friends doing in her favourite photo?
A eating
B playing football
C talking to Trevor
4 How many weeks is Geoff studying for?
A one
B two
C three
5 Why is Trevor happy?
A Because he’s sitting on the sofa.
B Because Geoff is taking photos of him.
C Because people are talking to him and giving him food.
6 Why is Tina’s teacher helping her?
A Because she doesn’t like taking photos.
B Because it’s difficult.
C Because she’s bored.

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 13 Find these things in the article.
1 a building a shop

2 an animal _____________________

3 something you sit on _____________________

4 a game you play _____________________

5 a weather condition _____________________

6 something you take _____________________

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 UNIT 6

Grammar
1 Put the words in the correct order.
1 are / potatoes. / There / some

There are some potatoes.

2 any / bread? / there / Is

___________________________________________

3 some / got / We’ve / apples.

We’ve _____________________________________

4 hasn’t / cheese. / She / got / much

___________________________________________

5 many / aren’t / carrots. / There

___________________________________________

6 got? / you / bananas / How many / have

___________________________________________

7 sandwiches. / They’ve / a lot / of / got

___________________________________________

8 some / is / milk. / There

___________________________________________

9 isn’t / There / apple / an / kitchen. / in the

___________________________________________

10 any / Are / chips? / there

___________________________________________

11 a / pizza. / is / There

___________________________________________

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 2 Choose the correct words and complete the sentences.
1 There are some (some/any) bananas.

2 There’s __________ (a/any) lemon.

3 Is there __________ (an/any) egg?

4 We haven’t got __________ (any/some) sweets.

5 Jenny’s got __________ (any/some) ice cream.

6 They’ve got __________ (any/some) chicken.

3 Choose the correct sentence, A or B.

1 A John’s got a lot of seeds.
B John’s got many seeds.

2 A Have your parents got any car?

B Have your parents got a car?

3 A We haven’t got many crisps.

B We haven’t got much crisps.

4 A Are there a lot of students in your class?

B Is there much students in your class?

5 A There’s much salad in the fridge.

B There’s a lot of salad in the fridge.

6 A Have you got many cheese in your sandwich?

B Have you got much cheese in your sandwich?

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 Vocabulary
4 Write these words in the correct group.
apple bread crisps milk orange water
Drinks: ____________________________________________________

Fruit: ____________________________________________________

Other: bread, _______________________________________________

5 Complete the words for health problems.

1 stomachache

2 c__ld

3 c__gh

4 h__d__ch__

5 t__th __ch__

6 s__r__thr__t

6 Write these words in the correct group.

beans bread carrot cheese fruit juice grape pasta potato rice
sandwich tomato
Countable: beans, ___________________________________________________
Uncountable: _________________________________________________________

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