New American Inside Out Elementary Unit 6 Test

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Part A
Vocabulary
Months

1 Add the missing vowels (a, e, i, o, u) to complete the months.

a) _pr_l
b) F_br__ry
c) J_ly
d) A_g_st
e) S_pt_mb_r
f) D_c_mb_r

(6 points)

Dates

2 Write the dates.

a) 03/08________________________________
b) 10/31 ________________________________
c) 06/22 ________________________________
d) 11/03 ________________________________
e) 05/14 ________________________________

(5 points)

Verb phrases: make and do

3 Complete the verb phrases with make or do.

a) _________ your homework

b) _________ a telephone call
c) _________ a decision
d) _________ the dishes
e) _________ the grocery shopping
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(5 points)

Grammar
Simple present with adverbs of frequency

4 Complete the adverbs of frequency.

100%

a) al___________
b) u___________
often
c) so___________
d) ha___________
e) n___________

0%

(5 points)

5 Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

a) My / hardly / eats / meat / sister / ever

________________________________________________________
b) go / I / gym / the / often / to
________________________________________________________
c) out / restaurant / sometimes / to / Steve / a / goes
________________________________________________________
d) drink / father / doesn’t / My / usually / beer
________________________________________________________
e) always / nap / have / a / They
________________________________________________________

(5 points)

Prepositions of time

6 Complete the sentences with in, on, or at.

a) My birthday is _________ the spring.

c) Their favorite TV show is _________ Thursday night.

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b) I never drink coffee _________ the evening.
d) Does your cat go out _________ night?
e) We don’t go to work _________ January 1.

(5 points)

Useful phrases
7 Match the questions (a–d) to the answers (1–4).

a) What time do you open on the weekend? 1 Sorry, we’re closed tomorrow.
b) What time is it now? 2 We close at eight o’clock.
c) What time do you close? 3 We open at ten on Saturdays, and eleven on Sundays.
d) What time do you open tomorrow? 4 It’s 5:00 p.m. Come in!

(4 points)

Part B
Pronunciation
Ordinal numbers

[Track 13]

8 Listen and underline the two numbers you hear in each group.

a) seven seventh second

b) six sixth fifth
c) twenty ten tenth
d) third first thirty
e) ninth five nine

(5 points)

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Listening
[Track 14]

9 Listen to Debbie talking about her favorite festival. Are these sentences true (T) or
false (F)?

a) Calle Ocho Festival takes place in March. ___

b) The carnival goes on for four days. ___
c) Children don’t go to the carnival. ___
d) The main party has music. ___
e) The parties finish at midnight. ___

(5 points)

Reading
10 Read the text and answer the questions.

Mardi Gras (or “Fat Tuesday”) takes place in New Orleans, in the US in February. It starts on Friday and ends on
Tuesday. Every day there are parades, and people wear colorful costumes. On Tuesday there’s a big parade, with
music and people dancing in the street. The parade starts in the morning and finishes at night. After the parade
people meet their friends, and eat and drink. It’s an all-night party!

a) In which city does “Fat Tuesday” take place?

_________________________
b) How many days does it go on for?
________________________
c) What do people wear?
________________________
d) What takes place on Tuesday?
________________________
e) What do people do after the parade?
________________________

(5 points)

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