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Module 2, Test A
Listening
3 Find five sports in the word snake.
1 Listen and choose the correct answers.

1 Helen Keller had a serious illness when she

was a twenty / child.

2 She couldn’t see or hear / walk.

3 When she was six / sixteen her parents found

her a special teacher. 1 javelin                                                                   

4 Helen’s teacher taught her how to spell words / 2

speak English. 3
5 When Helen grew up she learnt five different 4
languages / dances. 5
6 She met the Queen / the President of the USA
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in 1953.
Score       /5 4 Circle the correct words.
1 water / sleep the plants
Vocabulary
2 play / mow the lawn
2 Complete the words.
3 mow / hang up the washing

4 water / play with toys

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1 bone 4 _lo_e_ b_d Grammar

5 Complete the sentences with the past
simple form of the verbs.
1 Janek           jumped           (jump) 1.8 metres.

2 Anita                                      (win) the swimming

race.

3 I                            (throw) the javelin 6 metres.

2 f_o_er _ot 5 _lo_hes l_ _e
4 We                                      (swim) very fast.

5 Rita                                      (twist) her ankle.

6 George                                     (break) his arm.

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3 _a_moc_
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Hot Spot 3 – Module 2, Test A

Reading
8 Read about Rick Allen. Answer the
6 Write sentences in the past continuous.
questions.
1 We / listen to music.
My hero is Rick Allen. Rick was born in 1963 in
We were listening to music.                                   Derbyshire, England. When he was 15 he
became the drummer with the rock band Def
2 Mum / not mow the lawn. Leppard. One night he was driving home when he
had a car accident. At the hospital the doctors cut
off his arm at the shoulder. He was 21 years old.
3 My dog / play with a toy. Rick didn’t stop playing the drums after his
accident. He designed a special drum kit and he
learnt how to play with only one arm. He still plays
4 We / climb a tree. with Def Leppard today and the band is very
successful. In 2000 he set up an organisation to
help young people.
5 I / have a shower. Rick is my hero because he didn’t stop playing
the drums. I think he’s an inspiration for all
musicians and young people around the world.
6 They / not read a magazine.
1 Where is Rick Allen from?

He’s from Derbyshire, England.                          

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2 What was he doing when he had his accident?

7 Choose the correct verb tense.

3 What did the doctors do?
Yesterday evening, I        was watching       
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(watch) TV when the phone 2                                

4 How old was he?
(ring). It was my cousin from America. We
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                                            (talk) when the doorbell
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                                            (ring). 5 What did he design?
I                                          (open) the door when I
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                                            (hear) my cousin
6 What did he learn to do?
laugh. He 7                                             (stand) in
front of me!
Score       /6 7 Why is he a hero?

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Hot Spot 3 – Module 2, Test A

Writing
9 Write a short text about your hero. Use the
text in Activity 8 as a model.

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