MODULE 3 Test Level 1 Name: Mark: .

Vocabulary and Grammar (50 points)

1 Match the descriptions in A to the words in B. (6 points)
A B
1. a small animal with long ears a. tiger
2. a reptile with no legs b. beach
3. water with land around it c. shark
4. a high area of land d. giraffe
5. solid water e. rabbit
6. an intelligent farm animal f. whale
7. a place with sand g. snake
8. a loud sound during a storm h. ice
9. a dangerous fish i. thunder
10. a tall animal with a long neck j. hill
11. the largest ocean mammal k. lake
12. a large and dangerous cat l. pig

2 Complete the text with the words below. (4 points)

beetles • clouds • ducks • forests • warm • snow • valley • sunny

I’m in Austria near a small town called Tragoess. It’s in a 1. with beautiful high mountains
all around. There are also 2.
with tall green trees and there is a small lake with a park
near it. Right now, it’s winter and the mountains are white because there is 3. on them.
The lake doesn’t look very interesting. It’s got different types of fish, and insects like flies and water
4.
. Sometimes, 5. come to the lake to find food. The lake is only about
one metre deep. But in the spring, when the weather is 6. , the lake changes and becomes
over 11 metres deep. The park with its trees, flowers and places to sit are underwater! The change is amazing.
When there aren’t any 7. in the sky and it’s a 8. day, you see the most
amazing thing – the water becomes bright emerald green. That’s why people call it The Green Lake!

3 Complete the sentences with suitable words. (4 points)

1. The today is 32°C.
2. I can’t see the road clearly because it’s .
3. Lava comes out of a .
4. A is a member of the cat family and is the king of the jungle.
5. A frog is a type of .
6. is a natural, fast movement of air.
7. You can see the ocean when you drive along the .
8. A desert is a place because it doesn’t often rain there.

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4 Complete the words in the sentences. (6 points)

1. Majorca is a large Spanish i .
2. A b is a black and yellow insect.
3. Everything is w after it rains.
4. A b is a colourful insect.
5. A r is a long natural area of water.
6. A w is a wild dog.
7. We often see l during a storm.
8. A s has got eight legs.
9. An e is an enormous animal.
10. A s d is a small hill in the desert or on the coast.
11. The opposite of hot is c .
12. A c is a very fast land animal.

5 Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. (2 points)
1. February is (snowy) April.
2. This pig is (fat) the others.
3. Jane is (tall) her sisters.
4. Black sheep are (unusual) white sheep.

6 Read the information in the first sentence. Then write a sentence with the words below and (not) as ... as. (2 points)
1. Whales are bigger than dolphins.
dolphins / big / whales

2. The crocodile and the snake are both 4.2 metres long.
the crocodile / long / the snake

3. Lady beetles are bright red and black. Stag beetles are black.
stag beetles / colourful / lady beetles

4. The temperature in Toronto and Moscow is -5°.

Toronto / cold / Moscow

7 Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. (2 points)
1. Fido understands everything we say. He is (intelligent) dog in the world.
2. We live in (good) city in the world. It’s amazing!
3. People don’t go out during (hot) hours of the day.
4. This is (dry) summer in history. We need some rain.

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8 Complete the text with (not) as ... as or the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. (4 points)

The Baikal Ice Marathon is one of 1. (difficult) marathons in the world. It takes place
every winter at Lake Baikal in Russia, one of 2.
(cold) places in the world. The
temperature in winter is usually below zero, but during windy weather, it is 3. (low)
usual and can fall to -19°C. The athletes run 42.2 kilometres over ice on one of 4.

(large) freshwater lakes in the world. Some areas of ice are 5. (thin) others. This
can be dangerous, so the athletes follow a special route. The vista doesn’t change along the route – the
athletes see only ice and snow – so the run is 6. (interesting) other marathon
routes. Because of these problems, athletes can’t run as fast as they can in ordinary marathons. The
7.
(good) time for the ice marathon is 2 hours and 56 minutes. This is
8.
(slow) the world record of two hours and three minutes for other marathons.

9 Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives below. (6 points)
long • interesting • fat • incredible • small • bad
1. I enjoy watching documentaries. I think they’re reality TV.
2. Bella is of all the pigs. She never stops eating!
3. Fruit flies aren’t very big. They are house flies.
4. The beach is very dirty this year. It is last year!
5. I think frogs are animals. They can see 360 degrees around them.
6. The Amazon River is river in the world. It’s almost 7,000 kilometres.

10 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. (6 points)
1. I like this beach better than all the other beaches in France.
I think this beach is beach in France.
2. The Kahiwa Waterfall and Hidden Falls are both 660 metres high.
The Kahiwa Waterfall is Hidden Falls.
3. England has only got icy weather in winter, but it’s always icy in Iceland.
Iceland is England.
4. A day at the amusement park is more exciting than a day at the shopping centre.
A day at the shopping centre is a day at the amusement park.
5. No area in England is as beautiful as the Lake District.
The Lake District is area in England.
6. A tiger is big and a rabbit is small.
A tiger is a rabbit.

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11 Look at the fact file about three horses. Write sentences comparing the horses using suitable adjectives.
Use the comparative and superlative forms and (not) as … as. (8 points)
Blaze Swift Lucy
Age 5 years 8 years 7 years
Height 1.8 metres 1.7 metres 1.5 metres
Colour white black brown
Other runs 43 kilometres runs 46 kilometres runs 43 kilometres
information an hour an hour an hour

1.
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3.
4.
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6.
7.
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