MODULE 5 Test Level 1 Name: Mark: .

Vocabulary and Grammar (50 points)

1 Complete the sentences with the words below. (3 points)
volcanic eruptions • hurricane • tsunami • avalanche • snowstorm • flood
1. Rain can cause a .
2. A starts under the ocean.
3. The ground is white after a .
4. Snow fell down the mountain during the .
5. Some are terrible explosions.
6. The wind is very strong during a .

2 Complete the adjectives. (4 points)

1. Tom isn’t lazy. He’s h -w .
2. Mary is h . She always tells the truth.
3. Jay often helps people. He’s a k person.
4. Tina is f -l . She enjoys doing many things.
5. Roy’s very b . He saved his friend during an earthquake.
6. Pat designs amazing clothes. She’s very c .
7. Sue travels to exciting and remote places. She’s very a .
8. Paul does different types of sport. He’s very a .

3 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs below. There are more verbs than you need. (4 points)
build • destroy • create • change • happen • save • receive • become • disappear • begin

Is the Pacific island of Tuvalu 1. under the ocean? The climate is 2.

and causing water levels in the oceans to rise. Today, Tuvalu is only about two metres above the level of
the ocean. The farmland is 3. salty and the island’s food source is in danger. Also,
tropical storms are causing many problems. In 1972, a hurricane 4. homes and farms
on the island. The island 5.
help from organisations such as the Red Cross and people
6.
their homes again. Now, people 7. to protect their farms with trees, but
they can’t 8.
the island from the rising ocean.

4 Complete the sentences with suitable words. (5 points)

1. Max doesn’t make friends easily. He’s .
2. There wasn’t any rain last year. There was a .
3. We felt the ground move during the .
4. During a , the insects eat vegetables in gardens and farms.
5. What to all the people? Where did they go?
6. Someone threw a cigarette on the ground near the trees and this caused a bad .
7. Philo Farnsworth and John Logie Baird the first TV. Before then, people listened to the radio.
8. I can carry those bags for you. I’m very .
9. There was a terrible accident. A bus into three cars.
10. According to many historians, Christopher Columbus America.

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5 Match the sentences in A to the sentences in B to show that you understand the meaning of the words in bold. (4 points)
A B
1. Sue can’t lift that box. a. She’s very outgoing.
2. Everyone laughs at Ben’s stories. b. He’s very easy-going.
3. Mr Bates donates money to many organisations. c. He’s very generous.
4. Jane knows all the answers. d. She’s too weak.
5. Jack doesn’t think he can win. e. She’s too lazy.
6. Lisa loves meeting people. f. She’s very clever.
7. People often use Tom’s phone and he doesn’t mind. g. He isn’t confident.
8. Gail never works hard. h. He’s very funny.

6 Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple affirmative or negative. (5 points)

In the 1970s, a British and a French company 1. (make) the first supersonic commercial
aeroplane – Concorde. Concorde 2.
(have) 100 seats. It 3. (begin) flying
in 1976. These aeroplanes 4.
(fly) 2,173 kilometres an hour. They 5.

(not travel) across the Atlantic Ocean in eight hours, like ordinary commercial aeroplanes. The journey from
London to New York was only 3.5 hours!

In 2000, there was a terrible accident. A Concorde plane 6. (not arrive) at its destination.
It 7.
(crash) in France and all the people on the plane 8.
(die). After that,
people 9.
(not want) to fly on Concorde any more and the supersonic flights stopped. But
the company 10.
(not destroy) the planes. They are in museums in Britain and France.

7 Write questions with the words below. Then answer the questions according to the text in Exercise 6. (5 points)
1. when / Concorde / start / flying

2. where / one of the planes / crash

3. many people / buy / tickets / after the disaster

4. the company / destroy / the planes

5. where / the company / put / the planes

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8 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the correct form of the Past Continuous. (6 points)
fly • work • tell • study • rain • sleep
1. Lily for her history test for three hours. Now, she knows the material well.
2. At 12 pm, the children , so their mother was angry with them.
3. From 1996 to 2017, my father in a bank. He liked his job.
4. We didn’t go outside yesterday because it all day.
5. I on a plane for ten hours yesterday.
6. Tyler the truth. He isn’t always honest.

9 Complete the questions in the dialogue with suitable verbs. Use the Past Continuous. (4 points)
A: What 1. you yesterday at 5 pm?
B: I was riding my bike to the park.
A: 2.
your brother his bike, too?
B: Yes, he was.
A: 3.
you and your brother tennis at 5.30 pm?
B: Yes, we were. How did you know that?
A: I thought I saw you. What 4. your brother ?
B: A green shirt and blue shorts.
A: Yes. I guess that was you and your brother.

10 Complete the text. Write one word in each space. (10 points)

In 2015, at the age of 15, Pemba Tamang 1. working in a hotel in Katmandu. Suddenly,
there 2.
an earthquake. For five days, Tamang was 3. in a small hole and
he was 4.
for someone to come and help him. He was calling out to people, but they
5.
not hear him. Rescue workers 6. looking for people all this time, but
they 7.
not expecting to find any survivors. Finally they 8. Pemba. While
doctors were examining him, reporters were 9.
him questions. He 10.

them his amazing story.

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