NAME ………………………….. DATE……………….

INITIAL TEST GRADE 6TH ______

Part I Listening Score 20p

I. Listen to Sophie and Charles talking about their summer holidays. Choose the correct answer A, B or C.
0 The children’s school holidays are … A five weeks. B six weeks. C seven weeks.
1 Sophie goes on holiday with her family in … A June. B July. C August.
2 Charlie’s grandparents live in … A America. B Scotland. C London.
3 On school days, Sophie gets up at … A 8:30. B 7:30. C 7:00.
4 Charlie and his brother sometimes go to the … A football club. B tennis club. C swimming pool.
5 Sophie has got a … A sister. B brother. C brother and a sister.
Score: 5x 2p= 10p
II. Listen and match the people with the activities they are doing:
1 Lorna C Dd A ice-skates
2 Jodie … 1B0. cooks
11. 312. Ellie … 14. 1C5. speaks Spanish
16. 417. Martin … 19. 2D0. rides a horse
21. 522. Tim … 24. 2E5. sings
26. 627. William … 29. 3F0. plays the guitar
Score: 5x 2p= 10p
Part II Reading Score 30p
III. Read the texts. Mark the sentences True (T), False (F) or Doesn’t say (DS)?

Cinderella is an old fairy tale. Cinderella is a beautiful girl who has to work hard for her cruel stepmother and stepsisters
after her parents die. In the end, she meets a prince and they get married.
The Adventures of Pinocchio is an Italian story by Carlo Collodi. It is about a wooden boy whose nose grows whenever
he tells a lie. He never listens to his father and he goes through many fascinating adventures. Helped by the Fairy, Pinocchio
learns to be good and becomes a real human boy in the end.
Treasure Island is an adventure story by Robert Louis Stevenson. It is about a boy called Jim who goes to sea with some
men who are looking for treasure. He soon finds out that some of the men are pirates and that he is not safe on the ship. He
has to try to escape from Long John Silver and his men.

1 Cinderella’s stepmother meets a prince and they get married. ___ 6 Pinocchio never tells lies. ___
2 Cinderella is tall. ___ 7 Jim is a pirate. ___
3 Cinderella is an orphan. ___ 8 Jim has a dangerous adventure at sea. ___
4 Pinocchio is made of wood. ___ 9 Jim is helped by some friends. ___
5 Pinocchio does not always do what he is told. ___ 10 The men on the ship are good men. ___
Score: 10x 2p= 20p
IV. Look at the family tree and write the missing names: FAMILY
Dear Linda, TREE
My name is Barbara. I am 11. I’ve got a brother,
1) ……………., and a sister, 2)…………………. My brother is JOHN RUTH
older than me. He’s 14. He likes playing computer games. My
sister is younger. She’s 10. She is very nice. My parents are tall MARY GEORGE TOM SANDRA
and thin. My father, 3)……………. , is a Math teacher and my
mother, 4)…………………, is a nurse. My grandparents, 5) KATE WILLIAM PHILIP BARBARA PAUL SONIA
………………. and 6)………………. have both got black hair
and blue eyes. My uncle, 7)…………….., looks like my grandfather. My cousins, 8)…………………., 9)…………………
and 10)………………….are my best friends.
What about your family? Have you got any brothers or sisters? Please write about your family.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Love,
Barbara

Score: 10x 1p= 10p

 Part III Use of English Score 20p

V. Match the questions with the answers.

1. B Where’s your school? A It’s Mr Farmer. He teaches PE.

2. Which year are you in? B It’s near my house.
3. What’s your favourite subject? C It’s Markham School.
4. Who’s your favourite teacher? D No, it isn’t.
5. Is your school in the town centre? E It’s history.
6. What’s your school’s name? F I’m in Year 8.
Score: 5x 2p=

VI. Complete the sentences with the present continuous long form of the verbs in brackets.
1 My brother ................................(watch) a football match on TV.
2 We ................................ (wait) for the bus now.
3 Sam ................................ (talk) to the teacher.
4 I ................................(do) my homework at the moment.
5 James and Sue ................................ (work) in London this summer.

Score: 5x 2p=

Part IV Writing Score 20 p

Write a letter to your penfriend telling him/her about your family. Use from exercise 4
above as an example. Do not use more than 60 words. Start and end your letter in an appropriate
way.

TOTAL SCORE: 20P+30P+20P+20P+10P(CREDIT)=100