NAME ………………………….. DATE……………….

INITIAL TEST GRADE 7TH ______

Part I Listening Score 20p

I. Listen to Nicola talking to Paulo on Skype. How are these people related to Nicola?
1. Colin___________ 6. Mike___________
2. Luke___________ 7. Jamie___________
3. Sharon___________ 8. Kai___________
4. Becky___________ 9. Shay___________
5. Jodie___________ 10. Joe___________

Score: 10x 1p= 10p

II. Listen again and match the people to the reasons for the feelings they have
1 Ben … A He’s having a birthday party.
2 Sally … 1B0. She had an exam.
11. 312. Joe … 14. 1C5. It was sunny and he was in the garden.
16. 417. Kate … 19. 2D0. He’s got a new pet.
21. 522. Will … 24. 2E5. She doesn’t know where her brother is.
Score: 5x 2p= 10p
Part II Reading Score 30p

Last year I decided to research my family history and I found lots of interesting things.
My great-grandfather was a pilot. I saw some old photos of him. He was a good-looking man with dark hair and a
moustache. In some of the photos he had glasses, maybe they were reading glasses. When he was 50 he stopped work for a
year, bought an MG sports car and travelled all around Europe by himself. He went to Germany, Austria and Greece – that
was a long journey in those days. In the photos I saw he always looked happy and had a big smile on his face, I think he
really enjoyed his life.
My great-grandmother was a nurse and worked in a local hospital for forty years. She wasn’t born here but came to
Britain from France with her parents in 1940. They were very worried when they first arrived and felt very sad, too. I saw
my great-grandmother’s school reports. She learnt English very quickly and was an excellent student. I saw a photo of them
together – they were both really tall but my great-grandmother looked fantastic in her dress and short dark hair.
I wanted to find out something about my grandparents, too. My parents gave me some photos. They were both quite
thin and good-looking and my grandmother had fair hair and freckles. She had a nice smile, and looked a very friendly
person. My grandfather was very tall. He looked like my father. I had a big surprise when I saw my grandfather with a guitar
around his neck – apparently, he played in the same rock group for 10 years!
III. a) Write a number to indicate the order in which the relatives are described in the blog.
a The grandfather: __________
b The grandmother: _____
c The great-grandfather: _____
d The great-grandmother: ____ _

III. b) Who do the following sentences refer to? Write:  grandfather, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-

grandfather.
1 He / She played in a musical band: ___________________
2 He / She emigrated with his / her parents: __________________
3 He / She was a pilot: ______________________ Part III Use
sh 4 He /She had freckles: _______________________________
Score 20p
5 He / She was good at school: _________________________
6 He had a moustache: _____________________________ IV. Use the
Score: 10x3p=30p verbs given i
the Past tens
to fill in the blanks:
invite pick have see go eat visit be enjoy play
Dear Susan,
 Hi! How are you? I had a wonderful time last weekend. I 1)…………….. to my uncle Ben with my parents and
sister. We travelled there by car. It 2)……………… a long but pleasant journey. When we got there, my aunt
…………………….us to dinner. We 4)…………………many sweets and a lot of ice-cream.
On Saturday, we 5)………………. a picnic in the forest. We 6) ……………..a lot of funny games and 7)……………
mushrooms. On Sunday, we 8)……………..the local museum where I 9)………………..many species of birds.
I 10)…………..my weekend very much and I hope my uncle and aunt will come to visit us soon.
I can’t wait to see you and tell you more about my trip. Write soon.
Lo
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Score: 10x 2p=

Part IV Writing Score 20 p

Write a letter to a friend of yours telling him/her about your summer holiday.
You should include information about the places you visited, the weather, the activities, the location, food
and people you met. Do not use more than 80 words.
Start and end your letter in an appropriate way.

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