UNIT 6 Use of English Level 1 Name: .................................................... Mark: .....................

VOCABULARY (30 points)

1 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are more words than you need. (8 points)
blanket • armchair • microwave • toilet • garden • dishwasher • kitchen
dining room • desk • cushion • living room
1. Those cups are dirty. Please put them in the ................................... .
2. I usually sit at my ................................... to do my homework.
3. We’ve got some fruit trees in our ................................... .
4. It’s cold tonight. I put an additional ................................... on your bed.
5. We are going to buy a new sofa for our ................................... .
6. My brother is in the ................................... . He’s making a cake.
7. My cat always sits on the softest ................................... .
8. The soup is cold. Put it in the ................................... for a minute, please.
2 Choose the correct answer. (7 points)
1. Ed was happy. His ...... were very good.
a. schoolbags
b. challenges
c. school marks
2. Please put those papers in the ...... .
a. rubbish bin
b. pillow
c. mess
3. Lisa has got a very good ...... with her sisters.
a. relationship
b. appearance
c. challenge
4. Who is that girl? I really want to ...... her name.
a. collect
b. find out
c. change
5. I went to the ...... to have a shower.
a. bathroom
b. bedroom
c. sink
6. Emily has got a big ...... of CDs.
a. cupboard
b. collection
c. floor
7. Kate ...... to study in New York next year.
a. has trouble
b. tidies
c. hopes

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3 Complete the text with the words below.(7 points)

stored • ovens • appears • fridges • life • carpets • lamps

A Different Life
What was it like to live in a medieval castle? When we watch films, it often (1) ..................................... to be very
nice, but in fact it wasn’t always a very easy (2) ..................................... . First of all, there weren’t any

(3) ..................................... for cooking in those days. Cooks prepared the meals over an open fire. There was
smoke everywhere. They also used small (4) ..................................... that weren’t very good, so it was quite dark in
a castle. Of course, there were no (5) ..................................... then, so people (6) ..................................... their food in
cold rooms, sometimes with ice. People didn’t have (7) ..................................... then – they put lots of grass on the
floor and walked on it. Things were very different in medieval times!

4 Read the descriptions and complete the words. (8 points)

1. This tells you the time. c ... ... ... ...
2. You can put books on this. s ... ... ... ...
3. You use this to write on a computer. k ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
4. These can make you ill. g ... ... ... ...
5. You can see yourself in this. m ... ... ... ... ...
6. You drink this. w ... ... ... ...
7. You use this to clean your dirty clothes. w ... ... ... ... ... ... m ... ... ... ... ... ...
8. This word describes trousers, coats, shirts, etc. c ... ... ... ... ... ...

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GRAMMAR (20 points)

1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Continuous. (3 points)
1. Jane ........................................ (tidy) her room when her friend phoned.
2. At nine o’clock last night, my family and I ........................................ (sit) in the living room.
3. While the builders ........................................ (work), the plumber ........................................ (repair) the sink.
4. I broke my leg while I ........................................ (ski) in Austria.
5. Charlie ........................................ (not sleep) in class. He was daydreaming.
2 Write sentences or questions with the words below. Use the Past Continuous. (2 points)
1. you / talk / on your mobile phone / last night / ?
..................................................................................................................................................................
2. I / not listen / to the radio / at seven o’clock / .
..................................................................................................................................................................
3. my friends / swim / in the sea / all day yesterday / .
..................................................................................................................................................................
4. what / she / look for / in that shop / ?
..................................................................................................................................................................
3 Choose the correct answer. (5 points)
1. My friends ........................................ (arrive) while I ........................................ (cook) dinner in the kitchen.
2. ........................................ you ........................................ (shop) for clothing when you ........................................ (meet)
your friend?
3. While we ........................................ (travel) in the USA, we ........................................ (see) many interesting things.
4. Tim ........................................ (not drive) the car when the accident ........................................ (happen).
5. Charlotte ........................................ (not speak) a lot of French while she ........................................ (visit) Paris.

4 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
(5 points)

A Palace Tour
Last week, I (1) ..................................... (visit) the palace of Versailles, near Paris. It has got 700 rooms and

it is an amazing place! The kings of France (2) ..................................... (live) there from 1682 until 1789.

Our tour guide (3) ..................................... (tell) us many interesting things about life in the palace. The king

(4) ..................................... (not have) a private life. As many as a hundred people (5) ..................................... (watch)
him while he (6) ..................................... (get dressed)! People even (7) ..................................... (come) to talk to the
king while he (8) ..................................... (eat) lunch. While our guide (9) ..................................... (explain) these
things to us, a lot of other people (10) ..................................... (admire) the beautiful paintings and furniture. More
than 30,000 tourists visit the palace of Versailles every day.

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5 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use no more than three words.
(5 points)
1. Sarah felt ill during breakfast.
Sarah felt ill while ......................................................... breakfast.
2. She told me the news during our phone conversation.
She told me the news while ......................................................... on the phone.
3. He broke his leg during a football match.
He broke his leg while ......................................................... football.
4. Josh was doing the dishes and Louise was too.
Josh and Louise ......................................................... the dishes.
5. Ann watched a film during the flight to Los Angeles.
Ann watched a film while ......................................................... to Los Angeles.