EXAM B

ENGLISH EXAM – UNIT 2

1st Term – 2º ESO
Name: ________________________________________ Total: _____/ 31

GRAMMAR
1. Complete the mini-dialogues with the
correct past simple form of the verbs in
brackets. (10 marks)
Example: A Did you watch (you / watch) TV last night?
B No, I listened (listen) to music.
A What time (1) ____________________ (they / get up)
this morning?
B At about 6.30.
2 A I (2) ____________________ (not see) Mel at the party
last night.
B Oh, she (3) __________________ (not go). She was ill.
3 A What (4) _________________ (you / do) last night?
B Nothing much. I just (5) ______________ (stay) at home
and (6) ________________ (talk) to my parents.
4 A (7) __________________ (Suzy / go) shopping at the
weekend?
B Yes, but she (8) ________________ (not / buy) anything.
5 A (9) __________________ (be) Joe in class today?
B No, he (10) _________________ (not be).
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2. Complete the sentences with the correct

past continuous form of the verbs in
brackets. (6 marks)
Example: At 11.30, Oliver was having (have) a piano
lesson.

1 At 1 o’clock, he (1) ______________________ (have)

lunch.
2 A What (2) _________________________ (Oliver / do)
at 2 o’clock?
B He and Zara (3) _________________________ (play).
3 A (4) ______________________ (they / play) tennis at 3
o’clock?
No. They stopped at 2.30.
4 A (5) ______________________ (Oliver / revise) at 6
o’clock?
B No, he stopped revising at 5 o’clock. At 6 o’clock, he (6)
____________________________ (watch).
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VOCABULARY
3. Choose the correct option. (5 marks)
a) What is your favourite Disney cartoon / news?
b) Do you like watching quiz / soap shows on TV?
c) I can’t see the TV well because the film / screen is dirty.
d) The World Cup final has a worldwide TV news /
audience of about 700 million people.
e) Have you seen the remote control / presenter I can’t
watch TV if I don’t find it.
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4. Complete the sentences with the words in

the box. (5 marks)

advert channel soap shows presenter viewers

Example: Are there many soap operas on TV in your
country?
a) Which ____________ is the football on – ITV1 or ITV2?
b) I bought the camera after I saw an ______________ for
it on TV.
c) They stopped the programme because it didn’t attract
enough ______________.
d) Adrian Bleakley is a famous TV ______________. He
does chat shows and sports programmes.
e) I sometimes watch chat ______________ on TV. It
depends who the guests are.
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LISTENING
5. Listen to an interview with a historian
about television and decide which sentences
are true (T) or false (F). (5 marks)
Example: Most British people had a TV in the early fifties.
F
a) In the fifties, there were only news programmes and
documentaries on TV. ____
b) 24 hour television existed in the fifties. ____
c) The first commercial channel started in 1955. ____
d) A majority of people watched the BBC because it
showed quiz shows and soap
operas. ____
e) Colour television became popular in the early 80s. ____
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