Name __________ Class ____________

TEST 6A

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY NAME ___________________

MODULE 6
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the modals and verbs below.
Tom failed his exams.

can’t / work may / feel might / take must / be

0 They __must have been__ difficult.

1 He _________________ very hard.

2 He _________________ ill.

3 He _________________ them again next week.

Emily worked with poor children in Africa for most of her life.

can’t / have may / be must / like

4 She _________________ children.

5 She _________________ a family of her own in England.

6 Her parents _________________ worried when she decided to go to Africa.

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2 Complete the questions with the correct tag.
0 He’s a great ruler, _isn’t he ?_

1 He came from Africa, _________ ?

2 You’ve read his biography, _________ ?

3 You can’t change the world by watching TV, _________ ?

4 Women will get equal rights one day, _________ ?

5 Your sister studies law, _________ ?

6 Poverty hasn’t disappeared, _________ ?

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3 Match the beginnings (1–5) to the correct endings (a–g). There is one extra ending.
0 She was born into _d_ a lawyer.

1 She was a great social ___ b in lots of demonstrations.

2 She fought against ___ c freedom of speech.

3 She took part ___ d a privileged family.

4 She studied ___ e reformer.

5 She campaigned for ___ f law.

g colonialism.

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4 Complete the dialogues with the words below. There are three extra words.
am be be been can’t doesn’t go

gone have haven’t isn’t mustn’t

A: Tom says there may 0 __be__ a demonstration in the town centre tomorrow.

B: He often goes on demonstrations, 1_______ he?

A: Yes, he does. You’ve been on one of his protests before, 2_______ you? What are they like?

B: You must 3_______ seen one on TV. There’s lots of shouting.

A: I might 4_______ to the protest tomorrow.

A: Who’s Thomas Hardy?

B: He’s one of our most famous writers.

A: He 5_______ be very famous. I’ve never heard of him.

B: You must have 6_______ asleep when we studied him!

A: Probably. I’m not the best student, 7_______ I? There must 8_______ something about him on the
internet.

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5 Complete the sentences with the negative form of the words in capitals.
0 The people we met were really unfriendly . FRIENDLY

1 I’d love to be __________so that no one could see me. VISIBLE

2 Our school is big and __________ . PERSONAL

3 I’m sorry but I have to __________ with you. AGREE

4 Let’s go to the beach before we __________ our bags. PACK

5 Your answer to question three is __________ . Look at it again. CORRECT

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NAME _______________________________ SKILLS 6A
MODULE 6
Reading
1 Read the text. Choose the correct answers to the questions.

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In the early nineteenth century, life for workers was very hard, but a new law in 1824 said that workers
could now get together and try to make company owners pay them more money. This had been illegal
before. In 1832 a group of six farm workers from the village of Tolpuddle in Dorset formed a ‘friendly
society’ and promised each other that they would not work for less than ten shillings a week. Landowners
were only paying seven shillings a week, so the men refused to work. In a small village this meant that the
landowners couldn’t get all their farm work done.
However, although it was legal for workers to fight for their rights, one landowner discovered that it was
illegal to make promises to each other. The landowner wrote to the government and asked for help. The
farm workers hadn’t known that they were breaking the law but in 1834 they were arrested. They were sent
to prison in Australia for seven years.
There were big protests about this. There were marches against the government and 800,000 people signed
a letter saying that the men, known as the ‘Tolpuddle Martyrs’, should be freed. The following year there
was a new government. They decided it was wrong for the men to be in prison. Five of the men came back
to England after just two years. The sixth man, who had been in prison once before for stealing, was freed
one year later.
In 1934, 100 years after the arrest of the men, six cottages were built for retired workers in the village of
Tolpuddle. The cottages of the Martyrs themselves are not there any more, but the six cottages were built in
a similar style. A library was also built in the village. Today the library is a museum about the Tolpuddle
Martyrs and there are streets named after them in London and Australia.

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1 Before 1824, workers:

a had no rights at all.

b couldn’t get together to ask for more money.

c weren’t allowed to ask for more money.

d often asked company owners for more money.

2 The men in Tolpuddle refused to work because:

a the landowners wouldn’t pay them.

b they found better work with a friendly society.

c they wanted more money.

d they were only getting ten shillings a week.

3 The men were arrested because:

a they had broken a law.

b the government had changed the law.

c friendly societies were illegal.

d they fought with the landowners.

4 The six men didn’t:

a go to prison.

b go to Australia.

c spend seven years in prison.

d get arrested.

5 One man was in prison a year longer because:

a he stole something while he was in Australia.

b he stole something from another prisoner.

c he was the leader of the group.

d he had stolen something in the past.

6 Today, in the village of Tolpuddle you can see:

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 a a street named after the men.

b a museum about the men’s lives.

c the cottages the men lived in.

d a cottage that has become a museum.

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Listening
2 7 Listen to someone talking about their hero and complete the information with one or two words in
each gap.
1 Orwell’s father worked for the Indian __________ .
2 After working in Burma, Orwell became interested in the problem of __________ .
3 One of the books he wrote at this time was Down and Out in Paris __________ .
4 Orwell left for Spain in __________ 1936.
5 Homage to Catalonia is about his experiences __________ .
6 Orwell didn’t fight in the Second World War because he was __________ .
7 At the end of Animal Farm, the __________ start walking on two legs.

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Communication
3 Complete the sentences with the words below.
background kind left looks

mean must opinion somewhere

This is a photo of a boy.

0 He __must__ be in his mid-teens.

1 In the _______ I can see a mountain.

2 On the _______ , there are some blocks of flats.

3 It seems nice but a bit poor, the place I _______ .

4 It could be southern Italy or _______ like that.

5 The boy _______ happy. Perhaps he’s finished school for the day.

6 He’s carrying a _______ of bag.

7 He’s probably friendly, in my _______ .

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