1 Test Extension
VOCABULARY
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of a verb
for the senses.
0 Those roses smell nice. They have just picked them.
1 Sorry, I didn’t what you said. Could
you repeat it?
2 I don’t like this soup. It doesn’t nice.
It’s too salty.
3 Your hair great. Did you get it cut?
4 Theo and I Manchester United play
every week.
5 I’ve washed the table twice, but I can still
there is something sticky on it.
6 to those dogs barking outside.
They’re making lots of noise.
7 Hey Matt! Can you those two
robbers running out of the bank? Call the police!
8 That new singer like Katy Perry.
It’s the same music style, isn’t it?
9 Don’t the fence. I’ve just painted it
and it’s still wet.
2 Complete the sentences with the parts of the body below.
cheeks elbow fingers forehead palms teeth wrist
0 Howard wears elbow pads on his arms when he goes
skateboarding to protect himself.
1 My brother’s go really red when he’s
embarrassed.
2 Sometimes when I’m nervous before an exam at school
the of my hands get sweaty.
3 As you get older, you get more wrinkles, especially on
your .
4 When I eat really cold food like ice cream, I get pains in
my .
5 I like to click my along to the beat
when I’m listening to my favourite music.
6 I wear my watch on my left .
Vocabulary total
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GRAMMAR
1 Complete the conversation with the past simple form of
the verbs below and appropriate auxiliary verbs where
necessary.
not be complete do go listen (x2) receive send think
Craig: Hi Jason. 0 Did you go (you) to the cinema last night?
Jason: No, I 1 . I wasn’t
feeling very well, so I stayed at home.
Craig: What 2 (you) instead?
Jason: I 3 to some music
with my brother.
Craig: 4 (your brother) to
that new song by the Vaccines that I sent him?
Jason: Yes, he 5 . He said it
sounded like his favourite band, the Strokes.
Craig: Oh, by the way, before I forget –
6 (you) my email? I
7 you the Science homework.
Jason: Yes, I did. Thanks! I 8
it at the weekend.
Craig: What 9 (you) of it?
9
Jason: It 10 too bad; it only
took me an hour.
5
2 Complete Charlie’s dream with the past simple or past
continuous form of the verbs below.
be bite feel have lunch not hurt look
I 0 was at a restaurant with my friends and
we 1 .I
2 into a slice of pizza
when I 3 something weird
in my mouth. I 4 in the
mirror and I saw that some of my teeth were falling out of
my mouth. It 5 at all.
But luckily, that next moment I woke up.
It was quite a shock!
5
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3 Match the parts of the sentences and complete them
with when or while.
0 We were sailing around the coastline F
1 I lived in Rome _
2 Shaun smelt something burning _
3 Isabella was cycling _
4 The internet connection stopped working _
5 Nathan was playing tennis _
A I was downloading music.
B he was stung by a bee on his wrist.
C her keys fell out of her pocket.
D he was walking past his neighbour’s
house.
E I was studying for my university
degree.
F when we got caught in a storm.
5 used to and a verb.
4 Tick ( ) or correct the sentences. Some of them are wrong.
0 I use to play the guitar.
I used to play the guitar.
1 I used to be nervous when I spoke in front of people.
2 Did you used to be a waiter? Yes, I used.
3 I not use to have any pets when I was a child.
4 My family didn’t use to have much money when I was
growing up.
5 We used to going camping on our summer holidays.
5 B: Yes, that’s right. They met there every weekend.
5 Put the words in order to make questions. Match them
with the answers (A–F).
0 did / sport / which / use to / play / you / ?
Which sport did you use to play?
1 to school / and you / use to / by car / your sister / travel /
did / ?
2 films / did / kind of / you / use to / watch / what / ?
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3 did / the internet / use to / you / surf / a lot / ?
4 food / what / use to / like / type of / did / to eat / you / ?
5 your parents / live / use to / Edinburgh / in / did / ?
A Yes, I did, especially while I was doing research for my
homework. _
B I used to play tennis and sometimes basketball. 0
C No, we didn’t. We used to go by bus. _
D Yes, they did. They used to have an apartment near the
city centre. _
E Pizza and spaghetti bolognaise. _
F Comedies and dramas. _
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6 Complete the conversations with the correct form of
0 A: My brother didn’t use to like vegetables when he was
a child?
B: Yes, I remember – he hated them.
1 A: How did our grandparents listen to their favourite
music when they were young?
B: Well, they didn’t have MP3 players, so they
to songs on the radio.
2 A: (you) in the library?
B: Yes I did – it was a part-time job while I was studying
at university.
3 A: Where
(Max and Shelley)?
B: I’m not sure. I think they lived in Montreal, in Canada.
4 A: (your brother) up
with his friends at Blue Shopping Centre?
5 A: (you) to the cinema
a lot when you were little?
B: No, I , because I lived
in a village and we one.
5
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READING
1 Read the text and write what these numbers refer to.
The composer who couldn’t hear A 9
The number of symphonies Beethoven wrote.
Beethoven is one of history’s most famous
B 1770
composers, and wrote nine symphonies and

an opera, as well as many pieces for piano and
C 7
orchestra. And amazingly, while he was composing

many of these great musical works, he was losing
D 1800
his hearing.

Ludwig van Beethoven was born on December E 26
16th, 1770 in Bonn, Germany. His father was a
singer and music teacher, and taught his young F 1827
son piano from a very early age, hoping he
would become another Mozart. Young Ludwig 5
gave his first musical performance at the age of
seven, though his father lied and said he was only
2 Read the text again and decide if the sentences are true
or false. Correct the false sentences.
six. After the deaths of his mother and then his
father, Beethoven went to live in Vienna, where 0 Beethoven was born in Germany.
he studied under great composers of the time and True
started to write his own music. Unfortunately, 1 He taught himself piano.
by 1800, when his First Symphony was first
performed, he was already going deaf. 2 In Vienna he studied music and began to compose.

Beethoven had noticed his hearing problems at 3 He had a hearing problem that some musicians have today.
the age of 26. He suffered severe tinnitus, a loud
ringing sound in your ears that is quite common in 4 In one concert a friend had to turn him round so he could
rock musicians nowadays. Tinnitus can be difficult hear the orchestra.
to live with for most people, but for a composer it
was especially hard. Beethoven found he couldn’t 5 Beethoven used to write things down in the
hear conversations clearly, and playing concerts ‘conversation books’
became more and more difficult. There is even a
story that in one concert a friend had to turn him
5
round at the end so he could see the audience
applauding him. However, he wrote many great 3 Read the text again and answer the questions.
musical compositions while suffering hearing loss, 0 What does the writer think is amazing about
and he continued composing until his death in Beethoven’s compositions?
1827 at age 56. That he wrote many of them while he was losing his hearing.
1 What hope did Beethoven’s father have for him?
One surprising benefit of Beethoven’s deafness

for us today is his ‘conversation books’. Because 2 When did Beethoven move to Vienna?
Beethoven couldn’t hear people speak, he used
to ask them to write things down in these books, 3 What is ‘tinnitus’?
and he answered them orally. As a result, we have
many records of discussions with Beethoven that 4 How did tinnitus affect Beethoven?
we don’t have for other composers.
5 Why are the ‘conversation books’ useful to us today?

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LISTENING
1 3 Listen to three students talk about childhood
memories. Decide if the sentences are true or false.
Correct the false sentences.
0 Elena’s aunt taught her to pick strawberries.
False. She taught her how to cook.
1 Elena remembers the sound of people laughing.
2 Elena used to play the guitar.
3 Ricky didn’t tell his mum about his problem for a week.
4 Nick still finds his best memory funny now.
5 Nick couldn’t see what he looked like.
5 2 Write a story about a strange dream that you had recently
2 3 Listen again and complete the sentences.
1
WRITING
1 Complete Nina’s story with the correct sequencing words
and expressions.
0 First I noticed that the front door of the house was unlocked.
1N I realized that the living room looked a
mess and all the furniture was in the wrong place.
2 T I saw lots of objects were smashed
on the floor. A
3 t
I became really worried. I ran round the house to see if
anything was missing. Our TV and computer were gone.
4 F , I phoned the police and my mum
came home from work. Luckily it wasn’t too long before the
police arrived. 5 I t
e , an officer filled out a form but we had
to wait to see if the burglars would be caught.
5
in 125–150 words.

0 Elena used to spend her summers at her aunt’s house in

the countryside.
1 Elena and her sister used to pick strawberries from

.

2 She thought the strawberries tasted very
.
3 Elena, her aunt and her sister used to play
while listening to music.
4 Ricky’s best memory happened when he was in
.
5 It happened when he was bored in his
class.

6 Somehow he got a bead stuck in his
.
7 In the end, Ricky’s mum took him to
.
8 Nick’s memory is of when he was about
.
9 He and his friend decided to .
10 Nick’s walked into the

room and saw what they were doing.

10

Listening total 15


10
Writing total 15
Speaking 10
TOTAL 100

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