7&8 Skills Test A

name class

Listening
1 7 Listen and match names 1–5 with pictures a–g. There are two extra pictures.

a b c d
PHOTOCOPIABLE

e f g h
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0 Martin h 3 Irek Speaking

1 Monique 4 Cilla 3 Complete the dialogues with the words and phrases
2 Tony 5 Diana in the box. There is one extra word.
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help here are please snowy who whose you are
2 8 Listen and write T (true) or F (false).
A: Can I 0help you?
0 Sidney is a black dog. T
B: Can I have two tickets to the museum,
1 Sidney and Gertie go for a walk 1
                              ?
in the morning.
A: That’s ten pounds.
2 There are rabbits in the park. 
B: Here 2                              .
3 Sidney likes the sea. 
A: And 3                               your tickets.
4 Sidney and Gertie eat a lot of food. 
B: Thanks.
5 Sidney and Gertie like Ginger. 
/ 5 A: What’s the weather like in winter in Poland?
B: It’s usually cold and 4                              .
A: 5                               pet is that dog?
B: It’s Lily’s.
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Skills Test A Units 7-8

Reading 5 Complete the text with the words in the box.

There is one extra word.
4 Read the text and answer the questions with
a word or a number. brushes does doesn’t going it them
vegetables

I’m from Tasmania,

in Australia. In the Marina 0does a lot of exercise and she
summer we go to the likes 1                     to bed early. What else
beach every day. My does she do to keep healthy? She
favourite summer sport 2
                     her teeth after every meal. She
is windsurfing. I like
eats lots of fruit and 3                    . She loves
too. It’s too cold
swimming and sailing 4
                    . But she 5                     drink
winter. In July and
for water sports in the a lot of water.
I don’t mind. Then
August it’s snowy but
in the mountains.

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my mum and I go skiing
skiing. He thinks it’s / 5
My father doesn’t like
dangerous. Writing
Anneli, 11 6 Look at the fact file about Penny’s pet. Then
use the information and write about her pet.
I’m from Botswana, in Africa. I’m
not sporty
but I love horse-riding and the bes
t place
for horse-riding is Botswana. You
can go Pet: a rat
riding all year. From January to Apr
il it’s
warm at night and hot in the day
. In May
it’s cool at night but days are war
m. In
June, July and August the weather
is cold at
night but warm in the day. You can
ride for Colour: white and brown
hours and you can see

PHOTOCOPIABLE
Food: vegetables, dog food
lions, giraffes, elephants,
antelopes and zebras. Abilities: can do tricks
It’s cool! Personality: clever, playful
Bruce, 13 Likes: playing with people,
sleeping

0 What nationality is Anneli? Penny’s pet is a rat.

Australian.
1 What is her favourite summer sport?

2 What sport does she do in the winter?

3 Why doesn’t her father like skiing?

He thinks it is .
4 What is the weather like in Botswana in
January in the day?
It is . / 5
5 How many different animals can you see?
Listening / 10 Speaking / 5
Reading / 10 Writing / 5
/ 5 Your total score / 30
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