Initial evaluation in the 11th form (B1 level)

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1. Read the text and answer the questions: (20 points)

We were cold, wet and tired. We'd walked for hours by the sea, following a path that had become
smaller and smaller and then stopped. We had been very careless and we hadn't brought a map.
Mary, who is more confident than she is reliable, had told me she knew the way and I had believed
her. But, of course, she didn't know the way and we were lost. We knew we could be several
kilometres from the nearest house. We sat down under a tree, feeling very sorry for ourselves.
Suddenly we heard a sound. It was a dog barking, not far away. We got up and walked on
quickly. A minute later we came to the top of a small hill, and saw a very old stone cottage. An old
man with a black dog was looking out from the front door. 'Oh dear! You look wet!' the man called
to us. 'Yes, we're completely lost,' Mary replied. 'Well,' the man said, 'why don't you come in and get
dry?'
We went inside and I started to feel better. We sat next to the fire and the man went into the
kitchen. He came out with coffee and biscuits and we chatted for a while. He told us he had always
lived in that house. 'Ever since I was a child... but that was many years ago,' he said.
About an hour later, the rain stopped and we got up to leave. 'Just walk down that path and you'll
come to a village,' the man told us. He said goodbye and we started walking. And he was right - soon
we were back in the village and back at the hotel where we were staying.
The following day, we didn't think much about what had happened, but later that week, we
decided to visit the old man and take him a present. We wanted to say thank you. So we went back
up the path the old man had shown us. But everything was a bit different this time. Plants were
growing across the path, making it difficult to walk. After a while, we got to the place where the
cottage had been and we stopped and looked around. There was no cottage by the sea - just grass and
some very old stones.

How did they find the cottage?

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Why didn't they take a map on their walk?
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Why did the man invite them in?
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How far were they from the nearest house?
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Can you describe Mary in three words?
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How long had the man lived in the house?
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How did they find their way to the hotel?
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What was different about the path when they went back?
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Why didn't they give the old man the present?
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Do you think the story is true? Why / Why not?
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2. Choose the correct question word: (5 points)

(When/Where) ................. do you live?
(Why/Who) ……….. is he always late?
(How much/How many) ……….…. does it cost?
(How/What) ….….… do you spell it?
(Where/Which) …..…… train is this?
3. Choose the correct prepositions: (5 points)
I'm looking …….. (to/for/on) my keys.
We flew ………. (about/in/to) Istanbul.
What do you want to talk ……… (with/about/to)?
We went ……… (of/on/from) a trip last summer.
My cousin spends a lot of money ……. (of/on/from) clothes.

4. Make sentences with these words: (5 points)

sixty/'ll/he's/before/retire/He. ________________________________________________
might/Italy/parents/to/move/My. _________________________________________________
Kim/actress/think/famous/I/become/a/will. ______________________________________________
think/live/you/most/Do/in/cities/will/people? ____________________________________________
the/be/wedding/your/at/cousin/Will? _________________________________________________

5. Write the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. (5 points)

When I was a pupil my ……………. (bad) subject was French.
………………………. (funny) person in my class was my friend Leo.
I thought science was ………………. (boring) subject.
My ………………….. (good) subject was maths.
This is …………………………… (interesting) novel I have ever read.

6. What's in the suitcase? Choose the correct words: (5 points)

There are ……………. (some/any) T-shirts.
There is ……………… (a few/ a bit of) toothpaste.
There is ………………. (a lot of/ a few) shampoo.
There are ……………… (a few/a little) towels.
There is ……………… (lots/of a few).

7. Use the right form of the verbs: (5 points)

People……………. (speak) English in most parts of the world.
They ……………… (arrested) the two men after the robbery.
They ……………… (clean) the windows every week.
If I ………………. (see) him, I'll give him the message.
We ………………… (move) if we had more money.

8. Write a paragraph (10 sentences) on: "What would you do if you could travel into the
future?" Follow the structure of the paragraph. Use linking words. (15points)
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TOTAL SCORE: 65 POINTS
22-29 30-38 39- 45 46-51 52-60 61-65
5 6 7 8 9 10