Unit Test 2

A Grammar
Complete the sentences using the past continuous form of the verbs. Complete the short answers.

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1 What / you / __________ / at 8 p.m. last night ?

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2 Yesterday evening / I / be / __________ / in the gym.
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3 A Be / she / __________ / for you / at the café?
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B Yes, __________.
4 He / __________ / last week because he had a cold.
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5 A Be / they / __________ / around Portugal / last week?
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B No, __________.
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B Grammar
Complete the sentences with appropriate verbs in the past continuous or past simple.
1 We __________________ a film when we ___________ a strange noise from upstairs.
2 Jenny ________________ dinner while the children _________________ football in the garden.
3 While I ________________ as a teacher in Greece, I _________________ lots of new friends.
4 As I ____________________ my book, my mum and sister _____________________ my sister’s choice of
clothes. They both had different ideas!
5 Ed and Dina first _____________________ while they _____________________ science at university.
6 Sorry, I _____________________ to you while you _____________________ to me.
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C Grammar
Find the sentences with mistakes and rewrite them. Tick the correct sentences.
1 I read a book on holiday, but I didn’t finish it. ☐
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2 We met some friends while we went to the beach. ☐
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3 Who were you talking to at the party? ☐
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4 Anna was getting to the party at nine o’clock . ☐
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5 As I was tidying my room, my sister was cleaning the kitchen. ☐
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D Vocabulary
Read the sentences. Choose the word that does not fit in each sentence.
1 These beautiful flowers make the garden look really attractive / awful / colourful.
2 Look at the size of that building – it’s absolutely enormous / huge / pretty.
3 I love all the bright / incredible / enormous colours in this painting.
4 We tried making our own sand sculpture at the beach, but the results were so awful / attractive /
terrible that we knocked it down!
5 That’s a very huge / strange / unusual little statue – I’ve no idea what or who it is.
6 The views of the city from the top of the tower were brilliant / incredible / terrible and I took lots of
great photos.
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E Vocabulary
Write the word that best fits the definition.
1 very thick paper that is used for making boxes
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2 something that is usually solid, hard and shiny, such as gold or silver
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3 the hard material that trees are made of
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4 the material that comes from the soft, thick hair of sheep
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5 hard material that you can usually see through
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6 the skin of an animal that is used to make things like shoes, jackets or bags
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F Vocabulary
Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the best word in brackets and two
more words.
1 I’ve got a T-shirt that’s a very strong yellow colour. (bright / colourful)
I’ve got a ___________________________________.
2 My best friend has a surname that isn’t very common. (strange / unusual)
My best friend has ___________________________________.
3 My friend told me a story about something bad that happened which was hard to believe. (brilliant / incredible)
My friend told me ___________________________________ about a bad thing that happened to him.
4 These boots look like real leather, but that’s not what they are made of. (metal / plastic)
These boots are ___________________________________ that looks like leather.
5 I need something to wrap this present with. (cardboard / paper)
I need to buy ___________________________________ wrap this present with.
6 I like wearing this white dress in hot weather because it’s made of a good material. (cotton / leather)
This ___________________________________ keeps me cool on a hot summer day.
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G Reading

An Unusual Museum
Paris is famous for its museums, but not many people know about the Museum of Lost and Found. Two
hundred years ago, it was an office where police kept things that people lost on the streets of Paris. Today,
it is a museum where you can see interesting and unusual objects found in the city.
Many different objects are lost in the French capital each week. The most common items are keys,
umbrellas and gloves. The police find them on public transport like trains and buses. The objects change
with the time of year; in winter, there are a lot of coats, hats and even skis! In the summer, roller skates
and sunglasses are common.
The police not only wait for people to come and claim their items, they also do detective work to try and
identify the owners. One year, they found a tiny bag full of diamonds and a doctor’s business card. They
called the doctor. The doctor knew the owner of the diamonds. She was a woman living in New York who
lost them while she was on the underground train in Paris. She caught the first plane back to Paris to get
her diamonds.
Most objects are only kept for three months because so many new items arrive every day; there is no space
to keep them all. However, the museum keeps any unusual or very valuable items. For instance, they still
have five human skulls, a false leg made out of wood, a box of 200 colourful butterflies and two wedding
dresses! In one small room, there is a huge collection of mobile phones – 3,500 of them! Sometimes, an
owner rings their own number and is happy to find their phone again!

Read the article. Write a one-sentence summary.

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Read the article again. Answer the questions. Write complete sentences.
1 What was this place before it was a museum?
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2 What objects are often found in winter?
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3 How did the police find the owner of a bag of diamonds?
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4 Where did the owner of the diamonds fly to Paris from?
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5 How long does the museum keep most things for?
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6 What does the museum keep for a very long time?
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 Read the article again. Rewrite the sentences with correct information.
1 The article says the lost items are found in police cars.
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2 People lose umbrellas and gloves only in the warmer months.
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3 The museum works hard to find the people who the lost items belonged to.
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4 One person lost diamonds owned by a doctor.
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5 The museum can’t keep most things very long because they find the owners.
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6 Unusual items include a pair of wedding dresses, body parts and hundreds of phones.
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H Listening
Listen to an interview. Correct the summary.
A journalist is interviewing someone called Stephanie about things she lost, and a new idea for art.
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Listen again. Complete the journalist’s notes. Use between one and three words.

Art exhibition

Title: 1_________________
They drew their ideas and used 2_________________ to place things together.
They made posters, paintings and 3_________________.
Salima used 4_________________ and plastic.
A group made art from wood, metal and 5_________________
To get from Stephanie: 6_________________

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Listen again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Write a sentence to explain each choice.
1 A short time ago, there was an art event with work that Stephanie made. T / F
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2 The exhibition got its name from common things people didn’t have any more. T / F
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3 The first thing Stephanie’s students did was draw pictures of what they wanted to do. T / F
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4 Stephanie’s students made different types of art. T / F
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5 One student showed photos of her friend at the event. T / F
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6 One student made a sculpture of an animal. T / F
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I Use of English
Complete the dialogue with one word in each gap.
Dana Hey, I have a game. You choose a photo from your phone and describe it to me. I’ll draw it.
Greg Sounds fun. Right, here we go. This is a photo 1___________ a street without any cars – only people.
Dana OK.
2
Greg ___________ the background, there is a statue of a man on a horse. There 3___________ a few people
entertaining the people in the street.
Dana Oh, really? What are they doing?
4
Greg ___________ the left, there’s a woman dancing in a long dress. Next 5___________ her, there’s a man
playing the violin.
Dana Anyone else?
Greg Yes. Here’s a person drawing a picture of two other people. They are sitting 6___________ front of him.

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Complete the dialogue using your own answers.
Karen Hey, I have a game. You choose a photo from your phone and describe it to me. I’ll draw it.
You Sounds fun. Right here we go. This 1_________________________________.
Karen OK.
You In the 2__________________________________. There are 3_________________________________.
Karen Oh really? What are they doing?
You On 4_________________________________. Next 5_________________________________.
Karen Anyone else?
You Yes. 6_________________________________.

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J Writing
Write a short, illustrated story about a scary situation or event and give instructions for the picture
descriptions. Use adjectives to make your story fun to read and the past continuous and past simple.
Write about 130 words.
Example
Picture 1
Picture description: Two teenagers watching TV at night.
Text:
Diego and Lorena’s parents were visiting some friends one night. The brother and sister were watching
TV when they heard a loud bang. Then another one. They were very scared.

Picture 1
Picture description: _______________________________________________________________
Text:
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Picture 2
Picture description: _______________________________________________________________
Text:
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Picture 3
Picture description: _______________________________________________________________
Text:
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Picture 4
Picture description: _______________________________________________________________
Text:
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