Trinity GESE Grade 7 Practice Test

Test 1 - 6 questions -

1 Match the words and pictures.

1 2 a) primary
b) secondary
c) university
d) vocational

3 4

2 Sara used to …

Sara used to play the flute, but now she plays the guitar.

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Test 1 - 6 questions -

What about these people?

1 2

a) Sam / play football / play cricket b) Alex / study literature / study

science
3 4

c) Jack / teach in university / d) Steve and Liz / live in England

teach in primary school / live in Spain

3 Ask and answer with a friend or your teacher.

Have you always lived in (your town / village)?

Where did you use to live / go on holiday / study?

Do you think you might go to university when you finish school?

How did you feel on your first day at school / university / work?

4 Match the words to the pictures.

1 2 3 4

a) chocolates b) flowers c) fruit d) jam

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Test 1 - 6 questions -

5 In my country …

In my country women used to stay at home, but now they go out to work.

Complete these sentences.

a) Men used to wear traditional clothes, but now …

b) People used to read books, but now …

c) Families used to eat their meals together, but now …

d) Boys and girls used to walk to school, but now …

6 Ask and answer with a friend or your teacher.

What gift should I bring if I’m invited to dinner?

In your country how old must you be to ride a motorcycle /

drive a car / smoke?

What time do people eat lunch / eat dinner / go to bed / start

work in (your town / country) ?

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Test 2 - 5 questions -

1 Match the words to the pictures.

1 2 3 a) disco
b) traffic
c) shops
d) noise
e) cinema

4 5

2 If I lived in a city …

If I lived in a city, I would like the shops, but I wouldn’t like the traffic.

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Test 2 - 5 questions -

What about these people?

1 2

Alice: discos / pollution Oliver: restaurants / noise

Wendy: theatre / dirt

3 Ask and answer with a friend or your teacher.

Have you ever lived in a town / village / city? Which do you prefer?

If you moved from your town / village / city to another town /

village / city, what would you miss most?

If you were offered a good job in a big city, would you take it?
Why? / Why not?

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Test 2 - 5 questions -
4 Keep the conversation going.

1) I had an Jenny Cath

argument with my
brother again today.
2) Oh dear.
3) He doesn’t want What was it about?
his daughter to have
a mobile phone.
4) Why not?
5) He thinks they’re
a waste of time. And
he says she’s too 6) How old is she?
young.

8) What are you

7) She’s eleven.
going to do?
And she says all her
friends have one.

Put these sentences in order to continue the conversation.

Start with Jenny.

Jenny
I’m going to talk to him again.
If your daughter’s got a mobile, she can tell
you where she is. Then you don’t have to
worry about her.
They’re not expensive if you pay every
month.
I used to think mobile phones aren’t
necessary for kids, but I’ve changed my mind. change his mind!
I don’t know, but I’m going to try!
Cath
What do you think now?
You’re right. Do you think he’ll listen to
you?
What are you going to say?
Good for you. I’m sure you’ll make him
Aren’t mobile phones very expensive?

5 Now you try it.

Work with a partner to keep this conversation going.

I want to travel on my own for a few months, but my parents

aren’t very keen on the idea.

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Test 3 - 6 questions -

1 Match the words to the pictures.

1 2 a) hamburger
b) cake
c) cheese
d) chocolate

3 4

2 If you visited my country, you could …

If you visited my country, you could eat wonderful fruit.

What about these people?

1 2 3 4

swim / climb / eat / travel /

beautiful lakes high mountains excellent food comfortable trains

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Test 3 - 6 questions -

3 Ask and answer with a friend or your teacher.

What is the speciality of your region / town / village?

If I wanted to take home a present from your region / town /

village, what would you suggest?

Is there anything which your region / town / village used to

produce, but doesn’t produce now?

4 Match the words to the pictures.

1 2

3 4

a) doll b) model c) drums d) fish

5 When I was little …

When I was little, I used to hate eating fish.

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Test 3 - 6 questions -

What about these people?

1 2

Lucy / play with dolls Roger / shop

3 4

Alex / cook Jo / practise violin

6 Ask and answer with a friend or your teacher.

What did you use to love / hate doing when you were little?

What books did you use to read / games did you use to play /
places did you use to go to when you were little?

Who was your best friend / favourite teacher when you were little? Talk about them.

What was your best subject at school when you were little?

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Test 4 - 5 questions -

1 Match the words and pictures.

1 2 3 a) metal
b) glass
c) plastic
d) food

2 How could they be recycled?

Cans could be recycled to make car doors.

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Test 4 - 6 questions -

What could be recycled to make these things?

1 2

3 4

a) newspapers and magazines b) glass bottles c) bottle tops d) food waste

3 Ask and answer with a friend or your teacher.

Is it better to recycle paper / glass / plastic or use less paper /

glass / plastic?

Which of these things do you recycle at home / in your town /

in your country?

Is it important to recycle as much as possible?

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Test 4 - 6 questions -

4 Keep the conversation going.

1) When I was
at school I had a Liam Mike
weekend job.

2) Really? What
3) I was working
kind of job was it?
in a supermarket.
I started off
stacking shelves,
but then I worked 4) Did you enjoy it?
on the check-out.

5) It was kind of 6) What did you

boring at times, need the money
but I needed the for?
money.

7) I was saving
money to buy a 8) Did you save
motor scooter. enough money to
buy the motor
9) Yes, I did. scooter?

Put these sentences in order to continue the conversation.

Start with Liam.

Liam
What did your parents think about you
getting a job?
My parents would be happy if I got a
weekend job.
Because then I could buy my own clothes,
instead of getting money from them.
Why not? What were they worried about?
I’ve tried to get a weekend job, but there
aren’t any jobs in our town.
Mike
They wanted me to spend more
time on my school work.
I agree with them. So why don’t
you get a weekend job?
That’s too bad. But you could
always come and work for me.
They weren’t very happy about it.
Why?

5 Now you try it.

Work with a partner to keep this conversation going.
If I won the lottery, I’d give most of the money to charity.

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