Name 

Class  Score ___ / 50

Semester Test A
Units 1–4 Group 2
Listening Vocabulary
1 39 Listen to the recording. Match texts 1–5 3 Put the letters in the correct order to make
with sentences a–f. Complete the table. There is words from units 1–4. The first and the last letter
one extra sentence. are in the correct place. Translate the words into
This speaker Polish.
a used a traditional form of transport. Example:
b went on a boring trip. Continent
E PORU E
c visited an amusement park.
EUROPE Europa
d saw some cute animals.
e experienced bad weather. 1 The Environment C MOMO N
f changed their mind about how to travel. 
2 Verb R OEVM E
1 2 3 4 5

Score: ___ / 5 3 Weather D GOHUR T

Reading
4 Inviting D LICEN E
2 Read the text. Fill the gaps in sentences 1–4.

Friends Bed & Breakfast 5 The Environment C ELIMACH S
• Located in the city centre, a few minutes 
from the railway station 6 Transport P OLTFRA M
• Perfect location for sightseeing trips or for 
simply wandering round the streets
7 Feelings H LPIAP Y
• Single and double rooms available, plus
family rooms for up to six people 
• Tourist information and guided tours for 8 Health I EUJNR D
groups of 5 or more 
• Quiet garden for guests to relax in, away Score: ___ / 8
from the crowded, noisy streets Grammar
• Comfortable rooms with fantastic views 4 Complete the sentences with the words and
over the river phrases in the brackets. Use a form of the
• Excursions to the seaside organised by tenses given.
a local travel agent
1 On Saturdays, 
 at the station.
1 The biggest available rooms are for  (tourists / pick up) Present Simple Passive
2 The forecast said that the 
 .

2 The hostel is situated  worse tomorrow. (weather / be) Future Simple
 the railway station. 3 A few 
3 The rooms have  in the building. (people / trap) Past Simple Passive
 over the river. 4 The organisation said that the 
 in a few years.
4 Guests can relax in the 
(river / dry up) Future Simple
 .
5 Train 
Score: ___ / 8 at the ticket office. (tickets / sell) Present Simple
Passive
Score: ___ / 10

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Use of English 
5 40 Listen to the recordings (1–4). Match 
reactions (a–e) with the recordings. Complete 
the table. There is one extra reaction.

a Right now, I’m standing on the platform.
b In a really cheap youth hostel near the stadium. 
c The hotel is about 3 kilometres away. 
d There’s a newsagent’s opposite the hotel.
e It leaves from the stop next to the cinema. 

1 2 3 4 


Score: ___ / 4
6 Read the text. Fill gaps 1–4 with words from 
the box. There are four extra words. 
get    faster    amazing    drop    red 
faster    excited    beautiful    fastly 
I was in a strange city and I had no idea where 
I was. I took out my map to get my directions and

stood there looking at it for about ten minutes.
Then a woman in an (1) ______________ car 
stopped and asked me if I needed any help. It was 
a (2) ____________ , new, German sports car.
When I told her where I was going, she said she 
could (3) ______________ me off at the port, 
so I picked up my backpack and got into the car.
The woman was a good driver but she drove 
(4) ______________ than anyone in my family! 
I was happy when we finally arrived safely

at the port.
Score: ___ / 4 
Writing 
7 You are on holiday and you want to send 
a postcard to a friend. Write your postcard 
and include the following information:
Score: ___ / 6
• describe your journey,
• compare the weather to the weather in Poland, Extra Task
• say what the weather is like at the moment. 8 Translate the phrases in brackets into English.
Your message should be between 50 and 120 Fill each gap with a maximum of three words.
words long. 1 Tomorrow, (mam zamiar) I 
  visit the castle.
2 The weather (będzie cieplejsza) 
  than today.
 3 The plane (nie startuje) 
  off until 6 p.m.
4 No, (nie byłem) I 

 to the zoo yet.
 5 The results (są oparte na) 
  the tests done
by the National Health Service.

Score: ___ / 5


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