End-of-term test 3
Listening
1  Listen to Park Ranger Jim Stanton give
advice to a group of students about a camping
expedition to Yosemite National Park. Circle two
things that Jim says students need for this trip.
(2 marks)
backpack duvet hairdryer jumper
pillow shampoo soap tent
2  Listen again. Complete the sentences with
one or more words. (8 marks)
1 Jim says that ____________ is not a good time
to go camping for most people.
2 Jim mentions four animals that live in Yosemite:
bears, mountain lions, wolves and
____________.
3 Jim tells the students not to ________________
because bears like this.
4 If you meet a bear Jim says you _____________
away. Instead you should stand _____________
and speak quietly.
5 Jim advises that if you meet a mountain lion it is
important not to look _____________________.
If it _____________ you, you should cover your
______________ and head.
Vocabulary
3 The underlined words are in the wrong
sentences. Put them in the correct sentences.
(5 marks)
1 Emma is very serious. She makes everyone
laugh a lot. ___________
2 I used to be quite surprising when I was younger
and didn’t have many friends. ___________
3 Ben’s news was really humorous. Nobody could
believe it! ___________
4 Some of this art is a bit unusual and some of it is
very shy! ___________
5 Everyone should be weird about their work if
they want to do well. ___________
4 Complete the sentences with the words in the
box. (10 marks)
duvet fridge microwave pillow soap
1 Have you got any ___________? I need to
wash my hands.
2 We can cook this pizza in the ___________.
3 You should keep milk cold in the ___________.
4 I have a lovely warm ___________ on my bed
at night.
5 My ___________ is very old. I don’t sleep well
and it makes my neck hurt!
5 Unscramble the words in the sentences.
(5 marks)
1 What’s the matter? You look redrowi!
__________
2 My brother is very velrec. He always does well
at school. __________
3 If you work hard, you will haveice your goals.
__________
4 Be careful with that glass bowl. It’s extremely
largeif. __________
5 I love all the grithb colours in this painting. It’s
very exciting! __________
Everyday English
6 Complete the dialogue with the words in the
box. (10 marks)
anyone charge down kind under
Dan OK everyone, let’s organize the party.
Who’s going to be in (1) ___________
of the music?
Sasha I’ll do that. I’ve DJ-ed at parties before.
Dan Thanks! So that’s the music sorted.
Can (2) ___________ bring any food?
Sasha Put me (3) ___________ for that. I can
go to the cheap supermarket in town
the day before.
Dan Good idea. Chris, do you mind if we
have it at your house?
Chris No problem. I asked my parents and
they said we can use the garden too
if we want.
Dan That’s really (4) ___________ of them.
Have we forgotten anything?
Sasha Don’t worry! It’s all (5) __________
control.
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End-of-term test 3
Grammar Consolidation
7 Complete each sentence with one word. 10 Choose the correct option to complete the text.
(10 marks) (10 marks)
1 You ____________ eat too much chocolate. It’s
Last year I decided to set myself a challenge: to see
bad for you.
if I could live without certain things for a month and
2 Andy’s going to get ____________ a new bike. if it would (1) _________ my life. The first things I
His old bike is broken. gave up were my skin and haircare products. I
3 You ____________ smoke in bars, restaurants stopped washing (2) _________ with soap. I didn’t
or other public places. It’s not allowed. feel as nice and clean as I normally do during that
month! I also gave up using my (3) _________.
4 Does ____________ want the last biscuit? That was terrible! My hair was very messy and I felt
5 We haven’t got ____________ bread to make really (4) _________ when I went out of the house,
sandwiches. We need to get some more. because I felt like everyone was staring at my
horrible wet hair! I also gave up my phone and the
8 Use the words and the prompts to write internet. I didn’t realize quite how difficult that was
sentences and questions. (10 marks) going to be! I often found myself reaching for my
any anyone much some somewhere phone to text (5) _________ or to just look
something up on the internet, but my phone wasn’t
1 how / fruit / you / eat / day?
there! When the challenge was over, I decided to
_______________________________________
limit the time I spend using gadgets and the time I
2 we / have got / cheese? spend online. It was a hard challenge but it taught
_______________________________________ me a lot about myself.
3 how / live / without / their phone?
1 A increase C improve
_______________________________________
B repair D construct
4 there / rice / in / cupboard.
2 A itself C herself
_______________________________________
B myself D themselves
5 I / want / go / nice / this / summer.
3 A hairdryer C air conditioning
_______________________________________
B central heating D pillow
9 There is one mistake in each question tag. 4 A relaxed C surprised
Rewrite the questions and correct the mistakes. B disappointed D embarrassed
(10 marks)
5 A anyone C someone
1 Tom is very tall, doesn’t he?
B somewhere D anywhere
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2 You don’t like fish, don’t you?

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3 This film isn’t very interesting, is he?

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4 Kay and Beth can come to the party, won’t they?

_______________________________________
5 Jane has got two sisters, doesn’t she?
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End-of-term test 3
Reading
The next experiment was a ‘Swap Box’. This was a
11 Read the text. Match sentences A–F with gaps
box that people could leave things in that they no
1–4 in the text. There are two sentences you do
not need. (4 marks) longer wanted and ask for things they wanted. Each
object in the Swap Box had a paper label attached
A They weren’t just interested in design but also in
with a short story about the history of the object and
how to bring people together.
why the owner wanted to swap it. This idea was
B The students focused on a part of Gloucester
quite successful and proved an effective way of
Road in London.
recycling objects and reducing waste.
C They had to record how much electricity was
used by the ‘pet’. Another rather humorous idea that resulted from the
D It was a busy London street. research was the ‘Gossip Vehicle’. This was an
E Then the students went away and thought about electric car that could be shared by the people living
how they could improve the neighbourhood. on the street in an effort to reduce the number of
F This was to cut the amount of pollution produced cars in the area. In order to get into the car, the
by them. passenger had to give an exciting piece of news or
gossip to the car!
Designing in the street ‘Street Furniture Pets’ was another proposal. The
A group of Design students from Sheffield Hallam idea was that the people who lived on the street
University in the UK did a research project about would be responsible for an object in the street that
innovative street design. The purpose of their used electricity. (4) ____ The idea behind this was
project was to explore how design can be used to to make people think about energy use.
create interesting and innovative spaces in towns For a short time, the students’ creative ideas helped
and cities. to change a typical London street into a friendly and
(1) ____ They considered the street in terms of the helpful place with a real sense of community.
people who lived there all the time, such as home
owners and shop owners, the visitors who passed 12 Read the text again. Complete the sentences.
through, and those who regularly worked in the (6 marks)
street, such as postmen, taxi drivers, bus drivers 1 The main aim of the project was to use design to
and rubbish collectors. At the time of the study there improve _______________________________.
were plans to reduce the number of vehicles in the
2 The reason for the bus stop idea was to find out
street by only allowing electric cars. (2) ____
__________________________________ while
The students started the project by watching what they were ______________________________.
happened in the street over a week. They also
3 The ‘Swap Box’ was positive because it
talked to people in the street, asking their opinions
_________________ and _________________.
about what they would like to see made better and
how they wanted the street to change in the future. 4 One idea was to make people consider
(3) ____ They were not just focused on design, but ________________________________ as pets.
also on how they could encourage a feeling of
community and sharing between people who didn’t
know each other. One of the ideas they came up
with was ‘Bus Stop Messaging’. They put a large
notebook on a bus stop with the question, ‘What are
you thinking about to pass the time?’ Many people
on the street wrote their thoughts on it. The students
discovered that people liked sharing their stories
with each other and reading other people’s stories.

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End-of-term test 3
Writing
13 Write a blog post about your TV habits.
Use the questions and the prompts to help you.
Remember to use some grammatical structures
that you have learnt from Units 7–9 and the
linking words in the box to explain and contrast
your ideas. (10 marks)
also and as well because but
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Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic. What TV
programmes do you watch? How do you watch
them? How often do you watch them?
Paragraph 2: What are your favourite TV
programmes? Describe them.
Paragraph 3: Why do you like these TV
programmes? Do you think other people will
like them? Why / Why not?

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Listening _____ / 10 Vocabulary _____ / 20 Everyday English _____ / 10

Grammar _____ / 30 Consolidation _____ / 10 Reading _____ / 10
Writing _____ / 10 TOTAL __________ / 100