Unit 5 test
6 John can paint well. He’s ______________.
Listening
1 1.06 Listen to the conversation about music.
What are Angela and Mike mainly talking about?
(2 marks)
a how deaf and blind people enjoy music
b two people with amazing abilities
c Angela and Mike’s favourite music
d two famous piano players
2 Complete the sentences. Write one, two or three
words in each gap. (8 marks)
Angela says the music is beautiful.
1 Rodrigo was blind, so he __________________ at
all.
2 Braille is a special way of ____________________
for blind people.
3 Rodrigo wrote music for the guitar, but he couldn’t
__________________.
4 When Beethoven started to go deaf, he was
____________________ old.
Vocabulary
3 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of
the word in brackets. (3 marks)
1 He _____________ in comedy films. (act)
2 She’s a computer _____________. (programme)
3 I love _____________ in the sea. (swim)
4 The train is an amazing _____________. (invent)
5 I really love _____________. (cook)
6 My dad is a terrible _____________. (dance)
7 Pelé is a famous football _____________. (play)
8 Philip Glass _____________ music. (compose)
9 She’s really good at _____________. (paint)
10 Brad Pitt is an _____________. (act)
4 Complete the sentences. (10 marks)
aggressive artistic domesticated fast heavy
intelligent peaceful rare stupid wild
1 He passed all his exams. He’s ______________.
2 ______________ animals live with people.
3 He is sometimes very angry and ______________.
4 He’s not intelligent. He’s very ______________!
5 This car is ______________. Its speed is 200km/h.
7 It’s very quiet and ______________ in the forest.
8 I can’t carry the bag. It’s ______________.
9 There aren’t many pandas. They’re quite
______________.
10 Bears and monkeys are ______________
animals. They usually live in forests.
Language focus
5 Complete the sentences. Use the affirmative or
negative forms of can and could. (10 marks)
1 My dad is very good at music. He
______________ play the piano and the guitar.
2 Mia ______________ sing really well when she
was a child, but she can’t now.
3 I don’t go to the swimming pool because I
______________ swim.
4 My little brother was amazing. He
______________ read when he was only three!
5 My mum ______________ cook when she was
young, but now she’s a very good cook!
6 Write questions with how. (10 marks)
How tall is he? He’s 1.7 metres tall.
1 __________________________________________
The River Amazon is over 6,000 kilometres long.
2 __________________________________________
Dolphins can swim about 10 kilometres an hour.
3 __________________________________________
She phoned me ten times last night!
4 __________________________________________
He plays football every day.
5 __________________________________________
There were about fifty people at the party.
7 Complete the sentences using the comparative
or superlative form of the adjectives. (12 marks)
bad far fast good intelligent noisy
1 Elephants are slow and horses are fast.
Horses are __________________________.
2 All the children are quieter than Sarah.
Sarah is __________________________ child.
Unit 5 test
3 I’m not very good at painting, but my sister is. 1 Askrit was ___________________ child in the
My sister is __________________________. district.
4 Lisa got the highest mark in the exam. 2 Askrit could ___________________ before he was
Lisa is __________________________ student.
a year old.
5 Everyone is better than me at sport.
3 When he was a child, Askrit was interested
I am __________________________ at sport.
___________________.
6 I can swim 500 metres. Tom can swim 1,000
4 Askrit went to university when he was
metres. Tom can swim ______________________.
___________________ old.
8 Complete the sentences. Use the correct 5 Askrit wants to help those who are ill, especially
affirmative or negative forms of should or must
___________________.
and a suitable verb. (8 marks)
1 You _________________quiet in the library! It’s the Communication
rule.
10 Complete the dialogue. (10 marks)
2 He loves music. You _________________ him a
A I’m looking for a poster for my dad.
case for his mp3 player for Christmas.
3 You _________________ jeans at school – it isn’t (1) _________ into art. What do you think of this

allowed! one? (2) _________ a picture by Picasso.

4 We probably _________________ so much cola. It B It’s OK. I don’t like the colours. What about
isn’t very healthy. these posters?
A Who are the pictures (3) _________?
Reading B Van Gogh. I like this one (4) _________ than the

9 Read the text and complete the sentences with other one. It’s a (5) _________ depressing!
one, two or three words. (10 marks)

A MEDICAL PRODIGY Writing

Askrit Jaswall was born in India in 1993. It was 11 Look at the information about J. K. Rowling.
soon clear to his parents that he was much more
Then write a biography of her. Remember to use
intelligent than other children in the district. He
different time expressions. Write about 80–100
said his first words when he was only ten months
old and could read adult books at the age of words. (10 marks)
five. His favourite interest was medicine, and he
wanted to be a doctor. When he was six, doctors Born: 1965, west of England
in the local hospital said he could watch them. Education and work: Went to Exeter University
He spent many hours there, and he also read a 1983 (studied French), moved to London (worked
lot of books about medicine. He soon knew a lot
in an office), moved to Portugal 1990 (taught
about the subject!
English)
Askrit went to university in India at the age of Famous for: Harry Potter books (wrote first in
eleven to study medicine. He wants to finish his 1995). Now also films.
studies in India and then continue his studies at Characteristics of books: very imaginative,
Harvard University in America. He wants to find
popular
new medicines to make people well. When he
was younger, he saw people dying in the streets
in India. They couldn’t go to hospital because
they were poor and didn’t have any money.
Askrit wants to help people like these in future.

Total marks: Listening _______ / 10 Vocabulary _______ / 20 Language focus _______ / 40

Reading _______ / 10 Communication _______ / 10 Writing _______ / 10 TOTAL _______ / 100