COLEGIO SANTA TERESITA DEL NIÑO JESUS

3rd YEAR. ENGLISH. DIAGNOSTIC

Prof. Maria Laura Pareja

Vocabulary
1 Look at the photos and write the transport 3 Match sentence beginnings 1–6 with
words. endings a–f.
1 I don’t like waiting in ____
2 When I need to get off the bus, I ring
____
3 I love travelling by
____
1 __________ 2 __________ 4 When you cross
____
5 Last year we went on ____
6 I really want to learn to drive
____

3 __________ 4 __________ a the bell so the driver knows.

b a tour round Europe.
c plane. Flying is great!
d a queue to buy a ticket. Do you?
e a car. I can’t wait!

5 __________ 6 __________ f the road, always look right and left.

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4 Choose the correct answers.

2 Complete the mini texts with the words in
the box. There is one extra word. 1 I don’t go by bus to school, I go ___ .

journey passengers scooter ship tickets a on foot b a bike c tram

travelcard underground 2 The only trousers I like are ___ .

Last year I went with my family on a 1 __________ a jeans b jackets c skirts

from England to France. The sea was beautiful! We 3 The ___ isn’t working, I can’t hear
bought our 2 __________ months before. I don’t think anything.
they were expensive. There were about a thousand
3 __________ and the 4 __________ took about a screen b camera c speaker
two hours. 4 Where do you usually ___ your friends?
I live in London and I travel to school every day. I usually
a meet b go c chat
go on the 5 __________ because it’s fast. Some
stations are a long way down! I’ve got a 6 __________ 5 I didn’t sleep very well because I was ___
so I don’t have to pay each time and I can use it to take about
the bus, too. the exam.

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6 My brother’s daughter is my ___ .
a nephew b aunt c niece
7 I need some new trainers. Let’s go to the
___ .
a baker’s b sports shop c games shop
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 COLEGIO SANTA TERESITA DEL NIÑO JESUS
3rd YEAR. ENGLISH. DIAGNOSTIC
Prof. Maria Laura Pareja
 COLEGIO SANTA TERESITA DEL NIÑO JESUS
3rd YEAR. ENGLISH. DIAGNOSTIC
Prof. Maria Laura Pareja
Grammar
5 Complete the sentences with the correct
past simple negative form of the verbs in
brackets.
1 I _______________ (go) out last night, I
stayed at home.
2 Maya _______________ (talk) to her friend
last night, but they chatted this morning.
3 They _______________ (like) vegetables
when they were younger, but they eat
them a lot now.
4 I _______________ (know) children used
scooters a long time ago, but my friend
told me.
5 We _______________ (travel) by plane, we
took a train.
6 Alex _______________ (ride) his bike to
school today, he came on foot.
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6 Write questions in the past simple.
1 you / have / a good holiday ?
_________________________________________
2 how / you / travel ?
_________________________________________
3 where / they / go / last year ?
_________________________________________
4 what / Marta / do / last weekend ?
_________________________________________
5 Luca / fly / to Italy ?
_________________________________________
6 you / travel on public transport / yesterday
?
_________________________________________
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7 Complete the mini texts with the correct
superlative form of the adjectives in
brackets.
The wheel totally changed the way we travel and because
of that it is one of 1 __________ (important)
inventions in transport. Before that, people walked or
went by horse. Scientists found a wheel that’s probably
over 5,000 years old. Perhaps it is 2 __________ (old)
wheel in the world.
The North American X-15 is one of
3 _______________ (fast) planes in the world. It can
travel at about 7, 200 km/hour! The Airbus A380 is
probably 4 _______________ (big) plane in the
world. It can carry up to 850 passengers!
Is the Allure of the Seas 5 _______________
(expensive) passenger ship? It cost $1,400,000,000 to
build! Perhaps it is 6 _______________ (good) ship
too because it has everything, including an ice skating
rink and a climbing wall!
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8 Choose the correct answers to complete the
text.
AROUND THE WORLD
Today, it is much 1 ___ to travel from one place to
another than it was hundreds of years ago. Men and
women often 2 ___ alone and their journeys are safe.
However, when Nellie Bly decided to travel around the
world in 1889, things 3 ___ very different. She read a
book by the famous writer Jules Verne, Around the
World in 80 Days. 4 ___ story made Nellie want to see if
it was possible to go around the world in 80 days or less.
She 5 ___ because there weren’t any planes in those
days, but she took 6 ___ of trains and ships! She left the
USA by ship on 14th November 1889 and she arrived
back on 25th January 1890. Her journey took 72 days.
 COLEGIO SANTA TERESITA DEL NIÑO JESUS
3rd YEAR. ENGLISH. DIAGNOSTIC
Prof. Maria Laura Pareja

It was 7 ___ trip around the world – ever! People were

amazed that a woman did it.
1 a easier b the easiest c easy
2 a travel b travelled c are travelling
3 a are b was c were
4 a His b Him c He
5 a doesn’t fly b didn’t fly c isn’t flying
6 a an b a lot c some
7 a faster than b fast c the fastest
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 COLEGIO SANTA TERESITA DEL NIÑO JESUS
3rd YEAR. ENGLISH. DIAGNOSTIC
Prof. Maria Laura Pareja

Reading
9 Look at the photo and read the questions
below. Then read the text and match
paragraphs 1–5 in the text with questions a–
e.
a When did skateboarding become a sport?
b When did skateboarding become popular?
c How much does a skateboard cost?
d Who invented skateboards?
e How did skateboards become better?
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10 Read the article again and complete the

GET ON YOUR SKATEBOARD!
sentences with one word, a date, or a
When most of us think about transport, we think about number in each gap.
getting a train or bus. However, there’s a fun way to do 1 The earliest skateboards appeared in two
short journeys – use a skateboard! Let’s find out more. places in the USA in the __________ .
1 ____________________
2 Vans was the name of a famous
No one knows! The first skateboards appeared in the
skateboard __________ from 1966.
1950s in California and Hawaii, USA. Many people went
surfing there, and the idea for a skateboard came from a 3 The name of California’s first skatepark
surfboard. People wanted to ‘surf’ on land so they added was __________ .
wheels to small boards. 4 Skateboard wheels weren’t very __________
2 ____________________ so many people had accidents.
Between 1959 and 1965, many people across the USA
5 Frank Nasworthy invented some better
became interested in it. The first skateboard magazine
wheels in __________ .
started in 1964 and Vans, the famous sports shoes for
skateboarders, appeared in 1966. The first skatepark in 6 Nowadays, skateboarding is a sport that
California was called the Carlsbad Skatepark and it you can do at the __________ .
opened in 1976. 7 The price of the most expensive
3 ____________________ skateboard was about __________ euros.
The wheels on skateboards were quite dangerous and lots
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of people had accidents. Then, in 1972, Frank Nasworthy
invented some safer, faster wheels.
11 In your opinion, is skateboarding a fun and
4 ____________________
interesting sport? Give two reasons why/why
In 1963. The first skateboard competition was in not.
California. Now, skateboards weren’t toys, skateboarding
was an exciting sport, just like surfing. Today, it is an ___________________________________________
Olympic sport.
___________________________________________
5 ____________________
It depends! You can buy one for around 30–40 euros but ___________________________________________
good ones are more expensive. The most expensive
skateboard in the world was the Supreme Mundi. It cost Score __/
about 16,500 euros!