UNIT 6: Skills

GROUP B

Name: ________________________
Class: ________________________

DICTATION LISTENING
1 [WIDGB1_Utest_6_Dictation.mp3] Listen and 2 [WIDGB1_Utest_6_Listening.mp3] Listen to the
write the sentences that you hear, including radio programme about some people’s good
the punctuation. and bad experiences of doing sport and
decide if the sentences are True or False. Put
_______________________________________ a cross (X) in the correct place in the table.
TRUE FALSE
_______________________________________
The programme is about
_______________________________________ 1 listeners’ sporting
experiences.
_______________________________________
Keira beat Serena Williams in
_______________________________________ 2
a tennis match.
_______________________________________
Emmanual won a long
_______________________________________ 3
running race a year ago.
_______________________________________
Emmanual took a long time to
_______________________________________ 4
finish the race.
_______________________________________
Sally did very well in an
_______________________________________ 5
archery tournament.
_______________________________________
Jens had an accident on his
_______________________________________ 6
bike.

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Jens saw the Queen in her
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car.

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GROUP B

READING Four Young Sports Stars

3 Read the text about four young sports stars
and decide which sports star (1–4) the
sentences in the table match with. Write the
number of the sports star in the box next to
the sentence.
Which sports star…
1 … is the youngest?
1
Anthony Davis Jr., born March 11, 1993, is an
American professional basketball player. He plays
Number: for the New Orleans Pelicans in the NBA. He is the
youngest player to score 59 or more points in an
NBA game. He’s 2.11 m tall and weighs115 kg.

2 … is from Africa?
2
… has parents that come from different Asisat Oshoala was born on 9 October 1994 and is
3
countries? a Nigerian professional footballer. She plays for
Arsenal Ladies, a big club in London. She was the
… won five gold medals at two big
4 highest goal scorer at the 2014 under-twenties
international competitions?
Women's World Cup. She was also part of the
… plays for a team in a different country Nigerian team that won the 2014 African Women's
5
to where they were born? Championship.
… holds a record in the league they
6
play in?
3
… did well in tournaments in 2014 and Nick Kyrgios, born on 27 April 1995, is a
7
2015 in different countries? professional tennis player. Kyrgios was born in
Canberra, Australia. He is the son of a Greek father
/7 and a Malaysian mother. His biggest successes are
reaching the quarterfinals of the 2014 Wimbledon
/20 Championships and the quarterfinals of the 2015
Australian Open.

4
Katie Ledecky is an American swimmer born
March 17, 1997. In her first international
competition, the 2012 London Olympic Games,
Ledecky won the gold medal in the women's 800-
metre race. Four years later, she left the Rio
Olympics with four gold medals, one silver medal,
and two world records.

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