UNIT TEST 7 (PLUS)

Vocabulary
1 Complete the crossword below.
1
Across
1 It’s a large fish with very sharp teeth.
3 It’s a brightly coloured bird that can copy what
2
people say.
5 It looks like a big, black monkey.
6 It lives in the sea and it’s the largest living
3 creature on Earth.

Down
1 It has eight legs and catches insects in a web.
2 It’s like a mouse with wings and flies at night.
4 3 It’s a large, black and white bird that swims but
cannot fly.
5
4 It lives in hot, dry places and is often used for
travel in the desert.

2 Complete the sentences with one word. Write one letter in each space. The first letter of each word is given.
1 I think that keeping animals in zoos is really c_ _ _ _ . 5 In the summer, the weather here is hot and h_ _ _ _ .
2 Camels aren’t part of European w_ _ _ _ _ _ _ , are 6 My favourite part of the day is s_ _ _ _ _ – I love the
they? colours of the sky.
3 Forests are found everywhere, but j_ _ _ _ _ _ are 7 We must all do something to p_ _ _ _ _ _ the
only in tropical regions. environment.
4 In some countries like Canada, w_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 8 If sea l_ _ _ _ _ continue to rise, many towns on the
are used to produce energy. coast might disappear.

Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past perfect form of these verbs. You can use one verb
more than once.
arrive be never/be just/close get give go never/have
already/learn rain never/realise not see stop take visit

1 She a dog before, but when her 5 The air quite humid because it
friends her Milly, she was the happiest heavily the night before.
person in the world. 6 The zookeeper the gates when some
2 By the time I able to say a few words more visitors .
in German, my brother to speak the 7 By the time the weather really cold,
language fluently. we skiing.
3 My cousins a cow in real life until 8 Until I for a swim in the ocean,
they me in the countryside. I it was so much colder than the sea.
4 Our cat in a cage before we
the train last summer.
2 Change the sentences into indirect speech.
1 ‘I have crossed the desert alone on foot,’ said the man. 5 ‘Have you ever flown?’ he asked me.

2 ‘Do you want to feed the horse?’ the farmer asked me. 6 ‘Are we getting a pet cat?’ my little sister asked.

3 ‘Please do not drop any litter on the ground,’ the tour
guide told us.
4 ‘This winter we’ll have mild weather,’ the weather
presenter said.
7 ‘Would you like a drink?’ the waiter asked me.
8 ‘Please look after my plants while I’m away,’ Valerie
asked me.

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