End-of-term Test 3

5 Find the words in the word snake and complete

the sentences. (10 marks)

Listening
1

Listen to Park Ranger Jim Stanton give advice

to a group of students about a camping
expedition to Yosemite National Park. According
to Jim, which of the animals you might see is
the most dangerous? (2 marks)
A snakes
B mountain lions

C bears
D wolves

Listen again. Answer the questions. (8 marks)

1 Name two pieces of equipment Jim thinks it is
essential to take.
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2 Why does Jim think that taking bathroom
products is not a good idea?
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3 What does Jim say most people forget?
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4 What does Jim advise the students not to do if
they are close to a bear?
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5 Name two things you should do if you encounter
a mountain lion.
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Vocabulary
3 Put the words in the correct category. (6 marks)
air conditioning bench mug post box
timer tissues
Everyday
items

Street objects

Kitchen
gadgets

4 Match 14 to AF to form a word. There are two

endings in AF you do not need. (4 marks)
1
2
3
4

st
pat
mir
afr

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A
B
C
D
E
F

ed
ies
aid
eps
ient
ror

1 There is some yoghurt in the ________.

2 Can you pass me a ________; I want to chop up
these onions.
3 It gets really cold at night here, so Im going to
buy a ________ for my bed.
4 The firefighter who rescued the people from the
building was very ________.
5 Molly is ________ and considerate to others.

Practical English
6 Number the dialogue in the correct order.
(8 marks)
___ Dont worry, its all under control.
___ Of course I dont. I asked my parents and they
said we can use the garden too if we want.
___ Good idea. Chris, do you mind if we have it at
your house?
___ OK everyone, lets organize the party. Whos
going to be the DJ?
___ Thanks. So thats the music sorted. Can
anyone bring any food?
___ Great, thats really kind of them. Have we
forgotten anything?
___ I will. Ive DJ-ed at parties before.
___ We can all bring some. We can go to the cheap
supermarket in town the day before.

Grammar
7 Choose the correct option. (12 marks)
1 You shouldnt / dont have to eat too much
chocolate. Its bad for you.
2 Im going to get yourself / myself a new bike.
3 You mustnt / shouldnt smoke in bars,
restaurants or other public places. Its not
allowed.
4 Does someone / anyone want this last biscuit?
5 We havent got enough / some bread to make
sandwiches.
6 They didnt give us many / much information.

End-of-term Test 3
8 Write the words in the correct order to make
sentences. (10 marks)
1 much / fruit / eat / do / a / how / you / day ?
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2 we / any / cheese / have / got ?
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3 without / can / how / comforts / live / anyone /
their / home ?
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4 the / some / rice / there / in / is / cupboard .
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5 want / go / to / somewhere / summer / this / I /
nice .
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9 Complete the questions with the correct
question tags. There is one tag you do not need.
(10 marks)
cant do hasn't is hadnt isnt
1
2
3
4

Tom is very tall, ______ he?

You dont like fish, ______ you?
This film isnt very interesting, ______ it?
Catherine and Beth can come to the party,
______ they?
5 Jane has got two sisters, ______ she?

Consolidation
10 Choose the correct option. (10 marks)
Last year I decided to set myself a challenge: to
give up my home comforts for a month. The first
things I gave up were my skin and haircare
products. I stopped washing (1) me / myself with
shower gel and putting (2) moisturizer /
conditioner on my skin. That was really hard
because I have naturally dry skin. I didnt feel as
nice and clean as I normally do during that month! I
also gave up using my (3) hair dryer / shampoo.
That was terrible! It was very messy and I felt really
(4) afraid / embarrassed when I went out of the
house because I felt like everyone was staring at
my wet hair! I also gave up my smartphone and the
internet. Wow, I didnt realise quite how difficult that
was going to be! I didnt know what to do with
myself! I often found myself reaching for my phone
to text (5) anyone / someone or to just look
something up on the internet, but my phone wasnt
there! When the challenge was over I decided to
limit the time I spend using gadgets and the time I
spend online.

End-of-term Test 3
Reading

The next experiment was a Swap Box. This was a

11 Read the text. Where exactly did the students do

their project? (2 marks)
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box that people could leave things in that they

no longer wanted and ask for things they wanted.
Each object in the Swap Box had a paper tag
attached with a short story about the history of
the object and why the owner wanted to swap it.

Designing in the street

This idea was quite successful and proved an

effective way of recycling objects and reducing

A group of Design students from Sheffield Hallam

waste.

University in the UK did a research project

about innovative street design. The purpose of

Another rather humorous idea that emerged as a

their project was to explore how design can be

result of the research was the Gossip Vehicle.

used to create interesting and innovative urban

This is an electric car that could be shared by

spaces. The students focused on a section of

the people living on the street in an effort to

Gloucester Road in London. They considered the

reduce the number of cars in the area. In order

street in terms of the people who lived there

to gain access to the car, the passenger has to

permanently, such as home owners and shop

whisper an exciting piece of news or gossip to

owners, the people who passed through, such as

the car!

pedestrians, and those who regularly interacted

in the street, such as post men, taxi drivers,

The students creative ideas helped to

bus drivers and rubbish collectors. At the time

temporarily transform a typical London street

of the study there were plans to reduce the

into a friendly and helpful place with a real

number of vehicles in the street by only

sense of community.

allowing electric cars.

The students started the project by observing
what went on in the street over a week. They
also talked to people in the street, asking
their opinions about what they would like to see
made better and how they wanted the street to
change in the future.

Then the students went

away and thought about how they could improve

12 Read the text again. Answer the questions.

(8 marks)
1 Name two categories of people who were of
interest to the researchers.
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2 What change was going to happen on the
street?

the neighbourhood. They didnt just focus on

design, but also on how they could encourage a
sense of community and sharing between
strangers.

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3 Where were the people who wrote on the
notepad? What were they asked to do?

One of the ideas they came up with was Bus Stop

Messaging. They put a large notepad 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 the pad. The
students discovered that people liked sharing
their stories with each other and reading other
peoples stories.

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4 What do you have to do to get into a Gossip
Vehicle?
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End-of-term Test 3
Writing
13 Write an article about one of the following
topics:

the best or worst event in your life

the best or worst holiday of your life

Use the questions and the prompts to help you.

Remember to use some grammatical structures
that you have learnt from Units 79 and the
following linking words to explain and contrast
your ideas. (10 marks)
also and as well because but
Paragraph 1: Introduce the topic. Where and when
did you go? Who were you with? What did you do?
Im going to tell you about
Last year / summer I went to with
It was the of my life.

Paragraph 2: Give further details about the event or

holiday. What was great / terrible about it?
I loved / hated it because
I had to / didnt have to
I normally like / dislike but
It was but ...
There were as well as
Paragraph 3: Conclude the article. Did you enjoy
yourself in the end? What did you learn from the
experience? If you are writing about an event, do
you have any advice to share? If you are writing
about a holiday, what advice would you give to
someone considering that type of holiday?
I enjoyed myself and / but I would
I learnt that
If you you should(nt) / must(nt)

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Listening _____ / 10
Grammar _____ / 32
Writing _____ / 10

Vocabulary _____ / 20
Consolidation _____ /10

Practical English _____ / 8

Reading _____ / 10
TOTAL __________ / 100