School Year

2013/2014

ESCOLA BSICA D. SANCHO I

Teacher:

7th Grade

Name: _________________________________________________________________ No _______

Class:_______

Teacher: ___________________________ Enc. de Educao: _____________________________________________

Listening
Comprehension

Reading
Comprehension

Use of
language/Grammar

Written Production

Global Mark

ENGLISH WRITTEN TEST EXTENSIVE READING

LISTENING COMPREHENSION
A - Listen to the following text carefully and fill in the gaps.

Mom? Whats that (1) ________________ there? asks Abigail pointing at the tallest (2) ________________ she can
see from the (3) ________________ of the cab. Her sister Alyssa is looking out of the (4) ________________
watching all the cars driving by.
Abigail and Alyssa are (5) ________________. They are visiting New York with their parents. The family is (6)
________________ and they are from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Their (7) ________________ flew into John F. Kennedy
Airport and they are now traveling into New York City in a (8) ________________ cab to say at a hotel for a (9)
________________s vacation.
Thats the Empire State Building, (10) ________________. We can visit it (11) ________________ if you like. Her
mom Janice says.
All these buildings are (12) ________________. The buildings in Halifax are so (13) ________________, says
Alyssa. Why are they so tall? I hope they have (14) ________________.
Of course they have elevators, their dad, Kevin, laughs. The buildings are tall because Manhattan (15)
________________ is quite small and a lot of people want to live and work (16) ________________
Manhattan? I thought this was New York, Alyssa says looking (17)________________
Yeah, thats what I thought, too, says Abigail. Yes, it is, but the (18) ________________ of New York is an island
and its called Manhattan. I can see that you (19) ________________ are going to learn a lot on this vacation,
Kevin says. The cabs turns a (20) ________________ into Times Square.

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READING COMPREHENSION

A. Match the pictures with the names.

a)
a) Metropolitan
Metropolitan Museum
Museum of
of Art
Art
d)
d) Rockfeller
Rockfeller center
center

b)
b) The
The Empire
Empire State
State building
building

e)
e) Guggenheim
Guggenheim museum
museum

c)
c) Central
Central Park
Park

f)
f) Times
Times Square
Square

B. Put the following words into the correct column.

British English

American English

mom
mom
lift
lift
theatre
theatre
cab
cab
traveling
traveling
theatre
theatre
center
center
luggage
luggage
favourite
favourite
subway
subway

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C. Having in mind what you have read in the short story New York message, circle the correct option.
1. Where is the Johnson family from

9. The twins and their parents can enjoy an amazing view of

a) England

New York on the

b) Canada

a) 66th floor
b) 86th floor

2. The Johnson family is visiting New York city for

c) 96th floor

a) a month

d) 102th floor

b) a weekend
c) a week

10. Mystery Man and Miss New York are going to meet on

d) two weeks

Thursday at
a) half past two

3. Their hotel is near

b) four

a) Broadway

c) half past four

b) Central park

d) five

c) The Empire State Building

d) the airport

11. The kids go to Times Square to have

a) hamburgers

4. Abigail likes

b) an ice cream

a) History and museums

c) a cup cake

b) dancing

d) a hot dog

c) singing
d) playing sports

12. The twins have pancakes for

a) breakfast

5. Maxs birthday is on

b) lunch

a) Tuesday

c) dinner

b) Thursday

d) afternoon tea

c) Friday
d) Sunday

13. To go to the Empire State Building Max and his friends

take

6. Maxs mother lives in

a) New York
b) Boston
c) Red Hook
d) Plymouth
7. Maxs favourite place in New York is
a) Liberty Island
b) Fifth Avenue
c) The Empire State building
d) Times Square
8. His favourite food is
a) hot dogs
b) burgers
c) pizza

a) the bus
b) a taxi
c) a double-decker bus
d) the subway
14. Max feels very happy because
a) he received lots of presents
b) his party was great
c) his family was there
d) his birthday cake was very good
15. The twins invite him for
a) the holidays
b) a special dinner
c) a walk
d) a swim

d) sausages

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USE OF LANGUAGE/GRAMMAR
A Write the 3rd person singular form of the following verbs.

1. catch

6. study

2. play

7. fix

3. see

8. leave

4. go

9. work

5. listen

10. wash

B - Complete the sentences with the present simple of the verbs.

1. When Alyssa is at home, she ____________ (surf) on the net looking for new friends but she ______________
(not/forget) to do her homework.
2. Max __________________ (not/have) any pet but he _________________ (help) his mother taking care of
her rabbit.
3. In the afternoon Alyssa and her friends ________________________ (not/have) lessons.
4. They________________ (practise) sports. She _____________ (like) being with her friends very much.
5. Kate is Alyssas best friend but they are only together at school. Kate _____________ (not/live) near Emily.
6. ___________she___________ (practise) sports in the morning? No, she ___________.
7. ___________ they___________ (have) lessons in the morning? Yes, they___________.
8. At the weekend the twins and their parents _________________ (go) to the park and they _______________
(have) a picnic. Then they __________________ (ride) their bikes.

WRITTEN PRODUCTION
Write about 50/60 words on the following:
After reading the short story New York Message what do you know about New York City?

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COTAES
LISTENING
COMPREHENSION
A. 100%

READING

USE OF LANGUAGE

COMPREHENSION
A. 15%

A. 40%

B. 25%

B. 60%

WRITING
A. 100%

C. 60%

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