2 UNIT TEST LEVEL 1 Name Mark

Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with the words below. Pay attention to the words in bold. (5 x 2 = 10 points)
witnesses locks patrol burglar alarms grab robberies thief evidence
1. The suspects left at the crime scene.
2. The police here daily.
3. We managed to the man by the arm, but he got away.
4. Two saw the masked steal the jewellery.
5. and help prevent .

2 Complete the sentences with the words below and the suffix -ful or -less . Make any necessary changes.
Some words are used more than once. (8 x 3 = 24 points)
defence harm skill help care hope
1. The detective solved many crimes.
2. Smoking is to your health.
3. A criminal leaves fingerprints.
4 She didnt want to feel , so she learned karate.
5. He felt sad because he felt the situation was .
6. Shes a , optimistic person.
7. The snakes here are . They cant hurt you.
8. The police gave us some tips for keeping our neighbourhood safe.

3 The words in bold are in the wrong sentences. Write them next to the correct sentence. (6 x 2 = 12 points)
1. Important news stories are on a newspapers reporter.
2. A front page appears in one newspaper or on one news programme before it appears anywhere
else.
3. The press is about something that has just happened or is still going on.
4. Breaking news refers to various news media.
5. A scoop provides information to the public.
6. A news source is a journalist.

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Grammar
4 Complete the passage with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Simple
or Past Simple. (10 x 3 = 30 points)
News for Teens, By Teens
1.
you ever (hear) of Teen Kids News (TKN)?
Its a weekly half-hour news programme that millions of teens in the US and abroad
2.
(watch) for years on television and online. TKN 3.
(be) around since 2003. Albert Primo 4. (come up with) the idea
for the show several years after he 5. (create) a popular adult news
programme. What 6. always (make) TKN so special
is its young reporters. Theyre all between 10 and 20 years old. In fact, they have to
leave the show by age 20. For example, Mwanzaa, the boy who 7.
(report) the news for TKN since its very first programme, 8. (leave) the
show in September 2013 due to his age. Its kids like Mwanzaa who 9.
(help) TKN win an Emmy Award that same year, as well as the many other awards it
10.
(receive).

5 Complete the sentences with the words below. Use the Present Perfect Simple, Past Perfect Simple
or Past Simple. (4 x 3 = 12 points)
1. work / for a tabloid / since 2010
My mum ................................................................................................ .
2. the ambulance / arrive / two people / give the man / first aid
By the time ............................................................................................ .
3. the police / not arrest / a suspect / yet
Why ...................................................................................................... ?
4. interview / the witness / after / she / speak / to the police
Reporters .............................................................................................. .

6 Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. (4 x 3 = 12 points)

1. He became a reporter ten years ago. (for)
He ......................................................................................................... .
2. The witness called the police. Then she tried to help the victim. (after)
The witness ........................................................................................... .
3. She hasnt broken the law. (never)
She ....................................................................................................... .
4. The burglar alarm went off a moment ago. (just)
The burglar alarm ................................................................................. .