Test Units 1–3 Extension

VOCABULARY 3 Complete the description of the house.

We live in a 0 detached house in the suburbs. We’ve got a
1 Read the clues and complete the crossword. big garden and a 1 g for two cars. As
1 you enter the house there’s a small 2 h
2 3 where we hang our coats. From there you can go up the
4 3 s to the bedrooms. We’ve got an open
5 6 plan dining room and kitchen with all the usual appliances,
0 including a large 4 m l American-
l e g g i n g s
style 5 f to keep things fresh. There’s
7 also a small 6 u r
beside the kitchen that has a 7 w
8 m where we wash our clothes. There are
three bedrooms in my house and a 8 s ,
9
where we have the computer and I do my homework. My
favourite room in the house is my bedroom. I have a large
9 w n 10 w where I
10
hang my shirts, sweaters and jeans.
Across 5
0 A pair of very thin trousers that fit tight over the legs.
6 Part of a cooker with a door to heat food. Vocabulary total 15
7 Where your hand is connected to your arm.
8 You wear these to protect your eyes from bright light. GRAMMAR
9 The protection of the natural environment, including
animals, plants and natural resources. 1 Complete the sentences with the past simple or past
Room used for reading, writing, and doing some work.
10 continuous form of the verbs below.
Down listen live not make run swim not take
1 Animals and plants in the wild.
2 You wear these to keep your hands warm. 0 Lisa was running really fast when she dropped her purse.
3 A room that is attached to a house, and that has 1 Max his dog for a walk
windows all around it and a glass roof. at the park yesterday.
4 Machine to wash plates, glasses, etc. 2 I to that cool new song
5 The middle part of your leg, where it bends. a couple of times.
5 3 Jake received a text message on his phone while he
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the in the pool.
verbs below. There are two you don’t need. 4 Kim and Francesca
with two roommates when I met them.
feel hear listen see smell sound taste touch
5 We homemade ice
0 Excuse me, could you be quiet? I can’t hear the film. cream on Saturday.
1 Hmm, dinner nice. What are you 5
cooking, Mum? 2 Put the words in order to make questions. Match the
2 Nick tired, so he went to bed early. questions with the answers and complete them.
3 The band’s rehearsal great yesterday.
It’s going to be a great concert! 0 you / did / read / books / to / what / use / ?
What books did you use to read?
4 Be careful! Don’t that wall! I’ve just
painted it. 1 use / to / perform / band / did / in / a / Simon / ?
5 I Aisha skateboarding at the park
yesterday morning. She’s really good. 2 hang out / did / you / to / your / friends / use / with / where / ?

5
3 of / did / what / films / to / you / sort / watch / use / ?

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 4 vegetarian / use / Megan / to / did / be / a / ?
5 family / did / you and / live / which / city / use / your / to / in / ?
A We mountain biking a lot near my
house. It was lots of fun! _
B Yes, that’s right. She didn’t any type
of meat. _
C Well, I used to read fantasy books. 0
D We in an apartment in New York. _
E Yes, he did. He the lead singer.
He was really good. _
F I comedies or action films. They were
my favourite. _
3 Complete the sentences with yet, already or just.
0 Louis still hasn’t had a haircut yet and it’s his graduation
tomorrow.
1 That was quick! Have you been to the bank and post
office ?
2 I’ve tried Japanese food at that new
restaurant in town. The food was really delicious.
3 You look ill. Have you taken that medicine ?
4 ‘Do you want to stay for lunch?’
‘No, thanks. I’ve eaten.’
5 ‘Have I missed the show?’
‘No, don’t worry. It hasn’t started .’
4 Read Mia’s timeline. Imagine it’s 2013, and write questions
with How long and answers using the present perfect.
Mia Hayworth’s timeline (December 2013)
met my best friend 2007
started to collect old coins 2008
joined a band 2009
began to learn Italian 2010
bought a laptop 2011
stopped eating meat 2012
0 How long has Mia known (Mia / know) her best friend?
(Since) Mia has known her best friend since 2007.
1 (she / collect) coins?
(for)
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2 (she / be) in a band?
(since) .
3 (she / learn) Italian?
(for) .
4 (she / have) a laptop?
(for) .
5 (she / be) a vegetarian?
(since) .
5
5 Rewrite the sentences so they have the same meaning.
Use the correct form of the words in brackets.
0 My car is more environmentally friendly than other cars.
(not as) Other cars aren’t as environmentally friendly as mine.
1 Villages aren’t as polluted as big cities.
5 (more)
Big cities .
2 It’s more useful to have a laptop than a desktop.
(as)
It’s .
3 There are many people in the shopping centre every day,
but Saturdays are even more crowded.
(most)
Saturdays in the shopping centre are
.
4 Wood is a stronger material than plastic. But metal is
even stronger.
(strongest)
Metal .
5 5 It’s a lot easier to recycle now than before.
(easy)
It didn’t use .
5
6 Complete the conversation with indefinite pronouns.
Dad: Can 0 someone help me clear out the garage? There’s
lots of old junk 1 .
Rosie: It’s not junk, Dad! Some of that junk is our stuff.
Dad: Yes, but 2 uses it anymore. There
are old toys, bikes, and even old computers.
Ivan: I bet there’s 3 in there I still want
to use. Don’t throw it all out!
Rosie: I know! Why don’t we have a garage sale? Perhaps
4 in the neighbourhood will want to buy it.
Dad: That’s a good idea Rosie. Then 5
else we can recycle.
5
Grammar total 30
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 READING
7 a person that lives next to you or near you

An Earthquake Survivor 8 the things that you own

Ed was an eight-year-old boy from a large city called
9 to use a special tool to make a hole
Port-au-Prince, in Haiti. He lived a normal life in a house

with his mother and father and five siblings. On the
broken pieces of a building, for example
10
12th of January 2010, Ed was playing with his brothers
and sisters in his house, when he suddenly heard a
5
loud noise and saw the ground begin to shake – there
was an earthquake. When Ed’s mum heard the loud 2 Read the article again and complete the summary of
sounds, she ran outside to search for Ed’s five-year-old the story.
brother, David, who was collecting water. As she went
Ed was a normal 0 eight-year-old boy. He was from
outside, the house behind her began to fall down and 1 in Haiti. He lived in a house with his
Ed and his siblings were trapped inside. He watched as
parents and 2 . One day while he
everything around them collapsed. 3 he 4 a loud noise.
Ed was buried underneath the building. He and his There was an 5 and his house fell
eleven-year-old sister, Sabrina, were sat squashed next down. He got trapped inside with his 6 .
to each other in a tiny dark space. They couldn’t see They didn’t have anything to 7
very much and they couldn’t move. They didn’t have or 8 . They were trapped for
any food or water either. Ed tried to look for his other 9 before a 10 heard
brother and two sisters, who were nearby, but sadly them shout for help. Two 11 rescued
they died. All they could do was wait and listen to see if them. It took them 12 to drill through
anyone would come to help them. 13 of the house and pull them
out. Ed was so 14 he had a huge
Then, after eight days, a neighbour was searching
15 on his face.
for her belongings next door, when she heard Ed
and Sabrina’s cries for help. Luckily, two firefighters 5
from America, who were helping in Haiti after the 3 Read the article again and decide if the sentences are
earthquake, came and drilled down through the true or false. Correct the false sentences.
debris of the house. Amazingly, after four hours, the
0 Ed had five brothers and sisters.
men reached Ed and Sabrina. As they brought Ed out
of the hole, he threw his arms up in victory and had a True.
big smile on his face. Ed said afterwards that he smiled 1 One of Ed’s brothers wasn’t in the house during the
because he was free! earthquake.

1 Read the article and find words or phrases which mean 2 Ed was trapped alone in the house.
the following.
3 He couldn’t see.
a sudden and violent shaking of the earth earthquake
0
brothers or sisters
1
in an unpleasant situation where it is hard to escape
2 4 After over a week, someone who lived next to them
heard Ed shouting for help.
to fall down suddenly
3
covered by something like earth or snow
4 5 Two local firefighters from Haiti rescued Ed and Sabrina.


pushed into a small space
5
5
small space with little or no light
6 15
Reading total

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 LISTENING WRITING
1 12 Listen to the programme and complete the table. 1 Tick ( ) or correct the sentences. Some of them are
wrong.
The Woodman’s Cottage
0 Then I heard a scream. First, I saw the spider.
Location 0
UK
First, I heard a scream. Then I saw the spider.
1
Eco-friendly 1 We did a fun run for raise money for charity.
features

The Shelter House 2 My parents gave me this cool purple plastic watch.
Location 2

3
Eco-friendly 3 First, I saw the smoke. Next, I heard the fire alarm.
features
The Active House 4 Do you like this leather brown old belt?
Location 4
Eco-friendly
5 5 We take our own biodegradable shopping bags to the
features supermarket so that use the plastic ones.

5
5
2 12 Listen again and write all the parts of a house and
the furniture that you hear. 2 Write an entry on your blog about a scheme you took
part in to help the environment in 125–150 words. Use
House 1 adjectives, sequencing words and expressions of purpose
Parts of the house Furniture to describe the scheme.
walls microwave




House 2
Parts of the house Furniture



windows

House 3

Parts of the house
roof


10

Listening total 15

10
Writing total 15
Speaking 10
TOTAL 100

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