Prepare 6. Test Units 1-8

VOCABULARY

1. Match the sports and activities to the pictures.

2. Choose the right verb to complete the phrases.

1.       [play, go, ride]a bike

2.      [make, do, take] a video

3.        [become, do, have] famous

4.      [go, do, have] sightseeing

5.        [open, play, listen] in a band

6.      [do, make, take] a photo

7.      [do, make, give] a concert

8.       [play, go, do] camping

3 Choose the correct answer.

1. My favourite music is        [jazz, violin, music].

2. I hate listening to       [stage, rock, album]music.

3. My daughter often          [plays, wakes up, sleeps]at 6 o’clock.

4. I love playing the          [concert, keyboard, band].

5. Suzanne Collins           [recorded, published, received]her first book, The Hunger Games, in 2008.

6. He         [climbed, got on, got off]the train in London and four hours later he arrived in Edinburgh.

7. The fruit I hate is          [cucumber, cabbage, mango].

8. We’re going on holiday to Italy, so I bought a            [tour guide, guidebook, tourist]for the trip.

9. The pasta is in a            [photograph, cupboard, armchair] in the kitchen.

10. I keep my T-shirts and jumpers in the                  [chest of drawers, bookshelf, blank]in my room.

Complete the sentences with the words in blue.

afraid awesome busy castle ceiling famous ferry upset stories song

1. I really want to visit an old        when we go to England.

2. The weather was bad and the sea was rough so the journey on the       was not easy.

3. Why is Anna so       ? Did she get some bad news?

4. Everybody knows them. They’re        .

5. This building is         . I can’t believe it has so many stairs.

6. Don’t forget that James is        of spiders, so don’t visit the insect house.

7. I’m very      at the moment. I’ve got a lot of homework.

8. The above your heads is the original         , painted by a famous artist in 1786.

9. Taylor Swift is writing a new      . I love listening to her music.

10. My uncle likes reading         to us when he visits.

Choose the right word(s) to complete the sentences.

1. My mum              [doesn’t work, isn’t] working today.

2. I                  [often play, am often playing] tennis in the summer.

3. Do you       [go, going] sailing?

4. What                  [do you watch, are you watching] on TV now?

5. They                [don’t cook, aren’t cooking] at the moment.

6. I            [play, am playing]rugby after school every day.

7. He went           [somewhere, nowhere]hot for his holidays. He wanted to go to the beach.

8. It’s very dark here. I can’t see           [something, anything].

9. Have you got          [anything, nothing] to drink?

10. I have           [nothing, anything]to do on Saturday night.

Complete the conversation. Write the verbs in the past simple.

John: Hi Mark. It’s great to see you again. How (1)     (be) your holiday?

Mark: Good. I really had a good time.

John: (2)     you    (go) cycling?

Mark: No, we didn’t. We (3)        (stay) in a fantastic hotel.

John: What (4)     you    (do) every day?

Mark: In the mornings we (5)         (visit) different places and in the afternoons we (6)      (swim) in the sea. The beach (7)     (be) very near the hotel.

John: Sounds good. (8)     you     (see) Colin?

Mark: No. I didn’t. I think he went yesterday.

Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

1. She           some toast. Would you like some? (make – present continuous)

2.      your father                to rock and roll? (like/listen – present simple)

3. They             their bikes on their holiday to Sweden last year. (not take – past simple)

4. Rafael Nadal        at Wimbledon for the first time in 2003. (play – past simple)

5. He always                on Saturday evenings. (hate/study – present simple)

6. I           breakfast at the moment, come in and sit down. (eat – present continuous)

7. On your last holiday,     you      in the sea every day? (swim – past simple)

8. My sister             lots of presents when she goes on holiday. (not buy – present simple)

LISTENING

Listen to Pablo talking about what he and his sister usually eat in the week and answer the questions.

1. What does Pablo sometimes drink with his breakfast?              

2. What does Pablo’s sister eat for breakfast?       

3. When do they have salad?                     

4. What can they usually eat after the main course?              

5. What do they do when they have their supper?         

READING

Read the text about team games. Choose the correct answer.

Three Different Team Games

A game of ice hockey is played by two teams and takes sixty minutes. Each team has twenty players, but only six from each team play on the ice at the same time. They are five skaters and a goalkeeper. The idea is to hit the puck or small round black ball with a stick and to get it in the other team’s goal. At the end of the game the team with the most goals wins.

Water polo is a team watersport. It’s like basketball, football and hockey in the water and the players don’t stop moving! They cannot stand in the pool. Players use one hand and swim with the ball. Each team has six players and one goalkeeper. The winner is the team with the most goals.

Shinty is a team game like hockey and ice hockey. A game takes ninety minutes and there are twelve players in each team. Each player has a stick and they try to hit the small ball into the other team’s goal. They cannot use their hands or arms.

1. In which sport do teams have twelve people?            [ice hockey, water polo, shinty]

2. In which sport can players throw the ball into the net?            [ice hockey, water polo, shinty]

3. In which sport can players use their hands to score a goal?            [ice hockey, shinty, water polo]

4. In which sport are players moving all the time?             [ice hockey, water polo, shinty]

5. In which sport does the ball have another name?            [ice hockey, water polo, shinty]