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English Download A2 Unit 4 Test: Floating On Air

Jerry tells Jack about his first trip on a hovercraft across the English Channel from England to France. [1] Jerry says he enjoyed the trip and found it fast like he expected. [2] Jerry also says that the windy conditions did not make the crossing difficult. [3] When Jack compares the hovercraft to traveling through the Channel Tunnel, Jerry responds that he has never used the Channel Tunnel. [4] Jerry expresses disappointment that hovercraft will no longer be used for cross-Channel travel.

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English Download A2 Unit 4 Test: Floating On Air

Jerry tells Jack about his first trip on a hovercraft across the English Channel from England to France. [1] Jerry says he enjoyed the trip and found it fast like he expected. [2] Jerry also says that the windy conditions did not make the crossing difficult. [3] When Jack compares the hovercraft to traveling through the Channel Tunnel, Jerry responds that he has never used the Channel Tunnel. [4] Jerry expresses disappointment that hovercraft will no longer be used for cross-Channel travel.

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ENGLISH DOWNLOAD A2 Name

UNIT 4 TEST Class Date

Floating on air Jack:  So, Jerry, how was your first trip on a
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, people thought the hovercraft was the hovercraft?
future of transport. ‘It will change the way we travel,’ they said. ‘And Jerry: 1
not only for crossing the English Channel to France. It will also change
the way we go about our daily lives. We will be able to go shopping Jack: Was it better than going by ferry boat?
in little hover cars, and we won’t need roads to get to places, as the Jerry: 2
hovercraft will carry us over fields and other open spaces without any Jack:  It’s windy today, so was it a difficult
trouble.’ crossing?
The hovercraft creates a cushion of air between it and the land or Jerry: 3
water it is travelling over. This means it can move much faster than Jack:  How does it compare with the Channel
boats, for example. In fact, a hovercraft can cross the English Channel Tunnel?
in thirty minutes, which is about an hour faster than most ferries. It is Jerry: 4
a fantastic piece of engineering.
Jack:  How do you feel about no more
Sadly, competition from high-speed boats and the Channel Tunnel hovercraft crossing the Channel?
means that hovercraft have stopped taking passengers across the Jerry: I’m really disappointed that I won’t be
Channel. Jerry, who has crossed the Channel by every means of able to cross the Channel by hovercraft –
transport possible except the hovercraft, is disappointed by this. it’s just my bad luck, I suppose!
However, hovercraft do still travel between Portsmouth and the Isle
Jack: Well, you can always come back here if
of Wight. I met and spoke to Jerry there, on the Isle of Wight, after
you want to travel by hovercraft again.
his first trip on a hovercraft. .

1 Read the conversation in the article. What does Jerry say to Jack? For questions 1-4, choose the correct
letter A-E. There is one extra letter you do not need to use.
A
Yes, it was, but luckily I never get seasick.
B 
I’ve never been through the Channel Tunnel.
C
It was great! As cool as I’d expected!
D 
Oh, yes. You get your own seat and it’s much faster.
E 
That’s boring. There’s nothing to look at; you can’t see the sea. / 20

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the future simple.
1 Eat your dinner or you any pudding! (not have)
2 I you do the housework later, I promise. (help)
3 Let’s hope that they . (not forget)
4 me a cup of coffee? (you / make)
5 I the rubbish out, Dad. (take) / 10

3 Write sentences. Use the correct form of be going to.


1 Carol / buy / a new motorbike

2 he / not come / to the party

3 they / cancel / the meeting?

4 I / spend / the summer in France

5 Natalie / organise / the party?
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4 Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 I’d like to buy a journey / ticket / trip to Manchester, please.
2 
You can’t corner / park / start your car there because it’s a bus stop.
3 I left my umbrella at the café, so I’ll have to check in / get off / go back for it.
4 
Luckily, the driver braked / crashed / reversed quickly, the car stopped and no one was hurt.
5 She got into / got off / got on the bus and sat next to the window.
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5  You will hear a man giving information to tourists about their last day in London. Listen and
complete the questions.

Last day in London

Check out of hotel: 9.00 am


Flight leaves at: 1
pm
Time to do: sightseeing and 2
Madame Tussauds costs: €3
Transport to Heathrow: by 4

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6 Write a short paragraph about your hobbies. Use some of the words and phrases below to
help you.

begin enjoy learn like look forward to love practise prefer bad at
crazy about fond of good at interested in keen on not ... enough to ... too ... to ...

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