End of Year 2 Higher
End of Year 2 Higher
c why they want to be famous 5 Complete the text. Use the past simple form of
suitable verbs. (5 marks)
2 Complete the sentences. Write one, two or three
words. (9 marks) Yesterday was a busy day! In the morning I
1 Katie wants to study _________________ next (1) ________________to music. Then I did some
2 She wants to become a _________________. and (3) ________________the kitchen floor with lots
3 She loves _________________. of water. In the afternoon some friends came round
4 Katie wants to walk across _________________. and we (4) ________________ the dog for a walk. In
5 She wants to _________________ Mount Everest. the evening I made dinner – but I wasn’t a very
6 Matt loves playing _________________. good cook! I (5) ________________ my hand on the
7 He has won some _________________. hot stove. Luckily, it’s OK now – but we’re having a
9 If Matt trains hard, he hopes he’ll become a 6 Complete the sentences. Use a preposition and
_________________. your own ideas. (4 marks)
I’m really bad at maths and IT!
4 A deep place between two mountains or hills: 4 My best friend is very interested ______________
a ______________. ___________________________________________
5 A person who invents new things:
an ______________.
Language focus
4 Complete the sentences. (6 marks) 7 Write the present simple and present
continuous forms of suitable verbs. (6 marks)
1 You need to show an ID ______________ when
you go to the cinema. Jamie Parker (1) _______________ in London with
his parents and his sister. He (2) _______________ to
2 Thousands of fans watched the football teams
school by bus every day.
play in a big ______________.
At the moment, he (3) _______________ the internet
3 We visited Niagara ______________ and looked
on his laptop and looking at sports websites. His
at the water falling down.
favourite sport is football and he
End-of-year test 2
(4) _______________ in a team every weekend. 11 Write first conditional sentences. (4 marks)
Downstairs, his parents (5) _______________ TV, and 1 we / be late / for the party / if / not leave / now
his sister (6) _______________ to her friend on her __________________________________________
mobile phone. 2 you / not meet / anyone / if / not go out / at
weekends
8 Complete the sentences using the verbs in the
box. Use the past simple and past continuous. __________________________________________
There are two verbs you do not need. (4 marks) 3 if / he / pass / his exams / graduate / next year
3 Paul ____________________ me for a chat while I The cheetah isn’t a slow animal. All animals are
____________________ my homework. slower than the cheetah.
4 While we ____________________ on our bikes, we Cheetahs are the fastest animals.
____________________ some friends. 1 The first Harry Potter book was quite good, but
the second book was very good.
9 Complete the questions using the present
The second Harry Potter book
simple, present continuous, past simple or past
continuous forms of the verbs. (5 marks) _____________________________ the first book.
2 Mark isn’t very patient. His sister is very patient.
be (x2) cook finish sail
Mark _____________________________ his sister.
1 ___________ he your brother? He looks like you! 3 This class is very quiet. My last class wasn’t very
2 ______________________ (you) your homework quiet.
last night? My last class _____________________________
3 ______________________ (they) around the this class.
Greek Islands at the moment? 4 Elephants aren’t very light. All other land animals
4 When _________________ your daughter born? are lighter than elephants.
5 ______________________ (Beth) dinner when I Elephants _____________________________ land
phoned yesterday? animals in the world.
10 Write questions using the present perfect. Then 13 Complete the email with suitable words.
write the short answers. (6 marks)
(9 marks)
1 he / a mountain / ? (climb) ()
Hi Poppy,
______________________________________?
(1) _____________ you having your party next
__________________.
weekend? Everybody (2) _____________
2 you / ever / designer clothes / ? (buy) ()
talking about it at school yesterday!
______________________________________?
Have you got lots of music?
__________________.
(3) _____________ you haven’t, I
3 they / Spanish / ? (study) ()
(4) _____________ ask Claire to bring her collection.
______________________________________?
__________________.
End-of-year test 2
She (5) _____________ some really good albums at
the music shop a few days (6) _____________!
A DREAM JOB?
(7) _____________ buy a lot of food. We won’t need A lot of young people have a job because they
need money. But Laura Johnson does her
lots to eat and I’m (8) _____________ to bring some weekend job because she loves it. Laura works as
snacks anyway. Oh, I nearly forgot – when will the a helper at a zoo twenty minutes away from her
party finish? Dad says I town.
(9) _____________ be home by midnight – that’s the The zoo where Laura works is large and modern
and there are lots of open spaces where the
rule! Love, Freya animals can run. ‘Every day we prepare the
animals’ food and clean the animals’ sleeping
14 Complete the sentences with your own ideas. areas. I don’t enjoy that so much – it’s quite dirty!’
(2 marks)
Laura loves working with the animals. ‘The
1 I’ve never _____________________________, but I’d elephants are the biggest animals here, and
like to! they’re wonderful. They’re really intelligent and
it’s true that they have excellent memories – they
2 Next year, I’ll probably _________________________, never forget anything! I love the monkeys too, but
but I definitely _____________________________. you must remember that they are wild animals.
People think they’re friendly, but in fact they’re
quite aggressive, and they’ve bitten some of my
Reading friends.’
15 Read the text on the right. What is it mainly Laura loves spending time with the animals.
‘When you know the animals well, they’re the
about? (2 marks)
same as people,’ she says. ‘We’ve got two bears
a summer holiday jobs for teenagers here and they’re completely different. One is
b different jobs at the zoo moody and the other is easy-going and patient.’
c the most popular zoo animals
d a job working with animals Communication
16 Write true or false. Correct the false sentences. 17 Complete the dialogue. (10 marks)
(8 marks) A (1) H__________ __________ your weekend?
1 Laura works at the zoo every day. B It was great, thanks. An amazing thing
___________________________________________ happened. I saw Johnny Depp at the beach!
2 The zoo is in her town. A You’re (2) k___________! Really?
___________________________________________ B Yes. I took some photographs!
3 The zoo is quite small. A Cool! Can I see them?
___________________________________________ B Sure. Are you (3) d___________ ___________
4 Laura likes every part of her job. this afternoon?
___________________________________________ A No, nothing (4) s___________.
5 Laura prefers monkeys to elephants. B Well, I’m going into town, if you’re
___________________________________________ (5) i___________. I’ll bring the photos!
6 The monkeys have hurt some people.
___________________________________________ Writing
7 Some animals have got different personalities. 18 Write an internet profile about you. Describe
___________________________________________ your personality and your likes and dislikes. Say
what interesting things you have done. Say what
8 The bears are both very friendly.
things you want to do in the future. Write about
___________________________________________ 80–100 words. (10 marks)