Canadian English Council

Oxford Discover 3 My name is ...................................................................................

Unit 15&16 Test (60 minutes)

Grammar & Vocabulary …… / 74 …… / 10 Parts 1-12

Writing …… / 10 …… / 10 Part 13

Listening …… / 15 …… / 10

Reading …… / 13 …… / 10

Total …… / 102 …… / 10

Part 1: Complete the sentences.

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I am going to plant some flowers. First, I will put the 1…………………… in the soil. I will know it is growing
when I see a small 2…………………… come out of the soil. The flower will keep growing and soon we will
have a flower with colorful 3…………………… on it! I can’t wait for my flowers to grow!

Part 2: Complete the sentences. Then match them with the pictures.
1. This flower has sweet …………………… .
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3. The …………………… of this flower is very thick.

Part 3: Fill in the correct words.

1. Amanda bought a ……………………… of apples at the store.
2. We need a ……………………… of bread.
3. It’s so hot that I drank three ……………………… of water.
4. I love strawberry jam. Can you buy me a ……………………… of jam at the grocery store?
5. I’m hungry. I’m going to order a ……………………… of soup at the café.
6. We bought a ……………………… of seeds to feed the birds.
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7. The baby has a ……………………… of milk before bed every night.
8. I need exactly one ……………………… of rice. It can’t be heavier or lighter.

Part 4: Look and complete the sentences.

1. ……………………… are very healthy and delicious.

2. We have planted a vegetable ……………………… behind

our house.

3. The ……………………… takes good care of her flowers

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4. It was very hot yesterday, and it was difficult to see

through the ……………………… .

Part 5: Unscramble the words and match.

1. t e a g e r s e n a. place where people live and help each
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2. c o t y m m u n i
b. young people ages 13 to 19
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3. u c i r u s o c. to give water to a plant
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d. eager to know or learn something
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Part 6: Complete the sentences with the correct form of verbs.

1. A: There is a good movie on TV tonight.
B: Yes. I know. I (watch) ……………………………… it.
2. That looks heavy. I (help) ……………………………… you with that.
3. Last year we (take) ……………………………… the ferry to an island.

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 4. Every year we (cook) ……………………………… lamb on the spit.
5. My grandmother (bake) ……………………………… Easter bread but now we buy it from a bakery.
6. When her train (get) ……………………………… to the station, we (wait)
……………………………… on the platform.
7. I’m sorry I can’t join you at the party, I (go) ……………………………… away for two weeks.
8. My mother and sister (make) ……………………………… salads for the table right now.
9. I (get) ……………………………… up early to help prepare the lamb last year.
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10. This exercise looks really hard. – I (help) ……………………………… help you.

Part 7: Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. Ms. Harrison / is / with / her / happy / garden
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2. I / am / about / your / curious / community
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3. plants / Inez / is / in / interested
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Part 8: Look and write sentences. Add words and use not when necessary.

1. She / curious / ladybugs

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2. He / surprised / the score
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3. He / excited / the snow

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Part 9: Complete the sentences. Use the correct prepositions.

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1. I was curious ……………… the community garden, so I asked the gardener to tell me more about it.
2. Lilly is not happy ……………… her botany class. She thinks it’s too difficult and there is too much
homework.
3. Michelle and Daniela were so excited ……………… the concert tomorrow that they couldn’t sleep!

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Part 10: Rewrite the sentences.
1. How much is a bottle of cooking oil?
How much does ……………………………………………………………………………………
2. Mia usually walks to school.
Mia ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Nobody in my class is fatter than John.
John is ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. She likes noodles.
Her favorite ………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. What is the price of these apples?
How much ………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. The car is blue.
It is ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
7. It’s often hot in the summer.
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It’s never ………………………………………………………………………………………………

Part 11: Write Yes / No questions form the following words and then answer.
1. your name / Linda (yes)
…… Is your name Linda? – Yes, it is. ……………………………………………………………………
2. Mary / walk to her office every day (no)
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. she / stay in Rome in 2017 (yes)
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4. your friends / at the cinema last night (yes)
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5. leopards / have black spots (yes)
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6. she / proud of her success (yes)
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7. you / use this computer now (no)
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Part 12: Write questions for the underlined words of the sentences.

1. My father’s eyes are dark brown.

.. What colour are your father’s eyes? ……………………………………………………………………

2. Susan gave the money to her brother.

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3. We went to school by bus.
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4. I was tired yesterday evening because I worked very hard.
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5. Mary invited a lot of people to the party.
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6. Shakira grew up in Colombia.
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7. He went on holiday with his friends.
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Part 13: Write an essay about the process of making or doing something you like. For example, how to plant an
apple tree, how to make a kite, how to play ‘Simon says’, etc.

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