Unit 3 Standard Test A

Language focus
Listening
4 Complete the sentences with was, were, wasn’t
or weren’t. (5 marks)
1 [1.04] Listen to the conversation. Then answer
the questions. (10 marks) 1 There ______ five hundred people at the
1 When did Brian get back from his holiday? concert.

_______________________________________ 2 ______ the film scary?

2 Where did Brian and his family stay? 3 ‘Were you at school yesterday?’ ‘No, I ______.’

_______________________________________ 4 The exams ______ difficult. In fact, they were

quite easy.
3 How long did they stay there?
5 Who ______ your first English teacher?
_______________________________________
4 Did Brian’s brother go on holiday with them? 5 Write affirmative and negative sentences using
_______________________________________ the past simple. (10 marks)
5 Was the café in the hotel very good? we / not go / to the party / last night

_______________________________________ We didn’t go to the party last night.

1 I / have / dinner / at Jane’s house yesterday
_______________________________________
Vocabulary
2 our team / not play / very well last Saturday
2 Complete the sentences. (5 marks) _______________________________________
1 Your uncle has got a lot of money. He’s r______. 3 after the concert / we / come / home by bus
2 Everybody likes Mrs. Mason. She’s a p______ _______________________________________
teacher. 4 I / take / some nice photos at the exhibition
3 Jack is very k______. He always helps other _______________________________________
people.
5 Paul / not finish / his homework last night
4 It’s cold, wet and windy today. The weather is
_______________________________________
a______!
5 I don’t like this film. It isn’t exciting. It’s b______. 6 Complete the questions and answers. Use the
words in the box. (10 marks)
3 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple
form of the verbs in the box. (10 marks) bought did did didn’t give
go got went yes you
come feel find give go have help
meet take watch 1 A: Where did you ______ last week?
B: We ______ to Paris.
1 I m_____ my friends in the park yesterday.
2 A: What ______ you buy yesterday?
2 Linda c_____ to my house last Saturday.
B: I ______ a new jacket.
3 Dad g_____ me a phone for my birthday.
3 A: Did your parents ______ you some money?
4 I stayed at home because I f_____ ill.
B: ______, they did.
5 Last Sunday I h_____ lunch at gran’s house.
4 A: How ______ you get home last night?
6 I w_____ to London in 2014.
B: I ______ home by taxi.
7 Joe f_____ his phone under the bed.
5 A: Did ______ enjoy the film?
8 I w_____ TV yesterday evening.
B: No, I ______. It was terrible.
9 We t_____ some photos at Sam’s party.
10 I h_____ my brother with his homework.
Unit 3 Standard Test A
Reading
7 Read the text. Then answer the questions. Communication
(10 marks)
8 Complete the conversation. (5 marks)
William Shakespeare A
1
Hi, Louise. H______ was your weekend?
Shakespeare was born in Stratford-Upon-Avon, a small 2
B N______ bad, thanks. I went shopping with
town in England, in 1564. He went to school there, but 3
Martin. I bought these shoes. W______ do you
he didn’t go to university, because university was
expensive in those days. think?
4
Shakespeare got married when he was only eighteen. A They l______ great!
About ten years later, he travelled to London: he wanted B What about you? What did you do?
to be an actor, and all the important theatres were in
London. His wife and children stayed in Stratford, but he A I went to a party at Janet’s house.
sometimes visited them. Stratford was 150 kilometres 5
B Really? How w______ that?
from London, and the journey took two days.
A It was fun.
Shakespeare soon became interested in writing. When
he was about thirty, he wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Everybody loved it! Many of his plays were very popular.
He made a lot of money, and he bought a big house in
Writing
Stratford for his family.
9 Write about your last birthday. Use the
When he was about fifty, Shakespeare came back to questions to help you. Write 60–80 words.
Stratford to live with his family. He died a few years later. (10 marks)
1 Why didn’t Shakespeare go to university?
Paragraph 1 When was it? How old
_______________________________________ were you?
2 How old was Shakespeare when he got Paragraph 2 Was it on a school
married? day, or at the
weekend? What time
_______________________________________ did you get up?
3 Where were all the important theatres at that Paragraph 3 Did you get any
time? presents? Did anyone
_______________________________________ come to your house?
What did you eat?
4 How long did the journey from Stratford to
London take?
_______________________________________ Total marks: Listening _______ / 10
5 What did Shakespeare buy for his family? Vocabulary _______ / 15
_______________________________________ Language focus _______ / 25

Reading _______ / 10 Communication _______ / 5

Writing _______ / 10 TOTAL _______ / 75