Life, Elementary, Unit 6 Test

Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There is an example at the beginning (0).
boring fun incredible last night scared terrible
this morning twenties write year yesterday
0 Sometimes there are 366 days in a ____year____ .
1 That’s not a very interesting story. In fact, it’s quite ____boring________ .
2 Can you spell your name again, please? I want to _____write_______ it down.
3 The day before today is _____yesterday_______ .
4 Oh no! I’m ____scared________ ! I can hear strange noises outside!
5 Look at the rain! The weather is ______terrible______ today.
6 I need a big breakfast _____this morning_______ . I’ve got rugby.
7 Most people think that going to parties is ______fun______ .
8 I love this song! I think it’s _____incredible_______ .
9 My grandmother was born in the ____twenties________ .
10 Where were you ____last night________ ?
(10 points)

2 Complete the text with ONE word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Queen Elizabeth II of England became queen (0) _____in_____ the early fifties, over 65 years ago. She
became Queen (1) _____after_______ her father died, and is the English monarch with the longest reign*.
The second longest reign in English history is Queen Victoria’s. It ended (2) _____last_______ century, (3)
_____on_______ 22nd January, 1901. She was 81 years old. (4) _____When_______ she became queen, she
was just eighteen.
Queen Elizabeth I was queen over five hundred years (5) ____ago________, (6) _____in_______ the
sixteenth and early seventeenth century. Shakespeare lived (7) _____during_______ Elizabeth’s time, and
admired her very much. In fact, he wrote (8) ____about________ her in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Elizabeth I’s half-sister, Queen Mary, became queen (9) ____in________ 1553. Mary was the first woman
to become the Queen of England. England had no queens (10) _______before_____ the sixteenth century.
There were only kings.
*reign the period of time as king or queen
(10 points)
Grammar
3 Complete the text using the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. There is an example at the
beginning (0).
Hilary Mantel is an author. Her name (0) ___was______ (be) Hilary Thompson when she was born in 1952,
but she (1) ____changed________ (change) it to Hilary Mantel, her stepfather’s surname. Her real father
left home when she was eleven she (2) _______didn’t see_____ (not see) him again.
She (3) ____wrote________ (write) her first two books in 1985 and 1986, but they (4)
____weren’t________ (not be) very popular. She (5) ____didn’t have________ (not have) the same
problem with her next book, A Place of Greater Safety. It’s about three men who (6) ___were_________
(be) important during the French Revolution. Nowadays, Mantel usually writes about lives from the past.
Her book Wolf Hall is very good, and it (7) ___won_________ (win) prizes when it came out. How long (8)
_____did she spend_______ (she/spend) writing it? She says she (9) __spent__________ (spend) five years
and she (10) ____was________ (be) scared of forgetting all the names. She used cards to remember all the
characters.
(10 points)

4 Complete the conversation with the correct letters A–K. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Norah: Where did you live before you came here?
Ryan: 0 _____H______
Norah: Did you live in Devon or Cornwall?
Ryan: 1 _____D_______
Norah: When did you move here?
Ryan: 2 _____E_______
Norah: Why did you leave Australia?
Ryan: 3 ______C______
Norah: Did he work in the tourist industry in
Australia, too?
Ryan: 4______F______
Norah: Was it a good job?
Ryan: 5 _______J_____
Norah: Sorry! Why did he decide to leave?
Ryan: 6 ______A______
Norah: That’s great! Did your mum have a job in
Australia?
Ryan: 7 ______G______
Norah: What did she do when you moved here?
Ryan: 8 ______B______
Norah: That’s lucky! And did you find it easy to make
friends here?
Ryan: 9 ______I______
Norah: That’s true. You and I met there.
Ryan: 10 ____K________

A A fantastic hotel here in Bath offered him a good job.

B She brought her job with her. It was easy to do.
C My dad found a new job in a hotel here.
D No, we didn’t. We lived in Yalling up, in South West Australia.
E We came last spring.
F Yes, he did. He was the manager of a hotel in Yallingup.
G Yes, she did, but she worked from home.
H We lived in a small town in the south west.
I Yes, I did. I started going to an art class and I made lots of friends there.
J Yes, it was, and you ask a lot of questions!
K Yes, we did!
(10 points)
Reading
5 Read the article about two popular animals from the past. Are the sentences ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’
(B)? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’, choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C). There
is an example at the beginning (0).
In nineteenth century Edinburgh, there was a dog called Bobby. This dog became famous because he
belonged to a man called John Gray. John Gray died fourteen years before Bobby did, but Bobby sat on his
grave and waited for fourteen years. The grave was next to Greyfriars Church and the people who went to
the church gave the dog food. This became a popular place for tourists to visit. When Bobby was alive, he
was famous and a lot of people went to Greyfriars to see him. After the dog died, the city put him next to
John Gray and made a small statue* of Bobby. Some people nowadays think the story wasn’t completely
true. They say that there were two Bobbies, an old one and a young one; they think the old one died and a
new one took his place, to bring more people to the area.
Apart from Bobby, there’s a second animal statue in Scotland. It’s of an animal that had a Facebook page
and many fans and friends. Hamish McHamish was a large orange cat from the university city of St
Andrews. He belonged to a journalist, but he preferred to ‘live free’ and spent much of his time sleeping in
different shops and places around St Andrews. Everybody gave him food and love. He became very popular
with the students, and there were many photos with people on his Facebook page. Hamish McHamish was
an example of an animal that a whole community loved and looked after. They say that cats have nine lives;
Hamish McHamish enjoyed all nine, and made a lot of friends. He died in 2014 at the age of fifteen, and he
has a statue in the centre of St Andrews.
*statue a model, usually of somebody important, e.g. the Statue of Liberty, in New York City
0 Both animals were from Scotland.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
1 Bobby belonged to a Scottish policeman.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
2 Bobby waited for fourteen years.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
3 Bobby didn’t have any food or friends.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
4 The people from the church knew Bobby.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
5 The statue of Bobby is in Greyfriars Church.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
6 Some people think the real Bobby didn’t wait for fourteen years.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
7 Hamish McHamish didn’t belong to anyone.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
8 Hamish often slept in shops.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
9 Hamish had a lot of photos on social media.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
10 A lot of people in St Andrews didn’t like Hamish.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
(10 points)

Listening
6 [Track 121] You will hear a programme about pioneers (people who crossed the USA in the
nineteenth century). Decide if each sentence is true (T) or false (F). There is an example at the
beginning (0).
0 In the nineteenth century everybody wanted to live in New York. _____F______
1 It wasn’t easy to live in New York during the nineteenth century. _____T_______
2 Everybody in New York had lots of money. _____F_______
3 Some pioneers went west to find gold. ______T______
4 Traveling was easy for most pioneers. _____F_______
5 Pioneers built bridges to cross the rivers. ______F______
6 The pioneers couldn’t always drink water from rivers. ______T______
7 The pioneers stopped by trees because of their horses. _____T_______
8 There were dangerous animals near the mountains. _____T_______
9 The mountains were quite easy to cross with wagons. ______F______
10 Pioneers didn’t have any problems when their journey was over. ____F________
(10 points)

Writing
7 Read the task below.
Your English teacher has asked you to write a story. Your story must begin like this:
It was nine o’clock in the evening, and Mary didn’t know where she was.
Write your story (60–80 words). Make sure you use:
• the past forms of verbs.
• time expressions.
• opinion adjectives.
(10 points)

Speaking
8 Read the task below and give your presentation in class.
Prepare a one-minute presentation for your teacher and classmates about your childhood.
In your presentation, give information about the following:
• where you lived.
• what you liked doing at school.
• what you liked doing in your free time.
• how much time you spent with your family (grandparents, cousins, etc.) and what you enjoyed doing with
them.
• what your favourite food was.
• what you didn’t like doing/eating.
(10 points)