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Skills Test: Unit 3
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DICTATION
1 06 Listen and write the sentences that you hear, including the punctuation.
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LISTENING
2 07 Listen to part of a radio programme about teenage fashion and choose the correct option.
1 Maria usually buys clothes … 4 Jake says his parents …
A every day. A love all his piercings.
B once a week. B don’t mind his ear piercings.
C every month. C hate all his piercings.
2 Jake enjoys … 5 What does Jake say about piercings?
A buying clothes in shops. A Only criminals have them.
B trying clothes on at home. B Most people had them in the past.
C going shopping with Maria. C They are very common today.
3 Maria says that … 6 Jake says his dad …
A her clothes usually reflect how she feels. A likes the way he dresses.
B she wears bright colours when she feels sad. B wants Jake to change what he wears.
C clothes can change the way she feels. C sometimes looks untidy and scruffy.
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Name:
Skills Test: Unit 3
Class:
READING
3 Read the text and answer right (✓) or wrong (✗) Correct the wrong ones.
The history of fashion
People have been wearing clothes for thousands of years and fashion has existed whether they were aware
of it or not. Very few examples of ancient clothing exist, but there are pieces of Bronze Age clothing from
Denmark which show that their clothes were mainly made of woollen cloth or leather.
About 3,000 years ago, men were wearing woollen leggings, woollen cloaks or coats without arms and
woollen hats. They also had accessories such as leather belts, from which hung a bronze sword, and leather
wrist guards (a kind of bracelet) to protect their arms from the bows which they used to shoot arrows.
Moving quickly to the 1800s, fashion was very important to rich people. In the 1840s men used to wear
very tight trousers, waistcoats with high collars, neckties and knee-length frock coats. They usually had
long hair pulled to the side and most men had moustaches.
By the end of the 1800s, men were wearing something that we would recognise today – the three-piece suit.
The longer frock coats were disappearing and the very high collars were starting to be worn turned down
like on coats and shirts today. It was now modern for men to have short hair although they still had big
moustaches.
Fashion in the 1920s saw a huge change in style for women, but less obvious changes for men. Perhaps one
of the most famous designs from this time is the two-colour shoe with laces which men wore for less
formal occasions. The three-piece suit began to disappear as younger men preferred to wear wide-legged
trousers and loose jackets in brighter colours than ever before. By the end of the twenties, the car had
become a part of a rich man’s life and fashions changed to reflect this.
Fashion has been reflecting the world in which we live for millennia and has changed over that time, but
probably not as fast as over the last 100 years. Today, people are free to wear almost anything they want
and fashion has become a huge global industry.
✓ ✗
1 It’s common to find Bronze Age clothing.
2 Most Bronze Age clothes were made of wool.
3 High collars were fashionable in the 1800s.
4 By the end of the 1800s, three-piece suits had disappeared.
5 Long hair was more popular than short hair at the end of the 1800s.
6 Shoes with laces were no longer popular in the 1920s.
7 The arrival of motor vehicles influenced fashion.
Name:
Skills Test: Unit 3
Class:
DICTATION
1 06 Listen and write the sentences that you hear, including the punctuation.
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LISTENING
2 07 Listen to part of a radio programme about teenage fashion and complete each sentence with
a word that you hear.
1 Maria usually buys clothes once a .
2 Jake looks for clothes , initially.
3 Maria says that she wears bright colours when she feels .
4 Jake says his parents don’t mind his piercings.
5 Jake says that people don’t like piercings because used to have them.
6 Jake’s dad thinks Jake looks .
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READING
3 Read the text and answer right (✓) or wrong (✗). Correct the false sentences.
The history of fashion
People have been wearing clothes for thousands of years and fashion has existed whether they were aware
of it or not. Very few examples of ancient clothing exist, but there are examples of Bronze Age clothing
from Denmark which show that their clothes were mainly made of woollen cloth or leather.
Around 3,000 years ago, men were wearing woollen leggings, woollen cloaks or coats without arms and
woollen hats. They also had accessories such as leather belts, to which they attached a bronze sword, and
leather wrist guards (a kind of bracelet) to protect their arms from the bows they used to shoot arrows.
Name:
Skills Test: Unit 3
Class:
Moving forward to the nineteenth century, fashion was very important to rich people. In the 1840s men
used to wear very tight trousers, waistcoats with high collars, neckties and knee-length frock coats. They
generally had long hair pulled to the side and most men had moustaches.
By the end of the nineteenth century, men were wearing something that we would recognise today – the
three-piece suit. The longer frock coats were disappearing and the very high collars were beginning to be
worn turned down like on coats and shirts today. It was now popular for men to have short hair although
they still had big moustaches.
Fashion in the 1920s saw a huge difference in style for women, but less obvious changes for men. Perhaps
one of the most well-known designs from this age is the two-colour shoe with laces which men wore for
less formal occasions. The three-piece suit began to disappear as younger men preferred to wear wide-
legged trousers and baggy jackets in brighter colours than ever before. By the end of the twenties, the car
had become a part of a rich man’s life and fashions changed to reflect this.
Fashion has been reflecting the world in which we live for millennia and has changed over that time, but
probably not as fast as over the last 100 years. Today, people are free to wear almost anything they choose
and fashion has become a huge global industry.
✓ ✗
1 It’s common to find Bronze Age clothing.
2 Most Bronze Age clothes were made of wool.
3 High collars were fashionable in the nineteenth century.
4 By the end of the nineteenth century, three-piece suits had disappeared.
5 Long hair was more popular than short hair at the end of the nineteenth century.
6 Shoes with laces were no longer popular in the 1920s.
7 The arrival of motor vehicles influenced fashion.
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