Skills Test Unit 1 Test B

Name: ___________________________________________

Everyday English
1 Complete the sentences with the words below.
the use that say don’t
1 How do I say ____________ in English?
2 Answer ____________ question.
3 Don’t ____________ your mobile phone in class
4 ___________ write in your textbook.
5 Can you ____________ that again, please?

Mark: ___ / 5

Listening
2  Listen to the speakers talking about school. Circle the subjects they talk about.
History PE music geography ICT drama
3  Listen again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1 Mr Bowman’s classes are interesting. ____
2 Ben likes to learn about people from different countries. ____
3 Lucy and Harry like their teachers. ____
4 Lucy has a lot of time to do her homework. ____
5 Lucy plays squash on Thursday and Friday. ____
6 Harry chats to his friends on the phone every night. ____
7 Harry doesn’t use a computer at home. ____
8 Harry thinks ICT lessons are interesting. ____

Mark: ___ / 10

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Reading
Teenagers today
Today’s teenagers live a very different life from their parents. What’s different about their lives?
Everything! They have different hobbies, wear different clothes, and even eat different food.
Anna Fisher is a secondary school student. She lives in a small town near Dresden in Germany. Her
typical day starts at 6 a.m. She gets up and gets dressed. She goes to the park across the road, where
she runs for thirty minutes. Then she goes home, eats a large healthy breakfast of cereal, eggs, fruit
juice and tea, and has a shower. At 7.15 a.m. she goes to school by bus. It takes about twenty minutes
and she uses this time to revise for her lessons. She goes to a special arts school because she wants to
be an actress or a singer. She has all the subjects that other teenagers have at school, such as science,
and PE, but she has extra lessons in art, music and drama in the afternoon. She finishes school at
5 p.m. In the evening, she does her homework and then she practises singing and memorizes the lines
for her drama classes. She is a happy teenager because she does things she really enjoys.
‘Many teenagers use too much technology – they use computers, mobile phones and tablet computers
when they get home from school,’ Anna says. ‘Lots of my friends spend their afternoons on the
computer. They play computer games or use the internet. They don’t see their friends very often
because they chat to them on the phone or on the internet. Of course computers are useful, but some
young people spend a lot of time on them. Computer games are fun for a short time but some people
play for hours every day. I don’t want to live my life like that,’ says Anna.
It’s true that many teenagers today don’t have a healthy lifestyle. They eat a lot of fast food, and
don’t do any exercise. It’s good for young people to play sport. It’s also good to walk to school, not
take a bus or go by car. And for those who don’t like sport, there are lots of other interesting
activities, such as drama, singing or art!

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4 Read the text. Circle the correct answers (a–c).
1 Before Anna has a shower, she
a eats breakfast.
b revises for school.
c takes the bus to school.
2 Anna ____________ to school.
a walks
b takes the bus
c cycles
3 On the journey to school, Anna
a reads a book.
b revises her lessons.
c plays computer games.
4 In the afternoon, Anna has extra
a PE classes.
b art classes.
c computer classes.
5 Anna thinks that her friends
a spend a lot of time on computers.
b talk to each other a lot.
c do a lot of sports.

Mark: ___ / 10

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Writing
5 Read the questionnaire. Write answers to the questions.

School Questionnaire
1. Who’s your favourite teacher?
2. Which subject don't you like?
3. Where do you do your homework?
4. What do you do in the evenings?

Follow the plan:

Mark: ___ / 15
TOTAL MARKS: ___ / 40

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Challenge!
6 Complete the text with the correct words (a–c).
The British school system
There are two types of schools in Britain: state schools and public schools, also called private
schools. About 90% of British students go to state schools. The main subjects are English, maths and
science. Most schools teach geography, history and 1____________ education (PE), where students
do exercise. Some schools also have religious education.
Students who 2____________ to a state school don’t pay for their education, but the families of
students who go to public schools 3____________ money for their children’s education.
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____________ people think that public schools are expensive and that they make students study
very hard. Some public schools 5____________ boarding schools, which means that some or all of
the students study and live there. 6____________ only go home for the school holidays. Some of the
students see their families at the 7____________ . A boarding school student 8____________ have
much free time, because they all do sport, play games or read books 9____________ school. There is
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____________ good thing about living in your school. You don’t walk far to get to your classroom!
1 a physics b physical c sport
2 a go b went c going
3 a paying b paid c pay
4 a All b Many c No one
5 a is b are c was
6 a He b She c They
7 a holiday b weekend c week
8 a doesn’t b does c do
9 a after b during c in
10 a lots b many c one