Unit tests 1–6 Standard

Unit 1 Writing
4 Write the questions and answers. (3 marks)
Listening
ANSWERS
1  T2 Listen and choose the correct answer 1 do you have, have break at [students’ own answers]
(A, B or C). (8 marks) 2 (playing) handball; I / we do.
Alex Maya, do you play basketball, football or handball? 3 you doing / you studying; ’m doing English (now) /
Maya Well, I like football and basketball, but I only usually ’m studying English (now) / ’m doing a test (now) /
play handball. ’m writing (now).
Alex How often do you play?
Maya I play a lot! I play twice a week after school, and we 5 Look at the pictures. Write two words. (5 marks)
have a game on Saturdays. ANSWERS
Alex Do you like it? 1 science fair   ​2 a volcano   ​3 a competition   ​
Maya Yes, it’s amazing! I really love to run around. What 4 the mixture / a mixture   ​5 up together
about you, Alex? Do you play handball?
Alex No, I don’t really like handball. I like playing video games
and playing the guitar. Unit 2
Maya Cool! Do you have any after-school clubs?
Alex Yeah. I play chess. Chess is great. It makes me feel Listening
relaxed!
Maya Oh, that’s nice. How often do you play? 1  T5 Listen and choose the correct option.
Alex I play on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. (8 marks)
Maya Really? I play handball on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Aria Come on, Lucas! Let’s climb to the top of that mountain!
too. We play at 5 o’clock on Tuesdays and at 6 o’clock on Lucas What! Aria, that’s the highest mountain in the park! We
Thursdays. can’t climb to the top – there’s no time! It’s 5 o’clock and it’s
Alex We play chess at 4 o’clock for an hour. After chess on too late!
Tuesday, I can come and watch you! Aria Well, let’s go for a swim in the lake.
Maya Great! Lucas It’s very cold now … colder than it was this morning,
and the lake is the coldest place in the park! Why don’t we
ANSWERS go canoeing on the river?
1 B  ​2 C  ​3 B  ​4 C  ​5 A  ​6 A  ​7 B  ​8 C Aria On the river? Not on the lake?
Lucas No, because the lake is wider than the river … and
Speaking deeper!
Aria Yes, you’re right. OK, let’s buy some tickets.
2 Look at the photos. Say what they are doing. Aria Hello! I’d like tickets for canoeing on the river, please.
Then answer the questions. (8 marks) Man Of course. How many tickets would you like?
Look at the pictures with the student. Aria I’d like two child tickets and two adult tickets for one
Invite the student to point to the different pictures and form hour, please.
sentences. Encourage the student to use full sentences, Man That’s fine. Would you like to pay cash or card?
using the present continuous. Then ask them to answer the Aria Cash, please. Here you are.
follow-up questions. Man Thank you. Here are your tickets.
ANSWERS
Aria Here are the tickets, Lucas.
They’re playing basketball. They’re playing handball. Lucas Great! Now, where are Mum and Dad?
They’re dancing. They’re making models. ANSWERS
Students’ own answers 1 B  ​2 B  ​3 B  ​4 B  ​5 A  ​6 B  ​7 A  ​8 B
Score 1 mark for each correct sentence (up to 4 marks), 1 mark
for correctly answering each question (up to 4 marks). Speaking
2 Describe the places in the pictures. (8 marks)
Reading Look at the pictures with the student.
3 Read and circle True or False. (8 marks) Invite the student to describe what they can see in each
picture.
ANSWERS
1 False  ​2 True  ​3 False  ​4 True  ​5 True  ​6 False  ​ POSSIBLE ANSWERS
7 False  ​8 True It’s a lake. It’s deep. It’s a waterfall. It’s high. It’s a field.
There’s a gate. It’s a river. There are rocks.
Score 1 mark for each correct vocabulary item (up to 8 marks).

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Reading SUGGESTED ANSWERS
Today, there’s a carnival with a parade in our town.
3 Read the questions and circle True or False. There are floats. Yesterday there was a band. There were
(8 marks) fireworks. There wasn’t any food.
ANSWERS Score 1 mark for each correct use of the vocabulary (up to 6 marks).
1 False  ​2 True  ​3 False  ​4 False  ​5 True  ​6 True  ​ For the ‘yesterday’ picture, 1 mark for each correct use of there was/
7 True  ​8 False were, there wasn’t/weren’t (up to 2 marks).

Writing Reading
4 Write comparative sentences about the places. 3 Read and complete the conversations with the
Use some of the words in the box. (5 marks) sentences below. (8 marks)
SUGGESTED ANSWERS ANSWERS
1 Antarctica is colder / drier than the Arctic. 1 G  ​2 F  ​3 B  ​4 H  ​5 A  ​6 D  ​7 C  ​8 E
2 The Atlantic Ocean is bigger / deeper / wider /
colder than the Mediterranean. Writing
3 Everest is higher / colder than Mount Teide.
4 The Nile is longer / deeper than El Tajo. / El Tajo is 4 Look at the pictures. Write the correct word.
shorter than The Nile. (5 marks)
5 My town is hotter / smaller / bigger than London. ANSWERS
5 Write sentences. Use the superlative. (3 marks) 1 embarrassed  ​2 confident  ​3 selfish  ​4 kind  ​
5 nervous
ANSWERS
1 The River Severn is the longest river in England. 5 Write three sentences about last weekend.
2 Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England. Use some of the ideas in the box. (3 marks)
3 Wastwater (Lake) is the deepest lake in England. ANSWERS
Students’ own answers
Unit 3
Unit 4
Listening
1  T12 Listen and circle True or False. (8 marks) Listening
Girl Hi Dan, I’m having a fantastic weekend. On Saturday 1  T15 Listen and circle True or False. (8 marks)
afternoon, there was a carnival in town, and I was really Sofia Hi Reece. How was your weekend?
excited. It was great. There was a big parade with some Reece It was great thanks, Sofia. I did lots of nice things.
amazing floats with bands and music. There were dancers Sofia Cool! So, what did you do?
and there were some beautiful costumes, too. I loved Reece Well, on Saturdays I usually go to the library, but
watching them and the costumes were really colourful. this Saturday I didn’t go, because I saw my grandparents.
But there weren’t any good food stalls. I had a pizza, but it We made a cake, and it was really good! Then on Sunday,
was cold and not nice at all, so I was very hungry! Then in I went to the park with my friends, and we went for a run.
the evening, there was a competition for the floats from Sofia Did you play football?
the parade, and it was amazing. Some of the floats were Reece No, we didn’t. I wanted to play, but my friends just
fantastic. There wasn’t a competition for bands or dancers, wanted to chat. It was good fun, though.
though. Anyway, I’m leaving you this message because there Sofia It sounds nice.
are some fireworks tonight. I want to see them; do you want Reece It was. What about you, Sofia?
to go with me? Send me a message soon and we can meet! Sofia I had a good weekend, too. On Saturday morning, I got
ANSWERS up at half past nine. I usually get up at 8 o’ clock, but I was
1 False  ​2 True  ​3 False  ​4 True  ​5 False  ​6 True  ​ really tired! Then I went shopping with my friends from the
7 False  ​8 False basketball team, and we bought a nice present for Millie.
It was her birthday on Sunday, and she had a party. We had
Speaking a great time!
Reece Did you take any photos?
2 Describe the pictures. (8 marks) Sofia No, I didn’t. I didn’t have my phone with me!
Look at the pictures with the student. Draw students’ Reece What a shame!
attention to the fact that one picture refers to today and one ANSWERS
to yesterday. 1 False  ​2 True  ​3 False  ​4 False  ​5 True  ​6 False  ​
Invite the student to point to each picture and form full 7 True  ​8 False
sentences.

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Unit 2 standard test

Listening
1 T5 Listen and choose the correct option.
1 What does Aria want to do?
A ☐ swim in a river B ☐ go to the top of a mountain
2 What time is it?
A ☐ 5 o’clock in the morning B ☐ 5 o’clock in the evening
3 What is the coldest place in the park?
A ☐ the mountain B ☐ the lake
4 Where does Lucas want to go canoeing?
A ☐ on the lake B ☐ on the river
5 Which is deeper?
A ☐ the lake B ☐ the river
6 How many tickets does Aria buy?
A ☐ two B ☐ four
7 How does Aria pay?
A ☐ cash B ☐ credit card
8 Who isn’t there?
A ☐ their mum B ☐ their parents /8

Speaking
2 Describe the places in the pictures.

1 2

3 4
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Reading
3 Read the questions and circle True or False.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the wettest countries on Earth.
From November to May, it’s quite dry, but from June
until October, there is water everywhere. They can’t walk
into town because the water is too deep, so they can’t
go to their school in town. During these months,
children go to school on boats on the river. There can
be groups of 30 students in lessons on the boat. They
don’t wear uniforms. Today, the library boat is waiting
for them on the river. It’s a bigger boat than their usual classroom boat. It has hundreds of
books and it has computers, too. The students have ICT on the library boat. They also have
break on the boat. The students chat and play games at break. They can’t play basketball!

1 Bangladesh is drier than a lot of other countries. True / False

2 There is sometimes water in the streets. True / False
3 The boats are on a lake. True / False
4 They wear a uniform on the boat. True / False
5 They are studying on the library boat today. True / False
6 The classroom boat is smaller than the library boat. True / False
7 They can use computers on the library boat. True / False
8 They leave the boat at break. True / False /8

Writing
4 Write comparative sentences about the places. Use some of the words in
the box.

big cold deep dry high hot long old short small
E Asia and Europe Asia is bigger than Europe.
1 The Arctic and Antarctica

2 The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea

3 Everest and Mount Teide

4 El Tajo and the Nile

5 My town and London

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5 Write sentences. Use the superlative.

The River Severn Scafell Pike Wastwater

England – fun facts

River: The 1 The River Severn is the
River Severn, in England.
354 km long

Mountain: 2 _______________________________________
Scafell Pike, _______________________________________
978 m high

Lake: 3 _______________________________________
Wastwater, _______________________________________
74 m deep /3

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Unit 2 challenge test

Listening
1 T6 Listen. Write short answers.

E Where does Aria want to walk? Up the mountain

1 What time is it?
2 Where does Aria want to swim?
3 Why doesn’t Lucas want to swim?
4 Where does Lucas want to go canoeing?
5 Which is deeper, the lake or the river?
6 How many tickets does Aria buy?
7 How does Aria pay for the tickets?
8 Who are they looking for? /8

2 T7 Listen and match.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

A B C D

E F G H /8

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Speaking
3 Ask and answer questions. Use the words in the boxes.

desert lake mountain ocean river rock volcano waterfall

big cold deep dry high hot long small wide

E A: Which is bigger, an ocean or a lake?
B: An ocean is bigger than a lake. /8

4 Answer the questions. What do you think?

1 What is the highest mountain in the world?

2 What is the longest day of the year?
3 What is the deepest ocean in the world?
4 What is the hottest month in your town?
5 What is the biggest park in your town?
6 What is the longest river in the world?
7 What is the widest river in the world?
8 What is the coldest month in your town? /8

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Reading
5 Match the words to the descriptions.
1 fields A You walk along this through the trees and fields.
2 gate B You walk up this, but it isn’t a mountain. It’s smaller.
3 rocks C This is smaller than a river and the water is fast.
4 path D You open this to go through it. Animals can’t open it.
5 stream E People can walk through them. Animals often eat here.
6 hill F You can sometimes find them in rivers, on beaches and on
mountains. /6

6 Read and answer the questions.

Bangladesh
Bangladesh is one of the wettest countries on Earth.
From November to May, it’s quite dry, but from June
until October, there is water everywhere. Children
can’t walk into town because there is a lot of water
in the streets, and it is very deep.
At these times, children go on boats on the river.
The boats stop at different places on the river and
more children get on. There are lots of trees and
wildlife near the river. The children like watching the birds and monkeys in the forest, but
they aren’t on the boats to enjoy nature. The boats are their school! Today, on one of the
boats, there are 30 students having a lesson. They are on the library boat. It’s a bigger boat
than their usual classroom boat. It has hundreds of books, and it has computers as well. They
have ICT on the library boat. They stay on the boat all morning. At break, the students can’t
play football or basketball because there isn’t enough room on the boat! So, they chat and
play games.

E Why is Bangladesh special? It’s one of the wettest places on Earth.

1 Which are the wettest months?
2 Why can’t children always go to school in town?
3 How do children travel in the summer?
4 Where can the children see animals?
5 What can the children see?
6 How many students are on the library boat today?
7 Is the classroom boat the biggest boat?
8 What can students find on the library boat?
9 Where do they have break?
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Writing
7 Complete the comparative or superlative sentences. Use the adjectives
in brackets.
E The Gran Abuelo is the oldest tree in the world. (old)
1 The Nile world. (long)
2 Antarctica the Arctic. (cold)
3 The Congo River world. (deep)
4 The Pacific Ocean the Atlantic Ocean. (big)
5 Everest world. (high)
6 The Amazon the Danube. (fast)
7 The Atacama Desert the Sahara Desert. (dry)
8 Asia Europe. (big) /8

8 Write about yourself.

1 This weekend, I want to .
2 You can see near my town.
3 My favourite places in nature are .
4 When I’m in nature, I feel . /4

9 Write four sentences about your favourite holiday place.

Place:

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