UNIT 1 TEST

VOCABULARY AND / 20
GRAMMAR PAPER

NAME : _________________________________

TEACHER: Ms. Evelyn Becerra GRADE: 2nd Secondary DATE: ____ / ____ / ____

I. VOCABULARY

A. CAN TALK ABOUT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE
WORDS IN THE BOX. (5 POINTS)

browser map message note store

My new phone is really cool. There are lots of games for it in the app (1) __________. I want to

play them all, but for now, I just get the free ones. There are lots of other free apps too. My

favourite is the (2) __________s app – it shows me the way to places I want to find. The videos

app is also good – the picture is really clear on my screen. Like most phones, it can send text (3)

__________s and emails. It also has a web (4) __________ so I can use the internet. The best

thing about it is the (5) __________s app, though. My teacher lets us use our phones in class and

it’s really helpful for writing important things she says down.

B. CAN IDENTIFY TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES: CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTIONS TO

COMPLETE THE TEXT. (5 POINTS)

1 microphone It is used for putting information into a computer

2 mouse It produces images that can be seen on a website
3 speakers You wear them over your ears to listen to something without
other people hearing it
4 keyboard It that sends out the sound from a CD player, radio etc
5 webcam 1 They make someone’s voice louder when they
are speaking, performing, or recording something
6 headphone You move it in order to do things on a computer screen.

II. GRAMMAR

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A. CAN TALK ABOUT HOW OFTEN I DO THINGS: COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE WORDS
IN BRACKETS. USE THE PRESENT SIMPLE FORM OF THE VERB. (5 POINTS)

My brother Tom (1) ______________ (do) his homework before dinner every night. He’s really kind

and clever so after dinner he teaches me maths. I mean, really ‘teaches’ – he’s better than my

actual teacher in school … She speaks too fast and (2) ________________ (not explain) things

properly. I’m really bad at maths but with Tom’s help I do OK. I feel like I can (3) _______________

(ask, always) Tom for help. (4) ________________________ (say, often) ‘no’? No, he doesn’t.

Well, hardly ever – only when he has a really good reason. Besides, he (5) _______________

(say) he wants to be a teacher so it is good practice.

B. CAN USE DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES TO REFER TO THINGS: WRITE THE, A,
AN OR – (FOR NO ARTICLE) IN EACH GAP. (5 POINTS)

(1) __________ Perky Penguin is the best app in my phone’s app store. It’s a lot of fun.

(2) __________ story’s about a happy penguin called Perky who lives in the Antarctic. Perky’s

dream is to go on holiday to Hawaii. In the game, you play as Perky on his exciting journey to

(0) the Hawaiian Islands. It´s (3) ________ amazing game. But there’s a problem – it’s not (4)

__________ free game. Well, it’s not free in (5) __________ UK, but, for some reason, it is free in

the rest of Europe. That’s not fair … I don’t have the money to buy it. Luckily, my best friend lets

me play Perky Penguin on his phone.

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 UNIT 1 TEST
LISTENING PAPER / 20

NAME : _________________________________

TEACHER: Ms. Evelyn Becerra GRADE: 2nd SecondaryDATE: ____ / ____ / ____
SKILL: LISTENING FOR THE MAIN IDEAS

PART 1
LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION AND CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER, A, B OR C. (6 POINTS)

1 Rabbie is a _______ at Edinburgh Downs Secondary.

A teacher B student C visitor

2 The Arduino is a _______ .

A coffee machine B laptop C simple computer

3 The Arduino is a(n) _______ invention.

A Italian B American C British

PART 2
LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION AND UNDERLINE THE CORRECT ANSWER. (6 POINTS)

4 Apple says code-writing with the Arduino is easy / more fun / very hard

5 Who buys the Arduinos used in Apple’s classes? The school / Apple / The students

6 Apple thinks it’s important for students to learn to …

write code / use social networking sites and surf the net / surf the net and write code

PART 3
LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION. CIRCLE TRUE (T) OR FALSE (F). (8 POINTS)

7 Raspberry Pi and the Arduino are not very similar. T / F

8 Raspberry Pi is better than the Arduino at numbers problems. T / F

9 Beaglebone is a British invention. T / F

10 Apple only likes and wants schools to use one of the three devices. T / F

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 UNIT 1 TEST
WRITING PAPER / 20

NAME : _________________________________

TEACHER: Ms. Evelyn Becerra GRADE: 2nd SecondaryDATE: ____ / ____ / ____

SKILL: USING THE CORRECT WORD ORDER

WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT THE FOLLOWING TOPIC: WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE THING TO DO ONLINE?
INCLUDE REASONS TO EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER (50 TO 70 WORDS)

My favourite
thing to do
online

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CRITERIA POINTS
Task accomplishment and text organization /4
Comprehensibility /4
Coherence and cohesion /4
Use of appropriate grammar structures /4
Range of Vocabulary /2
Spelling and punctuation /2

UNIT 1 WRITING TEST - FINAL SCORE / 20

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