DEPARTAMENT DE LLENGUA ANGLESA

Teacher: NEUS JORNET Mark:

Subject: ENGLISH GETTING STARTED AND UNIT 1. 2

Name and Surname: Date: Class: 1 ESO B

Reading 20 points
1 Read the text. Then find the following in the text. (12 points)

The Palace of Versailles is an important historical site in France. It’s about

24 kilometres from Paris. There are 700 rooms in this beautiful palace and
people come from all over the world to see it. The palace has about three
million visitors every year. It’s famous, not only because it’s beautiful, but also
because it’s a symbol of the old royal family of France.
There are some very famous rooms in the palace. One of them is the Hall of
Mirrors. The Hall of Mirrors is an enormous, long room. It’s 73 metres long,
10.5 metres wide and 12.3 metres high. There are 17 windows on one side of
the room, but there aren’t any curtains. On the other side of the room there are
357 mirrors. There are many beautiful pictures on the walls and ceiling, too.
The gardens at the palace are amazing. There are 200,000 trees in the gardens
and thousands of flowers. There is a canal in the centre – the Grand Canal. It is
1,500 metres long.
There aren’t any kings in France today, but you can learn about some of the
kings from the past at the Palace of Versailles.

1. The number of rooms in the Palace of Versailles ……………………

2. The number of visitors to the palace every year ……………………
3. The number of curtains in the Hall of Mirrors ……………………
4. The number of mirrors in the Hall of Mirrors ……………………
5. The size of the Grand Canal ……………………
6. The number of kings in France today ……………………

2 Complete the sentences. (8 points)

1. The Palace of Versailles is in …………………… .
2. One side of the Hall of Mirrors has got ………………… and the other side has got ………………… .
3. The gardens have got many …………………… and …………………… .
4. The …………………… is in the centre of the gardens.

Vocabulary 20 points
1 Complete the chart with the words below. (5 points)
detached house  pillow  flat  garage  sofa  bedroom  lamp  kitchen  cottage  fridge

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houses house household items

2 Match the definitions in A to the words B. (5 points)

A B
1. They are on beds. … a. curtains
2. There are often books on them. … b. toilet
3. There are often armchairs in this room. … c. shelves
4. They are on the windows. … d. living room
5. There’s a sink in this room. … e. blankets

3 Complete the sentences with the words below. (5 points)

table  ceiling fan  bathroom  clock  duvet
1. In the winter, I’ve got a nice warm …………………… on my bed.
2. What time is it? Have you got a …………………… in the kitchen?
3. We use the …………………… in the summer.
4. Please, put the food on the …………………… .
5. The shower is in the …………………… .

4 Write the plural of these words (5 points)

1. Tooth 2. Man 3. Mouse
4. shelf 5. Tomato 6. Fish
7. toy 8. Lady 9. Knife
10. bus

Grammar 30 points
1 Complete the sentences with the correct affirmative or negative form of
There is or There are. (5 points)
1. …………………… two cars in the garage – my mother’s and my father’s.
2. …………………… a TV in my bedroom. Our only TV is in the living room.
3. …………………… a sofa in the living room. It’s blue.
4. …………………… some ceiling fans in the house. They keep the house cool.
5. …………………… any curtains in my mum’s room. My mum hates curtains.

2 Write questions with the words below. Use there is or there are. (5 points)
1. an old fridge / in your kitchen
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2. any books / on your shelf
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3. three bedrooms / in your house
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4. a blue pillow / on your bed
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5. any fruit / on the table
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3 Match the answers below to the questions in Exercise 2. (5 points)

… a. Yes, there is. There are some bananas and mangos.
… b. No, there aren’t. There are only two.
… c. No, there isn’t. We’ve got a new one.
… d. Yes, there are. They are for school.
… e. Yes, there is. It’s my favourite colour.

4 Choose the correct answer. (5 points)

1. Has Pam got an / a / some nice house?
2. There is any / a / an old table in the dining room.
3. There aren’t any / some / a clocks on the walls.
4. Our dog has got a bed in the / a / some garage.
5. I have got a / some / any new shelves in my room.

5 Choose the correct answer. (10 points)

The city of Tokyo, Japan is 1. an / a / the exciting place to live. But 2. there are /
is there / there is a big problem. There are millions of people, but there isn’t
space for many big homes. Now, there is 3. an / a / any clever answer to this
problem: the Cell Brick Micro-Home. These beautiful houses are very narrow and
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there isn’t / there are / there aren’t any bedrooms. 5. There are / There is /
There aren’t only one room. During the day, this room is 6. a / an / any living
room and the beds are inside 7. a / an / the walls. The bathroom and kitchen areas
have got 8. any / some / a shelves and cupboards, but they haven’t got 9. any /
some / a walls between them. 10. There is / There isn’t / There are curtains
around the toilet and shower so people can’t look inside.

Writing 10 points
Write a description of your parents’ bedroom. Include the size and colours
of the room, the items in the room and the location of these items. Use
there is / there are, adjectives and prepositions of place.
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Listening 10 points
1 Listen to the dialogue between Karen and Jason. Then choose the correct answer. (5 points)
1. What is Jason’s project about?
a. prime ministers b. famous homes c. gardens in London
2. Where is there a long table?
a. in the dining room b. in the office c. in the garden
3. What colour are the curtains?
a. black b. white c. yellow
4. Where is the garden?
a. at the front of the house b. on the side of the house c. behind the house
5. Whose house is it?
a. the Prime Minister’s b. Jason’s c. Karen’s

2 Listen again and complete the sentences. (5 points)

1. The house has got …………………… rooms.
2. It has got …………………… dining rooms.
3. The hall has got …………………… on the walls.
4. The door is …………………… .
5. The house is number ……………………

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