IES ALCALANS ENGLISH TEST UNIT 7-8

NAME: GROUP: 1 ESO …...

UNIT 7

VOCABULARY
1 Circle the word that doesn’t belong.
1. soup  turkey  steak  ham
2. potatoes  onions  chips  crisps
3. cherries  grapes  rolls  apples
4. tasty  delicious  excellent  strange
5. butter  beans  cheese  ice cream
6. hamburger  salmon  shrimp  fish

2 Complete the sentences with the food items below.

carrot  eggs  lettuce  rice  olives  pie  banana  juice
1. …………………… grow on trees. They are green or black and very small.
2. A …………………… is a long yellow fruit.
3. We often make this drink from oranges. It’s …………………… .
4. …………………… come from chickens.
5. …………………… is green. It’s a type of vegetable.
6. A …………………… is a long orange vegetable.
7. …………………… has often got meat or fruit in it.
8. …………………… is white. It is an important food in Asia.

3 Choose the correct answer.

1. I love this ice cream. It’s disappointing / delicious / dirty.
2. Nina’s party was fun. It was very horrible / strange / enjoyable.
3. I can’t hear you. The music is very noisy / tasty / excellent.
4. There are only five people in the restaurant. It isn’t exciting / quiet / crowded.
5. I hate tomatoes. In my opinion, they’re surprising / disgusting / boring!
6. The kitchen is very dirty / clean / tasty. It looks great!

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GRAMMAR

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of there was or there were. (8 points)
1. …………………… a cake in the fridge. Where is it now?
2. …………………… any hot dogs for the children?
3. …………………… any noodles with the salmon.
4. …………………… a singer at the celebration?
5. …………………… some delicious desserts.
6. …………………… any music at the event?
7. …………………… any butter for the rolls.
8. …………………… hundreds of people at the wedding?

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of there was / there were or was / were. (8 points)
1. …………………… a big salad with the meal. There were rolls, too.
2. The hamburgers …………………… hot. Cold hamburgers – disgusting!
3. …………………… any clean tables in the café.
4. In my opinion, the tomato juice …………………… tasty because I don’t like tomatoes.
5. We love the food in that restaurant. The fruit pie …………………… delicious yesterday.
6. …………………… soup before the chicken and rice?
7. …………………… any fizzy drinks on the table.
8. …………………… bananas in the fruit salad?

3 Choose the correct answer. (14 points)

Food in Ancient Egypt

Question: 1. Was / Was there / There was fish a popular meal in ancient Egypt?

Answer: Yes, it 2. was / there was / wasn’t. Egyptian towns 3. was / there were / were often
near the River Nile and 4. were / there were / weren’t different types of fish to catch.

Question: 5. Was / Were there / There weren’t thousands of pigs in ancient Egypt?

Answer: No, 6. there wasn’t / there weren’t / were there. They 7. was / wasn’t / weren’t
popular animals. According to some ancient Egyptians, it 8. was / there was / were bad luck to
eat pigs, so ham 9. there wasn’t / weren’t / wasn’t popular in ancient Egypt.

Question: 10. Were there / Was there / Were any meat in ancient Egypt?

Answer: Yes, 11. there were / there was / were, but it 12. was / there was / weren’t usually
only for pharaohs or special events. 13. There was / Was there / There wasn’t usually any
meat at an ordinary meal. But 14. there were / were / there was some tasty milk products such
as cheese and ice cream.

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UNIT 8
VOCABULARY

1 What do these people do? Match A to B. (10 points)

A B
1. I’m a businessman. … a. I want to be president of the USA.
2. I’m a scientist. … b. I wear beautiful new clothes.
3. I’m a model. … c. I make statues.
4. I’m a chef. … d. I play the guitar.
5. I’m a politician. … e. I design machines.
6. I’m an artist. … f. I do experiments.
7. I’m a sculptor. … g. I paint beautiful pictures.
8. I’m a computer programmer. … h. I create delicious meals.
9. I’m an engineer. … i. I’ve got five shops.
10. I’m a musician. … j. I create programs for Microsoft.

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. (10 points)

discover  organise  help  look after  design  donate  change  saved  receive  compete
1. Architects …………………… buildings.
2. Scientists often …………………… important new medicines.
3. Athletes …………………… in sports.
4. Where are my boots? Can you …………………… me find them?
5. I want to invent something important and …………………… the Nobel Prize.
6. Mark jumped into the river and …………………… his friend’s life.
7. Important inventions can make work easier and …………………… people’s lives.
8. In the USA, people …………………… millions of dollars to help the poor.
9. Many people have got pets, but they don’t always …………………… them.
10.People often …………………… events to collect money for the poor.

GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple affirmative or negative.
(9 points)
1. Yuri Gargarin …………………… (travel) in space in 1961.
2. Pau and Marc Gasol …………………… (not play) on Team USA at the 2012 Olympics.
3. Agatha Christie …………………… (not write) in Italian.
4. Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson …………………… (star) in the Harry Potter films.
5. In 1979, Margaret Thatcher …………………… (become) Prime Minister of the UK.
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 6. According to Sir Isaac Newton, an apple …………………… (not hit) his head.
7. The Wright brothers …………………… (fly) an aeroplane for the first time in 1903.
8. Albert Einstein …………………… (win) a Nobel Prize for physics.
9. The Beatles …………………… (not sing) opera.

2 Write questions with the words below. Use the Past Simple. Then match the questions
to the answers. (10 points)
1. the dog / save / the boy
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2. Ann / see / any celebrities / at the party
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3. what / the scientist / discover
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4. the students / receive / new books
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5. when / you / donate / to this organisation
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… a. No, they didn’t.

… b. Yes, she did.
… c. Last week.
… d. A new medicine.
… e. Yes, it did.

3 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple.
(11 points)
1.
……………………. you …………………… (help) to change the world last year? Many people 2.
……………………. (not do) anything to help because they don’t know what to do. But teenagers
can learn about activities to do at a special event called “WE Day”. The 2010-2011 WE Day events
in North America were very successful. During WE Day, the students 3.……………………. (learn)
about some world problems and 4.……………………. (watch) videos about important work by
teenagers. Of course, the teenagers 5.……………………. (not study) all day. There were also some
fun events. Famous musicians 6.……………………. (sing) songs and the students 7.
……………………. (enjoy) the music. Then, the teenagers 8.……………………. (go) home and
organised events at their schools. How 9.……………………. these events ……………………
(change) the world? Students 10.……………………. (give) 1.7 million hours of their time, collected
$5.4 million and 11.……………………. (take) 235 tonnes of food to collection centres!