Diagnostic Test

Name Class Date

3 Laura … at the party when I saw her.

GRAMMAR
a isn’t smiling b wasn’t smiling c smiles
1 Complete the sentences with the present simple 4 … OK yesterday? I was worried about you.
or continuous form of the verbs in brackets. a Are you feeling c Do you feel
1 Someone (wave) at me over b Were you feeling
there. Who do you think it is?
5 When I was 17, I … on holiday with my parents.
2 Sally always (smile) a lot even
a didn’t go c don’t go
when she’s not feeling happy.
b wasn’t going
3 (you / shake) hands when you
meet someone for the first time? 6 Mike … a book when I saw him yesterday.
4 Please be quiet, because everybody a read b was reading c has read
(sleep) right now. 6
5 My father (not shout) when he’s
angry – he’s always very patient. 4 Complete the sentences with the present
6 (you / look) for some holiday perfect form of the verbs in the box.
accommodation? I can help you if you want.
be come decide eat not tell spend
6 1 Tom is eating sushi. I don’t think he
ever it before.
2 Complete the sentences with the past simple or
2 How many times to Spain?
past continuous form of the verbs in the box.
3 We all day sightseeing and
do get not go not look stay travel that’s why we’re really tired!
1 I backpacking last month 4 your father
because I didn’t have any money. back from his trip yet or is he still in London?
2 I know you went to a holiday resort last summer, 5 My parents to stay in the same
but which one in? holiday resort as last year.
3 I my homework at 8 o’clock 6 I Sara the news yet.
last night, but unfortunately, I didn’t finish it. 6
4 I’m sorry we couldn’t phone you yesterday, but
we all day. 5 Complete with the correct words.
5 You look tired. What time Tom: 1 you learned all your lines for
back home last night? next week’s play?
6 We for a nice café, but we Jenny: Yes, because I’ve only got four to learn!
found one by accident and had breakfast there. I2 had such a small part before!
My first part 3 quite big, but I
6 wasn’t the star either!
Tom: That 4 fair! I’ve got six pages to
3 Circle the correct options.
learn! Is that why you 5 go to the
1 … a nice trip to Barcelona yesterday? rehearsal yesterday?
a Do you have c Are you having Jenny: Yes. I’m only in one scene, so I 6
b Did you have have much to do.
2 I … information about myself online these days. 6
a don’t usually post c didn’t usually post
b was not usually posting
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VOCABULARY 9 Complete the text with the words in the box.
You do not need all the words.
6 Circle the correct options.
accommodation describe post
1 The accommodation / trip / scene in Italy was
sightseeing tourist attractions translate
great – a big hotel with a swimming pool.
trip whisper
2 I went part / backpacking / trip in Thailand last
month. I only took a bag and a map with me! We went on a short 1 to
3 I’ve never stayed in a big holiday scene / Budapest last winter. Our hotel was near a large
attraction / resort. market, so we went there nearly every day. It’s
4 The best trip / sightseeing / line of my life was actually one of the best 2 in the
when I went to Portugal with my friends. city, because it’s full of interesting food, clothes
and small shops. Lots of people go there for
5 The Pyramids in Egypt are one of the world’s 3
, taking pictures of all the fruit
most famous part / tourist / trip attractions.
and vegetables! On the second floor, there are lots
6 I always make sure I take a camera with me
of places to eat. I had some food called lángos,
when I go holiday / resort / sightseeing.
which doesn’t 4 easily into
6 English. It’s really difficult to 5
.
It was like a cake, but cooked in oil, with cheese
7 Complete the words in the text. and garlic on top. I’ll 6 a photo
My sister is taking part in a musical tomorrow. She of it online!
has an important 1p t in it. She’s not in every 6
2
s e but she does have lots of 3l s
to learn. The good thing is that she has lots of time 10 Circle the correct options.
to practise. She’s got a 4r l 1 … have loved our play every time we perform
every day before the play. It’s going to be a big it, all across the country.
5
s w with about 30 people on stage. And there a Audiences c Accommodations
are going to be hundreds of people watching in the b Rehearsals
6
a e!
2 I can’t hear you when you’re …, I’m afraid.
6 a shouting b whispering c waving
3 The play wasn’t particularly good. The actors
8 Circle the correct options.
only had time for two … .
1 In some countries, people greet / shake / post
each other by kissing. a rehearsals b resorts c scenes
2 I’ll shout / wave / whisper my secret into 4 The Queen always seems to wear gloves when
your ear. she … hands with people.
3 James never shouts / smiles / scenes in photos, a waves b posts c shakes
even if you ask him to. 5 To learn my … for the play, I repeat them in
4 I’ve got an app that can wave / translate / front of a mirror.
describe sentences into any other language. a lines b parts c hands
5 I waved / whispered / shook to my brother 6 My favourite … in the whole film was when
outside from the window of the train. the shark started eating the boat.
6 Is it common in your country to shake lines / a show b scene c trip
parts / hands when you meet someone?
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READING 12 Read the text again. Circle the correct options.
1 The writer … aikido lessons before she went to
Japan.
Interviewing Anna Whitmore
a didn’t have
This month, we spoke to Anna Whitmore, who’s
b had
been on a trip to Japan!
c wanted to have
1 Anna, why did you go to Japan, and have you
2 Aikido is … .
been before?
a very similar to karate
No, but I’ve always wanted to. I was lucky. I’ve
taken aikido lessons since I was 14, and this b not a sport
summer, my father needed to go to Japan for c not the same as karate
business. He decided to take me, and I joined 3 Anna says the teacher … .
an aikido class with other teenagers in Tokyo, a was not friendly
the capital. I spent five days there, and it was b didn’t explain things in English
amazing.
c couldn’t explain anything
2 What’s aikido?
4 She thinks that her aikido skills … .
It’s a sport, invented in Japan about 100 years
a have never been very good
ago. You defend yourself by throwing someone
else to the ground. b didn’t get better
3 So, it’s a form of martial arts, like karate? c got better
It’s very different to karate. The focus is on 5 Other students in the class were … .
throwing and holding, not kicking and hitting. a more skilled than her
4 How did it go? b less skilled than her
The first day was challenging because everything c the same as her at aikido
was new. The teacher greeted me, and introduced 6 She is … aikido at the moment.
me to the class. But in the lessons, he was a writing about
describing everything in Japanese, and I couldn’t b not studying
understand much. Luckily, other students
c teaching other teenagers
translated his instructions into English. I learned a
lot, and I think I improved, even though the other 6
students were much better than me. Some of
them have studied aikido since they were eight! 13 Find words in the text that mean the following.
1 protect yourself against someone who wants to
5 Did you go sightseeing?
fight you (paragraph 2)
Not really. I had barely enough time for tourist
attractions! But I ate at restaurants with my
2 difficult, in a way that tests your skills and
father, which was great, and went to a traditional
ability (paragraph 4)
kabuki show. I’ve started blogging about my
experiences, and I’m posting new material every
week online about how my training is going.
3 visiting interesting places on holiday
(paragraph 5)

11 Read the text. Tick (✓) three true sentences. 4 places that people visit when they’re on holiday
1 Anna went abroad in the summer. (paragraph 5)
2 She went with a family member.
3 Her father is an aikido expert. 5 a theatre performance (paragraph 5)
4 She went there to learn a sport.
5 Anna did a course in Japanese. 6 putting something on a website (paragraph 5)
6 She thought Japanese food was awful.
7 She isn’t training any more. 6

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LISTENING WRITING
14 4.05 Listen to a talk. Put the ideas (a–c) in the 17 Write an informal email to a friend about what
order that they are mentioned (1–3). you did in your last holiday. Use the prompts
a something she thought was difficult below to help you.
b what people need to do when they Write at least 140 words.
learn a language • What did you do?
c what she wants to achieve • Where did you go?
• What new things have you learned, seen or done?
3
• What did you like or not like about it?
15 4.05 Listen again. Are the sentences T (true),
F (false) or DS (doesn’t say)?
1 The speaker is talking about learning any
foreign language.
2 She says that people stop learning if they
don’t have a plan.
3 She thinks Chinese is difficult to learn.
4 She doesn’t focus on learning to read
in a foreign language.
5 She thinks that going abroad to study
is a waste of time.
6 She thinks Spanish is the easiest language
she has learned.

16 4.05 Listen again. Complete the notes.

Learning new languages
• The person giving the talk can speak English,
Chinese, French and 1 .
• She says the most important thing for leaning
a language is having a 2 .
• She wants to be able to have simple
3
in Chinese.
• She thinks that 4 is a very good
way of learning new vocabulary and grammar.
• When you go abroad, you shouldn’t only go
5
. You can also learn
about the 6
of the
people who speak a language.
10
6
TOTAL SCORE 100

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