Interface 1 End-of-year Exam Basic Units 1–9

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Vocabulary

1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

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1 Sylvie is from Paris. She’s ______________ .

2 My aunt Lucy is my father’s ______________.
3 The dentist wanted to see my ______________ so I opened my mouth.
4 Do you often ______________ the internet?
5 Josh and I often______________ up late on Saturday nights.
6 I love numbers so ______________ is my favourite school subject.
7 In tennis, you ______________ the ball with a racket but in football you ______________ the ball
with your foot.
8 I keep my clothes in the ______________ in my ______________ .
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2 Circle the correct words.

Anna and her sister Chloe are completely different:

1 Chloe has got blue eyes and fair / round hair but Anna’s hair is dark and straight.
2 Chloe’s hair is long / tall but Anna’s hair is short / curly.
4 Anna is very wavy / tall, about 1.75 m, but Anna’s short, about 1.35 m.
5 Chloe always tells really interesting stories but Anna’s stories are boring / exciting.
6 Finally, Chloe’s name is very difficult to spell, but Anna’s is dangerous / easy to spell.
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3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

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1 Do you ever ______________ your bike to school?

2 I sometimes ______________ my friends in the park after school.
3 Do you want to ______________ shopping on Saturday afternoon?
4 Do you always ______________ a shower in the morning?
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Grammar

4 Match the questions with the answers.

1 What are you doing?

2 Where does he usually go swimming?
3 Can she play the piano?
4 Is there an underground station near here?
5 Where were you yesterday?
6 What time did you go to bed?
7 How many words are you going to write?
8 Can you speak French?

a) Yes, there is. It’s opposite the sports centre. ____

b) We’re going to write about 80. ____
c) He usually goes to the sports centre. ____
d) At eleven o’clock. ____
e) Yes, I can. ____
f) I’m looking at my new photos. ____

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 g) I was at Maggie’s house yesterday. ____
h) No, she can’t. ____
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5 Circle the correct words.

1 My sister’s / sisters’ name is Liz.

2 What is she’s / her favourite sport?
3 That boy lives in my street but I don’t know her / him .
4 Do you like play / playing computer games?
5 She never eats some / any vegetables.
6 There are / There is 15 boys in our class.
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6 Circle the correct words.

1 It’s cold. We must / mustn’t wear our jackets.

2 I’m going to writing / write an email to Ozzie tonight.
3 You must / mustn’t swim here. It’s very dangerous.
4 We are not / do not going to have our party at the beach.
5 There was / were a lot of people at the match.
6 Did you see / saw Adam in the park?
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7 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Last year we went to Italy for our summer holidays. We (1) ______________ (fly) to Rome from
Bristol Airport. We (2) ______________ (take) lots of photos and (3) ______________ (eat) lots of
delicious Italian ice cream. We (4) ______________ (have) a wonderful time. I (5)
______________ (write) postcards to all my friends and (6) ______________ (buy) lots of
souvenirs and presents.
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8 Order the words to make questions.

1 football / you / Do / playing / like ?

____________________________________________________________ ?
2 she / her / yesterday / Did / meet / friends ?
____________________________________________________________ ?
3 your / When / homework / going to do / are / you ?
____________________________________________________________ ?
4 she / is / now / What / doing ?
____________________________________________________________ ?

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Reading

9 Read the text and choose the correct answers.

The Tower of London is a very popular monument. Millions of tourists from all over the world
visit this famous castle every year. The King of England William the Conqueror started
building the Tower in 1078 and finished it in 1098. Today it is a museum. But in the past it
was a prison. King Henry VIII had six wives and two of them were prisoners in the Tower!

The Tower is next to the river Thames. You can visit it by boat or you can go by bus. There
are always a lot of tourists at the Tower. There is a café there so you can have a drink or eat

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 an ice cream after your visit.

There is a big collection of the crowns and jewels of the kings and queens of England inside
the Tower. This collection is called the Crown Jewels. One of the jewels is an enormous
diamond. It’s called the Star of Africa. You can also see the Beefeaters. They are soldiers
and they look after the Crown Jewels and the famous ravens (big black birds).

1 The Tower of London is very popular with ____

a) kings. b) tourists.
2 The Tower of London is a famous ____
a) prison. b) castle.
3 William the Conqueror finished building the Tower in ____
a) 1098. b) 1078.
4 Today the Tower of London is also a ____
a) museum. b) gallery.
5 Henry VIII had ____ wives.
a) two b) six
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10 Read the text again and circle T (true) or F (false).

1 Henry VIII built the Tower of London. T/F

2 There isn’t a café in the tower. T/F
3 In the past the Tower was a prison. T/F
4 The Star of Africa is a diamond. T/F
5 Ravens are soldiers. T/F
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Writing

11 Correct the punctuation in these sentences.

my mums brother is staying with us at the moment. He stayed with us in may last year too. His
name’s ivan and hes is from Liverpool.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
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12 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

and because (x2) but so

1 On Saturday I took my friend to Portobello Market … he wanted to buy some presents for his family.
2 He bought a T-shirt for his brother… he didn’t get anything for his mum.
3 Yesterday the weather was sunny… we went for a boat trip on the River Thames
4 At the moment, it is raining so we are staying inside … we are drinking hot chocolate.
5 Tomorrow we are going to the British Museum … we want to see the Egyptian mummies.
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Listening

13 Listen and circle T (true) or F (false).

1 Oscar went camping in Scotland last year. T/F

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 2 The campsite in Scotland is called Sandbanks T/F
3 The weather in Scotland was very good. T/F
4 The campsite in Scotland had good showers. T/F
5 It took Oscar 10 hours to get to Scotland. T/F
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14 Listen again and circle the correct answers.

1 Oscar went camping in Dorset in ____

a) June. b) July.
2 The weather in Dorset was ____
a) terrible. b) perfect.
3 They went ____ a lot.
a) surfing b) swimming
4 They went to the third place in ____
a) August. b) July.
5 They ____ to the beach every day.
a) walked b) cycled
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Speaking

15 Ask and answer questions and buy tickets for an event.

STUDENT A

a) You can get tickets to one of the events below:

Rock concert Football

Ice skating
New local bands Fulham v Newcastle
Saturday 6pm
Saturday 7pm Saturday 3pm
Winter sports centre
Sports Centre Fulham Stadium

Phone Student B and invite him / her to go with you to one of the events. Agree with Student B
which event you want to go to. Organize a meeting time and place and complete the table below.

Student A
Event
Meeting time
Meeting place

b) Now talk to Student B on the phone. You aren’t doing anything on Sunday so you can accept
his / her invitation. Find out what time the event starts and suggest a time and a place to meet.

Score __/10

Vocabulary __/20
Grammar __/30
Reading __/20
Writing __/10
Listening __/10
Speaking __/10
TOTAL __/100

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Speaking

15 Ask and answer questions and buy tickets for an event.

STUDENT B

a) Talk to Student A on the phone. You aren’t doing anything on Saturday so you can accept his /
her invitation. Find out what time the event starts and suggest a time and a place to meet.

b) Now you can get tickets to one of the events below:

Basketball match
Theatre performance Rap music concert
London v Sheffield
The Globe Theatre Sunday 8pm
Sunday 7.30
Sunday 7 pm South London Cultural Centre
Indoor stadium

Phone Student A and invite him / her to go with you to one of the events. Agree with Student A
which event you want to go to. Organize a meeting time and place and complete the table below.

Student B
Event
Meeting time
Meeting place
Score __/10

Vocabulary __/20
Grammar __/30
Reading __/20
Writing __/10
Listening __/10
Speaking __/10
TOTAL __/100

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