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1. Andy is a news photographer who takes photos of important events in the news rather than celebrities or weddings. When he hears about a big storm or accident, he gets in his car quickly to see what is happening and document it with his camera. 2. Andy's favorite photo was of a brave young girl stuck in a tall tree crying for help. A helping man climbed up and rescued her while she was trying to get her cat. Andy took the photo while the man was helping the girl. 3. For a few days after taking the photo, Andy became famous as the photo was everywhere - on TV, in newspapers, and online.

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Past Continuous-3

1. Andy is a news photographer who takes photos of important events in the news rather than celebrities or weddings. When he hears about a big storm or accident, he gets in his car quickly to see what is happening and document it with his camera. 2. Andy's favorite photo was of a brave young girl stuck in a tall tree crying for help. A helping man climbed up and rescued her while she was trying to get her cat. Andy took the photo while the man was helping the girl. 3. For a few days after taking the photo, Andy became famous as the photo was everywhere - on TV, in newspapers, and online.

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Unit 4 Basic Test

Language focus
Listening 4 Complete with was or were. (5 marks)
Were your friends playing volleyball yesterday
1 [1.05] Listen to the conversation. Circle the
afternoon?
correct answers (a or b). (10 marks)
1 The film _____ starting when we got to the
Cathy’s birthday was ____.
cinema.
a yesterday b last week
2 My parents _____ cooking when I came home.
1 Cathy’s parents gave her ____ for her birthday.
3 We _____ studying maths this morning.
a a camera b a phone
4 I _____ watching TV at 8:00 yesterday evening.
2 Cathy took a photo of Tim while he was ____.
5 What _____ you doing ten minutes ago?
a playing volleyball b playing football
3 Tim was ____ when she took the photo. 5 Complete the sentences with the past
a running b jumping continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
(10 marks)
4 At the time, Cathy was ____ on the beach.
I wasn’t sleeping at seven o’clock. (not sleep)
a lying b standing
1 Ten minutes ago, we ________ ________ to
5 Cathy thinks it is important to be ____ if you want
school. (walk)
to take good photos.
2 You ________ ________ to the teacher this
a careful b patient morning. (not listen)
3 My brother ________ ________ his homework late
Vocabulary last night. (do)
4 At 8:30, the students ________ ________ for a
2 Choose the correct words. (5 marks) bus. (wait)
The cat jumped / kicked up into the air when it 5 My mum ________ ________ yesterday
heard the noise. afternoon. (not work)
1 Can you hang / climb to the top of that wall?
6 Order the words to make questions. (10 marks)
2 Our teacher isn’t sitting down. He’s standing
/ lying in front of the class. your brother / doing / was / What

3 This sofa is very comfortable. Sometimes I lie What was your brother doing?
/ hold on it and go to sleep. 1 you / Who / calling / were
4 Mr. Wilson dropped his phone, so I jumped _________________________________?
/ picked it up for him. 2 were / waiting / they / Why
5 In a game of football, players can hold / kick the _________________________________?
ball, but they can’t touch it with their hands. 3 lunch / he / Was / having

3 Complete the list. (10 marks) _________________________________?

Adjective Adverb 4 was / Where / she / cycling


bad badly _________________________________?

1 easy ________ 5 TV / watching / your parents / Were

2 ________ carefully _________________________________?


3 fast ________
4 ________ happily
5 good ________
Unit 4 Basic Test
Reading
7 Read the text. Match words (a–f) with gaps (1–6). Writing
(10 marks)
9 Complete the sentences. (5 marks)
a trying __
I took a photo of Nigel while he was singing.
b famous __
1 Angela was doing her homework w_ _ n her
c brave __
phone rang.
d take 1 2 A_ _ _r a few minutes, the cat jumped down
e helping __ from the tree.
f quickly __ 3 I saw James w_ _ _e I was cycling in the park.
The life of a news photographer 4 She was listening to the radio w_ _n she heard
Andy is a news photographer. “I don’t photograph the news.
1
celebrities or weddings,” he explains. “I ____ photos of 5 Come and visit me as s_ _n as you can!
important events in the news.”
“If I hear about a big storm, or an accident, I get in my 10 Imagine you took a brilliant photo last weekend.
2 Describe the photo. Use the questions to help
car ____,” he says. “I want to see what’s happening.
you. (5 marks)
And I always take my camera!” Andy describes his
favourite photo: “I was driving home when I saw a young 1 Who is in the photo?
3
girl in a tall tree. She was ____ to rescue her cat. The 2 Did you take the photo with your phone or with a
cat jumped down safely, but the girl was stuck in the tree
4 camera?
and crying for help. A ____ man climbed up and
5
rescued her. While he was ____ the girl, I took a photo.” 3 What was happening when you took the photo?
Soon the photo was everywhere – on TV, in the 4 Where were you standing when you took the
newspapers, and online. For a few days, Andy photo?
6
was ____!
5 What do you think of the photo?

Communication
8 Complete the conversation. (5 marks)

A: Did you take this photo?


B: Yes, I did. It’s a photo of my dog Rex. What do
1
you t_ _ _ k of it?
2
A: It’s an a_ _ _ _ _g photo.
B: Yes. I was sitting in my garden when I took it.
3
A: R_ _ _ _y?
B: Yes. Rex was lying on the ground when he
heard a loud noise. He jumped into the air.
That’s when I took the photo.
4
A: I’m i_ _ _ _ _ _ _d. You’re a brilliant
photographer. Total marks: Listening _______ / 10
5
B: That’s really k_ _ d of you. Thanks. Vocabulary _______ / 15

Language Focus _______ / 25

Reading _______ / 10 Communication _______ / 5


Writing _______ / 10 TOTAL _______ / 75

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