Name _______________________________________

A2 Unit test 12A

3 Complete the texts with the words in the boxes.

1  Listen and circle the word you hear.
Guan Jo
1 give gave given
2 sing sang sung go go have play play
3 begin began begun
4 drink drank drunk I learned to 1__________ the guitar when I was a child,
5 eat ate eaten but I didn’t 2__________ in a band. I gave up the
6 speak spoke spoken guitar when I was a teenager. Now I am older, my
7 draw drew drawn taste in music has changed. Nowadays I like more
8 write wrote written relaxed music, so I 3__________ to classical
9 see saw seen concerts most weekends. I want to 4__________
10 forget forgot forgotten piano lessons because I love classical music. Next
year, I’d like to 5__________ to the annual classical
1 point for each correct answer 10 music festival in Westerbridge Park.
2  Listen and circle the tense of the verb you
hear. Yolanda

art galleries dance drawings

1 present perfect / past simple the opera salsa classes
2 present perfect / past simple
3 present perfect / past simple I love everything about art. I love to go to lots of
4 present perfect / past simple 6
____________________ and see the paintings and
5 present perfect / past simple 7
____________________. And I love music and
6 present perfect / past simple dance. I go to 8____________________ to hear my
7 present perfect / past simple favourite singers. I also like South American music
8 present perfect / past simple because it sounds great. Last year I started
9 present perfect / past simple 9
____________________ and I learned to
10 present perfect / past simple 10
____________________ quite well, but I’ve
never performed in front of people!
1 point for each correct answer 10
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4 Complete the sentences. Choose the correct

6 Complete the text with the present perfect form
answer from the words in italics.
of the verb in (brackets).
1 Films about love are called romance / horror films.
My family and art
2 The film is about / set in the Caribbean on a desert
island. My family all love art and we’ve done lots of different
3 I like comedies / dramas because they make me things over the years. My mother
laugh.
1
___________________ (sing) in a choir for a long
4 I saw a film about / set in a man who lost his time now. They 2____________________ (travel) all
memory. He forgot his name and everyone in his over the world and performed in many famous concert
family. halls. Next year, they’re going on a tour of Australia.
5 Animations / Musicals have drawings, not real And my father plays three instruments – the piano,
people or places. guitar and saxophone. He 3____________________
6 My mother loves singing along to the songs in (be) in a band for over twenty years, but they
science fiction films / musicals.
4
__________________ (not play) a concert for a long
7 Comedies / Science fiction films are often about time. My sister and I aren’t musical – we
future communities living in space.
5
____________________ (not learn) to play any
8 There are usually lots of fast cars and crazy driving musical instruments very well. At school we were
in romance / action films. more interested in art. My sister became a graphic
9 My favourite film is about / stars Bruce Willis as a designer and she 6____________________ (work) for
policeman. an animation company for five years. She
10 George hates comedies / horror films because they
7
____________________ (design) many cartoon
make him feel afraid. animals for children’s films. I studied painting at
university, but I 8____________________ (not find) a
1 point for each correct answer 10 job as a full-time artist because it’s really difficult.
Recently, I 9____________________ (start) working at
5 Complete the sentences with the correct past
a museum as a tour guide and I
participle form of the verb in (brackets). 10
____________________ (sell) two of my paintings
1 Have you ever __________ (be) to the theatre? online.
2 Vanessa Mae plays the violin and has __________
1 point for each correct answer 10
(give) many concerts in her life.
3 Lina has __________ (buy) the DVD of her
favourite film.
4 I’ve never _________ (win) a painting competition.
5 J. K. Rowling has __________ (write) books for
both children and adults.
6 Where have you __________ (put) the tickets for
tonight’s show?
7 Have you ever __________ (meet) a famous artist?
8 I’ve never __________ (see) an orchestra play live.
9 Diego has never __________ (drive) a bus before.
10 Susan has __________ (speak) to him about it.

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7 Complete the conversations with the present 8 Put the words in (brackets) in the correct order
perfect or the past simple form of the words in to complete the phone conversation.
(brackets).
A = assistant C = customer
1 A 1
____________________ (you / ever / go) to
A Good morning, Northfront Arts Centre, how
a book festival?
can I help you?
B Yes, I have. 2____________________
C Hello. 1____________________ (speak / I /
(I / visit) Sydney last year and there was an
to / could) the manager, please?
international book festival.
A 2
____________________ (not / she’s / I’m /
available / afraid) at the moment.
2 A 3
____________________ (you / hear) the
C Oh, OK. Well, 3____________________
news about Steffen?
(you / ask / could) her to
B No, what 4____________________ (happen) 4
____________________ (me / call / back),
this time? please?
A Well, 5____________________ (he / drive) A Sure, so 5____________________ (have / I /
his car into the back of a bus yesterday your / number / could), please?
evening on his way home from work.
C Yes, it’s 07889 345621.
B No way! That guy has so many accidents!
A Thank you. I’ll ask her to call you later on
this morning.
3 A My parents 6____________________ (live) 2 points for each correct answer 10
in the same village since
7
____________________ (they / meet) in
1967.
B Really? That’s amazing!
A I know. 8____________________
(they / fall) in love with the place when they
moved there and so
9
____________________ (they / decide) to
stay.
B So, where do you live?
A I live in a small town near my parents’
village. I moved there when I was twenty-
five and 10____________________ (I / live)
there since then.

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A2 Unit test 12A

9 Read the text. Decide if the sentences are true 10 Read the text again. Which art form matches
(T) or false (F). If there is no information about each sentence? Write A, B, C or D. You need to
this, choose ‘not given’ (NG). use one art form twice.

Traditionally, when people think of art, they think of 1 Artists use language on the paintings. _____
things like painting and drawing. However, nowadays 2 It uses things from nature to create new art. _____
there are many more forms of art and these new forms 3 People can close their eyes to experience a new
are becoming more popular. Here are some examples. kind of art for the first time. _____
4 This art form is not easy to do. _____
A. Sound art: This uses music or the sounds of nature
5 Artists use this to make their pictures more
to create art. It helps people enjoy the art through their
attractive. _____
feelings. Sound artists often put unusual sounds
together to make new types of music which people 2 points for each correct answer 10
haven’t heard before. People listen to the sounds and
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B. Rock painting: This is a popular way to mix art and

nature. Artists paint on rocks or stones they have found
in the places near to where they live. The main idea is
to help people feel more strongly about the natural
world. Also, sometimes artists make models or objects
with rocks.
C. Smoke art: This is a way of making pictures with
smoke from oil lamps or candles. Many artists use
smoke art to add light colours to their pictures and
make them more beautiful. It is a difficult skill to
learn.
D. Word art: Nowadays, many art galleries have
pictures that use words. Artists like to use words to
talk to the people that see their art. Sometimes people
can write their own words and add them to the artwork
or pictures.
1 New types of art are more popular than older forms.
__________
2 People don’t listen to sound art − they feel it.
__________
3 Artists use rocks and stones to try to make others
feel closer to nature. __________
4 Artists use smoke to make colours less dark.
__________
5 In word art, artists speak about their art and explain
it to people. __________

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