1 Complete with In, on Or At

UNIT 3

GRAMMAR

1 Complete with in, on or at.

1 I like getting up late _____ the morning.

2 My birthday is _____ 26 June.

3 I was born _____ 1993.

4 I love going out _____ night.

5 I usually go on holiday _____ July.

6 I have a job _____ Saturdays.

7 I usually do my homework _____ the evening.

8 My school starts _____ 8.30am.

9 I often go shopping _____ the afternoon.

10 My favourite lessons are _____ Mondays and Fridays.

_____ / 10 points

2 Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Dear Carla,

I’m writing to tell you about our great trip to London. We only 1 ____________ (get) home yesterday.

We went for two weeks – Jo, Julia, Frank and me – and we 2 ____________ (see) lots of interesting things. We went to the Notting Hill Carnival and listened to some fantastic music. We 3 ____________ (dance) for hours and hours and we ate some really exotic food – quite delicious.

We did some serious tourist things too! We visited Westminster Cathedral, Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square. But we 4 ____________ (not go) to Madame Tussaud’s – we 5 ____________ (not have) time.

And of course we went shopping. There are some really good shops in London, and markets too. 6 ____________ (you go) to Portobello Road Market when you were here? On the day I went, there 7 ____________ (be) lots of great things to buy, especially clothes … but I 8 ____________ (be) good. I 9 ____________ (not spend) lots of money. I only bought one sweatshirt.

And 10 ____________ (you and Peter visit) the parks? I really enjoyed them. They’re so big and so green. One night there was an evening of music in the park and we listened for hours – brilliant!

Write to me soon and tell me about your holidays!

Love,

Kari

_____ / 10 points

3 Complete the dialogues.

1 A: What ________________________ when I rang you?

B: I was visiting my aunt.

2 A: Did you live in London before you moved here?

B: Yes, I ________________________ .

3 A: Did you enjoy visiting your family?

B: No, because I ________________________ ill.

4 A: Were you at school last year?

B: No, I ________________________ . I finished the year before.

5 A: She ________________________ TV when I came home.

B: That’s right. She loves programmes about animals, and there was a good one on.

6 A: Did he go out last night?

B: No, he ________________________ .

7 A: What ________________________ last night?

B: A pizza, some pasta and a sandwich. I was very hungry!

8 A: She ________________________ good at English when she came to this school.

B: Yes. That’s because she lived in England for six years.

9 A: Why did you get angry?

B: Because they ________________________ TV and weren’t listening to me.

10 A: Why did they have nothing to eat last night?

B: Because they ________________________ enough money for a meal.

_____ / 10 points

VOCABULARY

4 Find the odd word.

1 factory ghost story novel play (n)

2 playwright school novelist writer

3 coast rich well-known beautiful

4 thirsty lazy exhausted monument

5 build design invent destroy

_____ / 5 points

5 Match the words in A with the words in B.

1 ball-point a) fire

2 ice b) call

3 on c) pen

4 surf the d) goodness

5 phone e) down

6 the top f) cream

7 say g) lunch

8 thank h) internet

9 burn i) of

10 picnic j) ‘cheese’

_____ / 10 points

6 Find the two correct words for each category.

1 FOOD butter smoke cheese diary

2 DRINKS brandy shiver wine rock

3 WEATHER wind wheel rain lifebelt

_____ / 5 points

READING

7a Read the text about Akio Morita, the inventor of the Walkman, and number the paragraphs in the correct order.

A ____

In 1946, when he was 25, Morita and his friend Masaru Ibuka started a small radio repair company. In 1949 the company developed recording tape and in 1950 sold the first tape recorder in Japan. In 1957 it produced a pocket-sized radio and a year later changed its name to Sony. In 1960 it produced the first transistor television in the world.

B ____

As a child, he enjoyed playing with electronic products, and mathematics and physics were his favourite subjects at school. He studied physics at Osaka Imperial University.

C ____

Morita managed Sony and through his ideas, products like the Walkman and the video-cassette recorder were born. He was always full of curiosity and energy in everything he did – he started skiing, tennis, and scuba diving when he was more than 50 years old! He died at the age of 78 in 1999.

D ____

Also in 1960, Sony Corporation of America started in the United States. In 1968, the company entered the music software business, then in 1979, it entered the finance business. In 1988 it bought CBS Records Inc., and the following year Sony bought Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.

E ____

Akio Morita was born in Japan on January 26, 1921, in the city of Nagoya, to a family of beer makers. As a student, Akio often went to his family’s company meetings with his father and he helped with the family business.

7b Match the dates in A with the events in B.

A B

1 1921 a) Akio died.

2 1946 b) They gave the company the name ‘Sony’.

3 1950 c) Akio was born.

4 1958 d) Akio and his partner opened a radio company.

5 1999 e) Sony sold the first tape recorder.

_____ / 10 points

LISTENING

8 Listen and choose True or False.

1 Paul thinks he is famous. True / False

2 Paul was born in Poland. True / False

3 Paul is a drummer. True / False

4 Paul came to England in 1994. True / False

5 He bought his first CD in 1997. True / False

6 Paul’s first CD was by Coldplay. True / False

7 The name of the CD was Definitely Maybe. True / False

8 Paul won lots of prizes at school. True / False

9 Paul played the drums for seven hours and twenty minutes. True / False

10 There are five important moments in Paul’s life. True / False

_____ / 10 points

WRITING

9 Use this information to write a paragraph about the life of Leonardo DiCaprio. Use past tenses.

Leonardo DiCaprio

11 November, 1975 – born in Los Angeles, California

1988 – starts acting in TV ads

1990 – appears in his first TV programme, Parenthood

1991 – makes his first movie, Critters 3

1992 – stars in his first big film, This Boy’s Life

1997 – becomes a superstar in the film Titanic

1999 – makes the film The Beach

2000 – starts working to protect the environment

2004 – opens his website, the Leonardo DiCaprio Eco-site

2005 – wins ‘Best Actor award (Drama)’ at the Golden Globes

________________________________________________________________________

_____ / 10 points

Total : _____ / 80