2.Complete the Passage with the Correct Form of the Adjectives in Brackets. (0 25)
3rd ESO English TestMarch 2013Name
1. VOCABULARY: Write sentences with the following words expressions showing you understand their meaning (8 words) (1)
According to
To agree
To look like
Since
Career
Tight
Hardworking
Casual
2.Complete the passage with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. (0’25)
I love jeans. In my opinion, they are 1…………………………… (fashionable) clothes. A girl in jeans looks 2………………………… (trendy) a girl in a skirt or a dress. Jeans are also 3…………………………… (practical) trousers. You can wear them anywhere. And when they get old, you don’t need to throw them away. In my opinion, old jeans are 4……………………………… (good) new jeans. I bought my favourite jeans more than five years ago. I think they are 5……………………… (nice) my newer jeans. And they are 6……………… (soft) and 7………………………… (comfortable) my trousers. There is one problem with jeans, though – their price. A lot of people think jeans are 8……………………… (expensive) trousers. This is not true. Sometimes, even formal clothes are 9…………………………… (cheap) jeans.
3. Complete the sentences with a suitable word. (0’25)
1. How ………………… necklaces have you got?
2. I haven’t seen John ………………… last year.
3. Are there ………………… biscuits in the house?
4. We’re hungry. We haven’t eaten ………………… .
5. I’m not as tall ………………… my brother.
6. I found ………………… earring on the floor.
7. You are ………………… young to drive.
8. That jacket isn’t formal ………………… for a special occasion.
9. I can afford this mobile phone. It’s the …………… expensive phone in the shop.
10. I was listening to music ………………… I was doing my homework.
4. Choose the correct answer. (0’25)
Old clothes 1have become / were becoming / became very popular lately. These days, people 2are buying / were buying / bought them for a lot of money. Popular fashion items from the 20th century can be 3the most expensive / expensive / more expensive than new clothes. In the 1920s, everyone was carrying metal purses. Today, the same metal purses often cost as much 4as / than / of 100 euros. In the 1960s, people 5wore / wear / were wearing small round sunglasses. These can cost 60 or 70 euros today. Not everything old 6costs / cost / has cost a lot, though. People 7didn’t / haven’t / don’t usually run to a shop to buy old running shoes or a dirty tie. But the right fashion items from the past are never cheap. Why are old clothes in? First, people 8want / have wanted / wanted to feel special. When we wear 9too / the most / less fashionable clothes, we think we look great. But 10a lot of / much / an other people are probably wearing the same thing. When we wear old clothes, we look different. Second, celebrities in Hollywood 11begin / has begun / have begun to buy old clothes in special shops. Their photographs appear in magazines and people want to look like them.
5. Write questions for the following answers. (0’5)
1 ______?
She worked as a nurse 5 years ago
2______?
I have lived in the same house since I was born
3 ______?
Linda Grey owns the restaurant.
4______?
Amy is sentimental and very friendly
5______?
She sometimes studies at a friend’s house
6 ______?
Juan had problems at home and at school
______?
6. Irregular Verbs. (0’25)
Kneel Arrastrarse
Sostener Burn
Colgar Doblar
Leap Lead
Forbid Beat
7.Complete the sentences with the words below. Use too … or (not) … enough. (0’25)
casual • expensive • tall • tired • warm1.John isn’t going out tonight. He’s ………………… .
2.Phil can’t be a basketball player because he’s ………………… .
3.I like these jeans but they’re ………………… for me.
4.It’s ………………… to wear flip-flops today. Your feet will be cold.
5.This outfit is ………………… to wear for the wedding.
8.Choose the correct answer. (0’25)
Before there was Zara or Mango, there was Biba. In the 1960s, Biba was one of 1the most popular / more popular than / too popular shops in London. At the time, Mary Quant was a popular fashion designer in London, but her clothes were 2not expensive enough / more expensive than / too expensive for most teenagers. Then in 1964, clothing designer Barbara Hulanicki opened the shop Biba. Biba’s clothing was 3as trendy as / the trendiest / trendy enough the clothing at Mary Quant, but it was also 4as cheap as / the cheapest / cheaper than Mary Quant’s clothing.
The clothing at Biba was for teenagers and young people. Women over 30 were 5the oldest / too old / not old enough for Biba clothing. Biba’s shop also became a popular place for celebrities to meet. Biba became one of 6the biggest / bigger than / big enough tourist attractions in London. It was 7the most popular / more popular than / less popular than Marks and Spencer or Harrods. Then in 1970, Biba became a department store, but for Barbara the business was 8too big / big enough / the biggest. In 1975, she closed the shop.Although Biba has been gone for 35 years, people still remember Biba as 9the best / better than / as good as shop from the sixties.
9. Listen to the conversation. Then match the fashion item in A to the correct comments in B. (0’25)
AB
1.the black dress ..a.“Wool is great for this time of year.”
2.the platform boots ..b.“They’re very elegant, aren’t they?”
3.the coat ..c.“It really makes the outfit special.”
4.the jacket ..d.“You can wear it for work or save it for a special
occasion.”
5.the purple tie ..e.“John is wearing it with a casual pair of jeans.”
10. Read the text and answer the questions: (0’5)
When you ask people to describe the fashions of the 1910s, they usually can’t tell you very much. But ask people about the 1920s and they can’t stop talking.Before the 1920s, dresses, skirts and sleeves were very long, so people rarely saw a woman’s legs or arms. And when it rained, these clothes got dirty.
When World War I began in 1914, fashions became very practical. Women stopped buying colourful clothes because they didn’t want tolook too happy while the men were fighting a war. Grey and black were popular colours. Women’s shoes at that time didn’t look very different from men’s shoes.
In the 1920s, fashions changed. The war ended. It was a happy time and people were more optimistic about life. Skirts, dresses and sleeves got shorter. As dancing became popular again, women wanted clothes they could move in. For example, to do a new dance, the Charleston, women lifted their legs in the air. They couldn’t do that in long dresses. Women’s shoes also changed. With shorter skirts, companies began to make colourful shoes. Women wore high heels in gold, silver and red. And as they began to dress in brighter colours, they started to wear more make-up too, like blue and green eye shadow and red lipstick.
After the blacks and greys of the 1910s, the fashions of the 1920s were a revolution. That’s probably why people remember them even today.
1.Why did dresses get dirty in the 1910s?
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2.When did black and grey become popular colours in fashion?
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3.Why did women want to dance in short dresses?
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4.Why did shoe colours change in the 1920s?
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