Reading _/10
‘Kyle and me’
by Jane Wheeler
I’m Jane and this is my best friend, Kyle. Kyle can’t walk. He uses a wheelchair, but he’s hardly ever grumpy. He’s kind and confident and he’s always smiling. After school, we like playing computer games and reading comics. We’re writing a comic together at the moment; Kyle writes the story and I draw the pictures. His favourite comics are the old DC comics about Batman and Spiderman. Sometimes we play games in my garden. We pretend his wheelchair is Batman’s car – the Batmobile! Kyle is very creative; he loves painting and twice a week he plays the guitar in a band, too. We also like sport; I like doing karate, but Kyle prefers playing basketball.
1 Read the text. Circle the correct option.
1 Kyle / Jane is in a wheelchair.
2 Kyle / Jane draws the pictures for their comic.
3 Kyle / Jane likes old DC comics.
4 Kyle / Jane doesn’t play the guitar.
5 Kyle / Jane is very creative.
6 Kyle / Jane is hardly ever grumpy.
2 Read again. Answer the questions.
1 Can Kyle walk?
No, he can’t.
2 What do Kyle and Jane like doing after school?
______
3 What are Kyle and Jane writing together?
______
4 How often does Kyle play in a band?
______
5 What instrument does Kyle play?
______
6 What sport does Jane like doing?
______
Vocabulary _ /20
1 Underline the best personality adjective to complete the definitions.
1 A person who likes giving things to their friends and family is generous / active.
2 A person who doesn’t like talking to new people is shy / selfish.
3 A person who doesn’t like working or doing their homework is talkative / lazy.
4 A person who doesn’t share with their friends is hardworking / selfish.
5 A person who chats a lot is kind / talkative.
6 A person who is always busy and likes doing sport is active / grumpy.
2 Order the letters and complete the sentences about hobbies.
1 Marissa likes surfing the Internet. (finsurg)
2 Jo likes ______. Her favourite thing to make is lemon meringue pie. (okgonci)
3 Brenda doesn’t like ______people; she’s quite shy. (geemitn)
4 Suzie and Fred always go ______in the summer. (gipnmca)
5 I love ______at the disco. (dgncian)
6 My brother likes ______comics. (dreangi)
Grammar _/30
1 Circle the correct option.
1 My mum likes / like eating doughnuts in bed.
2 My friends and I watches / watch cartoons on TV every day.
3 My brother never get up / gets up early on Saturday.
4 My dad doesn’t eats / doesn’t eat yoghurt because he doesn’t like / doesn’t likes it.
5 My cousins has got / have got an MP3 player.
6 Laura and I study / studies English and Chinese.
2 Complete the text using the third person singular of the verbs.
Kyle (1) is (be) Jane’s best friend. Jane and Kyle love swimming, but Kyle
(2) ______ (not swim) in the sea very often. He
(3) ______ (not like) going to the beach, because his wheelchair (4) ______ (not work) on the sand. Every Sunday, Kyle (5) ______ (go) swimming in the swimming pool. He (6) ______ (meet) Jane at 11 o’clock and they swim for an hour.
3 Rewrite the sentences with the adverb in the correct position.
1 I walk the dog. (never)
I never walk the dog.
2 Grandad eats bananas for breakfast. (always)
______
3 We watch football on Sunday. (usually)
______
4 My mum eats fish. (hardly ever)
______
5 I listen to music at lunchtime. (often)
______
6 Bob plays tennis after school. (sometimes)
______
4 Look at the table. Underline the correct option.
Mon / Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri / Sat / Sundo yoga / P
ride his scooter / P / P / P / P / P / P / P
watch Formula One / P / P
use the Internet / P / P / P
play football / P / P
eat meat
1 Mark does yoga once a week / twice a week.
2 He rides his scooter at the weekend / every day.
3 He watches Formula One at the weekend / three times a week.
4 He surfs the Internet once a week / three times a week.
5 He plays football at the weekend / twice a week.
6 He never / hardly ever eats meat.
5 Complete the questions with do or does.
1 Do you like Coldplay? -Yes, I do.
2 ______ she wear dresses? No, she usually wears jeans.
3 How often ______ you go to the cinema? - Once a month.
4 What ______ your brother like doing at school? - Chemistry and Maths.
5 When ______ we celebrate New Year?- 31st January.
6 Why ______ your sister look grumpy today? - She’s worried about her exam tomorrow.
6 Write true sentences about Hugh’s likes and dislikes. Use the information in the chart below.
love / like / not mind / not like / hatecamp / P
read / P
play board games / P
cook / P
paint / P
sing / P
1 Hugh loves camping.
2 He ______
3 He ______
4 He ______
5 He ______
6 He ______
Listening _/10
1 Listen to the dialogue. Circle the correct information in the table.
country / city / likes / doesn’t likeGreg / Bulgaria / Hungary / Budapest / Birmingham / camping / cooking / painting
Birta / Denmark / Holland / Copenhagen / eating in restaurants / going to concerts / going on holiday / cooking
2 Listen again. Underline the best answer.
1 Where are Greg and Birta?
a in a museum b at a language school
2 What do they both want to do?
a travel to England b improve their English
3 What is Birta’s job?
a She’s a teacher. b She’s an artist.
4 Why doesn’t Greg like painting?
a He’s not good at it. b He thinks it’s boring.
5 What do both Greg and Birta like doing?
a going on holiday b eating in restaurants
6 Where does Greg work?
a In a restaurant b In a hospital
Writing _/20
1 Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets.
1 My mum is good at board games and she’s good at computer games. (too)
My mum is good at board games, and she’s good at computer games too.
2 Kyle writes comic books and he plays the guitar. (also)
______
3 I eat cake but I eat a lot of vegetables. (also)
______
4 We do karate on Thursdays and on Saturdays. (too)
______
5 She’s very talkative but she’s very kind. (also)
______
6 Playing the violin is difficult, but it’s fun also. (too)
______
2 Complete the text about Sam and his friends.
also play free active shy kind
Hi! My name’s Sam and I’m from Oxford, in the UK. I think I’m (1) kind , confident and very talkative! In my (2) ______ time I love doing karate and playing the guitar – I really want to be a musician when I’m older. These are my two best friends, Jake and Simon. We often meet and (3) ______ video games together. Simon is quite (4) ______ and doesn’t talk very much. He really likes reading. Jake
(5) ______ likes reading but his favourite thing to do is surf the Internet – he’s always chatting online! But he’s not lazy. We usually play football together on Saturday afternoons because he’s very (6) ______ and he gets bored very quickly!
Total (including Speaking) __ / 100
Student A
Complete the table about yourself. Then talk with your partner. Complete the table for your partner.
You / Student B
town you are from
favourite school subject
Favourite hobby
how often you go shopping
what you do at the weekend
something you hate
You can use these words and phrases to help you:
Really? I do too I don’t How about you? Not much What about you?
A Where are you from?
B I’m from…
Speaking _ / 10
Student B
Complete the table about yourself. Then talk with your partner. Complete the table for your partner.
You / Student A
town you are from
favourite school subject
favourite hobby
how often you go shopping
what you do at the weekend
something you hate
You can use these words and phrases to help you:
Really? I do too I don’t How about you? Not much What about you?
A Where are you from?
B I’m from…
English In motion Tests 2 – Editable
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