Unit 3

Basic Test

Name  Class  Date

LANGUAGE IN ACTION 4 Complete with the verbs in the table.

love / loves
1 Look at the table and circle the correct option.
like / likes
Sara Toby
don’t mind / doesn’t mind
read music ✓ ✗
don’t like / doesn’t like
sing well ✓ ✓
hate / hates
dance well ✗ ✓
play the guitar ✓ ✗ 1 I hate walking to school. It’s a long
way.
speak Spanish ✗ ✓
2 She listening to music! It’s her
1 Sara can / can’t read music. favourite thing.
2 Toby can / can’t play the guitar. 3 We playing football. We’re not
3 They can / can’t sing well. very good.
4 Can Sara speak Spanish? No, she can / can’t. 4 Robin this song. It’s OK.
5 Sara can / can’t dance well. 5 I doing homework at the
6 Can Toby speak Spanish? Yes, he can / can’t. weekend. It isn’t fun.
6 They hanging out with their
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friends. They’re great!
2 Complete the sentences with can/can’t. 5
1 We can’t use mobile phones in class. (✗)
2 He play football at lunchtime. (✓) 5 Circle the correct option.
1 Do / Does you like listening to rap music?
3 You use a dictionary in the exam. (✓)
2 No, I hate / hates listening to rap music!
4 They listen to music in the lesson. (✗)
3 I don’t / doesn’t mind listening to dance music.
5 We go into that classroom. (✗)
4 She don’t / doesn’t like this song very much.
6 I ask my teacher questions. (✓)
5 They love play / playing video games.
5 6 Do / Does Joe like hanging out with friends?

3 Circle the correct option. 5

1 Ann love / loves reading books.
2 Ayaz usually doesn’t / don’t mind staying at 6 Complete the sentences with a word in the box.
home. her  him  it  me  them  us

3 I doesn’t / don’t like playing video games.
1 Is this your calculator? Can I borrow it , please?
4 Lidia hate / hates revising for exams.
2 Where are your brothers? I like talking to .
5 We like / likes watching films.
3 Our dad always cooks dinner for – we
6 Max doesn’t / don’t like getting up early.
love it!
5 4 That’s Mrs Wilson! Do you know ?
5 Mark is my best friend. Can I sit next to ?
6 Listen to ! – I know the answer.

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VOCABULARY LISTENING
7 Circle the correct option. 10 UT3 Listen to three students talking. Circle the
1 I love using computers in our art / ICT class. correct option.
2 I love DT / maths because I love working with 1 Alan plays / doesn’t play football with Mark.
numbers. 2 Mark and Megan don’t go / go to the same
3 In our music / geography class we learn about school.
different countries and people. 3 Mark’s favourite class is PE / maths.
4 We often paint and draw in our art / history 4 Megan’s favourite place is the art / PE
class. classroom.
5 They study animals and plants in their Spanish / 5 Alan hates / doesn’t mind art.
science lesson. 6 Alan’s favourite subject is ICT / PE.
6 She doesn’t like history / PE – she can’t 10
remember all the names and dates.
5 11 UT3 Listen again. Answer True or False.
1 Megan likes the food in the canteen. False
8 Complete the sentences with the words in the 2 Megan loves PE.
box.
3 Megan loves drawing.
canteen  library  locker area  main hall  4 Alan doesn’t like computers.
playing field  staffroom 5 Alan makes video games.

6 Mark and Megan like moving around
1 I don’t mind going to the library – I love
in class.
reading.
2 You can get food at lunchtime in the school 5
.
3 Come with us to the , there’s a
football match!
4 The teachers go to the at break
time.
5 You can put your school bags and books in the
.
6 We have assembly in the .

9 Circle the odd word out.

1 drama / reception / main hall
2 food technology / ICT room / PE
3 sports hall / playing field /
design and technology
4 library / history / music
5 staffroom / science / locker area
6 Spanish / English / classroom
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READING 14 Match the words in the box with the pictures.
bird  fire  forest  plant  shelter  tree
12 Read the text.
Most schools have classrooms, a canteen,
and a sports hall. But there is one kind of
school that doesn’t – a forest school!
At Willow Park forest school boys and
girls study in the woods with trees all 1 fire 2
around them. Students usually start at the
school when they are five years old. They
learn about the natural world and have
fun playing outside.
The school day is short for young students.
They finish at 12.30 pm. When students are 3 4
eleven years old school starts at 8.00 am
and finishes at 5.00 pm. That’s a long day!
In the morning, students study subjects
like maths, English, science and music.
But they study outside in the forest! At
lunchtime, they have a break, but they
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don’t go home. They cook their own food
on a fire. In the afternoon, they learn 5
forest skills, for example, how to build a
shelter. They also learn about nature. WRITING
Jamie is a student at the school. He can
climb trees very well, and he knows the 15 Circle the correct option.
names of many different plants, animals 1 You can study lots of languages, for / of
and birds. ‘I love my school,’ he says. example, Spanish, French and German.
2 You can do classes like / likes ICT and food
Answer Yes or No. technology at school.
1 Forest schools have got classrooms.  No 3 We play lots of ball games, such / like basketball
2 Children can go to the school when they are and football.
five.  4 We read plays in our drama class, for example /
3 Young children finish school early.  examples, plays by Shakespeare.
4 Eleven year olds have a long day.  5 I don’t mind classes like / for science and maths
5 Children at forest school have lunch in the – they aren’t difficult.
canteen.  6 We can hang out with friends at different times,
6 Children at forest school climb the trees.  by / for example, at break time.
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13 Read the text again. Circle the correct option. 16 Write a description of your school. Remember
to …
1 Forest school students are boys / boys and girls.
· write about the subjects, lessons and places.
2 Young children have classes inside / outside. · say what you can and can’t do.
3 For five year olds, the school day is / isn’t long. · say what you like/don’t like, love, don’t mind.
4 Eleven year olds have normal subjects in the · use for example, like and such as in sentences.
afternoon / morning.
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5 At lunchtime, students go / don’t go home.
6 Jamie does / doesn’t like forest school. TOTAL SCORE  100
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