Key Competences Diagnostic Tests ESO1

Test 2: READING
Competences:
 Linguistic communication
 Cultural awareness and expression

1. Read the text.

LONDON WITH A
DIFFERENCE
Are you planning a trip to London at the moment? Of course, you must see all of the usual places: Big Ben,
The Tower of London, Buckingham Palace … But you can also see some unusual places and things.

Neal’s Yard Water Clock is a good place to start. Neal’s

Yard Water Clock is above a shop in Covent Garden. This
clock runs on water and it’s quite precise. Every hour,
figures on the clock start moving. It’s great to watch, but
be careful! One of the figures likes pouring water on the
heads of the people under him.

Another interesting place is the Thin House in Knightsbridge.

This extraordinary house is thinner than normal houses. On
one side, it’s only about 1.67 metres from the front of the
house to the back! Luckily, the other side of the house is
wider than that.

Do you think it’s hard to live in a house like the Thin

House? Well, it’s easier than living at 23-24 Leinster
Terrace in Bayswater. When you look at the front of the
houses on Leinster Terrace, they all look the same. But
two of them are very different. They’re not real! Behind
the houses, you can see the truth. Numbers 23-24 are just
front walls, like houses in a street scene from a Hollywood
film. Now that’s unusual!

2. Find the following information in the text.

1. The names of three famous places in London: ............................ , ............................. , .............................
2. The name of an unusual house in London: ...........................................................................................................
3. The addresses of two houses in London: ..............................................................................................................
4. The name of a famous place in the USA: ..............................................................................................................

3. Complete the sentences.

1. The clock in Neal’s Yard is unusual because ..................................................................................................... .
2. It isn’t a good idea to stand under the clock because ........................................................................................ .
3. The Thin House is different from ........................................................................................................................... .
4. On one side, the distance between the front of the Thin House and the back is .......................................... .
5. You can’t live at 23-24 Leinster Terrace because .............................................................................................. .
6. You can see houses like 23-24 Leinster Terrace in ........................................................................................... .

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Test 2: WRITING
Competences:
 Linguistic communication
 Learning to learn
 Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship

1. Complete the chart about an interesting place in your area.

Name of place:
Where it is:
What it is:
Why it’s special:

Other interesting
information:

2. Write a paragraph about the place in your chart in Exercise 1.

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Test 2: LISTENING
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Competences:
 Linguistic communication
 Learning to learn

1. Listen and choose the correct answers.

1. There are ...... at Wembley Stadium.
a. only football matches
b. American football games
c. not any rugby matches
2. Amy wants to go to a ...... at Wembley.
a. rugby match
b. football match
c. pop concert
3. Wembley has got ...... seats.
a. 9,000
b. 90,000
c. 900,000
4. Camp Nou Stadium and Wembley Stadium are bigger than all the other stadiums in… .
a. Europe
b. the world
c. the UK
5. Amy thinks the stadium looks ...... .
a. old
b. ugly
c. new
6. Amy and Mark sit in ...... seats.
a. good
b. bad
c. enormous

2. Listen again and complete the sentences.

1. According to Amy, Wembley is more .................................... any other football stadium in the world.
2. Camp Nou has got .................................... seats.
3. Wembley Stadium is .................................... Camp Nou Stadium.
4. Wembley Stadium is .................................... years old.
5. The Royal Box is for .................................... and .................................... .

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Test 2: SPEAKING
Competences:
 Linguistic communication
 Social and civic competence
 Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship

Student A

Look at the picture of the stadium and compare your picture with your partner’s picture.
Find six differences and complete the chart below.

Differences
In my picture In my partner’s picture
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Useful Language
In my picture, (Mike) is …
In my picture, he / she isn’t … He’s / She’s …
Is (Mike) … in your picture?
Yes, he / she is. / No, he / she isn’t.

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Test 2: SPEAKING
Competences:
 Linguistic communication
 Social and civic competence
 Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship

Student B

Look at the picture of the stadium and compare your picture with your partner’s picture.
Find six differences and complete the chart below.

Differences
In my picture In my partner’s picture
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Useful Language
In my picture, (Mike) is …
In my picture, he / she isn’t … He’s / She’s …
Is (Mike) … in your picture?
Yes, he / she is. / No, he / she isn’t.

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 Test 2: LISTENING
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2 Mark: Wow, Amy. I can’t believe we’re at Wembley Stadium!
Amy: I know, Mark. Wembley is probably more famous than any other football stadium in the world.
Mark: It’s not just a football stadium, though. They have rugby matches here, too. And other events.
They even have American football games.
Amy: Really? American football in England?
Mark: Yes. Oh, and don’t forget the pop concerts. There are amazing pop concerts here.
Amy: I know. I really want to come to a pop concert here.
Mark: Oh good, the tour’s starting. Come on!
Tour Guide: … and now we’re walking down the passage to the stadium.
Amy: This place is enormous!
Mark: Wembley is enormous. It’s got 90,000 seats.
Amy: Ninety thousand? That can’t be true.
Mark: It is true. In Europe, only Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona is bigger than Wembley. It’s got over
99,000 seats.
Amy: Hey, you really know about sports stadiums. Oh, look! We’re moving again.
Tour Guide: … we’re in the players’ tunnel. The players come through here at the beginning of the match.
Come with me.
Amy: Wow, it’s incredible! And it all looks so new.
Mark: Well, it is quite new. It only opened in 2007.
Amy: Oh, right.
Tour Guide: … come and sit down.
Mark: Hey, these are great seats! Imagine watching a match from here.
Amy: I really don’t think you can watch a match from here, Mark.
Mark: Why? I’m sure you can buy tickets for these seats.
Amy: You’re not listening to the tour guide. This is the Royal Box. The Queen and her family sit here.
Mark: Ah, that’s a problem …

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 ANSWER KEY
ESO 1 TEST 2
Reading
Speaking
2. 1. Big Ben, The Tower of London, Buckingham
Palace
Student A
2. The Thin House in Knightsbridge
Possible answers
3. 23-24 Leinster Terrace
In my picture In my partner’s picture
4. Hollywood 1. Mike is ahead of Ryan. 1. Ryan is ahead of Mike.

3. 1. it runs on water 2. Laura is eating a 2. Laura is talking on her

sandwich. phone.
2. one of the figures likes pouring water on the 3. Tony is scoring a goal. 3. Samantha is scoring a
heads of the people under him goal.
4. Beth and Sue are 4. Only Sue is dancing.
3. normal houses
dancing.
4. only about 1.67 metres 5. The dog has caught the 5. The dog hasn’t caught
ball. the ball yet.
5. it’s not real
6. Mr Jones is telling Danny 6. Mr Jones isn’t telling
6. street scenes in Hollywood films to leave the pitch / field. Danny anything.

Student B
Writing
Possible answers
1 Accept all logical and grammatically correct
answers. In my picture In my partner’s picture
2 Accept all logical and grammatically correct 1. Ryan is ahead of Mike. 1. Mike is ahead of Ryan.
answers. 2. Laura is talking on her 2. Laura is eating a
phone. sandwich.
3. Samantha is scoring a 3. Tony is scoring a goal.
Listening goal.
4. Only Sue is dancing. 4. Sue and Beth are dancing.
1 1. b 3. b 5. c
2. c 4. a 6. a 5. The dog hasn’t caught 5. The dog has caught the
the ball yet. ball.
2 1. famous than 6. Mr Jones isn’t telling 6. Mr Jones is telling Danny
Danny anything. to leave the pitch / field.
2. over 99,000
3. smaller than
4. eleven years old
5. the Queen, her family

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