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PrEx 1 Unit 4 Test

The document contains a reading comprehension activity with multiple choice and short answer questions about two people, Amy and Leo, discussing their best holidays and favourite sports. It also contains a passage about the annual Boat Race rowing competition between Oxford and Cambridge universities in London and related questions.
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PrEx 1 Unit 4 Test

The document contains a reading comprehension activity with multiple choice and short answer questions about two people, Amy and Leo, discussing their best holidays and favourite sports. It also contains a passage about the annual Boat Race rowing competition between Oxford and Cambridge universities in London and related questions.
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Name:_______________________________

Unit test 4
1 Listen to Amy and Leo talking about their
best holidays. Answer the questions. 1 How many people are there in each team?
Example: Where was Leo in July? ___________________________________
He was in Spain. 2 What is different about the Boat Race today?
1 How long was he there for? ___________________________________

___________________________________. 3 Which day is the Boat Race always on?


2 What was his favourite sport? ___________________________________
4 Which part of the River Thames is the Boat Race on?
___________________________________.
3 When was Amy in Switzerland? ___________________________________
5 Where do most people watch the Boat Race?
___________________________________.
___________________________________
4 Why was she there?
___________________________________. 10
5 What was her favourite sport?
___________________________________. 3 Look at the chart. Complete the sentences with
the comparative or superlative form of the
10 adjectives in the chart.
ice
2 Read about a famous race. Answer the questions. skating snowboarding
hockey

The Boat Race is a famous race in the UK. It's a dangerous ** * ***
rowing race between Oxford University and
Cambridge University. Both teams wear blue: exciting * *** **
Oxford wears dark blue and Cambridge wears light
blue. The rowers are students, and there are eight expensive
rowers and a cox in each team. The cox is the *** ** *
person who tells the rowers which way to go. Example: Snowboarding is the most dangerous
The first boat race between Oxford and Cambridge sport.
was in 1829. The Oxford rowers were the winners. 1 Skating is ______________________ than ice
In the past, the race was only for men, but today
hockey.
there are two races every year; one for women and
one for men. The races are on the last Sunday in 2 Ice hockey is ______________________ sport.
March or the first Sunday in April. 3 Snowboarding is ______________________ than
The Boat Race is always on the same part of the skating.
River Thames in London. The start is at Putney 4 Skating is ______________________ sport.
Bridge, and the finish is 6.8km further up the river 5 Ice hockey is ______________________ than
near Chiswick Bridge. On the day of the race,
there's always a big crowd. More than 250,000 snowboarding.
people watch the race from the side of the river, and
another 15 million watch it on TV.

Example: How many teams are there in the Boat Race?


There are two teams.

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Name:_______________________________

Unit test 4
4 Rewrite the sentences so they mean the same.
Use the opposite adverbs. 7 Choose the word that is different.

Example: They’re playing terribly.


Example: fingers hand neck thumb
They aren’t playing brilliantly.
1 ankle back chest stomach
1 We’re walking slowly.
2 foot knee leg shoulder
___________________________________
3 arm back elbow wrist
2 She's skiing carefully.
4 ankle fingers foot toes
___________________________________
5 head neck shoulder wrist
3 You're talking loudly.
___________________________________ 5
4 I'm diving badly.
8 Complete the dialogues with the words in the
___________________________________
box.
5 He's dancing sadly.
___________________________________ hurt hurts I’ll pain shall I would you like
5
A Are you all right?
5 Use the words to write sentences with the past B No, I’m not. My ankle hurts.
of be. A 1
___________ help you stand up?
Example: yesterday’s exam / difficult B Yes, please.
Yesterday’s exam was difficult.
1 we / not at home last night A What’s the matter?
___________________________________ B I’ve got a 2___________ in my stomach.
2 your brother in the last race? A 3
___________ take you to the doctor.
___________________________________ B No, it’s OK. I’m fine.
3 they / at the sports shop last weekend
___________________________________ A Are you feeling better?
4 I / not very happy last week B Yes, but my knees 4 ___________.
___________________________________ A 5
___________ to sit down?
5 you on holiday in July?
B Yes, that’s a good idea.
___________________________________
5
5
Total 50
6 In each pair underline the WATER sport.

Example: rowing snowboarding


1 tobogganing waterskiing
2 ice hockey kite surfing
3 cross country skiing rowing
4 canoeing skating
5 sailing ski jumping

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