Language Test A

Name: _______________________________________ Class: ____

VOCABULARY 2 Cars is 3 hours long, but Ned is only 2 hours long.
Ned isn’t ______________ as Cars.
1 Complete the words in the sentences.
3 Cars isn’t very interesting. I want to watch Ned!
0 I like all the drawings in c a r t o o n films.
Ned is ______________ interesting than Cars.
1 Actors often feel nervous before they go on 4 The music isn’t fast enough in this film.
s _ _ _ _.
The music is ______________ slow in this film.
2 A d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ could be about wildlife, for 5 Going to the cinema costs more than watching TV.
example.
Watching TV is ______________ than going to
3 For our school play, I wore an amazing the cinema.
c _ _ _ _ _ _. 6 Cinema screens are better than TV screens.
4 My little sister enjoys watching f _ _ _ _ t _ _ _ _. TV screens aren’t ______________ cinema
screens.
5 My favourite s _ _ - _ _ film is about life in space.
7 There aren’t any other films in town that are as
6 We’re going on a family v _ _ _ _ _ _ _ soon. exciting as Laser.
7 This t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on TV is so exciting! Laser is ______________ film in town.
8 Which famous actors s _ _ _ in the movie Chase? 8 I’ve never seen a film as bad as Roofs.
Roofs is ______________ film I’ve ever seen.
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2 Complete the sentences with words from the
box. There are two extra words you don’t need 4 Make sentences using the words given, and
to use. adding one word from the box. You may need
to use some words from the box twice.
act lights performance reviews weather puppet
character special effects audience producer any lots much some many few

0 how / money / have / you / got?

0 My favourite film star can act really well.
How much money have you got?
1 The theatre had amazing ______________ in the
play we saw. 1 we / haven’t / got / fruit juice. We’ve drunk it all!
2 Only 10 people were in the ______________ at ____________________________________
the cinema. We’ve drunk it all!
3 The ______________ that the actor Rudi plays is 2 I’d / like / to buy / ice cream, please.
really cool.
____________________________________
4 I’m learning to make a ______________ in a
3 how / bread rolls / do / you / want?
workshop at school.
____________________________________
5 I hope we get sunny ______________ for the
carnival on Saturday. 4 there / are / of / people / on the bus. There’s no
seat for me!
6 The newspaper ______________ of the film Rose
were bad. ____________________________________
There’s no seat for me!
7 The ______________ are amazing in films about
monsters! 5 have / you / got / paper? I need it for my homework.
/7 _________________________ I need it for my
homework.
GRAMMAR 6 there / aren’t / eggs / in the fridge. I can only find two.
3 Complete the second sentence so that it _______________________________________
means the same as the first. I can only find two.
0 That book isn’t funny, but this one is! 7 there / were / very / people /at the park yesterday.
This book is funnier than that one. I only saw three!
1 Tom is too young to see this film. ______________________________________
Tom isn’t ______________ to see this film. I only saw three!
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 Language Test A

SPEAKING ENGLISH IN USE

5 Complete the dialogue with the sentences 6 Complete the text with the correct form of the
below. There are two extra options which you word in brackets, including Comparative and
do not need to use. Superlative forms.
Last month, I read an amazing book – and I finished
Leo: Hi, Sophie! Are A Hm. I’d prefer to have
you enjoying a rest then, I think! it 0 more quickly (quick ) than any book I’ve ever
the arts
B The chilli with rice read! It was called Jasmine, and it’s about a young
festival?
looks good. Shall we
0
actor who has tried 1____________ (hard) but can’t
Sophie: C try that?
find a good acting job. Then she sees an advert in a
Leo: Really? What C It’s amazing, Leo! I’ve
did you like seen some great newspaper, and she 2____________ (quick) writes a
best? things since I arrived!
letter to the theatre company.
Sophie: 1__ D I’m not very keen on
playing music. She gets the job 3____________ (easy) – but then
Leo: So what would
you prefer to do E The puppets – they she finds the work is tough. She has to start
now? Dancing were brilliant! 4____________ (early) every day – she’s very young
or some art?
F You’re right. I’m not and she speaks the 5____________ (quiet) of
Sophie: 2__ mad about eating
those, anyway. everyone in the whole cast, so nobody thinks she
Leo: Yes, I’m hungry
too! Would you G They sound very can act 6____________ (good) enough to perform in
rather have funny. public. But she also learns everything she has to say
American or
H I’d rather dance. But the 7____________ (fast)!
Mexican?
first I need some
Sophie: 3__ food! When the audience finally arrives on the first night,
Leo: Yes, let’s. It’s Jasmine is very confident, and she performs her part
healthier than
8____________ (perfect), and sings 9____________
burgers!
Sophie: 4__ (beautiful) than any of the other actors. At the end of
Leo: No, I don’t like the play, the audience claps 10____________ (loud)
them, either. – and Jasmine becomes a star!
And when
we’ve eaten, /10
we could do
some dancing. Vocabulary ___ / 15 Grammar ___ /15
Sophie: 5__ Speaking ___ /10 English in Use ___ /10
Your total score ___/50
Leo: Maybe you’re
right!
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