Unit 2 Test

Reading 20 points

Read the text. Then tick ( ) the sentences T (true) or F (false). (5 x 4 = 20 points)

Imagine a long queue at a market and you are standing at the end. The queue is moving very, very slowly. How do you feel?

Richard Larson, a psychology professor, studies the feelings of people in queues. Then, he helps companies make their queues better. According to Larson, queues can make people feel frustrated. But some queues are fun to wait in. One theme park has got computer games and video cameras for people in the queue. There, waiting is enjoyable!

Larson says something else interesting: Information helps. Some places – banks or chemists, for example – give numbers so clients know how many people are in front of them. Disneyland has got signs with the waiting time for rides so people can choose to wait or leave.

Understanding queues is a science and with Richard Larson’s help, maybe we can enjoy standing in them!

T F

1. Richard Larson is interested in people’s feelings in queues. …… ……

2. Queues always make people feel frustrated. …… ……

3. People don’t want to know their number in a queue. …… ……

4. You can know the waiting time in queues at Disneyland. …… ……

5. Larson wants people to feel good in queues. …… ……

Vocabulary 20 points

1 Match the things people do in A to the places in B. (8 x 1 = 8 points)

A B

1. buy a computer ....... a. café

2. stay for the night ....... b. electronics shop

3. watch the animals ....... c. hotel

4. drink tea or coffee ....... d. ice rink

5. see fish ....... e. market

6. play a ball game ....... f. zoo

7. skate ....... g. aquarium

8. buy fruit and vegetables ....... h. football field

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Unit 2 Test

2 Complete the sentences with the activities below. (6 x 2 = 12 points)

go on rides • order a pizza • take a nap • take photos • stay at home • get a haircut

1. Let’s call the waiter and ……………………………… now.

2. Where’s my camera? I want to ……………………………… of the animals.

3. John’s hair is very long, so he’s going to ……………………………… today.

4. This theme park is fun! I want to ……………………………… all day!

5. Wendy wants to ……………………………… this evening because American Idol is on TV.

6. Some people are tired in the afternoon, so they ……………………………… .

Grammar 30 points

1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Continuous.(5 x 1 = 5 points)

1. There’s Adam. He ……………………………… (wait) in that queue.

2. Meg and her friends ……………………………… (hang out) at the bowling alley now.

3. I ……………………………… (shop) in a department store at the moment.

4. Mum ……………………………… (order) chicken and rice for lunch.

5. We ……………………………… (have) fun at the ice rink.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below. Use the Present Continuous. (5 x 2 = 10 points)

take • tell • swim • not study • not go

1. Jack and Irene ……………………………… in the lake at the moment.

2. Shh! Dad ……………………………… a nap.

3. I don’t feel well, so I ……………………………… to school today.

4. The students ……………………………… computer technology this year.

5. …………………… Mum …………………… Susie a story right now?

3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present Con-tinuous. (5 x 1 = 5 points)

1. Denise ……………………………… (not browse) the web right now.

2. What …………………… you …………………… (think) about the new art teacher?

3. I ……………………………… (wash) the dishes now.

4. We ……………………………… (not want) to play tennis at the moment.

5. Jan usually ……………………………… (help) her mum after school.

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Unit 2 Test

4 Write questions with the words below. Use the Present Simple or Present Continuous. (5 x 2 = 10 points)

1. Dan / ride / his bike / to school / now

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2. Barry and Annie / usually / get / a haircut / every month

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3. you / see / the ice rink

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4. it / often / rain / in Spain / in the winter

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5. they / sit / near the window

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Writing 10 points

Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. at the ice rink / Sandra / is skating

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2. walk / they / slowly / very

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3. she / buys / clothes / new

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4. small / is / the / girl

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5. am watching / I / interesting / an / programme

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