FORM 7 / TEST 1
Variant 1
Task 1. Read the text and the statements below it. Mark them as True (T), False (F) or Not Stated (NS)
The UK
Some British people say that they are from Great Britain. Other British people say they are from the UK. Some say they are from England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. What do you know about these different places?
England, Scotland and Wales are on an island on the north-west of Europe called Great Britain. Great Britain together with Northern Ireland is called the United Kingdom, or UK.
England is the largest part of the UK. Its name comes from people called the Angles, who came from Germany 1500 years ago. About 53 million people live in England and the capital city is London.
Scotland is the north of Britain. Over 5 million people live Scotland. The highest mountain in the UK is in Scotland. It is called Ben Nevis and is 1,345 meters tall. The capital city of Scotland is Edinburg, but the largest city is Glasgow.
Wales is in the west of Britain. About 3 million people live there and about 20 per cent of them speak Welsh. Welsh is one of the oldest language in Europe. The Welsh flag had a picture of a dragon! The capital of Wales if Cardiff.
Northern Ireland is a part of Ireland, an island west of Britain. Nearly 2 million people live there. The Giant’s Causeway is a popular tourist attraction. There are huge rocks made by lava from a volcano, but an old story says that a giant built it! The capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast.
1. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the four parts of the UK.
2. England is smaller than Scotland.
3. More than 53 million people live in Scotland.
4. There’s a dragon on the Welsh flag.
5. The UK flag is called “the Union Jack”.
6. Lots of tourists visit the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland.
7. The UK football team is often called the “Union Jack”
8. The UK is the only country in the world with four national football teams.
9. The capital city of Scotland is Cardiff.
10. The highest mountain in the UK called Ben Nevis.
Task 2. Read the adjectives and match them.
1. easy
2. fat
3. short
4. small
5. boring
6. nice
7. good
a. nasty
b. bad
c. long
d. thin
e. difficult
f. interesting
g. big
Task 3. Fill in the gaps with the words: difficult, thin, interesting, nasty.
There’s one extra word!
1. This girl is very . She weighs 40 kilos!
2. This movie is so . I am watching it over and over.
3. My math homework is very . It took me 2 hours to finish it!
Task 4. Fill in the gaps with the Comparative Degree of the adjectives in brackets
1. Alex is (thin) than Tom.
2. Healthy food is (good) for your health than junk food.
3. Travelling by car is (fast) than travelling by bus.
Task 5. Complete the sentences using the Present Simple or the Present Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Pat (like) to travel.
2. Anna (get up) at 6 o’clock every day.
3. Trevor (play) football every Monday.
5. She (watch) TV at the moment.