Name: ____________________________________

Class: 6th Grade

Date: ______________________________

Schoolyear 2009/10

ENGLISH WRITTEN TEST

1. Read the text carefully and accomplish the following tasks.
John and his family are English but they
always go to the beach in the summer. They like
the sea, the sand, the sun and to play on the
beach. They have a house in Las Palmas, in Gran
Canaria, and they always go there.
Last summer they went to Las Palmas as
usual. They always woke up very early, got
dressed, had a quick breakfast and went to the
beach. After applying sunscreen, John and his
sister Carol swam, played volleyball, surfed and
built sand castles. His parents prefered other things: Mrs. Peyton read a magazine or listened
to music and Mr. Peyton relaxed and sunbathed.
Now its almost summer and John is lookin at the photos from last summer. Mrs.
Peyton is cooking lunch while is father is preparing the car for the big trip. Carol is talking on
the phone with her friends. John is very happy and he cant wait for the summer holidays!

2. Are the following sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false ones.
a) John spends his summer holidays in England. _______
b) They rent a house in Las Palmas. _______
c) During the always they dont wake up late. _______
d) They have breakfast on the beach. _______
e) Now John is taking photos. _______

3. Answer the following questions on the text.

a) Where do the Peyton family always go in the summer?
b) Why do they go there?
c) Where did they go last summer?
d) What did the children do on the beach?
e) Did Mr. Peyton play volleyball?
f) Now is Carol playing in the swimming-pool?

4. Ask questions for the following answers.

a) John always eats salad.
b) Mrs. Peyton is cooking in the backyard.
c) Last summer Mr. Peyton bought a lot of gifts.
d) Emma spent last holidays with the Peytons.
e) Last night John broke a statue.

5. Complete the following text with words from the box.

Chris, Johns friend, is on a Spanish _____________, Gran Canaria. The ______________ is
great, its sunny and _____________. He does a lot of things on his hlidays: going to the
__________________, going to the _______________________ to swim, playing
_____________________ and taking ________________.
He ___________________ a lot of souvenirs, including a new ____________________ to
wear on the beach.
Chris has got new friends. They are ____________________ but they ______________
English very well.

Spanish

hot
bought
tennis
beach
photos

swimsuit

weather

island

swimming pool

speak

6. Complete the text with the right verb tense (Present Simple, Present
Continuous or Past Simple) of the verbs in brackets.
Its half past seven now and I _____________________ (get dressed) to go to
school. Yesterday I _____________________ (have) swimming lessons, and thats why I
_____________________ (be) very tired. I _____________________ (have) swimming
lessons twice a week.
I usually _____________________ (eat) breakfast at home with my mum, because
my

father

_____________________

(start)

work

very

early.

He

always

_____________________ (work) very hard.

Last

Sunday

he

_____________________

(not

work).

We

_____________________ (play) football, _____________________ (go) swimming and

even _____________________ (buy) a new camera.
Well,

_____________________

_____________________ (begin) at 8 am.

(have)

to

go.

My

classes

7. Complete the following text with the correct word(s) or expression

(represented but the picture).Remember it can be more than one word in
each space.

Angela is a friend of Chris and John. She is travelling to the USA. She isnt travelling by

______________________

, ________________________

______________________

or _______________________

They are travelling by _________________________

. Write the names of the

things she is taking with her:

2)

1)

5)

4)

3)

8)

6)

7)

10)
12)

9)

11)
16)

15)

14)

13)
17)

18)

19)

20)

1)

_____________________

11)

_____________________

2)

_____________________

12)

_____________________

3)

_____________________

13)

_____________________

4)

_____________________

14)

_____________________

5)

_____________________

15)

_____________________

6)

_____________________

16)

_____________________

7)

_____________________

17)

_____________________

8)

_____________________

18)

_____________________

9)

_____________________

19)

_____________________

10)

_____________________

20)

_____________________

8. Complete the sentences with the Imperative of the verbs in brackets.

a) _________________________ (not / bring) the camera.
b) _________________________ (drink) all the milk.
c) _________________________ (be) careful with the sea.
d) _________________________ (not / make) so much noise.
e) _________________________ (not / buy) that book.

9. Now write a small text about your holidays this summer. Speak about:

Where you are going?

Are you going with your family or friends?

Where are you satying (hotel, a friends house,)?

What are you going to eat and drink for breakfast?

What are you going to do in the morning?

What are you going to do in the afternoon?

What are you going to do in the evening?

What souvenirs are you going to buy?

What are you going to photograph?

Are you going to write any postcar/e-mail/sms?

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Thank you Bruna Dutra for

the wonderful template!
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