ECA2 Tests Mid-Year Test B 2018
ECA2 Tests Mid-Year Test B 2018
ECA2 Tests Mid-Year Test B 2018
Listening
1 [AUDIO 10] You will hear four teenagers talking about what they enjoy doing. Match questions 1–5
with the four speakers A–D. You need to use one letter more than once.
Questions Speaker
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Vocabulary
2 Complete the text with the words in the box. There is one extra word.
I love gadgets! My favourite is my tablet. I use it for 0 watching video clips, 1_________________________ online
games and as an e-reader for checking out my favourite books. The 2_________________________ lasts for
about 8 hours so I don’t have to charge it very often.
I also have a really nice new games 3_________________________ which has a good joystick connected to it so
I can control the game better.
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0 An animal like a horse with black and white stripes. zebra / donkey
1 What you need to empty if you have a cat. litter tray / pet’s fur
3 If you are not interested in something, you think it is this. frightening / boring
4 An animal that lives for a long time and sleeps in winter. parrot / tortoise
5 What you read or watch to find out about the weather. forecast / headlines
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4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. There is one extra word.
2 If you have a dog, you need to _________________________ it to keep it clean – especially on rainy days!
5 Megan needs more than an hour to _________________________ ready for school in the morning.
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Grammar
Present Simple
Verb -ing form Past Simple
with he/she
0
call calls calling called
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6 Complete the dialogue with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use short forms where
possible.
Matt: Hi, Michelle. Where 0 were (be) you yesterday? I 1_________________________ (phone) you a few times.
Michelle: I 2_________________________ (go) to buy some new clothes with my mum and dad. I hate shopping
but they 3_________________________ (want) to buy me some new things so I didn’t complain.
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0 I don’t watch / didn’t watch any television last night – there were no good programmes on.
1 Look, it rains / is raining! Let’s stay in and play some games.
2 She brushes / brushed her dog every morning in the park.
3 I enjoy to take / taking photos – my parents say some of my photos are very good!
4 Did you do / did all of your homework last night?
5 She hadn’t / didn’t have any technical problems with her new computer.
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Speaking
0 A are B do C did
1 A quite B so C often
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Reading
4 The text says that most teenagers look for information about
A technical problems.
B relationship problems.
C problems online.
DAILY RESPECT
Growing up is hard work! Many young people complain that they don’t get enough help from those people
who should be helping them most – adults! ‘I can’t understand it.’ says 15-year-old Hayley Lomas, ‘Instead
of understanding, sympathy and support in getting through this difficult time, we often get criticism.’
Hayley isn’t alone in thinking this, but there are, of course, many adults who do want to pass on their
experience and knowledge. In fact, some of them set up a website and mobile phone app called Daily
Respect. So, how does it work?
‘It’s easy!’ says Geraint Tillotson, the man who started Daily Respect, the organisation that provides the app
and website. ‘You download the app and then you get a daily message through the app about an issue that’s
important for many teenagers. If you then want to find out more, there will be a link to the relevant section
of our website which will give much more detail about the subject.’
Daily Respect contacted over a thousand teens to get their ideas before they even started the site. Now their app
and website users can email their ideas for other topics they are interested in. ‘The most popular area of the
site are the pages about relationships,’ explains Tillotson. ‘But problems at school including bullying are
also popular.’
Daily Respect tries to provide simple, practical information to help young people make good decisions and so
get as much as possible from life.
If you are interested in getting the daily messages, look for the free app in your usual app store. To visit the
website, click on the link here – what have you got to lose?
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English in Use
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Writing
11 You are doing a project in your class at school about writing biographies. You decide to write about
one of your friends. Write the biography in the next column.
In your biography:
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Total: ______ / 60