2011-2012 1st Semestr 6th Classes’1st Exam Student’s Name: _ Date: _ Class: PART I TIME TO UNDERSTAND B Read the passage below and fill in the blanks with the correct words celebrate tradition believe costumes have fun parade spooky frightened of fireworks HALLOWEEN In America and Europe, people (1) Halloween which is a witches’ celebration on 31th October every year It is a 200 year- old (2) People (3) that bad spirits come out in winter, so the owners of the house use a pumpkin to scare them way They put a candle inside to light up the pumpkins’ face Some of people use pumpkin as a decoration Kids dress up in (5) Some kids wear a mask on their faces and others paint their faces with make-up So, they seem (6) At night, kids go trick-or-treating, which means they go from house to house, knock the doors and say ”trick or treat” Then, the owners of the house will give the kids candy Some of them are (7) the kids in a spooky costume The kids (8) at that festival Some of the kids prefer to walk in a large (9) with their family to celebrate Halloween and use some (10) Points: PART II: GRAMMAR /9 C Fill in the blanks with Present Simple and Present Continuous Mrs Stone usually (work) in Liverpool and then she (stay) at home in the evening But this week she 3. ( not stay ) at home At the moment, she 4. (visit) a friend and they (talk) about their problems at work Clare, her friend´s daughter, 6. (be) fifteen years old and she 7. (do) her homework while her parents 8. (talk) to Mrs Stone She usually 9. (finish) it before dinner but today she 10. (finish) right now Tom, her brother, always 11. (watch) TV after dinner but at the moment he 12. (help) a friend of his They 13. (draw) two maps for the Geography lesson He often 14. (go) home on foot but today his father 15. (drive) him back home because it 16. (be) very late His mother never 17. (fall) asleep when he 18. (study) at a friend´s home; she always 19 (wait) for him She 20. _ (want) him to study at home on his own Points: /20 D Look at the chart below and make a sentence by using frequency adverbs always Mark often sometimes rarely never homework Joe ride a horse Maria Claire generally drive fast go shopping Points: /4 E Use the adjectives or adverbs (ADJ+LY) as necessary (noisy) Children are always very _ (slow) Please drive _ (beautiful) Don’t you think she paints Adjectives _ ? (happy) David is a _ child (successful) He is _ businessman (good) He plays tennis very _ (quiet) The boys were so _ Adverbs Points: /7 F Look at the picture and complete the sentences with a suitable place preposition: Next to under in front of behind opposite between The dog is _ the bed table The microscope is _ the clock and the bottle There is a pair of shoes _ the door The books are _ the dressing table The bed is _ the door Points: /5