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End of Year 1 Standard Test A

This document contains an end of year standardized test for first year students. It covers various language skills including listening, vocabulary, grammar, reading, communication, and writing. The reading comprehension section provides a crime report from the Castlebridge Police Department for Monday to Friday. It describes various crimes that took place each day including shoplifting, a mugging, vandalism, burglary, and an attempted online bank fraud. The writing task asks students to imagine they are a journalist and write an 80-100 word news report about a crime, using a suggested outline of describing the crime, reporting what the victim said, and reporting what the police said. The test assesses students across multiple skills and

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End of Year 1 Standard Test A

This document contains an end of year standardized test for first year students. It covers various language skills including listening, vocabulary, grammar, reading, communication, and writing. The reading comprehension section provides a crime report from the Castlebridge Police Department for Monday to Friday. It describes various crimes that took place each day including shoplifting, a mugging, vandalism, burglary, and an attempted online bank fraud. The writing task asks students to imagine they are a journalist and write an 80-100 word news report about a crime, using a suggested outline of describing the crime, reporting what the victim said, and reporting what the police said. The test assesses students across multiple skills and

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End of Year 1 Standard Test A

Listening 3 It’s raining. Let’s put / take / get off the match
until tomorrow.
1 [1.13] Listen to the tour guide. Answer the
questions. Write short answers. (10 marks) 4 I find that listening to music is very relaxed /
relaxing / relax.
1 When was the White Tower built?
5 You’re driving too fast. Slow out / down / off!
___________________________________
6 I’m not challenging / rewarding / confident
2 Who built the White Tower?
enough to sing in front of a big audience.
___________________________________
7 The head teacher announced / ordered / told
3 How many prisoners are there in the Tower of
that a new student was joining the school.
London now?
___________________________________
4 How many people visit the Tower of London Language focus
every year?
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
___________________________________ the verbs in the box. (12 marks)
5 When did someone try to steal the crown
jewels? buy leave sleep walk win write

___________________________________ 1 __________ you ever __________ a poem?


2 What would you do if you __________ €10,000

Vocabulary in a competition?
3 Those shoes are beautiful. Where __________
2 Complete the words. (8 marks) you __________ them?
1 I bought this bike yesterday. It’s b________ new. 4 We __________ __________ in the park when it
2 Let’s get t________ tomorrow to plan our started to rain.
holidays. 5 When I got to the concert, I realized that I
3 I can’t a________ that laptop. It’s too expensive. __________ __________ my money at home.
4 Sam was a________ because I used his laptop 6 The children must be tired. They __________
without asking him. been __________ for ten hours.
5 Can you i________ what life was like 500 years
5 Choose the correct option. (6 marks)
ago?
6 E________ is our planet. 1 We’re hungry. We haven’t had lunch ___.

7 There used to be a castle here, but now there a just b yet c still

are just some a________ ruins. 2 That window ___ by one of the students.

8 There was a r________ at the bank last week. A a has broken b broke c was broken

lot of money was taken. 3 This is the room ___ we have science lessons.
a where b which c whose
3 Choose the correct words. (7 marks) 4 The police officer asked me what ___.
1 This camera is very tough / fresh / fragile. If a is my name b my name is c my name was
you drop it, it won’t break. 5 If we ___ better, we wouldn’t have lost the game.
2 This photo recognizes / remembers / reminds a play b had played c would play
me of my first day at school. 6 I ___ join the drama club. I’m not sure.
a have to b should c might
End of Year 1 Standard Test A
6 Choose the correct words. (7 marks) 7 Read the crime report. Write T (true) or F (false).
(10 marks)
1 My brother hopes staying / to stay / stays in
the UK next summer. 1 On Monday, a shoplifter stole something from a

2 I’ve been a student at this school for / from / clothes shop. ___

since five years. 2 The shoplifter has been arrested. ___

3 Sandwiches can sell / selling / are sold in the 3 On Tuesday, a mugger took a woman’s

school cafeteria. smartphone. ___

4 You won’t become a better musician unless you 4 There will be more police officers at the sports

practise / will practise / are practising more. stadium in the future. ___

5 She said that she will send / is sending / 5 There was some vandalism on Wednesday. ___

would send me a text. 6 Some volunteers will remove the graffiti

6 This cake is delicious. Did you make it yours / soon. ___

yourself / you, or did you buy it? 7 On Thursday a man stole a TV and ran

7 What are you doing / will you be doing / do away. ___

you do this time next year? 8 The man has admitted to the police that he was
a burglar. ___
9 On Friday a boy tried to steal some money from
Reading a man’s online bank account. ___
Castlebridge Police Department: Crime report for 10 The hacker will go to prison for a long time. ___
Monday 2nd May – Friday 6th May

Monday: A leather jacket was stolen from the Castlebridge


Clothing Store. The shop assistant told us that a young woman Communication
had asked to try on the jacket. While the assistant was with
another customer, the woman ran out of the store. We have a 8 Complete the words. (5 marks)
photo of the thief, so we expect to arrest her soon.
1 Have I t__________ you about the time I went
Tuesday: A smartphone was taken from a woman’s bag at
the sports stadium. At the time, the woman was watching a camping?
football match with her children. She didn’t see who took the 2 I haven’t decided which language to learn next
phone. Unfortunately this type of crime is very common, so we
intend to increase the number of police officers at sporting
year, but I’m l__________ towards German.
events in the future. 3 Don’t worry! I know you didn’t win the match, but
Wednesday: Late in the evening, some graffiti was found on it’s not the end of the w__________.
the bus station wall. A bus driver told us that he had seen a 4 I like working with other people. I see
gang of young people in the area. However, we don’t know
whether they were responsible. We have been in touch with m__________ as a team player.
Cleaner City, a group of volunteers. They have offered to 5 You realize that talking during the exams is
remove the graffiti next week.
a__________ the rules, don’t you?
Thursday: A man climbed through a window into a family’s
flat while they were watching TV. He tried to steal a laptop,
but luckily the family heard him and called the police before he
could get away. The man was arrested, but he has refused to
say anything.

Friday: A man got in touch with us to tell us that someone


had discovered his password, and had tried to get money from
his online bank account. We sent a specialist fraud officer who
managed to identify the hacker. It was a thirteen-year-old boy!
He admitted that he had committed the crime. This was a
serious offence, but the boy is too young to go to prison.
End of Year 1 Standard Test A
Writing
9 Imagine you are a journalist. Write a news report
about a crime (for example, vandalism, burglary,
mugging, or shoplifting). Use the plan below to
help you. Write 80–100 words. (10 marks)

Paragraph 1: Describe the crime and where it


happened.
Paragraph 2: Report what the victim said.
Paragraph 3: Report what the police said.

Total marks:
Listening _______ / 10 Vocabulary _______ / 15
Language focus _______ / 25 Reading _______ / 10
Communication _______ / 5 Writing _______ / 10
TOTAL _______ / 75

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