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ACHIEVEMENT TEST UNIT 7

NAME: ………………………………………………………………………..
DATE:…………………………
I. Listening
PART 1: Listen to each person describing a travel experience.
Write the number of the speaker in the box for the type of trip
he or she took.

□ a drive □ a train trip □ a flight

□ a beach vacation

PART 2: Listen again. Circle the adjective that best describes

each experience.
1. Her trip was very (short / long/ scenic).
2. Her trip was quite (scary / unusual / relaxing).
3. Her trip was pretty (short / scary / boring).
4. Her trip was really (short / scenic / boring).

II. Vocabulary.
PART 1: Complete each sentence with an appropriate
adjective. You will not use all the adjectives.
Comfortable Incredible Relaxing Horrible
Scenic Fantastic Exciting Awful
Boring Great Interesting Pretty bad
Bumpy Terrific Unusual Terrible
Scary Wonderful Cool Expensive
Short Perfect Inexpensive Unfriendly
Long Relaxing Friendly /warm

1. During the flight, there was a storm and some turbulences. We

got a little scared, because that part of the flight was quite
…………………….
2. I got spa treatments and a massage at the new spa. It was
really …………………………….
 3. The food was great, the weather was beautiful, and the places
we saw were amazing. In short, the trip was
……………………………..
4. It was raining the whole time. The weather was
………………………………
5. We got lost. We asked for help, but nobody would give us good
instructions on how to get back. They were pretty
………………………………..
6. We visited lots of museums with a lot of paintings and
sculptures. We learned a lot. It was so
………………………………………..
7. In Thailand, we saw so many new things, and we ate very
strange food. We did some volunteer at foster homes…. So, I
can say the trip was rather ………………………..
8. There was nothing to do. We stayed in the hotel most of the
time. The trip seemed endless. Unfortunately, it was a very
…………………….. trip.
9. That food was too spicy, and it was very salty, too. I can’t
believe they expect people to eat that. It was
……………………………….

PART 2: Look at the pictures. Write a sentence that explains

each picture.

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GRAMMAR
PART 1: Change the verbs to the past tense
Buy Find Leave Sleep
Come Fly Lose Spend
Do Get Meet Steal
Drink Go Ride Swim
eat have see take

PART 2: Complete each statement or questions with the past

tense form.
1. (we/buy) ………………………………………….. a lot of fantastic
things on our vacation.
2. (where / you / eat) ……………………………………………………
dinner last night?
3. (we / sleep) ………………………… right on the beach. (it / be)
……………………………. So relaxing.
4. (my sister / get back) ……………………………………………….. last
weekend. (she/have) ………………………….. and amazing time.
 5. (my friend / eat) ………………………………………………… some
rather good food on the trip to Hong Kong.
6. (when / she / arrive ) …………………………………………. at the
hotel?
7. (I / have) ………………………………………………. a terrible time.
(The people / be) ………………………………………. quite
unfriendly.
8. (we / see) ………………………………………. an interesting play in
London. And (it / be ( not) ……………………………………………
very expensive.
9. (My wife and I /go running)
…………………………………………………………….. every morning
on the beach during our vacation.
10. (you/meet)
…………………………………………………………………………….. new
people in your vacation? Yes, we did. (we/meet)
…………………………………………….. some unusual people on the
trip.
11. (I / not visit)
……………………………………………………………………. any
museum. I just didn’t have the time.

PART 3. Make questions in past tense.

1. A: ……………………………………………………………… on vacation?
B: We went to Greece.
2. A: ………………………………………………………………….. stay
there?
B: Two weeks.
3. A:………………………………………………………………………every
day?
B: We walked along the beach and enjoyed the sun.
4. A: ……………………………………………………………………… get
back home?
B: Last night.