LANGUAGE AND SKILLS TEST 1 B Units 1-2
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences with the correct adjective of personality from the box.
shy arrogant optimistic lively cheerful boring talkative ambitious bossy
0 When she speaks, we start falling asleep. She’s really boring .
1 He’s terribly ____________. He hates meeting new people.
2 I’m very ____________ – I always think things will end up OK.
3 Jane’s always telling us what to do – she’s very ____________.
4 He’s very ____________. He wants to get a good job and earn lots of money.
5 My mum’s always ____________. Even when things go wrong she smiles!
6 Carole’s really ____________. Our teacher often tells her to be quiet but she can’t stop.
7 These children are really ____________. They never stop running around.
8 I know you are good at English but you shouldn’t be so ____________ about it.
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2 Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. You can see the first letter of each word.
0 That tent is very small. Can two people sleep in there?
1 We’re going to stay in a g________ h________ this year. It’s small – I think they’ve got 3 bedrooms.
2 I like traveling from England to Poland by c________ . It takes 24 hours but they stop a few times and you can watch videos on it.
3 I never go to the travel agent’s. I always b________ my holidays on the internet.
4 I’ve got a new bike so I’m going c________ this weekend.
5 I don’t want to go c________. I know we’ve got a rope but I always think I’m going to fall.
6 When you drive to England do you like going through the tunnel or on the f___________?
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3 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
I’m on holiday here (0) in Bulgaria with my friends. It’s great. We’re staying in a 5-star (1) ___________. Tomorrow we’re (2) ___________ to Turkey by train. It’s difficult to understand the signs here because of the alphabet but I think our train leaves (3) ___________ platform 4. We are going to get to the station (4) ___________ 10 o’clock because we don’t want to miss the train. I’ve got a book for the journey – it’s a science-(5) ___________ book, Star of Death. (6) ___________ you know it? We haven’t got much time so we’re (7) __________________ our bags now. I (8) _____________ not want to be late for the train.
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4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
0 When I leave school I (study)’m going to study History.
1 At the moment, my father (read) __________________ a detective story
2 We often (go) __________________ cycling on Sundays.
3 Don’t ask him. He (not know) __________________ anything.
4 Sorry, I can’t come out tonight. We (have) __________________ a party.
5 I love camping. I (buy) __________________ a tent this year.
6 Carole (think) __________________ I’m lazy.
5 Circle the correct answers: a, b or c.
I (0) _____________ reading about different religions and cultures. I (1) _____________ it’s really interesting. Next year I (2) _____________ a history course at college. This afternoon I (3) _____________ some books to read in the holidays. I (4) _____________ a great book at the moment about the history of India. I (5) _____________ everything but I’m learning more and more. It’s by Professor Charles Street. (6) _____________ it?
0 a) am loving b) love c) am going to love
1 a) think b) am thinking c) am going to think
2 a) starting b) start c) am going to start
3 a) am going to buy b) am buying c) buy
4 a) read b) am reading c) am going to read
5 a) don’t understand b) am not understand c) am not understanding
6 a) Are you know b) Do you know c) Are you knowing
LISTENING SKILLS
CD Track 2
1 Listen to Brian and Sandra discussing three employees. Tick true and cross false.
1 Sandra doesn’t often work with the three people. ________
2 Charles is very hard-working. ________
3 Charles is very good with computers. ________
4 Carole is a very confident person. ________
5 Carole doesn’t have any work at the moment. ________
6 David can’t do anything. ________
7 Brian is happy with Sandra’s decision. ________
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READING SKILLS
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