Snapshot Pre-Intermediate – Test 2B
Test 2 B .
Units 3 - 5
Grammar .
1 Complete the sentences with the correct relative
pronoun: who, which or where. Write D for defining
and ND for non-defining sentences. [6 marks]
Tim Smit is the man who started the Eden
Project. D .
1 There's a shop ........................... you can buy surfboards. …..
2 The village, .................... is 20 kilometres from Truro, has
got a nice beach. …..
3 The Lord of the Rings is the film ……………………. won the most awards. …..
4 The Cornwall Hotel is the hotel ............................ has got cheap rooms for students. …..
5 Liverpool, ............................ The Beatles came from, is in the north-west of England. …..
6 Daphne du Maurier, ................... lived in Cornwall, wrote Rebecca. …..
2 Choose the correct future form in each sentence.
[6 marks]
Have you finished your homework?
No, but I promise I‘ll do / I'm doing it after this programme.
A What (1) will you do / are you doing on Sunday?
B I (2) ’ll have / ’m having lunch with my grandparents.
A Are you free in the evening?
B Yes, I am. Why? What (3) ’ll you do / are you doing?
A I (4) ’m going to watch / ’ll watch a video with my
cousin. Do you want to watch it with us?
B I'm not sure. Can I let you know?
A OK. I (5) ’ll phone / ’m phoning you on Sunday afternoon.
B Great. I (6) ’ll speak / ’m going to speak to you on Sunday.
[Total 80 marks]
3 Here are some sentences about
how long people have been doing
things. For each question, complete
the second sentence so it means the
same as the first. [8 marks]
I moved here six months ago. (live)
I 've lived here for six months.
1 We met him a year ago. (know)
We ........................................................
................................................... a year.
2 She went to work in London in 2000. (work)
She .......................................................
.................................................. 2000.
3 He left school six months ago. (not be)
He .......................................................
...............................................six months.
4 We came here at 5 o'clock. (be)
We .......................................................
................................................ 5 o'clock.
5 My parents bought their car in 1999. (have)
My parents ..........................................
...................................................... 1999.
6 He joined the England football team two
years ago. (play)
................................................... two years.
7 I started learning English in 1998. (speak)
I .......................................................
..................................................... 1998.
8 She surfed two years ago. (not surf)
2B.
4 Complete the sentences with
much ... than or as ... as and the correct
form of the adjectives in brackets. [8 marks]
St Ives isn't as big as London. (big)
1 A cat is ......................... a horse. (small)
2 He's .............. his father. They're both 1.75 metres. (tall)
3 Her second film was ......................... the
first. They are both terrible! (bad)
4 Kate Winslet is ................................... I am. (famous)
5 A city is ......................... a village. (crowded)
6 Travelling by plane is not ......................... travelling by bus. (cheap)
7 London is ......................... Brighton. (large)
8 Learning Chinese is ......................... learning English. (hard)
Vocabulary .
5 Use the words in the box to complete
the sentences. There is one extra word. [5 marks]
coastline lakes ocean rivers
rocks mountain valley
Cornwall has got a beautiful coastline with great beaches.
1 An .................... is bigger than a sea.
2 People enjoy sailing on .................... .
3 The Amazon, the Nile, the Thames and the Seine
are all ......................... .
4 We left the valley and climbed to the top
of the .................... .
5 We sat on the .................... and watched the
surfing competition.
6 Write the correct prefixes: im-, in- or un-. [6 marks]
u n popular
1 _ _ fashionable 4 _ _ happy
2 _ _ practical 5 _ _ dependent
3 _ _ successful 6 _ _ formal
7 Use the correct form of the adjectives
in the box to complete the sentences. [5 marks]
(im)possible (un)helthy (un)pleasant
(un)comfortable (in)correct (im)mature
She's like a four-year-old! She's very immature .
1 He's very .................... - he never does any exercise and he never eats any fruit.
2 I love my bed - it's very .................... .
3 I had an .................... taste in my mouth after I had eaten the curry.
4 It's .................... to live without food and water.
5 Your answer is ...................., Cornwall
isn't in France.
8 Match the occupations with their definitions. There are two extra words. [0.5 each = 4 marks]
cliff enthusiast gymnast inventor
sanctuary paradise ...
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