Grammar

1 Make questions using the prompts. Use the present simple or present continuous.

1 where / you / live?

  Where do you live?  

2 he / study / hard / for his exams now?

                                                                    ?

3 so / what / she / want / to do?

                                                                    ?

4 why / they / sell / their house?

                                                                    ?

5 where / you / work / at the moment?

                                                                    ?

6 you / often /read / the newspaper online?

                                                                    ?

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2 Complete the responses and match them to the questions in Exercise 1.

a) I  'm living   (live) in London now.   1  

b) Because they                          (move) to Japan.     

c) We                          (currently / work) in the entertainment industry.      

d) No, I                          (not / like) computers.      

e) No, he                         (work) in a restaurant.      

f) She                    (want) to change her job.     

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3 Underline the correct word or phrase.

1 I don't like tennis. I   never   / always play it.

2 I don't mind cheese but I only eat it once in a while / often.

3 I hardly ever / usually write emails because I prefer to send texts.

4 I hate coffee so I rarely / usually drink tea.

5 He works hard during the week so he sometimes / rarely works at weekends.

6 I occasionally / always go to the supermarket but I usually do my food shopping online.

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Vocabulary

4 Complete the words.

1 I don't want to be an   e m p l o y e e  . I hate having a b         .

2 Peter doesn't like working in an o               . He prefers to work with c                         in retail.

3 My wife has got a job with a fantastic travel c                  . The s             have good

s                      and great holidays.

4 We don't want an easy job with boring

t            .

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5 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

get team problems with lives pressure fashion deal risk

1 Don't work in that shop. The sales assistants don't   get   any holidays.

2 I'm looking for a job where I don't have to                      with customers.

3 People who always work under                      often                      their health.

4 He doesn't want to work alone. He likes working in a                      .

5 Helen loves meeting people and dealing                      their                      .

6 Firefighters risk their                      every day.

7 We'd like a job in the                      industry.

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Pronunciation

6 Underline the stressed syllable in the jobs.

1   res  cue worker

2 personal trainer

3 motorcycle courier

4 sales rep

5 foreign correspondent

6 fashion designer

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Functions

7 Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs.

A: So what sort of job are you ¹  looking   (look) for?

B: Something different. I can't stand ²                     (be) a motorcycle courier and ³                     (work) outside all the time.

A: Do you like ⁴                     (deal) with people?

B: I don't mind ⁵                     (work) with a small team but I'm not keen on ⁶                     (get) a job in a big company.

A: What do you like ⁷                     (do) most?

B: I'm very keen on ⁸                     (swim) and I absolutely love ⁹                     (go) to the gym!

A: You should ¹⁰                     (become) a personal trainer. You can ¹¹                     (do) a course.

B: That's a brilliant idea!

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Total:

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Pre-intermediate Quick Check Test 2A

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