Grammar

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

1 where / you / live?

  Where do you live?  

2 what / they / do / at the moment?

                                                                       ?

3 you / often / write / comments on websites?

                                                                       ?

4 she / work / in a restaurant now?

                                                                      ?

5 so / what / he / want / to do next?

                                                                       ?

6 why / you / sell / your house?

                                                                      ?

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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) No, she                            (study) for her exams.     

c) He                        (want) to get a new job.     

d) Because I                             (move) to China.      

e) They                            (currently / work) in sales and marketing.      

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

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3 Underline the correct word or phrase.

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

2 I go to the supermarket once in a while / always but I usually do my food shopping online.

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

4 She usually / rarely works on Monday because she always works at weekends.

5 I occasionally / usually send texts but I prefer to write emails.

6 We don't mind cheese but we hardly ever / often eat it.

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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 We want an interesting job with difficult

t            .

3 Paul likes working in an o               . He doesn't like meeting c                        .

4 My husband has got a job with a fantastic IT c                  . The s             have great

s                      and long holidays.

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5 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

get education deal risk team problems with lives pressure

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

2 Rescue workers often risk their                      to save people.

3 Mark became a teacher because he wanted to work in                     .

4 I'm looking for a job where I don't have to                      with people.

5 People who work under a lot of                      often                      their health.

6 He wants to work alone. He doesn't like working in a                     .

7 I love working with people and dealing                      their                      .

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Pronunciation

6 Underline the stressed syllable in the jobs.

1   res  cue worker

2 IT consultant

3 personal trainer

4 sales rep

5 fashion designer

6 motorcycle courier

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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                     (work) in accounts and ³                     (be) alone all the time.

A: Do you like ⁴                     (meet) new people?

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

A: Do you like ⁷                     (spend) time on the internet?

B: Yes, I absolutely love ⁸                     (learn) about new software programmes and I'm very keen on ⁹                     (play) computer games.

A: Why don't you ¹⁰                     (do) a course and ¹¹                     (become) an IT consultant?

B: That's a brilliant idea!

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Total:

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Pre-intermediate Quick Check Test 2B

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