Name_________________________________

Class__________ Total

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LANGUAGE AND SKILLS TEST 6 A Units 11-12

VOCABULARY

AND

GRAMMAR

1 Complete these sentences. Use the correct forms of the words in capital letters.

0 Wow. These special effects are

amazing AMAZE

1 You shouldn’t cheat. It’s

___________.

HONEST

2 I didn’t hear a gun because it

had a ___________on.

SILENCE

3 I love the theatre. I want to be

an

___________.

ACT

4 There was a ___________

ROB

at the post office last week.

5 Some of these Hollywood films

are so ___________.

PREDICT

6 You have to be very

___________ to think up ideas

IMAGINE

for a film.

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2 Complete the text with one word in each gap. You can see the first letter ofeach word.

Three people (0) escaped from prison yesterday. They had been (1) a___________ for burglary

three weeks ago and (2) s___________ to three years in prison. They said that they were

(3) i___________ but the (4) j___________ didn’t believe them. The question now is how did they

get out and who helped them? The police are (5) i___________ and are talking to two

(6) s___________ who were caught near the prison.

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct article in each gap: the, a/an, or ‘–’

(0) A bank was broken into last night.

I’m not (1) ___________ criminal, Johnny shouted.

(2) ___________ children are often lively but

(3) ___________ children here are very quiet.

(4) ___________ man that the police arrested was

(5) ___________ unemployed builder.

(6) ___________ crime is increasing every year.

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4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

I went to the cinema with Terry last week. We saw a really good film. Terry (0) (see) had seen

it before so he (1) (know) _________________ the plot. It was directed by Stanley Kubrick.

I (2)

(never hear) _________________ of him before that but after the film I (3) (start)

_________________ reading about him on the internet. I was searching the internet late one

night when my mum came into my room. She (4) (see) _________________ my light on and

thought something (5) (happen) _________________. She (6) (tell) _________________ me to

switch off the computer and go to sleep.

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5 Complete the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original sentences

0 The man told the police that he wasn’t guilty.

‘I’m not guilty’ the man told the police.

1 ‘I was at home all night’ he said.

He said that _________________________________________________________________

2 ‘We saw the man climbing into the shop window’ said the police.

The police said that they ________________________________________________________

3 The driver said that he hadn’t seen the red light.

‘_________________________________________________________________’, the driver

said.

4 The police told the man they would let him go in the morning.

‘_________________________________________________________________’, the police

told the man.

5 ‘I will never commit a crime again’ she said.She said that

_________________________________________________________________

6 The judge said he had never heard about such a terrible crime before.

‘_________________________________________________________________’, the judge

said.

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LISTENING

SKILLS

CD Track 7

1 Listen to a woman telephoning the police about a burglary at her house. Tick true and cross false.

1 The name of the caller is Linda Scarloni.

________

2 The crime happened between 7.30 and midnight.

________

3 The address where the crime happened was 38 Hill Street.

________

4 Money and jewellery were stolen.

________

5 The criminals got in through a window.

________

6 The family found some blood in the house.

________

7 Mr Green saw the burglars.

________

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READING

SKILLS

1 Read the texts about seven famous British films. Match the headings (A-H) to the correct

texts (1-7). There is one extra heading.

This month’s special feature
Great British Movies

1 Goldfinger. This James Bond film was made in 1964. It came after Dr No and From Russia With
Love and many people believe it is the best of the Bond films. Bond is trying to stop Goldfinger
stealing all the gold in Fort Knox. Bond chases Goldfinger in a specially made Aston Martin DB5
car which has many surprises for Bond’s enemies.

2 The Italian Job. Made in 1969, this comedy crime film showed a gang of criminals going to Italy
dressed as football hooligans to steal millions of pounds in gold from the Fiat car factory. The
Mafia can’t stop them and the police can’t stop them as they race out of Turin in three mini cars,
very small but fast cars which can drive on pavements and through subways.

3 Kind Hearts and Coronets. This was a very black comedy about a number of murders. The
murderer was from a rich family but the family refused to help him. He decided to kill everybody
until he was the only one left and could get all their money. Sir Alec Guinness played all 7 members
of the family who were murdered, young and old, male and female.

4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The Monty Python team are famous for their strange humour
and this film was no different. The story is about King Arthur but this film is very different to
anything that has been written about the king in history books. On his journey he met a man with
three heads, a group of giants who scare people by saying ‘ni’ and a killer rabbit.

5 Brassed Off. Members of a work orchestra lose their jobs. The film looks at their problems with
money and illness and a competition to find the best orchestra in the country which, of course, they
win. You’ll laugh one minute and cry the next.

6 The Full Monty. Six men decide they can earn money by dancing and stripping (taking their
clothes off). The hero needs money because he has to pay his ex-wife money to look after his son.
They get caught by the police and aren’t sure that what they are doing is a good idea but finally, of
course, the show goes ahead and they make their money.

7 Quadrophenia. This was based on a record by rock group The Who. It’s about a boy called
Jimmy. The first half of the film shows him getting ready for a weekend in Brighton where he and
his friends are going to fight against their enemies. After the weekend, everything goes wrong. He is
arrested, he loses his job, he loses his girlfriend and crashes his bike.

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A Not the same as the book

________

B Mixed emotions

________

C Small is best

________

D This is for my boy

________

E

3rd

and

best

________

F Romance in the city

________

G

Nothing

left

________

H Family murdered

________

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COMMUNICATION

1 Use the words below to make full sentences

0 A What / we do tonight?

What shall we do tonight?

1 B Let’s / go / cinema

_______________________________

2 C prefer / not

_______________________________

3 C How about / go for a meal?

_______________________________

4 B not keen / that

_______________________________

5 B Why / we / watch / video instead?

_______________________________

6 A fine / me

_______________________________

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