Module 2 Test Student A

Vocabulary

1 Complete the sentences with these words. There is one extra word.

cartoons / chat / crossword / documentary / fashion / forecast / headline / international / local / problem / questionnaire / review

A newspaper for your town or area is a __local__ newspaper.

1 People write about their worries and are given advice on the _______________ page.

2 News about other countries is _______________ news.

3 Listen to the weather _______________ to find out if it's going to be cold and wet tomorrow.

4 John is good with words. He usually completes the ____________ in the paper in less than an hour.

5 Can I borrow a pen? I want to answer this _______________ about healthy food.

6 My favourite actor was on a TV _______________ show last night, but he didn't give away the name of his new girlfriend.

7 Sue loves clothes and shoes. She spends all her pocket money on _______________ magazines.

8 I didn't have time to read the article. I just saw the ________________ about the crash on the front page.

9 These animal _______________ always make me laugh. The artist is really clever.

10 I'd like to read that book. It had a good _______________ in the paper.

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2 Complete the compound adjectives with the correct forms of the words in rackets.

She wears brightly-_coloured_ clothes. (colour)

1 All the buildings are air- _______________. (condition)

2 I've got a lot of English- _______________ friends. (speak)

3 She's quite a well- _______________ writer. (know)

4 Who's the long- _______________ boy in the photo? (hair)

5 I think Tony is quite good- _______________. (look)

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3 Complete the sentences with compound adjectives and nouns.

The winner is a girl who is six years old.

The winner is a __six-year-old girl__.

1 We had a delay of seven hours at the airport.

We had a ______________________________ at the airport.

2 I walk to school in ten minutes.

I have a ______________________________ to school.

3 The Regent is a hotel with five stars.

The Regent is a ______________________________.

4 She ran the race in three minutes.

She ran a ______________________________.

5 Sarah is a singer who is twenty-four years old.

Sarah is a ______________________________.

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4 Find three more `negative' words and two `positive' words in the word square.

`negative' words `positive' words

__bad__

1 _______________ 4 _______________

2 _______________ 5 _______________

3 _______________

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Grammar

5 Complete the news story with the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect.

DOG FINDS NEW HOME

Last November, the Smith family __moved__ (move) from Wales to Scotland. By 11 a.m. on the day of the move, they 1 _______________(finish) putting everything in the removal van, so they 2 _______________ (set off) on the ten-hour drive to their new home.

But the next morning, they 3 _______________ (realise) they 4 _______________ (forget) something really important - Spot, their dog!

For the next few weeks, they 5 _______________ (search) everywhere for Spot but with no luck.

Then, exactly three months after their move, the Smiths 6 ____________________ (sit) in the kitchen when they 7 _______________ (hear) something in the garden - a dog 8 _______________ (bark). Yes! - it was a very tired, muddy and hungry Spot!

The Smiths 9 _______________ (never / find out) how Spot 10 _______________ (travel) to his new `home'. / 10

6 Rewrite the sentences. Use the structure in the example.

After Joanna finished university, she worked abroad for several years.

After finishing university, Joanna worked abroad for several years.

1 Before he took his driving test, Ken was very nervous.

____________________________________________

2 After he passed his driving test, Ken drove home by himself.

________________________________________

3 Before we went to bed, we watched the news on TV.

____________________________________________

4 After she got up, Maggie phoned her aunt o wish her a happy birthday.

____________________________________________

5 After she saw the painting in the art gallery, Mrs Harris decided to buy it.

____________________________________________

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7 Complete the texts with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

The sports teacher has told John __to lose__ (lose) some weight. The teacher suggested 1 _______________ (join) a gym but John refused 2 _______________ (go). I advised him 3 _______________ (not / eat) chips every day and to avoid 4 _______________ (buy) so much chocolate. He's agreed 5 _______________ (have) more fruit and vegetables, and he's going to stop 6 _______________ (put) sugar in his coffee.!

Sue offered 7 _______________ (come) hopping with me last Saturday. I wanted 8 _______________ (get) a DVD for my mum's birthday. On the way home, we stopped 9 _______________ (have) lunch at an Italian restaurant and then we decided 10 _______________ (go) to the cinema.

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Communication

8 Read the conversation between two friends. Choose the best word or phrase (A, B or C) for each gap.

A: Hi. How __C__ you?

B: Okay, thanks.

A: How 1 _____ ?

B: Not 2_____well, I'm 3._____ It was a nightmare.

A: I'm sure it wasn't 4._____ Do you think you've passed?

B: 5._____ Anyway, how 6_____with you?

A: Pretty 7_____really. Guess 8_____? I start my new Saturday job next week.

B: 9_____great. Do you think you'll like it?

A: 10_____so.

A do B go C are

1 A did your exam go B was your exam going C does your exam go

2 A quite B very C really

3 A afraid B sorry C worried

4 A this bad B that bad C the worst

5 A No way B Not a way C Never a way

6 A are the things B are things C is the thing

7 A well B better C good

8 A this B what C it

9 A That's B It's C This is

10 A 'll hope B I hoped C I hope

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TOTAL

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