LANGUAGE AND SKILLS TEST 1 A Units 1-2

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1 Complete the sentences with the correct adjective of personality from the box.

polite helpful modest tolerant quiet lazy proud rude selfish

0 He's very clever but he's very modest about it. He never says he's better than us.

1 Don't laugh at people. It's very ______________.

2 Mark is very ______________. He cooks, goes shopping and looks after his grandmother.

3 My son is doing very well at work. I'm so ______________ of him.

4 Give some of your sweets to your friends. Come on, don't be so ______________.

5 You never do any work. You're really ______________.

6 He doesn't say much. He's not shy, he's just ______________.

7 My mum is very ______________. She likes all my friends, it's not important what they look like.

8 I like Nicola. She's very ______________, she always says `please' and `thank you'.

2 Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. You can see the first letter of each word

0 The next train to London leaves from platform 7.

1 Here's the tent. Have you got your s____________ b____________?

2 We're traveling by p____________. The flight is at 7 o'clock.

3 My mum takes hours to p____________ her bags.

4 I love s____________. I take my camera and my guidebook and go to see everything.

5 This is a good c____________. There are warm showers, a shop and lots of room for the tent.

6 This y____________ h____________ is much cheaper than a hotel.

3 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

I'm going on holiday (0) to Prague next week. (1) ____________ you know Prague? I'm going by coach. I leave (2) ____________ stop number 4 at the coach station in London
(3) ____________ ten o'clock on Saturday morning. It takes 24 hours but I've got a good book of short (4) ____________ to read. In Prague, I'm going to visit all the museums and the castle. I'm (5) ____________ going to use taxis or buses, I'm going to do it all (6) ____________ foot. I'm going to stay in a guest (7) ____________ near the centre. Look, here it is in this brochure: Accommodation (8) ____________ Prague.

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

0 Next year I (work) `m going to work harder.

1 He can't hear you because he (listen) ________________ to heavy metal on his walkman.

2 My father (not understand) ______________________ how to use my computer.

3 My mother never (agree) ________________ with me about clothes.

4 They never (do) ________________ their homework on time.

5 I'm so excited. I (fly) ________________ to Spain tomorrow.

6 That's my last camping holiday. Next year I (stay) ________________ in a hotel.

5 Circle the correct answers: a, b or c.

I (0) _____________ in a very multi cultural part of England. It's a very interesting place. I often (1) _____________ in the small streets behind the station. They're full of small shops and restaurants. My friends and I (2) _____________ here every Friday. This week we
(3) _____________ to a new restaurant. I (4) _____________ Thai chicken - I always do. One day I (5) _____________ how to cook Thai food. (6) _____________ how to cook Thai food?

0 a) am living b) living c) live

1 a) am walking b) walk c) am going to walk

2 a) are going to eat b) are eating c) eat

3 a) are going b) go c) is going

4 a) am going to have b) am having c) have

5 a) learn b) am learning c) am going to learn

6 a) Do you know b) Are you know c) Are you knowing

LISTENING SKILLS CD Track 2

1 Listen to Brian and Sandra discussing three employees. Tick true and cross false.

1 Brian tells Sandra who to offer a full-time job to. __________

2 Sandra thinks that all three of them are good workers. __________

3 Charles is lazy. __________

4 Carole needs a lot of help. __________

5 Sandra can do Carole's work. __________

6 David is very talkative. __________

7 Sandra wants to keep Charles. __________

READING SKILLS

1 Read the three adverts. Match the texts (A-C) to the questions (1-7).

A Magical Egypt We fly from London to Cairo. For the first three nights, we stay in Cairo. You're going to love the old city streets, the markets and the local foods. You can visit the Pyramids and ride a camel if you want! On the second night, there's going to be a surprise party so bring some smart clothes. We then travel from Cairo to Luxor by train. We take the night train and arrive in Luxor early in the morning. After breakfast, there is a tour of local temples. From Luxor, we travel by boat for three days to Aswan. We have three more nights in Aswan, visiting temples and we go on a coach trip to the amazing Abu Simbel. From Aswan, we fly back to Cairo and from there to London. B African adventure This is our newest tour so it's going to be exciting for all of us. We fly to Johannesburg in South Africa and then we are going to drive through Africa for two months and fly home from Nairobi in Kenya. We're going to camp so you need to bring a sleeping bag. On the journey, we hope to see the Victoria Falls, the Kalahari Desert, Mount Kilimanjaro and, of course, the national parks where we can see wonderful, wild animals. Don't worry, we're not going to camp anywhere dangerous! We are also going to have three nights on the exciting island of Zanzibar. C Coast to coast Our most popular tour is our coach tour to the USA. We fly to New York on October 6th and you have a week there for sightseeing. There are tours to the Statue of Liberty and you can see Central park, shop on 5th Avenue or look at the views from the top of the Empire State Building. We also go for the famous `circle line' boat ride around Manhattan Island - a great chance to take photographs. After New York, we get on our special coach and travel all over the country, from Miami to San Francisco. Don't worry, you're not going to sleep on the coach! We stop at motels and have lots of time for sightseeing.

Which advert 1 talks about things you can eat? __________

2 doesn't write about a boat trip? __________

3 says you are going to travel at night? __________

4 says you spend a week in one place? __________

5 says that you are not going to sleep in a bed? __________

6 offers four different kinds of transport? __________

7 says you can climb a high building? __________

COMMUNICATION

1 Complete the dialogue using the correct question form.

A Good afternoon. I'd like to find out some information about trains.

B Certainly, sir. What would you like to know?

A Could you tell me (0) how often trains go to London?

B The trains to London go every hour.

A Every hour. I see. Could you tell me (1) __________________________________________?

B The first train departs at 5.30 in the morning.

A Right. Could you tell me (2) __________________________________________?

B The ticket costs £10.50 one way or £15 return.

A Fifteen pounds. I see. Could you tell me (3) _________________________________________?

B The next train leaves at quarter past ten.

A Could I have a return ticket, please?

B Certainly sir, here you are.

A Thank you…. Excuse me. Could you tell me (4) _____________________________________?

B The train to London leaves from Platform 6.

A Thank you... er could you tell me (5) __________________________________________?

B Just over there, sir.

A Ah yes. Thank you…. Could you tell me (6) ________________________________________?

B It's 6 o'clock now.

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