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Name: _________________________________________

Score: ____________ / 30 points

language TeST 7a

unit 7

PHOTOCOPIABLE

© Pearson Central Europe Sp. z o.o. 2011 New Matura Success Intermediate

1

Complete the text with the words in the box. There

are two extra words that you don’t need. (6 points)

charge clock in full-time manager

overtime permanent promoted retired

worker

I have a full-time job and I work about 45 hours
a week. I don’t have to

1

____________, I can

arrive any time between 8-9 a.m. It’s
a 

2

____________ job, not a temporary one, and

I quite enjoy it. I never work

3

____________,

because I don’t really want to work any extra
hours. Last year I was

4

____________ so I was

pleased – now I’m the office

5

____________ and

I tell the other staff what to do. I’m in

6

____________ of twenty other staff!

2

Complete the missing words. The first letter of each

word is given.

(6 points)

Many people lose their jobs through laziness.
1 Mike and Jerry often p_________ t_________

and don’t come to school.

2 I’m going to e_________ at university later this

year.

3 A Do you think it’s a good idea to d_________

out of school?

B I think you should stay and finish.
4 I need to t_________ some time off work.

I hope my w_________ don’t mind that I will
leave them with so much work to do.

5 I don’t e_________ much money for my job,

but I love it.

3

Complete the missing words. The lines show you how

many letters to use.

(4 points)

I’ve got a t e m p o r a r y job for the summer

holidays.

1 Are there any career _ p _ _ _ t _ _ _ t _ _ s in

your job?

2 How do you earn your _ _ v _ n _? What’s your

job?

3 John is a very _ n _ x p _ _ _ _ n _ _ _

employee, this is his first job.

4 I’m going to apply for a new _ _ s _ t _ o _ in

the office. I hope I get it!

5 They work in a _ _ c t _ r _ that makes cars.
6 How many people does your _ _ m _ _ n _

employ?

7 My dad thinks health and _ _ f _ t _

regulations at his company are too strict.

8 What do you want to achieve in life? What’s

your biggest _ _ b _ t _ o _?

4

Choose the correct answers.

(7 points)

‘I don’t understand,’ he said.
He said that he

doesn’t / didn’t understand.

1 ‘I arrived late at work yesterday,’ Lucy said.

Lucy said that she

has arrived / had arrived

late at work

the day before / that day.

2 ‘We’ve never sacked anyone,’ she said.

She said that

they have / they had never

sacked anyone.

3 ‘I’ll come in early tomorrow,’ he said.

He said that he

came / would come early

the next day / that day.

4 ‘Have you finished?’ Sally asked.

Sally asked if

had I finished / I had finished.

5 ‘Do it immediately!’ he said to me.

He

said / told me to do it / do it immediately.

6 ‘When in April did you start working?’ she asked

She asked

when / if in April I had started /

had I started working.

7 ‘After I arrived, the manager asked to see me,’

John told us.
John told us that after

he arrived / had arrived

the manager had asked to see

him / me.

8 ‘I can’t believe you’re here!’ she said to me.

She said she

couldn’t / can’t believe I was

there / here.

5

Complete the reported speech sentences. Use the

correct reporting verb from the box.

(7 points)

add agree ask ask explain promise

tell threaten

‘You need to press this button,’ Tim said.
Tim explained that I needed to press that button.

1 ‘Yes, you’re right. I’ve never seen this man

before,’ George said.
George _______________________ man before.

2 ‘Pay us more or we won’t come to work!’ they

said to him.
They ___________________________ pay them.

3 ‘Please can you help Jack?’ she said to me.

She ____________________________ help Jack.

4 ‘Don’t move,’ the police officer said to the

prisoner.
The officer _________________________ move.

5 ‘I will do it soon,’ Matt said.

Matt ______________________________ it soon.

6 ‘Have you finished?’ Mr Brown said to me.

Mr Brown ________________________________
finished.

7 ‘What’s more, I finished the report last week,’

I said. I __________________________________