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4 I knew she was going to leave early because I
Grammar
checked my email.
1 Choose the correct answers.
If
1 I m so cross! I didn t need to / needn t have
stayed up late last night to finish the project.
.
Miss Davis doesn t want it until Monday now!
5 My Spanish was very weak because I don t
2 Joe couldn t / shouldn t have said those
practise enough.
things to Sue. She s really upset.
If
3 Peter might / needn t have phoned while we
were out. Check your voice mail.
4 She ought to / shouldn t have left us a
.
message. We were so worried when she didn t
6 I didn t know you were feeling low so I didn t
come home last night.
come over yesterday.
5 Mike should / could have won the race if he
If
hadn t been so tired.
6 Ned and Sandy might not / couldn t have left
until after the rush hour to avoid the traffic.
.
7 Steve is terrible. He couldn t / might have at
7 I m really annoyed because I reminded her five
least started to prepare the dinner while I was
times about the meeting.
out.
I
8 I m afraid I shouldn t / couldn t have given
you a lift yesterday because my car was at the
garage.
.
Mark /8
Mark /7
2 Rewrite the sentences using conditionals.
Vocabulary
1 I ve got a really bad headache today because I
did so much work on the computer last night. 3 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
If
1 If you down the webpage,
you ll find the information you need at the
bottom.
.
2 I forgot to my work this
2 She argued with you because she enjoys a
morning and I lost everything!
good debate!
3 Click on the if you want to see
She
the full-size image.
4 Type the website into the
.
and click on search.
3 We can t buy a house because the prices have
5 What does that represent? It
gone up so much.
looks a bit like a fish!
If
6 Our is Microsoft Internet
Explorer, isn t it?
.
7 If you want to open another window, just
the one you ve got open and
you can enlarge it again later.
Mark /7
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4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
Reading
the words in the box.
6 Read the text.
set take log call put show have
1 I forgot to off and the computer
How do YOU use the net?
was on all night.
We asked members of one family to tell us what they use
2 He loves off his computer skills.
the Internet for and why. Here is what they told us.
3 I m afraid I m going to have to
A Grandad Peter
off the party because I m feeling really ill.
I might be over 80 but the Internet is invaluable to me.
At my age it s not always so easy to get about and my
4 There s no way you got a distinction! You re
friends and family are scattered all over the globe. It s
me on!
difficult to visit and have face-to-face conversations that
5 I need complete quiet when I m studying. Even
often. It s a bit pricy too! Phoning isn t that convenient
people talking quietly me off.
because of the different time zones. I don t think my
brother in Australia would appreciate being woken up at
6 I think my mum has on too much
three in the morning just for me to say hello! So I keep
work. She s looking very tired.
in touch by email and it s very important to me. It took
7 We off straight after breakfast but
me a while to get the hang of it but now it s no problem
we still didn t arrive until 12.30.
at all.
Mark /8
B Daughter Lynne
I must admit that I m a spendaholic and I m on auction
sites all the time. I can t resist a bargain and I love the
Listening
excitement of bidding against other people and never
being sure whether you re going to win or not. It s
5 4.08 Listen to a radio interview about
d"
quite addictive so I have to be careful or else I would be
learning a language. Choose the correct answers.
completely broke! I think it s incredible that whatever
1 Penny is learning French
you re looking to buy, someone out there has got it to sell.
A for her work. B as a hobby.
C Mum Karen
C to talk to French people.
I find the net useful for downloading information for
2 She didn t learn it at school because
my students. You can also access sites that give you free
A she did something else instead.
lesson plans and good, imaginative ideas for making
B it wasn t offered.
lessons interesting. There s such a lot of knowledge out
C it was too difficult.
there too. To get the answers to the kind of questions
3 Her daughter I have, it would take hours with piles of books and I
simply don t have the time. For me the net is a lifeline!
A is teaching her. B is bad at French.
C is learning the basics.
D Dad Oliver
4 Penny has been
My big thing is news and sports and I m always online
A learning in a multi-lingual group.
checking the latest scores. I work shifts too, so I often
B going to lessons at a school. miss the regular news slots and with the net I can always
C having one-to-one lessons with a teacher. watch news clips of programmes that were on earlier.
It also brings you breaking news and with the more
5 She thinks this way of learning is
controversial issues if you want to, you can read people s
A making her life busier.
comments and of course, make your own. I do that quite
B not ideal. C time saving.
often. And there are also online newspapers. If I don t
Mark /10
get a paper, I can always go online and click on to the
newspapers website. It s easier to choose what you want
to read rather than leafing through the papers which can
be so big these days.
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7 Which person (A D) says ...
1 I see the net as time saving?
2 I sometimes share my opinions with others?
3 I use it to get help with my work?
4 I don t always get what I want?
5 it took time to work out how to use the net?
Mark /10
Writing
8 Invent a person. Imagine this person wants to
apply for a job as a news reporter. Write his/her
online CV. Use the writing guide to help you.
Include these sections:
1 Personal information
2 Education and training
3 Work experience
4 Skills and competencies
Mark /10
Total /60
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