Grammar

1 Complete the text with the correct form of the present continuous.

Dear Katie,

We ¹  're having   (have) a great holiday in France. I ²                     (write) this on the balcony and I ³                     (look) at the mountains at the moment. Jack and Philip ⁴                     (play) tennis and Dad ⁵                     (read). Aunt Janet ⁶                     (cook) lunch - she's an amazing cook. I ⁷                     (not / do) anything! We ⁸                     (not / go) to visit any museums today - we ⁹                     (relax) and ¹⁰                     (enjoy) the hot weather. ¹¹                     (you / have) a good holiday? See you soon.

Mum

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2 Complete the phone conversation with the present simple or continuous.

A: Hi Chris. Where are you?

B: In bed.

A: What ¹  are you doing   (you / do) in bed?

B: I ²                     (eat) some chocolate and ³                     (try) to relax.

A: Why? ⁴                     (you / feel) ill?

B: No. I ⁵                     (watch) TV and ⁶                     (read) a magazine.

A: But you and Jack ⁷                     (usually / play) football on Saturday.

B: Yes, and we ⁸                     (go) to the gym too!

A: So what happened?

B: I ⁹                     (feel) really tired today. We went running yesterday. Jack ¹⁰                     (run) every day but I ¹¹                     (never / run). And I can't walk now...

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Vocabulary

3 Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.

1 What are you listening   to  ?

2 She was            the phone for two hours last night.

3 I took lots of photos            my friends.

4 He waited            the bus for forty minutes.

5 I'm reading a book            art.

6 Would you like to look            my holiday photos?

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4 Complete the clothes words.

1 He never wears   socks   with trainers.

2 He hates wearing a t       for work.

3 She wore a beautiful, blue d             and c          to the wedding.

4 I hate suits. I prefer j             and a j               .

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5 Write the sentences in the correct order.

1 look / she / what / like / does?

  What does she look like?  

2 have / dark / brothers / hair / got / long, / my

                                                            

3 a / wearing / he / suit / is / black

                                                            

4 got / moustache / has / a / he?

                                                            

5 forties / are / in / they / their

                                                            

6 uncle / overweight / is / and / his / bald

                                                            

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Pronunciation

6 Underline the stressed syllables.

1 listening 4 enjoying

2 photograph 5 good-looking

3 camera 6 moustache

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Function

7 Complete the conversation with phrases a)-f). Write the correct letter.

A: I want to see a film this weekend. ¹  d   something?

B: I saw a great ²           last night.

A: I hate musicals!

B: ³           do you like?

A: Oh, sci-fi mainly - and horror films.

B: There's a good horror film on called Halloween Night.

A: Sounds good! Do you ⁴          ?

B: Maybe. It's really scary.

A: ⁵          ?

B: Angelina Johnson.

A: Oh, I like her! OK. ⁶           see that.

a) musical d) Can you recommend

b) I'll go and e) What kind of films

c) think I'd like it f) Who's in it

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Total:

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Elementary Quick Check Test 8B

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