New Inside Out Intermediate Review A Test
Name _______________________ Score ______/50
Part A
Vocabulary
1 Underline the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.
a) I'm sorry to hear that you've split up / clicked together with your girlfriend.
b) It's absolutely cold / freezing in here. Can you turn the heating up?
c) Rachel is my ex / step -daughter.
d) We didn't hit it off / drift apart immediately, but we've become very good friends.
e) Don't worry, he'll be there. He's a very reliable / unreliable person.
f) Do you get on well with your mother / wife -in-law?
g) It was quite funny / hilarious really.
(7 points)
2 Add the missing vowels (a, e, i, o, u) to complete the words for different sports.
a) _ thl _ t _ cs
b) j _ d _
c) b _ dm _ nt _ n
d) h _ rs _ -r _ d _ ng
e) s _ _ l _ ng
(5 points)
3 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box. There are three extra words and phrases.
astonished loyal modest optimistic proposed separate ways thoughtless ups and downs
a) I don't know how you can be so ___________ . Do you always think everything will be ok?
b) Jason got down on one knee and ___________ to Andrea.
c) That was really ___________ of you. I was hoping you'd take my feelings into consideration.
d) We've had our ___________ but we're still together.
e) Tom's one of the most ___________ people I know. He's been there for me whenever I've needed him.
(5 points)
Grammar
4 Write a question for each answer using the word given.
a) ________________________________________________ ?
`I've got two brothers and one sister.' (many)
b) ________________________________________________ ?
`I go out quite regularly with my friends.' (often)
c) ________________________________________________ ?
`I talk to my best friend, Jenny, when I have a problem.' (who)
d) ________________________________________________ ?
`No, I've never ridden an elephant, but I have ridden a camel.' (ever)
e) ________________________________________________ ?
`I was trying to climb a cliff when I fell off and broke my leg.' (how)
f) ________________________________________________ ?
`I've been married for three years.' (long)
(6 points)5 Complete the text with the correct form of the words in brackets.
I first (1) ___________ (meet) Jack at a party. I (2) ___________ (sit) in the corner having a drink when this handsome man (3) ___________ (come over) and sat down next to me. We hit it off immediately and we (4) ___________ (see) each other quite often since then. To be honest, I think he's (5) ___________ (nice) man I (6) ___________ (meet) in a long time.
(6 points)
6 Spot the mistakes. Cross out the incorrect sentence, a or b.
1 a) Skydiving is the most dangerous sport I've ever tried.
b) Skydiving is the dangerousest sport I've ever tried.
2 a) Eleanor was playing tennis when she was breaking her leg.
b) Eleanor was playing tennis when she broke her leg.
3 a) Who talks the most out of you two?
b) Who does talk the most out of you two?
4 a) Julie is slightly taller than her boyfriend.
b) Julie is slightly tallest as her boyfriend.
5 a) I've been knowing Elaine since I was about nine.
b) I've known Elaine since I was about nine.
6 a) I started seeing her since three weeks.
b) I started seeing her three weeks ago.
(6 points)
Part B
Pronunciation
Word stress
[Track 7]
7 Listen and underline the stressed syllable in each word.
a) really
b) similar
c) theatre
d) appointment
e) personal
(5 points)
Listening
[Track 8]
8 Listen to Kevin and Olivia talking about Big Brother. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a) Kevin has heard of `Big Brother', but he's never watched it.
b) The people in the house aren't filmed at night.
c) `Big Brother' is only on TV in Great Britain and the USA.
d) Olivia likes the show because she's interested in the relationships between the housemates.
e) The people living in the house at the moment get on very well.
(5 points)
Reading
9 Read the text. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a) The writer was twenty-six when he first started doing sponsored challenges. T / F
b) His brother-in-law came up with the idea of raising money. T / F
c) Before he started the training, the writer wasn't very fit. T / F
d) They started the challenge at the Eiffel Tower. T / F
e) The writer's next challenge is cycling across Australia. T / F
I've now been doing sponsored challenges for around seven years. It all started when I heard that a friend of mine from school had been diagnosed with cancer. I just couldn't believe it! How could a healthy twenty-six year old suddenly face death? I guess Liam wasn't just a school friend. Although he was a year older than me, he was my best friend for the six years we studied together and I felt that I should do something to help him. One evening I was sitting with my sister and her husband and we were talking about Liam. Suddenly my brother-in-law looked at me and said, `Why don't we raise some money for him?' We spent the next two hours discussing what we could do and that's when we came up with the idea of doing a long distance triathlon (swimming, cycling and rowing). Of course, there were some major obstacles to this, the first being that I wasn't the fittest person in the world. But, after six weeks training in the gym I was ready for what would be the toughest challenge of my life. We started by swimming across the English Channel, all twenty-two miles of it. Then we cycled from Calais to Paris before finally running across Paris to the Eiffel Tower. We managed to raise more than £50,000 so we were really pleased. When we got back home we began to plan our next challenge, cycling across Australia. Since then, we've done five challenges together and raised almost £1 million.
(5 points)
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New Inside Out Intermediate Review A Test
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