LANGUAGE AND SKILLS TEST 6 A Units 11-12

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1 Complete these sentences. Use the correct forms of the words in capital letters.

0 Wow. These special effects are
amazing AMAZE

1 You shouldn't cheat. It's
___________. HONEST

2 I didn't hear a gun because it
had a ___________on. SILENCE

3 I love the theatre. I want to be
an ___________. ACT

4 There was a ___________ ROB
at the post office last week.

5 Some of these Hollywood films
are so ___________. PREDICT

6 You have to be very
___________ to think up ideas IMAGINE
for a film.

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2 Complete the text with one word in each gap. You can see the first letter ofeach word.

Three people (0) escaped from prison yesterday. They had been (1) a___________ for burglary three weeks ago and (2) s___________ to three years in prison. They said that they were
(3) i___________ but the (4) j___________ didn't believe them. The question now is how did they get out and who helped them? The police are (5) i___________ and are talking to two
(6) s___________ who were caught near the prison.

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct article in each gap: the, a/an, or `-'

(0) A bank was broken into last night.

I'm not (1) ___________ criminal, Johnny shouted.

(2) ___________ children are often lively but

(3) ___________ children here are very quiet.

(4) ___________ man that the police arrested was

(5) ___________ unemployed builder.

(6) ___________ crime is increasing every year.

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

I went to the cinema with Terry last week. We saw a really good film. Terry (0) (see) had seen it before so he (1) (know) _________________ the plot. It was directed by Stanley Kubrick.
I (2) (never hear) _________________ of him before that but after the film I (3) (start) _________________ reading about him on the internet. I was searching the internet late one night when my mum came into my room. She (4) (see) _________________ my light on and thought something (5) (happen) _________________. She (6) (tell) _________________ me to switch off the computer and go to sleep.

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5 Complete the sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original sentences

0 The man told the police that he wasn't guilty.
`I'm not guilty' the man told the police.

1 `I was at home all night' he said.
He said that _________________________________________________________________

2 `We saw the man climbing into the shop window' said the police.
The police said that they ________________________________________________________

3 The driver said that he hadn't seen the red light.
`_________________________________________________________________', the driver said.

4 The police told the man they would let him go in the morning.
`_________________________________________________________________', the police told the man.

5 `I will never commit a crime again' she said.She said that _________________________________________________________________

6 The judge said he had never heard about such a terrible crime before.
`_________________________________________________________________', the judge said.

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LISTENING SKILLS

CD Track 7

1 Listen to a woman telephoning the police about a burglary at her house. Tick true and cross false.

1 The name of the caller is Linda Scarloni. ________

2 The crime happened between 7.30 and midnight. ________

3 The address where the crime happened was 38 Hill Street. ________

4 Money and jewellery were stolen. ________

5 The criminals got in through a window. ________

6 The family found some blood in the house. ________

7 Mr Green saw the burglars. ________

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READING SKILLS

1 Read the texts about seven famous British films. Match the headings (A-H) to the correct
texts (1-7). There is one extra heading.

This month's special feature Great British Movies 1 Goldfinger. This James Bond film was made in 1964. It came after Dr No and From Russia With Love and many people believe it is the best of the Bond films. Bond is trying to stop Goldfinger stealing all the gold in Fort Knox. Bond chases Goldfinger in a specially made Aston Martin DB5 car which has many surprises for Bond's enemies. 2 The Italian Job. Made in 1969, this comedy crime film showed a gang of criminals going to Italy dressed as football hooligans to steal millions of pounds in gold from the Fiat car factory. The Mafia can't stop them and the police can't stop them as they race out of Turin in three mini cars, very small but fast cars which can drive on pavements and through subways. 3 Kind Hearts and Coronets. This was a very black comedy about a number of murders. The murderer was from a rich family but the family refused to help him. He decided to kill everybody until he was the only one left and could get all their money. Sir Alec Guinness played all 7 members of the family who were murdered, young and old, male and female. 4 Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The Monty Python team are famous for their strange humour and this film was no different. The story is about King Arthur but this film is very different to anything that has been written about the king in history books. On his journey he met a man with three heads, a group of giants who scare people by saying `ni' and a killer rabbit. 5 Brassed Off. Members of a work orchestra lose their jobs. The film looks at their problems with money and illness and a competition to find the best orchestra in the country which, of course, they win. You'll laugh one minute and cry the next. 6 The Full Monty. Six men decide they can earn money by dancing and stripping (taking their clothes off). The hero needs money because he has to pay his ex-wife money to look after his son. They get caught by the police and aren't sure that what they are doing is a good idea but finally, of course, the show goes ahead and they make their money. 7 Quadrophenia. This was based on a record by rock group The Who. It's about a boy called Jimmy. The first half of the film shows him getting ready for a weekend in Brighton where he and his friends are going to fight against their enemies. After the weekend, everything goes wrong. He is arrested, he loses his job, he loses his girlfriend and crashes his bike.

A Not the same as the book ________

B Mixed emotions ________

C Small is best ________

D This is for my boy ________

E 3rd and best ________

F Romance in the city ________

G Nothing left ________

H Family murdered ________

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COMMUNICATION

1 Use the words below to make full sentences

0 A What / we do tonight?
What shall we do tonight?

1 B Let's / go / cinema
_______________________________

2 C prefer / not
_______________________________

3 C How about / go for a meal?
_______________________________

4 B not keen / that
_______________________________

5 B Why / we / watch / video instead?
_______________________________

6 A fine / me
_______________________________

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Name_________________________________

Class__________

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