STRAIGHTFORWARD PRE-INTERMEDIATE WORKSHEET FILES 4-6 JANUARY 2015

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

1. Listen to the dialogue. Choose the correct answer for each item A, B or C.
1. Grant took the plane in
A. England. B. the U.S.A. C. Canada.

2. Grant comes from

A. Toronto. B. New York. C. London

3. Grant
A. is an architect. B. is a factory manager. C. owns a sports shop

4. Grants company is going to build a factory

A. in London. B. next year C. in Stratford.

5. Grant is going to stay

A. in London. B. in a rented apartment. C. at a private house.

6. Grant is going to be in England

A. for at least a month. B. until Saturday. C. for just one week.

2. Listen to the dialogues. Choose the correct answer for each item A, B or C.

1. Speaker 1 bought designer ____ from a New York store.

A. shirts B. shoes C. jeans

2. When did Speaker 2 buy designer clothes?

A. Last week. B. Two weeks ago. C. Ages ago.

3. How often has Speaker 3 bought designer clothes?

A. Only once B. Occasionally C. Never

4. Speaker 4s wife bought his ____ in a second-hand shop.

A. clothes B. shirt C. shoes

5. Speaker 5 has designer ____ from London.

A. shoes B. socks C. scarves

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

Rewrite the following sentences using the new beginning given. The meaning of the original
sentence must not change.

Example:

That kind of holiday doesn't interest him.

Answer:

He isn't interested in that kind of holiday.

 1. London isn't as hot as Ibiza.

Ibiza is...

2. Can you tell me the way to the police station?

How do...

3. There aren't many bookshops in my town.

There are only...

4. Shall we go to Portofino's tonight?

How about...

5. I've never seen a film as boring as this one.

This is the ...

6. Gareth's marks weren't as good as Justin's.

Justin's marks ...

7. About 5 million people live in Scotland.

Scotland has a ...

8. I have no free time today.

I don't ...

CLOZE. Read the text and fill in the spaces with ONE word only.

(0) = Example

My wife, Anne, and I enjoy going (0) out for a meal at __________ (1) once a week, especially at
the weekend when we have __________ (2) free time than on weekdays. Last weekend was no
exception. We decided to __________ (3) a table at Olivo, our favourite Italian restaurant and invited
Colin and Jennifer, our best friends, to come with ________ (4) as it was Colin's 60 th birthday the
________ (5) day. Luckily, we all arrived __________ (6) the same time and Beppe, the friendly waiter,
took our ___________ (7) straight away, so we didn't have to ________ (8). We all chose lasagne for
the main _________ (9), but we didn't have starters as we _________ (10) very hungry that evening.
After our lasagne, however, Anne and I decided to persuade Colin and Jennifer to try the superb
passion fruit pannacotta as the __________ (11) at Olivo are absolutely delicious. We always find it
very __________ (12) to resist them.