Intermediate Placement

Reading

1. Read the following text about different people talking about their working experiences. Then write
letters A-E next to the sentences taking into account who says each thing (10):

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Use of English

2. Choose the correct option in each case (14)

a. Look at that woman over there! The car b. Right now, I __________________ what you are trying
____________her. say. Speak up, please!
1. Is going to crash 1. Am not understanding
2. Is crashing 2. Haven´t understood
3. Will crash 3. Don’t understand
 c. Billy Elliot is a very ______________ film. 1. Look like
1. Inspire 2. Look up
2. Inspiring 3. Look after
3. Inspired
j. I ____________ haven´t found the watch I lost last
d. On my last ________________to Dublin, I got so week.
drunk that I couldn’t figure out where I was. 1. Yet
1. Trip 2. Already
2. Journey 3. Still
3. Travel
k. If I had as _____________money as you, I wouldn’t
e. I have piled up ___________ information to fret over going on holidays!.
complete my assignment on European history.
1. A lot of
1. Some
2. Many
2. A lot
3. Few 3. Much

f. There is __________ university in Oxford that is l. There is no way of ................................ the USA
almost a century old! without a Visa.
1. A
1. Visit
2. An
2. To visit
3. Any
3. Visiting

g. My mother has been very worried____________ my

development at school. m. It’s such a difficult task ..........................
1. Of accommodation in New York in summer.
2. About 1. Finding
3. Because
2. To find
3. Find
h. I ____________ really well with my new neighbours.
They are very kind.
1. Put up n. will you ________________ pay me back the money I
2. Get on lent you?
3. Take off 1. Can

2. Could
i. Mrs. Wilson asked me to ______________ her
3. Be able to
children,
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3. Paraphrase the following sentences using both the beginnings and endings given and the
words in brackets (12):

a) I will phone you as soon as I get to the hotel.

When I_______________________________________________________________________________
b) I couldn’t travel to the States because I didn’t have the Visa.
If I__________________________________________________________________to travel to the States.
c) The American government has raised the prices.
The prices ____________________________________________________________________________
d) Manhattan is less visited than The Time Square. ( as)
Manhattan ______________________________________________________The Time Square.
e) My father went to the USA every summer on business trips, but now he stopped doing it. ( used to)
____________________________________________________________________________________
f) Where is the airport?
Could you explain to me _______________________________________________________________?
g) A passer-by took the pregnant woman to the hospital.(BY)
The pregnant woman ________________________________________________________to the hospital.
 h) ‘My parents are on holiday and I have been cleaning all day long’, Mark said.
Mark said that_______________________________________________________________all day long.
i) ‘Do you know any hotel where I can rest?’ Susan asked.
Susan asked me_________________________________________________________________________
j) ‘Send Susan my regards’, my mother told me.
My mother told me________________________________________________________________regards.
k) I don’t like taking long flights. That’s why I don’t go to Europe or places that far.
If I__________________________________________________________________________________

l) Is the Hilton placed near here? (isn’t)

The Hilton____________________________________________________________________?
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4. Conjugate the verbs so that the following text makes sense(19)

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a. Has become h. ______________________ o. ______________________

b. ______________________
c. ______________________
d. ______________________
e. ______________________
f. ______________________
g. ______________________
i. ______________________
j. ______________________
k. ______________________
l. ______________________
m. ______________________
n. ______________________
p. ______________________
q. ______________________
r. ______________________
s. ______________________
t. ______________________

5. Complete this dialogue between two Londoners using words from the box(13):

Put off – search for - bossy – salary - reliable- resigned – stand - not worth –
can’t afford - pay back – loan – manipulative -comprehensive

A: Hello, how are things?

B: not so well. I’m phoning to tell you that we should ____________________ our holidays to Miami because I
___________________yesterday.
 A: How come? What happened?

B: I had an argument with one of the mangers of the company. He is so _________________ and
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A: oh. That’s a pity. It’s _________________________ working in places where you don’t feel well.
B: yeah, you’re right. The point is that I ______________________ to pay the trip with my __________________
because I don’t have one now, and don’t want to ask for a _______________________ because I don’t know if I’ll be
able to ________it _______.
A: besides, those people who give them are not ___________________. I don’t trust them. You may start
_______________________ a new job then. There will probably another chance to go on holidays together!
B: Ok, thanks for being so ___________________________! See you soon, bye
A: bye!

Listening

1. Listen to Jack and Mark talking about a new sports centre. Which sport can they do?
SOURCE: ket listening part 2 exam 3 (10)

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2. You will hear a radio programme about some historic places to visit. Type your answers
in the answer box. SOURCE: PET LISTENING PART 3 EXAM 3 (12)

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Full Name:
Date: Intermediate
Teacher: Final examination 2016

Writing
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• “I have never felt so glad to see him/her” Sentence to insert.
• The happiest moment of my entire life.
• Becoming an adult. Pros and cons
• A film you cannot miss! Magazine article.

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