INTELLIGENT BUSINESS – Pre-Intermediate

FINAL EXAM 1

Name: _____________________________________
Date: _________________

GRAMMAR
I. Complete the sentences with the appropriate tense simple present or present
continuous. (6 points)

The girl in the painting is playing the guitar. (play)

1. Why _______ you ________________ sunglasses? It _______________! (wear, rain)
2. You can turn off the radio I _____________________ to it. (listen)
3. I _______________ to go the bank. I ___________________ any money. (need, not have)
4. Be careful! The baby ______________________ a pencil in his mouth. (put)
5. A: What _______ you _________________ here? (do, meet)
B: I __________________ Emma. Look there she is.
6. A: _______ you usually ________________ at weekends? (cook, eat)
B: No, we normally ___________________ out.

II. Choose the appropriate word to complete the sentence. (7 points)

There are any / no / some good restaurants, they´re a bit expensive.

1 Be careful on the road. There´s many / much / a lot of traffic at this time of day.

2 My flat has a nice view, but there isn´t some / no / much space.

3 There aren´t many / much / some young people in our apartment block.

4 I can´t go out tonight. I haven´t got any / some / many money.

5 The city´s mainly modern, but there are any / much / some old buildings.

6 We´re very lucky, there are a lot of / much / any parks where we live.

7 There aren´t much / some / any shops around here.

III. Complete the conversations with would, let, can, do, could and the words in parenthesis
to show offers or requests. (7 points)

1 A: Would you like me to call (me, call) the airline for you?
B: Yes please. ____________________________ (you, make) a reservation for me on the
10:00 a.m. flight?

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2 A: __________________________ (you, finish) the report today?
B: Yes, no problem.

3 A: ______________________________ (me, arrange) the meeting for you. Is Friday OK?

B: Yes, fine. And ________________________ (you, send) an e-mail to Bernie about it?

4 A: ________________________ (me, give) you a lift to the airport?

B: No, don´t worry. My taxi is here already. But ______________________ (you, call) the
board members and tell them that I am going to be a little late, please.

5 A: ______________________ (you, like) some milk with your coffee?

B: Yes, I´d love some.

VOCABULARY
I. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. (5 points)

1 A person or company that produces large amounts of goods is a ______.

a. manufacturer b. retailer c. buyer

2 He is one of the founders who _______ the business in 1985.

a. ran b. set up c. grounded

3 The internet allow people to _______ their lives from the computer.
a. purchase b. service c. manage

4 A database is used to _______ information.

a. conduct b. store c. check

5 It is _____ not to say ‘thank you’.

a. unpolite b. unfriendly c. unformal

II. Underline the odd one out. (5 points)

1 a. Often I am giving presentations in my job

b. Often I make presentations in my work.
c. I often give presentations in my job.

2 a. What does your company?

b. What kind of company do you work for?
c. Where is responsible to manage projects in your company?

3 a. How much hits does the website have in a week?

b. How many hits does the website has in a week?
c. How many hits does the website have in a week?

4 a. A: Can I sit here? B: You´re welcome.

b. A: Good evening, my name is John Forbes. B: You´re welcome.
c. A: Thank you very much. B: You´re welcome.

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5 a. A: May I smoke here? B: Not at all!
b. A: May I smoke here? B: Don´t worry!
c. A: May I smoke here? B: I´m afraid not.

READING
I. Read the email. Are the statements true (T), false (F) or not given (NG)? (10 points)

Hi Louise

I hope all’s well with you and the children. It’s been a long winter and I think everyone’s waiting
for the spring now. Are you going to plant lots of vegetables in the garden again this year? I’m
thinking about tomatoes and courgettes as they’re both easy to grow.

I know I only wrote to you last week, but I just have to tell you about the school reunion I went to
on Saturday. I think I told you that I got an invitation a couple of months ago. I left school twenty
years ago and haven’t kept in touch with anyone from my class, so I was very surprised to get the
invite. First I decided not to go, but then I thought it might be quite fun to see how everyone is
and how much people have changed. So I accepted and we all met up at a new Italian restaurant
in town.

I was the second person to arrive and I must tell you I didn’t recognise the woman who welcomed
me in! She was very attractive and slim. No wonder I didn’t know who she was because when we
were at school she used to be quite fat and shy and she didn’t use to join in. So that was the first
surprise and there were many more I can tell you!

My best friend at school was there (see attached photo) and it was really good to see her again. I
don’t know why we lost touch, but it was good to catch up with her. I hope we’ll stay in contact
now. Almost everyone is married or divorced with one or more children and it’s strange to think
of us all as adults now.

After an hour or so of talking to everyone (and there were a lot of us there – about thirty I would
say), we sat down for our meal and then of course we started talking about the old days at school
and we remembered teachers we loved and hated and all the naughty things we did. I don’t know
how our teachers coped with us because our class was quite bad!

At the end of the meal we all exchanged email addresses and promised to keep in touch and
organise another reunion for next year. Perhaps we should invite some of the teachers to join us
next time!

See you soon.

Love

Amy xx

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Amy wants to grow some vegetables this year. _T_

1 Amy’s last email to Louise was one week ago. _______

2 Amy often sees her friends from school. _______

3 She was happy to get the invitation. _______

4 Amy arrived first. _______

5 She easily recognised the first person she saw. _______

6 A lot of people were different. _______

7 She was very pleased to see her best friend. _______

8 She took some photos at the party. _______

9 They spoke about their teachers at the meal. _______

10 Amy thinks they were a difficult class. _______