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GRAMMAR 16 Which singer _____ the competition?

A  did win  ■  B  was won  ■  C won ■
Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
17 You won’t forget to lock the door, _____ you?
Example: _____ you go for a meal last night? A do ■  B will ■  C won’t ■
A Do ■  B Did ■ ✓   C Does ■
18 I really _____ you can come to my party.
1 Why _____ to come to the concert? A  do hope  ■  B  did hope  ■  C  can hope  ■
A  don’t you want  ■  B  you don’t want  ■  19 The _____ it costs, the fewer people will buy it.
C  you not want  ■ A amount ■  B more ■  C better ■
2 Can you remember when _____? A I finished the test in five minutes.
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A  starts the film  ■  B  does the film start  ■  B _____ you really?!
C  the film starts  ■
A Did ■  B Do ■  C Have ■
3 _____ all the orange juice?
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A  Who did drink  ■  B  Which drink  ■ 
C  Who drank  ■
VOCABULARY
4 Could you tell us what time _____?
A  the bank opens  ■  B  opens the bank  ■  a Tick (✓) the correct adjective, A, B, or C.
C  does the bank open  ■ Example: a person who is fairly relaxed
5 I don’t like jazz, but my sister _____. A open-minded ■  B easy-going ■✓ 
A does ■  B is ■  C likes ■ C absent-minded ■
6 A We didn’t think the food was very good. 1 someone who doesn’t go to emotional extremes
B _____ did we. A bad-tempered ■  B tight-fisted ■ 
A So ■  B Neither ■  C No ■ C well-balanced ■
7 A Sally got the job she wanted. 2 the kind of person who gets angry easily
B _____ she? That’s fantastic. A easy-going ■  B bad-tempered ■ 
A Do ■  B Have ■  C Did ■ C strong-willed ■
8 _____? He sounds American. 3 a person who is arrogant about their own abilities
A  From where comes he?  ■  A big-headed ■  B self-confident ■ 
B  Where does he come from?  ■  C well-balanced ■
C  From where does he come?  ■ 4 someone who expresses on opinion to you and then
9 I wonder how long _____? the opposite to other people
A  will the talk last  ■  B  does the talk last  ■  A open-minded ■  B well-balanced ■ 
C  the talk will last  ■ C two-faced ■
10 Does anyone know where _____? 5 someone who doesn’t like spending money and tries
A  Mike works  ■  B  does Mike work  ■  to avoid it
C  Mike does work  ■ A strong-willed ■  B tight-fisted ■ 
11 Your dad can play the piano, _____ he? C bad-tempered ■
A can ■  B can’t ■  C doesn’t ■ 6 someone who often forgets things
12 The _____ you finish this job, the sooner you can leave. A easy-going ■  B absent-minded ■ 
A quick ■  B  more quickly  ■  C quicker ■ C laid-back ■
A Do you think Jack is going to come?
13 7 someone who has a limited way of thinking about
B Yes, I _____. He promised he would. things
A am ■  B do ■  C think ■ A strong-willed ■  B absent-minded ■ 
C narrow-minded ■
14 Rob works as a waiter, _____ he?
A isn’t ■  B doesn’t ■  C is ■ 8 someone who thinks only about their own needs,
not other people’s
A You forgot to text me Andy’s phone number
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A self-confident ■  B self-centred ■ 
yesterday.
C big-headed ■
B That’s not true, I _____ it! I remember perfectly.
A  did send  ■  B  didn’t send  ■ 
C  was sending  ■

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b Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences. PRONUNCIATION

Example: Frank never remembers things. He’s _____ a Which word has a different sound? Tick (✓) A, B,
absent-minded. or C.
A bit ■  B extremely ■ ✓   C quite ■
Example: A cough  ■ B cheerful  ■
✓ 
9 My boss is always interested in new ideas – he’s C stomach  ■
_____ open-minded.
1 A illegible  ■  B bandage  ■  C colleague  ■
A  a bit  ■  B quite ■  C very ■
2 A succeed  ■  B accurate  ■  C accent  ■
10 Will is _____ laid-back. Nothing can make him
angry. 3 A bizarre  ■  B signature  ■  C sign  ■
A  a bit  ■  B incredibly ■  C quite ■ 4 A explanation  ■  B furniture  ■ 
11 Ed is _____ big-headed – he thinks he’s brilliant at C fortune  ■
everything he does. 5 A outskirts  ■  B disheartened  ■ 
A  a bit  ■  B extremely ■  C pretty ■ C  earliest  ■
12 He’s _____ easy-going so he’ll probably agree with b Which is the correctly stressed syllable? Tick (✓)
your plan. A, B, or C.
A rather ■  B  a bit  ■  C very ■
Example: A possessive  ■  B possessive  ■
✓ 
13 Ann never ever thinks about other people’s feelings. C possessive  ■
She’s _____ self-centred.
A rather ■  B incredibly ■  C  a bit  ■ 6 A personality  ■  B personality  ■ 
C personality  ■
14 Peter doesn’t get angry ever – he’s _____
good-tempered. 7 A pioneer  ■  B pioneer  ■  C pioneer  ■
A extremely ■  B rather ■  C  a bit  ■ 8 A signature  ■  B signature  ■ 
C signature  ■
c Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences. 9 A incredibly  ■  B incredibly  ■ 
Example: When I have too much work to do, I get C incredibly  ■
_____. 10 A furniture  ■  B furniture  ■ 
A flapped ■  B flustered ■ ✓  C furniture  ■
C crushed ■ 10
15 There were over a hundred _____ for the job.
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50
A applicants ■  B interviewers ■ 
C headhunters ■
16 If someone asks you a difficult question, you have to
think on your _____.
A head ■  B toes ■  C feet ■
17 I think she’s the best _____ for the job.
A candidate ■  B applicant ■ 
C job-seeker ■
18 The interviewer asked some strange questions
– some of them were _____!
A boring ■  B self-confident ■ 
C bizarre ■
19 Someone from a _____ agency phoned today and
offered me a better job.
A headhunter ■  B recruitment ■ 
C job-seeker ■
20 You need to be self-confident _____ arrogant.
A  rather than  ■  B  as well as  ■ 
C  less than  ■
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