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BASIC VI ENGLISH WRITTEN EXAM

FULL NAME: _______________________________________DATE: __/__/__

GRAMMAR

A. Complete the sentences with to and a verb from the box.

drink get go have meet play visit

Example: Do you want to go to the cinema?

1 ‘Hello, I’m Dan.’ ‘Nice __________ you.’
2 Clare learned __________ the piano when she was a child.
3 ‘I don’t have any money.’ ‘You need __________ a job!’
4 Jim decided __________ a party and invite all his friends.
5 ‘What would you like __________?’ ‘A glass of orange juice, please.’
6 I’d love __________ Australia one day.

B. Complete the dialogue by putting the verbs in brackets into the present perfect or the past
simple.
A Have you seen (you / see) this film before?
B No, I 1 __________.
haven’t What about you?
A I 2 __________
have seen (see) it last year at the cinema.
have met (meet) the main actor a few years ago.
B I 3 __________
A Wow! I 4 haven’t
__________
met (not / meet) anyone famous.
B It 5 __________
has been (be) before he was famous. He 6__________
hasn’t gone (go) to the same school as my brother, Mark.
Mark’s an actor, too.
A Really? 7__________
Has he been (he / be) on TV?
B No, he usually works in the theatre.

C. Underline the correct word(s).

Example: I don’t understand you. Please speak slow / slowly.
1 The exam was incredibly difficult / difficult incredibly.
2 Carl doesn’t have a very healthy / healthily diet.
3 They speak perfectly Spanish / Spanish perfectly.
 4 Pam plays the piano quite good / well.
5 Don’t walk home. It isn’t safe / safely here at night.
6 That’s a pretty / prettily dress. Is it new?
7 It’s snowing. Please drive real / really carefully.
8 They worked hard / hardly and passed the exam.

VOCABULARY

A. Complete the sentences with the correct word.

Example: Read the exam questions carefully.
politely carefully casually
1 He isn’t interested in fashion. He prefers to dress __________.
casually perfectly fashionably
2 ‘Is she a good dancer?’ ‘No, she dances really __________.’
well perfectly badly
3 He isn’t a very good driver – sometimes he drives __________.
carefully well dangerously
4 You sang that song __________. Well done!
beautifully fashionably really
5 I can’t understand you when you speak __________.
politely fast carefully
6 We can’t sleep because they play their music __________.
quietly dangerously loudly
7 He eats very __________ – he has fast food every day.
unhealthily hard noisily

B. Complete the sentences using the past participle of the verbs in the box.

win break drive spend make wear write leave

Example: Tim’s spent all his money.

1 I’ve __________ some sandwiches. Would you like one?
2 He’s __________ a new book. I read it last week.
3 Have you ever __________ a competition?
4 The classroom is empty. Everyone has __________.
 5 She hasn’t __________ any of the clothes she bought in Paris.
6 Oh no! You’ve __________ Mum’s favourite cup.
7 I’ve __________ in lots of different countries and I’ve never had an accident.

C. Find the odd word out.

Example: hall study sofa kitchen

1 cupboard lamp ceiling couch

2 sister daughter nephew aunt

3 journalist book magazine newspaper

4 tall tired hungry bored

5 nurse assist vet dentist

6 chef architect lawyer garage

PRONUNCIATION

A. Match the words with the same sound.

information log in network skype upload computer

Example: social upload

1 wifi __________
2 search __________
3 attachment __________
4 email __________
5 online __________

B. Match the words with the same sound.

happy many shower first say profession

Example: hour shower

1 earn __________
2 wait __________
3 friend __________
 4 home __________
5 station __________

READING

Read the interview and tick () A, B, or C.

Interview with Paul Mason

Last week Paul Mason, author of the novels Silence, Who did it? and Go Away, agreed to be
interviewed by one of our journalists.
Lifestyle & Experience
I live in New York with my second wife and our three children. I wasn’t always a writer. When I
left school I got a job in a library. In my free time I read murder novels, but one day I decided
to write one. I was lucky because people liked it. I earned a lot of money so I left my job at the
library and began to write all the time. I get up at 6 a.m., go to the gym for an hour, then go to
my office. I buy breakfast on the way and eat it while I check my emails. After I’ve answered
my emails I start writing. I can easily spend 9 or 10 hours writing.
Tastes
After work I have dinner with my family. Sometimes we go out to parties or to the theatre, but
most evenings I prefer to relax at home and listen to jazz or read. My favourite author is
Agatha Christie and at the moment I’m reading a book she wrote about her life. My cat usually
sits next to me while I read, and the rest of the family like to watch TV.
Places
One of my favourite places is Maine on the east coast. We have a small house near the
beach. It isn’t very far from Vermont, where we go skiing in the winter. In the summer, we
usually go to Venice where my wife’s family live. It’s probably the most beautiful city I’ve ever
seen. I stayed in Venice when I wrote my third book and that’s where I learned to speak Italian
and to play the guitar. I hope to buy a house there one day. Then I’d like to retire and learn to
paint.

A. Read the interview and tick () A, B, or C.

Example: Paul Mason talked to a journalist.

A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
1 Paul has been married before.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
2 He wrote his first novel when he was a student.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
3 He goes to a gym near his office.
 A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
4 He doesn’t check his emails in the morning.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
5 He doesn’t have any pets.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
6 He doesn’t like going to parties.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
7 He has another house in Maine.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 

B. Read the text again and answer the questions.

1 What are the titles of Paul’s books?
___________________________________________
The titles are: Silence, Who did it? and Go Away.
2 Where does he live?
He lives in New York.
___________________________________________
3 What did he do before he became a writer?
___________________________________________
He got a job in a library.
4 How does he relax at home?
He relaxes listening jazz and reading.
___________________________________________
5 Who is his favourite author?
His favourite author is Agatha Christie.
___________________________________________
6 Why does he go to Vermont?
He doesn’t go to Vermont. He goes to Maine on the east coast.
___________________________________________
7 What musical instrument can he play?
He can plays the guitar.
___________________________________________
8 Where does he want to buy a house?
He wants to buy a house in Venice.
___________________________________________

WRITING

What would you like to do? Answer the questions with complete sentences.
1 Do you want to change your job? Why?

He wants to buy a house in Venice.

_____________________________________________

2 Why are you learning English?

He wants to buy a house in Venice.

 _____________________________________________

3 Are there any other skills that you want / need to learn? Which ones?

He wants to buy a house in Venice.

_____________________________________________

4 Is there a sport that you would really like to try? What?

He wants to buy a house in Venice.

_____________________________________________

5 Do you want to move house? Why?

He wants to buy a house in Venice.

_____________________________________________

6 Would you like to live in another country? Which one?

He wants to buy a house in Venice.
_____________________________________________

7 Are you hoping to have a holiday soon? When?

He wants to buy a house in Venice.

_____________________________________________

8 Which country do you really want to visit? Why?

He wants to buy a house in Venice.

_____________________________________________

9 What are you planning to do at the weekend?

He wants to buy a house in Venice.

_____________________________________________

10 Is there anything in your life that you would like to change?

_____________________________________________
He wants to buy a house in Venice.