Name_______________________________________ Class______________________________

Language and Skills Test 1A Units 1-2

1 Circle the correct words.
0 Fasten your seatbelt. The plane is about to take off / on / up.
1 He loves going out and having fun. He’s a real party taker / person / goer.
2 We are going to set off / up / away on our journey at 6 a.m.
3 I decided to take up / on / off judo for self-defence.
4 I’m sorry. We seem to have started out on the bad / wrong / false foot.
5 You’re a thrill taker / lover / seeker. Let’s go whitewater rafting.
6 She’s always talking. She’s a real wimp / chatterbox / daredevil.
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2 Circle the correct answers.
I 0_____ three people for the job of sailing instructor. The one I was most impressed by was
Sam Jenkins. He 1_____ as a good communicator, able to 2_____ a conversation and
friendship with anyone but also able to gain 3_____ by his firm but friendly manner. He
admitted that he 4_____ on a yacht before but he has done a lot of other training and has got
his sailing instructors certificate as well as a lot of swimming and life saving awards. He
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_____ at the moment but, by the time our summer school starts, he 6_____ what he is doing
and be available.
0 a) interviewed b) have interviewed c) had interviewed d) have been interviewing
1 a) gave away b) took on c) came across d) held back
2 a) start off b) set off c) burst out d) strike up
3 a) respect b) respectful c) respected d) respectfully
4 a) has never worked b) never worked c) had never worked d) never works
5 a) has been working b) is working c) works d) has worked
6 a) will finish b) will be finishing c) will have finished d) is finishing

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3 Complete the text with a, an, the or – in each gap.

The future of English is 0__a__ subject which fascinates many people. 1__________
influence of American English is of obvious importance. 2__________ texting and emails are
becoming more and more influential in how we write messages and individual words.
There is also 3__________ increasing importance of Chinese. Will 4__________ fact that
there will soon be more Chinese speaking internet users than English speaking ones make
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__________ difference to 6__________ position of English as the world’s number one
language?
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