B1+ – Exam 1, Third Term

Name __________________________________________ Date __________________________

1. Complete with A, AN or THE if necessary. If no article is needed, use Ø
1. When Joe was _________ child, he went to _________ school in _________ Bristol.
2. Charlie is going to _________ UK this year.
3. We went to _________ cafe after _________ movie you told us about and had _________ coffee
4. My brother is _________ doctor in _________ hospital in Manchester.
5. I need _________ new shoes. _________ shoes I'm wearing have holes in them.
6. I don't know why they are building _________ hospital in the city centre.
7. Sally, Pete is on _________ telephone. He wants to ask you _________ question.
8. When Dan got home from school, he went into his room and put his bag on _________ floor.
9. I don't think people will ever live on _________ moon.
10. _________ Alps are one of _________ most beautiful mountain ranges in _________ Europe
11.Every Monday, our teacher gives us _________ MP3 player with all our listening for the week on it.
2. Choose the correct option from the ones given
1. Can you give me some advice / advices, please?
2. There was a huge number / amount of people at the party
3. The news is / are terrible!
4. There isn't much / many information about the indicent
5. Few / Little scientists understand this problem
6. I don't have many / much time. What do you need?
3. Rewrite the sentences using Reported Speech
‘I haven’t seen our teacher this morning.‘ she said
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‘It wasn’t me. I didn’t eat the last cake.’
Michael denied _______________________________________________________________________________
He asked me: 'Will they get here in time for dinner?’
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Pete: "Don't forget my book!"
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‘I spoke to them three weeks ago.’ Mr Hattis told us
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Tom asked Amelia ‘Do you want to go for a run?’
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4. Tick the correct sentences (3). Underline the mistakes in the other sentences and correct them.

1 I was wondering if you’d like to go to a concert on Saturday. ___________________________________________

2 Could you say me whether you have bought the concert tickets? ________________________________________

3 I’d be grateful whether you could tell us where the recording studio is. ____________________________________

4 I’d like to know why you did choose to learn the bass guitar. ____________________________________________

5 Do you know when the concert starts? _____________________________________________________________

6 I’d be interested in hearing if you went in for the music competition _______________________________________
5. Choose the correct word.
1 I dropped out of / off music classes. That was a big mistake as I now love music.
2 I don’t know if I should take away / on so much responsibility – can you help?
3 Many schools put up / on a concert at the end of the year.
4 There’s a special guest at tonight’s show but I’m not going to give away / up the secret and tell you who it is.
5 Our teacher talked about the composer and went on / up to explain which instruments were used.
6 We entered the contest but got knocked in / out in the third round.
7 Are you thinking of going in to / for the dancing competition?
8 Well, the new school year is coming up / over and we all have to choose an instrument to learn
6. Vocabulary
Evitar_______________________________ Casi nunca __________________________
Hacerlo lo mejor posible ___________________________ Asistir a clase __________________________
Biblioteca_________________________ Arreglar ____________________________
Sensato ___________________________ Sensible __________________________
Creíble _______________________________ A pesar de _____________________________
De vez en cuando_________________________________________ En vez de____________________
Lograr ________________________________________ Apañárselas sin _________________________
Aguantar _________________________ Superar ____________________
Responsabilidad _________________________ Alojamiento__________________________
Recompensa ______________________________ Ganarse la vida ______________________________
Estar harto de _____________________________ Fecha limite ___________________________
Dañino __________________________ Aburrido (NOT boring) _____________________
Hacer turismo _____________________________ Barrio residencial _________________________
Empleado ___________________________________ Para nada ________________________________
Decepcionar (phrasal V) _______________________________ Asequible _______________________________
Instalaciones _____________________________ Facturas _________________________________
Exigente _____________________________________ Juegos de mesa ______________________________
Presupuesto ________________________________ Culpar ___________________________________
Get rid of ________________________________ Moratón _________________________________
Comida basura _____________________________ Marisco __________________________________
Formación ______________________________ Sabiduría ________________________________
Dudar _______________________________ Enfadarse ___________________________________
Reconciliarse ________________________________ Enseguida ___________________________________
Partner _____________________ , ________________________ , _____________________
Menospreciar _______________________________ Admirar (NOT admire) __________________________
Disculparse _________________________________ Comportarse ________________________________
En lo que a mi respecta ______________________________________ Fuerza ________________________
Terremoto __________________________________ De memoria _______________________________
Prestar (NOT lend) ________________________ Presumir __________________________________
Contable ______________________________ Donar / regalar ______________________________
Pan comido ___________________________________ Argumento _________________________________