SPEAKOUT PREINTERMEDIATE.

UNITS 1 – 2 EXAM
LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
Name: _______________________________ Date______________

Each question is worth 10 points

1. Rewrite the text in the past simple.

Sam meets Sally in a café. They get on really well. They decide to go to a restaurant for dinner. Sam has
the fish and Sally has the pasta. They don’t finish their desserts. They leave. Unfortunately, Sam falls ill
during the night. He doesn’t call Sally the next day …

2. Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences.

a) She emailled last week.
b) How much people were there?
c) Nice day, is it?
d) They marryed last year.
e) What time did you left ?
f) They didn’t began on time.
g) What of these do you want?
h) How age is she?
i) What you do?
j) We didn’t had enough time.

3. Match statements and questions 1–6 with responses a)–f).

1 Did you have a good weekend? a) Right in the centre of town, opposite the old
2 This is my brother, Tom. museum.
3 Nice to meet you. b) I’m in advertising.
4 So, where exactly do you live? c) Nice to meet you, Tom.
5 Let’s keep in touch. d) Nice to meet you, too.
6 What do you do? e) Yes, I’ll email you next week.
f) Yes, brilliant, thanks.

4. Put the words in the correct order to make a conversation.

A: Sam / working / at / the moment / not / is
B: looking / job / a / for / he / is?
A: find / to / in / trying / is / he / work / travel industry / the / yes,
B: speaks / languages / three / he
A: likes / with / dealing / he / people / difficult
B: he / does / well / work / under pressure?
A: great / deadlines / isn’t / he / with
B: colleagues / his / do / well / get on / him / with?
A: popular / is / he / very / a / his / member / of /team / yes,
B: looking / am / I / for / assistant / him / ask / so /call / me / to / an

5. Put the conversation in the correct order.

a) Hi, Bella. How are things?
b) Wow! Congratulations! I like fashion too, but I’m not keen on the long working hours.
c) Yes, let’s.
d) It is. It’s in the fashion industry, and I absolutely love fashion.
e) Great actually. I’ve got a new job.
f) Yes, I’m not keen on sitting at a desk all day either. Let’s go out and celebrate!
g) Really? That sounds exciting!
h) Thanks! I don’t mind doing the long hours for a job I love. I can’t stand office jobs.

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 6. Read the personal profiles and write the job for each person.
JOBS: accountant – chef -- personal trainer – foreign correspondent
TOM
My dream job is one that pays me a good salary! I don’t mind working under pressure. In fact, I’m
motivated by deadlines and I like being busy all the time. I don’t mind sitting at a desk all day. I like
working alone and I prefer dealing with numbers than dealing with people. I’m happy to work long hours
as long as I get long holidays, too!
JACK
My dream job is one where I can use my imagination and get my hands dirty. I absolutely love making
delicious dishes that look beautiful and that people enjoy eating. I can’t stand the idea of sitting in an
office all day. It’s so boring! I love working in a team but I prefer being in charge. I absolutely love
working under pressure and seeing fast results.
SOPHIE
My dream job is one where I get to go to lots of interesting places, especially places you don’t normally
visit on holiday. I’m not keen on doing the same things every day so I want a job
with lots of variety and I don’t mind if it’s not 9–5. I don’t mind taking risks or even risking my life as
long as I’m doing something worthwhile.
LIZZIE
My dream job is one that pays me to do something I absolutely love – exercise! I’m not keen on a 9 –5
job in an office – I prefer the idea of working flexible hours. I can’t stand sitting around all day and I
prefer the idea of working in different places – inside and outside. I’m motivated by helping other people
achieve their goals and I love seeing the difference I can make.

7. Read the personal profi les again. Who talks about the following: Tom (T), Jack (J), Sophie
(S) or Lizzie (L)?
1 earning a lot of money 5 doing something active
2 working with people 6 being creative
3 travelling for work 7 being happy to work in an office
4 a dangerous job 8 changing people’s lives

8. Find words in the texts that match the definitions 1–8

1 the time you have to finish something by (Tom)
2 working hard with lots of things to do (Tom)
3 very tasty (Jack)
4 plates of food (Jack)
5 being the boss (Jack)
6 lots of different things (Sophie)
7 important or useful (Sophie)
8 aims, something you want to achieve in the future (Lizzie)

9. Write about an important year in your life. Why was it important? What happened? Give
details and say what was the best thing about the year At least 100 words. Use linkers

10. Put the words in the box in the correct place.

Topic – advice – rude – habit – unexpected – voluntary – curious – luckily – disaster – Satisfaction –
happiness – opportunity – romantic – relationship – immediately

Noun Adjective Adverb

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