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LANGUAGE AND SKILLS TEST 1 A UNITS 1–2

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1 Complete the sentences with the correct adjective of personality from the /4
box.

polite / helpful / modest / tolerant / quiet / lazy / proud / rude / selfish

0 He’s very clever but he’s very modest about it. He never says he’s better than us.

1 Don’t laugh at people. It’s very . _________

2 Mark is very _________ He cooks, goes shopping and looks after his grandmother.

3 My son is doing very well at work. I’m so _________ of him.

4 Give some of your sweets to your friends. Come on, don’t be so ____________

5 You never do any work. You’re really ___________.

6 He doesn’t say much. He’s not shy, he’s just . ___________

7 My mum is very . ____________ She likes all my friends, it’s not important what they look
like.

8 I like Nicola. She’s very ___________, she always says ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.

2 Complete the sentences with one word in each gap. You can see the first /6
letter of each word.

0 The next train to London leaves from platform 7.

1 Here’s the tent. Have you got your s______________ b_________ ?

2 We’re travelling by p _________ The flight is at seven o’clock.

3 My mum takes hours to p_________ her bags.

4 I love s _______________. I take my camera and my guidebook and go to see everything.

5 This is a good c _____________ There are warm showers, a shop and lots of room for the
tent.

6 This y_________ h _________ is much cheaper than a hotel.

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3 Complete the text with one word in each gap. /8

I’m going on holiday 0 to Prague next week. 1_________ you know Prague? I’m going by coach. I
leave 2_________ stop number 4 at the coach station in London 3_________ ten o’clock on
Saturday morning. It takes twenty-four hours but I’ve got a good book of short 4___________ to
read. In Prague, I’m going to visit all the museums and the castle. I’m 5_________ going to use
taxis or buses, I’m going to do it all 6____________ foot. I’m going to stay in a guest
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____________ near the centre. Look, here it is in this brochure: Accommodation 8 Prague.

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. /6

0 Next year I (work) ’m going to work harder.

1 He can’t hear you because he (listen) _____________ to heavy metal on his Walkman.

2 My father (not understand) ____________ how to use my computer.

3 My mother never (agree) ____________ with me about clothes.

4 They never (do) ____________ their homework on time.

5 I’m so excited. I (fly) _____________ to Spain tomorrow.

6 That’s my last camping holiday. Next year I (stay) ______________ in a hotel.

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5 Underline the correct answers: a, b or c. /6
I 0_______________ in a very multi cultural part of England. It’s a very interesting place. I often
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_______________ in the little streets behind the station. They’re full of little shops and
restaurants. My friends and I 2 _______________ here every Friday. This week we
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_______________ to a new restaurant. I 4 _______________ Thai chicken – I always do. One
day I 5 _______________ how to cook Thai food. 6 _______________ how to cook Thai food?

0 a am living

b living

c live

1 a am walking

b walk

c am going to walk

2 a are going to eat

b are eating

c eat

3 a are going

b go

c is going

4 a am going to have

b am having

c have

5 a learn

b am learning

c am going to learn

6 a Do you know

b Are you know

c Are you knowing

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LISTENING SKILLS
Track 2

1 Listen to Brian and Sandra discussing three employees. Tick true and cross /7
false.

1 Brian tells Sandra who to offer a full-time job to. 

2 Sandra thinks that all three of them are good workers. 

3 Charles is lazy. 

4 Carole needs a lot of help. 

5 Sandra can do Carole’s work. 

6 David is very talkative. 

7 Sandra wants to keep Charles. 

READING SKILLS
1 Read the three adverts. Match the texts (A-C) to the questions (1-7). /7

Which advert

1 talks about things you can eat? 

2 doesn’t write about a boat trip? 

3 says you are going to travel at night? 

4 says you spend a week in one place? 

5 says that you are not going to sleep in a bed? 

6 offers four different kinds of transport? 

7 says you can climb a high building? 

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A Magical Egypt
We fly from London to Cairo. For the first three nights, we stay in Cairo. You’re going to love the old
city streets, the markets and the local foods. You can visit the Pyramids and ride a camel if you want!
On the second night, there’s going to be a surprise party so bring some smart clothes. We then travel
from Cairo to Luxor by train. We take the night train and arrive in Luxor early in the morning. After
breakfast, there is a tour of local temples. From Luxor, we travel by boat for three days to Aswan. We
have three more nights in Aswan, visiting temples, and we go on a coach trip to the amazing Abu
Simbel. From Aswan, we fly back to Cairo and from there to London.

B African adventure
This is our newest tour so it’s going to be exciting for all of us. We fly to Johannesburg in South
Africa and then we are going to drive through Africa for two months and fly home from Nairobi in
Kenya. We’re going to camp so you need to bring a sleeping bag. On the journey, we hope to see the
Victoria Falls, the Kalahari Desert, Mount Kilimanjaro and, of course, the national parks where we
can see wonderful, wild animals. Don’t worry, we’re not going to camp anywhere dangerous! We are
also going to have three nights on the exciting island of Zanzibar.

C Coast to coast
Our most popular tour is our coach tour to the USA. We fly to New York on October 6th and you
have a week there for sightseeing. There are tours to the Statue of Liberty and you can see Central
Park, shop on Fifth Avenue or look at the views from the top of the Empire State Building. We also
go for the famous ‘circle line’ boat ride around Manhattan Island – a great chance to take
photographs. After New York, we get on our special coach and travel all over the country, from
Miami to San Francisco. Don’t worry, you’re not going to sleep on the coach! We stop at motels and
have lots of time for sightseeing.

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COMMUNICATION
1 Complete the dialogue using the correct question form. /6
A Good afternoon. I’d like to find out some information about trains.

B Certainly, sir. What would you like to know?

A Could you tell me 0 how often trains go to London?

B The trains to London go every hour.

A Every hour. I see. Could you tell me

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B The first train departs at 5.30 in the morning.

A Right. Could you tell me 2 ______________________________________?

B The ticket costs £10.50 one way or £15 return.

A Fifteen pounds. I see. Could you tell me

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______________________________________________________ ?

B The next train leaves at quarter past ten.

A Could I have a return ticket, please?

B Certainly sir, here you are.

A Thank you … Excuse me. Could you tell me

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B The train to London leaves from platform 6.

A Thank you …er, could you tell me

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______________________________ ?

B Just over there, sir.

A Ah yes. Thank you … Could you tell me

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______________________________ ?

B It’s six o’clock now.

Score / 50

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