TEST

LISTENING

TRAVEL MATTERS
Listen to a podcast about Barack Obama’s most memorable travel
experience. Tick the correct sentences according to what you hear.

1. a. Barack Obama thinks travel is not that important. ____

b. Barack Obama thinks that knowing different places, cultures and ideas is very important.
____

2. a. He stayed in Kenya for a month and then he went to Europe. ____

b. He travelled to Europe and then he went to Kenya. ____

3. a. He first travelled to Kenya when he was in his mid-20s. ____

b. He first travelled to Kenya in August 2020. ____

4. a. He went to Europe alone, and he used to eat the same thing every day. ____
b. He went to Europe with a Spanish friend, and they tried different dishes. ____

5. a. His fellow traveller on the bus couldn’t speak English. ____

b. His fellow traveller on the bus spoke English fluently. ____

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190425-barack-obama-on-why-travel-matters (abridged and adapted)

VOCABULARY

Complete the paragraph with the missing words. The first letter of each word has been
given.
Fred went to Manchester yesterday. He 1
travelled_____ by plane. He arrived at the
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airport______, and he went to the 3check-in_____ desk to show his 4ticket_____. After that, as
he had some time before 5boarding________, he decided to do some shopping at the duty-free
6
shop______. Time went by quickly, and he soon had to get on the plane and show his
boarding 7pass___. He arrived in Manchester after a smooth flight. He didn’t have to go to
8
baggage______ reclaim to pick up his luggage because he was only taking hand

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luggage_________ with him. He left the airport and went to the hotel__________ he had
booked online, located right in the heart of the city.

READING

A. Read the text carefully.

Returning Home Sooner Than Expected

I taught English in Thailand through Greenheart for a
year and a half. Although my last contract with my
school ended in early March of this year, I had plans
to travel around Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia
before returning home in June. When the virus
started spreading internationally, these plans
changed, fast.

I woke up at 3 am one night in mid-March to an incoming video call from my mother. “Marlie you
need to come home,” she was crying. “Nothing like this has ever happened before. They’re
shutting down airports, they’re canceling flights, cases are skyrocketing, and the entire country
is entering lockdown. You NEED to come home. When this gets worse, how can I protect you
from across the globe?”

I booked a flight home that next day for 2 days later. I packed up my entire house, said goodbye
to as many friends as I could, and kissed my precious Thai life away in only 48 hours. There
were close friends I didn’t get to say goodbye to, and flight and hotel cancelations I didn’t get
money back for. I was heartbroken. Why did my experience have to end this way?

Something I do when I’m missing Thailand is watching Thai movies on Netflix, listen to Thai
music, or try a new Thai recipe from Pinterest. Living abroad changes you and I am sure you
have learned so much while being away. You don’t have to lose touch with those parts of
yourself just because you’re home now! Try to find small ways to keep your “abroad self” alive.
A few other ideas include using the free Duolingo app to keep up with new language skills or
reading travel memoirs to keep the adventurous spirit in you alive.

https://greenhearttravel.org/blog/teach-abroad-thailand/returning-home-after-living-abroad (AmE; abridged and adapted)

B. Answer the following questions on the text.

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 1. What was Marlie doing in Thailand?
____________________________________________________________________________
2. What was she planning to do before returning home in June?
____________________________________________________________________________
3. Why did she have to change her plans and return home sooner than she had expected?
____________________________________________________________________________
4. Why was she heartbroken?
____________________________________________________________________________
5. What does she do when she is missing Thailand?
____________________________________________________________________________

GRAMMAR
A. Circle the right option.
1. ‘John, are you watching / do you watch TV?’ ‘No, I’m playing / I play Fortnite.’
2. Marion spent / spended her last summer holiday in the country, but she didn’t enjoy / didn’t
enjoyed it very much.
3. ‘Have you seen my / mine mobile phone?’ ‘Yes, it / he is right over there, on the table.’
4. Kate and Peter were watching / was watching Glee when / while their friends arrived.
6. ‘There isn’t many / much milk in the fridge. We should buy a few / a little milk cartons.’
7. Alan went / has gone to the shopping centre three hours ago, but he hasn’t come back
already / yet.
8. ‘Let me turn off / turn on the computer. I mustn’t / must check my email.’
9. ‘I can’t watch TV now. I am going to do / will do some research work for the history project.’
‘Don’t worry. I am going to help / will help you.’
10. ‘Have you read anything / nothing about the new Netflix series?’ ‘Actually, I’ve heard
anything / something about it. It seems it tells the story of a teen going to a new school.’

b. Complete the sentences with the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets (present simple
present continuous, past simple or past continuous, future).
1. Peter is at home. He _________________ (not study). He _________________ (eat) a
piece of Aunt May’s cherry pie.
2. Peter always _________________ (go) to school early.
3. MJ _________________ (watch) a news report about Super-Man when Peter
_________________ (arrive).
4. Tom Holland _________________ (go) to Iceland next month.

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c. Complete the sentences using the correct tense of the given verbs (Present Simple, Present
Continuous, Past Simple, Past Continuous).
a) I usually ______________ my grandparents in the summer. (visit)
b) Daniel ______________ to Paris at the moment. (travel)
c) Yesterday I ___________ to the cinema and I _________ “Matrix, the Next Step”. (go / watch)
d) When Susan ______________, Paul ______________ pizza. (arrive / eat)
e) My friends ___________ going to the beach. They _________ the mountain. (not like / prefer)
f) Barbara ______________ Spanish because she __________ to live in Bilbao. (learn / want)
g) I ______________ my umbrella because it ______________ when I ______________ the house.
(bring / rain/ leave)