Open Mind

UNIT 1: Skills test pre-intermediate

Listening Writing
Listen to Sara and Aidan. Choose true (T) Write a short story starting with one of
or false (F). sentences below:
• When Tom was 10 years old…
0 Aidan and Sara saw each other last year. T/F
• It was a hot sunny day…
1 Aidan lived with a cousin in Mexico. T/F
• I was walking down the street when…
2 Aidan worked in Mexico. T/F

3 Aidan thought his time in Mexico was awful. T/F

4 Sara enjoyed her job at the restaurant. T/F

5 Sara didn’t like her boss at the restaurant. T/F

Reading
Read the text and look at the pronouns in
bold. What happened in 1994?

(0) It was an amazing year. Nelson Mandela was

elected president in the South African elections.
(1) They were the first multi-racial elections in (2) that
country. That year the Channel Tunnel opened. It was
now possible to use (3) it to drive between France and
England. Also, in 1994, the Brazilians won the football
World Cup. (4) They also won (5) it in 1958, 1962,
1970 and 2002.

Who or what does each pronoun refer to?

Write the word or words below.
0 It: 1994

1 They:
2 that:
3 it:
4 They:
5 it:

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