Name

Date
45\__

1. Fill the gasps

1. The police caught two v______________ damaging the school property.
2. When I couldn’t find my mobile phone, I realised there was a t____________ in the office.
3. An a________________started the fire at the shopping centre.
4. The m_______________ snatched the woman’s handbag when she was walking across the platform.
5. The woman caught the b ______________ as he was climbing in through the window
6. This shop sells medicines and beauty products. c________________
7. If you have problems with your eyes and need to buy glasses, you go to this place. o________________
8. You go to this place if you want to buy stamps or send a parcel. p________________ o________________
9. I can't believe we're going c__________ this weekend! Have you got a backpack now?
10. We can go there to do some sightseeing and buy some s________________ .
11. Fantasy films are very i_________________ but they are also unrealistic
12. I like action films like the James Bond films because they usually have a strong p________
13. Loch Ness in Scotland is a very d________ lake – it’s over 226 m from the surface to the bottom
14. When Mount Vesuvius – the v_____________ – erupted in 79 AD , it destroyed the towns of Pompeii and
Herculaneum.
15. Tower Bridge across the R______________ Thames in London is a famous tourist attraction.

2 Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech.

1 Reporter: ‘Cybercrime is becoming a big problem in our country.’
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2 Victim (she): ‘I can’t leave the flat now because the building is on fire!’
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3 Police officer: ‘We have already launched an investigation.’
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4 Prison warden: ‘A dangerous criminal escaped from prison yesterday.’
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5 Eyewitness (he): ‘I don’t feel safe walking around here at night.’
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6 Shoplifter (he): ‘I will never steal from the local supermarket again.’
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7 Victim: ‘The police need to do more to prevent crime in the area.’
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5. Listen to 5 speeches and connect with correct speakers.
There is one extra

1. The speaker talks about a present he/she has received. _______

2. The speaker talks about his /her favourite artist. _______
3. The speaker talks about a lecture he/she attended. _______
4. The speaker talks about his/her attitude to art. _______
5. The speaker talks about an exhibition he/she visited. _______
6. The speaker talks about his/her current hobby. _______
3 Rewrite the sentences in the passive. Do not include the agent.
8 Companies make boxes out of cardboard because it’s a cheap material.
Boxes .
9 Builders won’t use concrete as much in the future.
Concrete .
10 A company called Dupont developed nylon in the 1930s.
Nylon .
11 The builders have broken the glass window.
The glass window .
12 People will recycle plastic more in the future.
Plastic .
13 Someone discovered rubber many years ago in South America.
Rubber .
14 People burn wood to heat buildings.
Wood .

4 Read the dialogue and find ten mistakes (an unnecessary word, a word
missing or an incorrect word). Circle the mistakes and write the corrections.
1
Jo Hi. I bought this smartphone from here but there’s something problem with it. ____________
2
Assistant I’m sorry to hear that. When did you bought it? ____________
Jo Yesterday. From someone called Tony.
3
Assistant OK. And what’s wrong of it? ____________
Jo It keeps switching itself on and off.
Assistant I see. We can repair it if you like.
4
Jo Can I to exchange it, please? It’s the second time this has happened. ____________
Assistant I’m afraid we can’t exchange that model of phone.
5
Jo Can I look to the manager please? ____________
6
Assistant She’s at lunch at the moment. Have you got the bill? ____________
Jo Yes, I paid in cash. Here it is.
7
Assistant Thank you. We can give you a receipt or a credit note. But I’m afraid we ____________ can’t
give you another phone as the other models are more expensive.
8
Jo Well, I’m not being happy about that. I keep having problems with phones ____________ from this shop
and it’s really inconvenient to keep coming back.
9
Assistant I’m terribly sorry, but there’s something more I can do. ____________
10
Jo I’m going to write to manager services. This just isn’t good enough. ____________