Unit 8 Short Test 1A

Grammar
1 Report the underlined sentences in the dialogues.
1
Claire You have a really nice new laptop, Barry.
Barry Thanks. 2I’ve had it since Christmas. 3It’s a very good laptop.
Claire told Barry that 1_________________________________________________________________________.
Barry told her 2_______________________________________________________________________________.
And he said 3________________________________________________________________________________.

4
Jenny I’m going to Barcelona with some friends next weekend.
Rosie Cool. 5You must post some photos of Barcelona on Facebook.
Jenny told Rosie 4____________________________________________________________________________.
Rosie said 5_________________________________________________________________________________.

Mark: ___ / 5
Mark: ____ / / 5
2 Report the statements.
1 ‘We’re going to have a party at the youth club next month.’
Bronwyn said ____________________________________________________________________________.
2 ‘My best friend is having a baby soon.’
Joan said _______________________________________________________________________________.
3 ‘I dropped three plates yesterday and broke them all.’
Alec told me _____________________________________________________________________________.
4 ‘We’ll call you back and let you know tomorrow.’
They told us _____________________________________________________________________________.
5 ‘I can’t help you with your essay now.’
The teacher told Mary ______________________________________________________________________.
Mark: ___ / 5
Mark: ____ / / 5
Vocabulary
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below.
leave listen to put recharge top up

1 Sarah was embarrassed when she realised that we had _______________ her on loudspeaker and everyone could
hear what she was saying.
2 I wanted to speak to my mum. She wasn’t in, so I _______________ her a message.
3 I need to ________________ the credit on my mobile, so I can’t speak for long.
4 Paddy didn’t find anywhere to _______________ his phone when they were camping, so he couldn’t use it.
5 My brother never _______________ his voicemail messages, so I don’t leave him any.
Mark: ___ / 5
Mark: ____ / / 5

Solutions Gold Intermediate Tests 1 Unit 8 Short Test 1A

4 Match 1–5 with A–E to make sentences.
1 I tried to get festival tickets, but the phone lines were so busy that we couldn't £
2 My brother couldn’t call me back because he had £
3 This line is really bad, so could you £
4 I didn’t hear what she said because we were £
5 I need to speak to Sonia. When she comes home, can she £

A call me back?
B suddenly cut off.
C get through.
D run out of credit again.
E speak up?
Mark: ___ / 5
Mark: ____ / / 5
Total: ___ / 20
Total: ____ / / / 20

Solutions Gold Intermediate Tests 2 Unit 8 Short Test 1A