The document contains a vocabulary and grammar test with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions. It tests understanding of word expressions, completes sentences and texts, finds grammar errors, rewrites sentences, and writes an apology email. The test has questions on topics like family relationships, friendship, and personality types.
The document contains a vocabulary and grammar test with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions. It tests understanding of word expressions, completes sentences and texts, finds grammar errors, rewrites sentences, and writes an apology email. The test has questions on topics like family relationships, friendship, and personality types.
The document contains a vocabulary and grammar test with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions. It tests understanding of word expressions, completes sentences and texts, finds grammar errors, rewrites sentences, and writes an apology email. The test has questions on topics like family relationships, friendship, and personality types.
The document contains a vocabulary and grammar test with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions. It tests understanding of word expressions, completes sentences and texts, finds grammar errors, rewrites sentences, and writes an apology email. The test has questions on topics like family relationships, friendship, and personality types.
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Vocabulary 1 Complete the sentences with an expression containing the word in brackets. 1 I want to lose weight, so I’m going to ________ ________ ________ cakes and biscuits. (cut) 2 Who do you ________ ________ ________ at weekends? (hang) 3 Jake ________ ________ ________ a fantastic idea for his dad’s 50th birthday. (came) 4 I lost touch with all my old school friends ________ ________. (after) 5 My ex-best friend really ________ ________ ________ over the trip we were going to make. (let) 6 The teachers asked us to ________ ________ ________ with the painting of the school. (hand) 7 My sister always ________ ________ ________ me if I have an argument with my brother. (stands) 8 Sally promised to ________ ________ ________ when she moved to another city. (touch) 9 The person I ________ ________ the most is my mother. (confide) 10 Our cousins ________ ________ ________ us because they think they’re better than we are. (look) Marks: __ /10
2 Complete the text.
The subject of family relationships is very close to my 1________ as I am the oldest of eleven brothers and sisters. I get 2________ better with some of them than I do with others, but I’m especially fond of the little ones because they 3________ up to me as their hero. Sometimes it isn’t easy to 4________ up with them because they’re on the 5 ________ all day. If they do something naughty, they usually get 6________ with it as there are so many of us. I guess I’ve got most 7________ common with my brother, Kyle, who’s next in line. We don’t often fall 8________, but when we do, we always make 9________ at once. Kyle is always there when I need a 10________ to cry on and I’m always there for him too. Marks: __ /10
Reading 3 Read the text and choose the correct answers. Message in a bottle Forty years ago, eight-year-old Sandra Morris was on a cruise ship travelling home to the USA from a holiday in Europe. During her journey, she threw an empty bottle containing a note over the side of the ship. Three months later, eight-year-old Rosalind Hearse was walking on a beach with her headmaster father when she spotted Sandra’s bottle in the sand. The two girls started writing to each other straight away, and have been in touch ever since. Yesterday the pair, both now 48, visited the spot at Morfa beach near Margam, South Wales, where Rosalind found the message. Rosalind says, ‘Our friendship grew through our letters as we shared amazingly parallel lives. We each have two children, a boy and girl, and our eldest were born
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just ten days apart.’ The pair’s children have also become firm friends after sharing a trip to Disneyland together.
1 The pair were … years old when their friendship started.
a forty b eight c forty-eight 2 Sandra had visited countries like … during her holiday. a Canada b Thailand c Germany 3 Rosalind’s father worked in a … a hospital. b school. c bank. 4 Rosalind and Sandra are now … years old. a nearly fifty b over fifty c nearly forty 5 Their children got to know each other … a at school. b at home. c on holiday. Marks: __ /5
4 Read the text again and answer the questions with a complete sentence. 1 How did Sandra send her note? ________________________________________________________ 2 How long did the bottle take to reach the shore? ________________________________________________________ 3 How long have the women been writing to each other? ________________________________________________________ 4 Where did Rosalind find the bottle? ________________________________________________________ 5 What have Rosalind and Sandra got in common? ________________________________________________________ Marks: __ /15
Grammar 5 Find the mistake in each line. Write the correction below. 1 Birth order is one of the more important factors in 2 personality development. The most old child can often 3 communicate best than later children, so they make 4 good leaders. In some cases, they are more aggressiver. 5 Middle children are less ambitious that first-borns, but 6 their need to fight more hard for attention makes them 7 very competitive. Last-borns are the less independent 8 of all. Parents are also least strict with them so they 9 tend to be lazy. The most youngest child is often very 10 charming as they learn quicklier how to get what they want.
6 Rewrite the sentences using the word in brackets. 1 That watch isn’t genuine. It’s very cheap. (if) ______________________________________, it wouldn’t be so cheap. 2 I haven’t got time to help you. (wish) ___________________________________________ time to help you. 3 Please don’t come home late tonight. (rather) ______________________________________ come home late tonight.
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4 I’m stressed. I don’t work from home. (if) ________________________________________ I worked from home. 5 You’re always shouting at me. (only) ___________________________________________________ at me. 6 We don’t get on. We haven’t got anything in common. (if) _________________________________ we had something in common. 7 We don’t want to go to that restaurant again. (rather) _______________________________________ to that restaurant again. 8 You don’t get up early. You never arrive on time. (if) _____________________________________, you would arrive on time. 9 They live near the sea. They go to the beach every day. (if) ___________________________________ near the sea, they wouldn’t go to the beach every day. 10 I work too hard. (wish) _________________________________________________ so hard. Marks: __ /10
Language skills 7 Complete the dialogue. Becky Have you ever fallen 1________ with a friend, Paula? Paula Yes, I have, but I’d 2________ not talk about it. Becky Why? What happened? Paula Oh, I suppose I can tell you. I used to 3________ out with a girl called Maria. We were quite good friends, but I get 4________ much better with you. Anyway, one day I confided 5________ her and she told my secret to the whole class. I was furious! Becky I’m not surprised! She really let you 6________! What did you do? Paula I told her that if I couldn’t trust her, I 7________ speak to her again, and that was the end of our friendship. Becky Didn’t she apologize and try to make 8________? Paula No, she didn’t. We lost 9________ when she changed schools. Becky So, what was this big secret? Paula I’m not going to tell you that! I 10________ you wouldn’t ask so many questions! Marks: __ /10
8 Complete the mini-dialogues.
Dialogue 1 A 1______________________________________________________? B If a friend let me down, I wouldn’t speak to them again. A 2______________________________________________________? B Yes, I would. If I moved house, I’d keep in touch with my friends by email. A 3______________________________________________________? B No, they wouldn’t. My parents wouldn’t let me study abroad. Dialogue 2 A Would you rather spend time with your family or with your friends? B 4______________________________________________________. I feel more comfortable with my brothers and sisters.
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A What would you like to change about your house? B 5______________________________________________________. I share my room with my sister and it isn’t big enough. Marks: __ /10
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Writing 9 Write an email to apologize for forgetting a friend’s birthday. Write about 110 words and organize your writing into three paragraphs: • Apologize, say how you feel and admit responsibility. • Explain what happened. • Say what will happen next and apologize again. Marks: __ /20 TOTAL: __ /100
