Starter B / Final exam
Listening
1 Track 14 Listen and tick the correct answer, a), b) or c).
1 Why was the woman in China?
work holiday family
a) b) c)
2 Adam’s wife wants him to travel by …
taxi bus underground
a) b) c)
3 What did Selma do on her holiday?
camp meet people walk
a) b) c)
4 Fiona’s going to get … soon.
fit a new job a monthly pass
a) b) c)
5 What did Alice do with the gift from Ricardo?
change it break it lose it
a) b) c)
6 What can’t the man do?
play the drums play the guitar sing
a) b) c)
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Grammar and vocabulary
2 Complete the sentences with the correct phrases.
There isn’t There aren’t There’s Are there There are Is there
1 There isn’t a clock in this room.
2 any good shops near here?
3 three computers in the classroom.
4 My friend isn’t very well. a doctor here?
5 a picture of my house in that book.
6 any buses tonight. The weather’s bad.
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3 Underline the correct options.
1 I there last year.
a) go b) went
2 Where ________ he?
a) were b) was
3 How _________?
a) was the film b) the film was
4 Did he ___ here?
a) walk b) walked
5 Who ______ at the party?
a) were b) was
6 What did you _____ ?
a) took b) take
7 I didn’t ____ you on the beach.
a) see b) saw
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4 Rewrite the sentences in the past tense.
1 I work in a shop.
I worked in a shop.
2 I go to university.
3 I think about it every day.
4 Do you like it?
5 I don’t have a job.
6 He often says that.
7 I’m not hungry.
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5 Underline the correct alternative.
1 I speak Chinese.
a) can to b) can
2 They’re _____ help me.
a) going not to b) not going to
3 He to stop playing tennis.
a) ’s going b) going
4 She hates TV.
a) watch b) watching
5 I can’t .
a) sing b) singing
6 I’m going to this evening.
a) dancing b) dance 6
7 What do?
a) we are going b) are we going to
6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1 I like cooking . (cook)
2 He loves outside. (be)
3 She doesn’t like . (swim)
4 I don’t like before half past seven. (get up)
5 Do you like three brothers? (have)
6 They don’t like on long walks. (go)
7 I hate gifts. (wrap)
8 We like books on holiday. (read)
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7 Match 1–5 with a)–e).
1 You eat at b a) a pharmacy.
2 You sleep at b) a restaurant.
3 You get money from c) a newsagent’s.
4 You get newspapers at d) a hotel.
5 You get medicine from e) a cash machine.
8 Underline the correct alternatives.
1 We were in/on a taxi.
2 I had/was ill for a week.
3 The film/food was delicious!
4 We arrived/ moved home six times when I was young.
5 Was the concert good? Yes, it was great/terrible.
6 We didn’t have/weren’t a very good time.
7 How was Kai’s time in hospital? It was bad. He laughed/cried a lot.
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9 Underline the correct alternative.
1 I can’t cook coffee /Japanese food.
2 How much did you pay/cost for that book?
3 I’m sorry. I don’t make/remember your phone number.
4 Do you ever pay/buy things on the internet?
5 This hat cost/pay 12 euros.
6 Bye! See you at/in two weeks!
7 You need to ride a bus/horse in this job.
8 The doctor says I need to lose/save weight.
9 Bye! See you later/over!
Speaking
10 Complete the conversation with responses a)–g).
A: Where were you last night?
B: 1 e
A: How was it? I’d like to see it.
B: 2
A: Why’s that?
B: 3
A: Oh.
B: 4 . Where were you?
A: I was at Jasmine’s party.
B: How was it?
A: 5
B: That’s good.
A: 6
B: DJ? What’s that?
A: 7
B: Oh, yes.
a) It was all right. Not fantastic.
b) The DJ was great.
c) The actors were OK, but the music wasn’t very good.
d) You know, someone who plays different music at clubs and parties.
e) I was at the cinema. I saw Our Blue Yesterdays.
f) It was fantastic. The music was good and I met some very interesting people.
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Reading
11 Read the article and choose the correct answers to 1–6.
Hotel Royale
Hotel Royale is only fifteen minutes from the business centre of the city. It’s a modern hotel –
just ten years old. The rooms aren’t beautiful, but they are big.
The managers are Canadian, Lucille, and her husband, Pierre. They are both twenty-nine years
old. Hotel Royale is a hotel and a restaurant, too. Our cook is French and her food is fantastic!’
The Park Hotel
The beautiful Park Hotel is seventy-five years old and it’s right in the city centre.
It’s a family business. Sixty-two-year-old manager, Ferdinand, says, ‘My daughter is the
receptionist and her husband is the cook.’
The rooms at the Park Hotel aren’t big, but it’s the perfect place for a friendly stay.
1 It isn’t an old hotel.
a) The Park Hotel □
b) Hotel Royale
2 The cook and receptionist are husband and wife.
a) The Park Hotel □
b) Hotel Royale □
3 It’s a beautiful place.
a) The Park Hotel □
b) Hotel Royale □
4 It’s 10 years old.
a) The Park Hotel □
b) Hotel Royale □
5 It’s in the city centre.
a) The Park Hotel □
b) Hotel Royale □
6 The managers are 29 years old.
a) The Park Hotel □
b) Hotel Royale □
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Writing
12 Underline the correct alternatives to complete the email.
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Hi/Dear Mr Kovacs,
I’m going to be back in the office on 2Monday/monday, not tomorrow, 3so/because there aren’t any
planes tonight.
I met Elise Bernhardt yesterday and I gave 4her/Elise Bernhardt the pictures. There weren’t any problems
with them, 5because /so we had some time to talk about other things.
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Take care/Regards,
Carla 5
13 Choose two of the problems below. Write an email to a friend or to your
manager. Write 50–80 words about your problems.
Plane/train/bus is late don’t have your ticket no planes/trains/buses car has a problem
Phone is dead no wifi the weather is bad
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Total: 100
