English in Mind

Level 2 1 Grammar
wat!hin" sin!e allowed isn#t 't#s eas% to all want to
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Module 2 Test A Units 5-8

Name Class Date

A Complete the text. Use the words in the ox.

let $or"et e ein" %et &ust do
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forget the "ood times %ou ha+e when %ou#re a !hild,

(1*

it- .e adults as /ui!0l% as possi le so we !an e independent. .hen we are us do so man% thin"s2 we aren#t
(5* (3*

teena"ers, our parents don#t late or "o on holida% with our $riends. ' hated
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to sta% out

a teena"er ut now ' realise ' was +er% lu!0%4 '#+e

(6*

$i$th irthda%. '#+e had m% own !ar (7* at least now m% parents let me ' en&o%
(1)*

had m% twent%(8* ' was ei"hteen. ' ha+en#t le$t home ut

what ' want. M% %oun"er sister is a teena"er now and

her and all the pro lems she is ha+in"4

B Complete the senten!es. Cir!lethe !orre!t answers, a, or !.

) .e#+e li+ed here a $or

1773.

sin!e ! until -

1 8ou !an#t pla% the piano, a do %ou 2 9ohn re$used a to help 1 Co$$ee a are "rown 3 '

!an#t %ou ! !an %ou me %esterda%. to helpin"

! helpin"

in :ra;il. is "rown
! ha+e "rown

"o to ed late on s!hool da%s. am not allowed ! am not let -

a am not allowed to

M@DUAB 2 TBDT A

5 The !hildren are +er% tired, a are the%

don#t the% ! aren#t the% -

5 <a+en#t %ou $inished %our homewor0 a alread%

%et ! &ust $i$teen %ears.

6 =ran0 has een a tea!her a $or

alread% ! sin!e "o to dis!os alone-

8 Does %our mother a allow %ou 7 .e#+e a alread% 1) ' !an#t stand a waitin" ?<@T@C@?'A:AB

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let %ou to ! let %ou arri+ed > that#s wh% we#re hot4 &ust ! %et $or uses. 't#s so orin"4 to wait ! $or waitin"

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C Cam rid"e Uni+ersit% ?ress 2))3 Bn"lish in Mind Ae+el 2 Module 2 Test A

The underlined words are in!orre!t. .rite the !orre!t senten!es. ) .e ha+en#t $inished this exer!ise alread%.

We havent finished this exercise yet.

1 M% sisters ne+er lets me pla% their !omputer "ames.

2 ?aul and 9ohn don#t dri+e, don#t the%2 Man% $oot allers is paid a lot o$ mone%. 2 '#+e 0nown Mar!elo sin!e three %ears. 2 '#+e ne+er een let to "o out late on s!hool da%s. 2 A lot o$ mone% are spent on &un0 $ood e+er% %ear. 2 8ou aren#t "oin" to stud% ?h%si!s, do %ou2 ' don#t mind to "et up earl%. 2 8ou promised helpin" me with m% homewor0.
1) '#+e %et told %ou > ' don#t 0now the answer.

M@DUAB 2 TBDT A

Cir!le the !orre!t alternati+e in ea!h senten!e.

) :ill o$$ered to buy E buying me a drin0. 1 '#+e de!ided to study E studying Geo"raph% at uni+ersit%.

2 Do %ou en&o% to watch E watching horror $ilms2 Mar% doesn#t mind to cook E cooking e+er% da%. 2 ' hope to be E being a do!tor some da%. 2 Dall% re$used to help E helping her rother. 2 Most teena"ers hate to do E doing what their parents sa%. 2 Do %ou li0e to swim E swimming in the sea2 Can %ou ima"ine to have E having no more exams-4 2 .hat would %ou pre$er to do E doing this e+enin"1) ' promise to go E going to 9ohn#s part% with %ou.
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2 Fo!a ular%
A Complete the senten!es. Cir!le the !orre!t answers, a, or !.
) .e li+e in a lar"e a !ompartment 1 9im a made

in New 8or0. department

! apartment

a $ool o$ himsel$ at the part% %esterda%, didn#t hewas ! had now > she#s in her se+enties.

2 M% mother is /uite a elder

elderl% ! older .

1 Me" G%an is m% $a+ourite <oll%wood a a!tress 3 Aet#s a "o 5 A a a % 5 The

a!tor

! a!t

a pi;;a this e+enin". do ! ha+e has &ust learned to wal0. toddler

! !hild

in the latest Terminator $ilm are $antasti!. spe!i$i! e$$e!ts ! spe!ial e$$e!ts

a spe!iall% e$$e!ts 6 ?aul a made

$unn% $a!es ehind the tea!her#s a!0. did

! had

8 .hat do the Ameri!ans sa% $or trousersa le"s 7 ' $eel so a medie+al

pant%hose ! pants when ' listen to pop musi! toda%. 't all seems so loud4 middle-a"ed ! medium-a"ed

1) .ho wrote the a soundtra!0

to that $ilm- ' reall% lo+ed the musi!. sound ! s!ore

M@DUAB 2 TBDT A

B Have or make- ?ut the words in the ox into the !orre!t !olumn.
$un $unn% $a!es $un o$ someone a "ood time a $ool o$ %oursel$ a mista0e a drin0 someone lau"h a "ood lau"h someone smile

<a+e

Ma0e

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C .rite the words.

:ritish Bn"lish
) $ilm 1 $a+ourite 2 ru 1 3 5 5 !entre 6 li$t 8 7 tra+elled 1)

Ameri!an Bn"lish
movie

ish su wa% !olor sidewal0

tra+elin" 0ilometer
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Complete the senten!es. Use the words in the ox.

roman!e dire!tor s!ript thriller $ilm set !omed% stor%line spe!ial e$$e!ts s!ien!e $i!tion horror westerns

) ' don#t li0e science fiction $ilms e!ause '#m not interested in the $uture. 1 That

was so stupid. 't was impossi le to elie+e4 now. Cow o%s and 'ndians are a little old-$ashioned. . The% were ama;in". . 't was so ex!itin". 4 ' ha+en#t lau"hed so mu!h $or a lon" time. $ilms e$ore ' "o to ed e!ause ' 0now ' won#t sleep.

2 The% don#t reall% ma0e

1 The produ!ers spent millions o$ dollars on the 3 That was a "reat

5 ' sat on the ed"e o$ m% seat $or the whole o$ that 5 ' hate wat!hin"

M@DUAB 2 TBDT A

6 The produ!ers uilt an ama;in" 8 The 7 .ill %ou read this

on a ea!h in Thailand.

tells the a!tors what to do. that '#+e written and tell me what %ou thin04
5

1) :o% meets "irl. The% $all in lo+e ... ' alwa%s en&o% a "ood

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1 B+er%da% Bn"lish
A Mat!h a senten!e in !olumn A with a suita le response $rom !olumn :.

A
1 .hat do %ou re!0on2 Get a mo+e on, will %ou1 '#+e "ot us ti!0ets $or the new $ilm. 3 .ould %ou li0e to "o awa% at the wee0end5 ' !an#t !ome to %our part%. ! d a

:
.i!0ed4 <ow mu!h were the%To e honest, ' don#t li0e it mu!h. @h, ' see. .h% not@H, '#m !omin". .ait a minute4
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e .here do %ou want to "o-

B Cir!le the !orre!t alternati+e in ea!h !ase.

2 AI Can %ou help me with m% homewor0:I 8es, sure E surely. 2 Are we all read%- Then, off were going E off we go. 2 AI ' won J1),))) on the lotter% on Daturda%. :I Nice one! E nice one! 2 '#m "oin" to as0 9imm% out. What do you reckon! " What are you reckoning! 2 8ou#re so slow. #et the move on! E #et a move on!
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3 Geadin"
A Gead the text elow.

Being a teenager
1
B+er%one sa%s that %our s!hoolda%s are the est da%s o$ %our li$e. .hen %ou are a teena"er, %ou !ertainl% don#t elie+e that the% mi"ht e. <omewor0, orin" lessons, exams, more homewor0, no time to do what %ou want ... the list "oes on and on.

2 The teena"e %ears !an e +er% di$$i!ult $or man% %oun" people as the% mo+e $rom !hildhood to adulthood. The% thin0 the% are old enou"h to ma0e their own de!isions. The% thin0 the% 0now etter than their parents what the% should e allowed to do. The% want to ha+e independen!e. .h% should the% alwa%s tell their parents where the% are "oin" and who the% are with1 ?arents ha+e een teena"ers too o$ !ourse ut sometimes it seems the% ha+e $or"otten what it#s li0e to want to sta% out late, to "o on holida% with $riends, to ha+e parties without an% adults ein" around. The% o$ten sa% that thin"s were di$$erent when the% were %oun" and that teena"ers toda% ha+e too mu!h $reedom. 3
:ut teena"ers all o+er the world ha+e the same pro lems and the same dreams, and the% alwa%s ha+e had. 't#s the time to tr% new thin"s and to learn what is @H and what is not.

B Choose the most appropriate headin" $or ea!h para"raph.

2 .e#re all the same 2 Do the% remem er2 D!hool isn#t so ad4

M@DUAB 2 TBDT A

2 Teena"ers +s. parents

C Mar0 the statements T (true* or $ ($alse*.

1 8ou 0now that %our s!hoolda%s are the est da%s o$ %our li$e. 2 Teena"ers should ma0e their own de!isions. 1 Teena"ers don#t want to tell their parents where the% are "oin" all the time. 3 ?arents don#t remem er their teena"e %ears. 5 ?arents elie+e that their teena"e %ears were less $ree. 5 All teena"ers are the same.

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5 Aistenin"
2 8ou are "oin" to listen to an inter+iew with a $ilm star tal0in" a out her li$e. As %ou listen, !ir!le the !orre!t answers, a, or !.
2 The $ilm star isI
a promotin" her new $ilm.
too us% to "i+e an inter+iew.

Dhe mo+ed toI

a a +illa in the !ountr%.

to another !ountr%.

<er $irst $ilm was !alledI

a $ields of %ove.

.ith her mone% sheI

a ou"ht her parents a house.

&reams of %ove. 2 At $irst sheI

a hated ein" $amous.

ou"ht her parents a !ar.

<er parentsI
a ha+e ne+er wanted to ha+e mone%.

lo+ed ein" $amous.

ha+e ne+er had a lot o$ mone%.

:ut soon she realisedI

a she had no pri+ate

Dhe

pre$ers

aI a /uiet li$e. us% li$e.

li$e. 2

she loo0ed "ood.

Do sheI
a onl% tra+elled % !ar.

1) <er next $ilm is !alledI a &ances with Tigers.

went e+er%where on $oot.

&ancing with Tigers.

1)

B Now listen to the inter+iew a"ain and !he!0 %our answers.

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5 Dpea0in"
A Two students answer %our /uestions
Greet students A and : and as0 them how the% are. As0 ea!h student two or three /uestions a out what the% en&o% doin" most. =or example, What do you like doing at the weekends! What do you do after school!
As0 ea!h student whether the% en&o% "oin" to the !inema and what 0ind o$ $ilms the% li0e. =or example, &o you en'oy going to the cinema! What kind of films do you like most!

B Two students tal0 to ea!h other

Gi+e student A a !op% o$ !ard 1A and "i+e student : a !op% o$ !ard 1:. Bxplain that the% are oth $ilm !riti!s and the% ha+e een as0ed $or their impressions o$ a re!ent $ilm the% ha+e seen. @ne o$ them is to "i+e a "ood re+iew, and the other a ad one. .hile student A is tal0in" a out their $ilm, student : should as0 /uestions usin" the prompts on their !ard.

Then "i+e student A a !op% o$ !ard 2: and "i+e student : a !op% o$ !ard 2A. Dtudent : will then "i+e their $ilm a ad re+iew and student A should as0 /uestions, usin" the prompts on their !ard.

1A
8ou should "i+e %our $ilm a "ood re+iew. Tal0 a outI
K K K

1B
As0 a outI
K K K

the leadin" $emale a!tress the spe!ial e$$e!ts the stor%line

the soundtra!0 the set the leadin" male a!tor

M@DUAB 2 TBDT A

2A
8ou should "i+e %our $ilm a ad re+iew. Tal0 a outI
K K K

2B
As0 a outI
K K

the leadin" $emale a!tress the spe!ial e$$e!ts the stor%line

the soundtra!0 the set

K

the leadin" male a!tor

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6 .ritin"
8ou ha+e &ust re!ei+ed this letter $rom %our pen$riend. Gead it !are$ull%.

Dear Jim,
I hope youre well and enjoying your holidays! I was looking forward to my holidays but now Im not everything has gone wrong. onestly, my parents are impossible!!

!irst they said I "ould go away with arry. #e wanted to go "amping by the sea with some other friends. #hen my parents heard that we were going with girls, they said I wasnt allowed to go! #hy$$$ #hat do they think were going to do$! %o then we "hanged our plans and de"ided to go to the mountains hiking for a week. Just me and arry and our tent but no, they didnt like that idea either. %o now, here I am, alone at home with nothing to do. &re your parents the same$! #hat are you going to do for the summer$ #rite soon. 'ill

Now write %our repl%. @$$er s%mpath% and explain that %our parents are the same. Tell :ill what %our parents let %ou do and what the% don#t let %ou do. Bxplain that %ou ha+e had to !han"e %our holida% plans too and sa% what %ou#re "oin" to do.

Dear 'ill,

M@DUAB 2 TBDT A UN'TD 5>8

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