Name_______________________________________

Class______________________________

LANGUAGE AND SKILLS TEST 1 A

UNITS 1-2

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1

Put the words in the correct order and add a and with where necessary to make a sentence.

silver chain heart on it cheap

A cheap, silver chain with a heart on it.

green trousers cotton baggy

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short amazing skirt red

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laces expensive Italian shoes

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blouse school white smart

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blue broken zip old jeans

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hat sun wide new

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Complete the sentences with the words from the box. There are three words that you dont
need.

cursor / plug / manual / install / attach / press / socket / programs / delete

click
How to use your new computer.
Remember: Always read the 0____manual____ carefully before you start. If you are unsure about
anything, it is best to ask an expert to 1_______________Windows and other useful
2

_______________ and to connect your computer to the phone line.

Make sure that the desk your computer is going to be on is near to a 3_______________ so that you
can connect the 4_______________ to the electrical supply. Next, 5_______________ the power
button (number 1 in diagram 2) and the computer will come on.
To use the internet, 6_______________ on the blue e (Internet explorer) icon using your mouse.
And, once connected, your homepage will appear.
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Circle the correct answer.

Im writing in response to your article: Whats wrong with our town? In my opinion, one of the biggest
problems is the violent and aggressive teenagers who hang 0_____ in the town centre on Saturdays. Its
difficult to walk more than twenty metres without 1_____ into one of these hooligans and it 2_____ like
this for two or three years now.
I dont know why people 3_____ it. Even the police wont do anything. They told me that the
teenagers are harmless and just 4 _____ around . Somebody should do something. If I was twenty
years younger, Id say something to them 5 _____ but these kids wouldnt listen to an old person like
me. There must be a way for these youngsters to enjoy 6 _____ without frightening the rest of us.
Somewhere a long way away from the shops.
Yours, Marjorie Peters
0

a about

b up

c around

d over

a bumping

b hitting

c pushing

d walking

a is

b is being

c has been

d has been being

a get on with

b get over

c go off

d put up with

a fooling

b playing

c laughing

d enjoying

a each other

b myself

c themselves

d my own

a ourselves

b himself

c themselves

d herself
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4 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form.

0 I dont often (not\often) wear make-up.
1 How long __________ (you/know) about this problem?
2 How often __________ (you/argue) with your friends?
3 How many years __________ (you/learn) English?
4 He __________ (be/never) late for meetings.
5 I __________ (be) in this class for six months.

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6 She __________ (write) books since she was fourteen.

5 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

Dear Sir/Madam,
My nine year old daughter 0____has___ been a member of the Heartthrobs fan club 1__________ three
months now but she still hasnt received the free autographed poster you promised. I have 2__________ to
you twice already but we havent heard anything 3__________ you sent her membership number and
magazine.
My daughter doesnt want to write to you 4__________ because shes afraid that the group will hate
her for complaining. However I think she has been 5__________ long enough for her poster. She
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__________ usually a happy child but she has become more and more upset recently.

I hope you will send the poster soon.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. J. Biggs
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LISTENING SKILLS
1

CD Track 2 Listen to a radio interview with a member of a club. Circle the correct answers.

The guests daughter

a belongs to a fan club.
b is a fan of PG Wodehouse.
c has got lots of posters.
d is fourteen years old.

The guest thinks that a fan club and appreciation society

a are a good way to contact people who share your interests.
b are exactly the same as each other.
c are completely different from each other.
d are a good way to find out things about the person you are interested in.

PG Wodehouse books
a are old-fashioned.
b are still true to life today.
c were never true to life.
d will become outdated soon.

The presenter
a has read all of PG Wodehouses books.
b has read some of PG Wodehouses books.
c doesnt like PG Wodehouse.
d has never heard of PG Wodehouse before.

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Members of the society

a can meet once a year.
b talk about cricket.
c eat plums.
d have to sing songs.

The guest and his wife

a first met in 1986.
b fell in love the first time they met.
c got married a year after they first met.
d fell in love the second time they met.

We know that the guests children

a are both reading PG Wodehouse books at the moment.
b arent reading any PG Wodehouse books at the moment.
c are difficult teenagers.
d dont like their parents.
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COMMUNICATION
1

Complete the dialogues with the words from the box.

opinion / honest / ask / reason / mean / thing / seems / far / frankly

In my 0____opinion,___ the scouts are a bit out of date nowadays. 1_______________, I dont know
why any teenager would want to join them. I 2_______________ tying knots and making camp fires is
all a bit old-fashioned, isnt it? If you 3_______________ me, youd have to be a bit strange to want to
go.
Well, Im a member and, as 4_______________ as Im concerned, its a great way to spend your time.
The 5_______________ why you think like you do is that you dont know enough about them. It
6

_______________ strange to criticize something you know nothing about.. The 7_______________

is, that the scouts have modernized like everything else. You should come with us one week.
Well, you may be right but, to be 8_______________, Id rather not bother.
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