TEST INTRODUCTION UNIT INTERMEDIATE GROUP………………...

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1 Match the sentences with the words or phrases below.

a centenarian in his/her teens an infant middle-aged a toddler

1. My mum is in her fifties now, and she isn’t as fit as she was when she was younger.
____________________
2. Rory is one week old, and his mum and dad have just brought him home from hospital.
____________________
3. Katrina is fifteen and she spends most of her time on her smartphone.
____________________
4. My great-grandfather got a birthday card from the Queen when he was one hundred
years old. ____________________
5. Oh, look at little Neve. She’s only one, but she’s already started taking her first steps.
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2 Complete the text with the correct present simple or present continuous form of
the verbs in brackets.

The boy next door

Owen and I are mates because he 1__________________
(live) next door to me. We go to different schools, but we
2
__________________ (always / see) each other in the
evenings to hang out. Owen isn’t perfect, of course. He
3
__________________ (always / borrow) my things and then
he forgets to give them back. But I don’t really mind
because we’re friends. Next summer, we
4
__________________ (go) camping together for a week. It
should be fun, but I’m a bit worried about spending so
much time with him. I hope we’ll still be friends when we
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__________________ (come) back home.

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3 Complete the online chat. Use the correct present simple, present continuous, or past simple form
of the verbs in brackets.
1
<Matt> _______________ (you / want) to meet in town later? There’s a really good Robert Pattinson film on
at the cinema.
<Robert> Sorry Matt, I’m not at home this weekend. My sister and I are staying with our aunt in Coventry
because our parents are away. They 2_______________ (go) to Paris yesterday morning.
<Matt> Oh, right. So that’s why I 3_______________ (not see) you at the football club this morning.
 <Robert> Yes. We’re here for two days. My aunt always 4_______________ (look) after us when my parents are
away. We 5_______________ (not come) back to Birmingham until Sunday night.

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4 Complete the sentences with the adjectives below. There are two extra adjectives.

embarrassed envious proud relieved suspicious upset worried

1 We were ________________ when we passed the test because it was quite difficult.
1 I was ________________ when my boyfriend called me ‘baby' in front of my friends.
2 You were extremely ________________ when you watched that sad film last week.
3 The sports teacher was very ________________ of us when we won the match.
4 Mum was ________________ when my brother didn't come home on time.

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5 Match the words below with the definitions. There is one extra word.

middle-aged be brought by elderly pass away inherit

1 This person is 45-55 years old __________________

1 This phrase means ‘to die’. __________________
2 Your parents teach you how to live and what to do in life __________________
3 You got money or a house from a relative after his/her death __________________
4 We use this word to describe an old person. _________________
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6 Complete the sentences with the correct past simple, past perfect or past
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

Until a few years ago, no one 1.. .................................... (hear) of Harry Potter, the
young wizard and hero of the children’s book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Stone. The writer, J K Rowling, 2. .................................... (already / write) several
stories and books, but this was the first book that was published. She
3. .................................... (get) the idea for the story of a wizard at magic school
while she 4. .................................... (travel) on a train to London. By the time the
train 5. .................................... (reach) King’s Cross station, she
6. .................................... (invent) most of the characters. When the book was
published in 1997, no one 7. .................................... (imagine) it would be such a
tremendous success, but it quickly 8. .................................... (become) a bestseller.
While millions of young readers in many countries 9. .................................... (enjoy)
her first Harry Potter book, J K Rowling 10. .................................... (think) of ideas for
the next book in this incredibly popular series.
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