B1.

1 FINAL TEST PREPARATION

LISTENING

I) Listen to the man talking about his life. Choose the correct answer.
1 How did the man feel when he worked for a multinational company?
a) satisfied b) stressed c) bored
2 How many hours a day did he work?
a) 10 hours b) 12 hours c) 14 hours
3 His friends thought that he should …
a) work harder b) find an easier job c) move to the country
4 How long has he had his own company?
a) a year b) six months c) a year and a half
5 How does he get to his new office?
a) He drives b) He walks c) He takes the train
6 Where do his wife’s parents live?
a) in London b) in the same village c) in the next village
7 Who has he borrowed money from?
a) his wife’s parent’s b) his friends c) the bank
8 What would he do if he won the lottery?
a) He’d continue working b) He’d stop working c) He’d move back to the city

II) Listen to two friends, Phil and Natalie, talking about their favourite films. Are these sentences
true (T) or false (F).
1 Phil hated The Godfather. _______
2 Star Wars is one of Phil’s favourite films. _________
3 Phil thought The Others was very boring. _________
4 Phil enjoys watching horror films. _________
5 Natalie likes romantic films. __________
6 Natalie hated The Matrix. ____________
7 Phil didn’t enjoy watching Titanic. _______
8 Natalie wants to see Titanic again. ________

READING
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I) Fill in the gaps with these words/phrases.

Anything love to Are you free shall I Where shall

That’d be How about to come Why don’t we

A Hello, Jo. I haven’t seen you for ages. ________________________ go for lunch sometime?
B ________________________ great.
A ________________________ on Tuesday?
B ________________________ Yes, I think I am. ________________________ we meet?
A________________________ the café in Elm Street?
B That’s fine. See you then.
II) Make questions to ask about the words in bold.

1 Miljana is writing a report at the moment.

___________________________________________________________?
2 Iva and Mila stayed in a hotel three weeks ago.
___________________________________________________________?
3 My friends go to Budapest twice a year.
___________________________________________________________?
4 We were painting the flat at two o‘clock yesterday.
___________________________________________________________?
5 We have known each other for 14 years.
___________________________________________________________?
6 We are going to attend the meeting on Saturday.
___________________________________________________________?

III) Fill in the gaps with the correct form of these verbs.

get have lose book give check transfer

1 Have you ever __________ a car accident?

2 We __________ (not) lost last week.
3 Don’t forget to __________ your mum a call later.
4 Can you__________ some money to my account?
5 I’m afraid I __________ (not) your message, so I was late.
7 Jamie __________ his job yesterday, so he’s really upset.
8 Last year we __________ our summer holiday online.

IV) Make first conditional sentences. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 If I ____________ (see) your girlfriend, I ____________ (give) her your message.

2 I ____________ (send) you the file, as soon as I____________ (find) it.
3 She _______________ (miss) the train if she ________________ (not hurry).
4 What _______________ (they, do) if they ____________ (lose) all their money?
5 Sarah ____________ (not pass) her exams unless she ____________ (study) harder.

V) Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect or the Past Simple.

1 A: ___________ you ever ______________ (be) to India?

B: Yes, I have, actually. I __________________ (travel) to India last year.
A: What ________________ you _______________________ (like) best?
B: Oh, the mountains, I think. I ________________________ (take) some great photos of
the Himalayas.
A: _________________ any of your friends ever _____________ (take) singing lessons?
B: No, they haven’t. Oh, but one of my cousins had a few lessons. Her teacher __________
(ask) her to stop because she was so bad, but she sings in a famous band now.

VI) Put the correct form of the adjective in these comparisons.

Anna is the ______________ (shy) person in my family. She is also the ______________ (bad) at
board games. But in her school, she is _________________ (popular) than anyone else. Perhaps
everyone likes her because of her amazing abilities and looks. She is the ____________________
(beautiful) and ______________ (smart) girl in school.

VII) Chose the correct word.

1 There isn’t _________ coffee.

a) many
b) enough
c) too

2 Dad always ____________ buy us presents when we were little.

a) use to
b) used to
c) was used to

3 They were waiting for the clients when they __________ the news.
a) have heard
b) was heard
c) heard

4 Melinda is very __________ because of the pressure of this election.

a) stressed
b) stressful
c) stressing

5 What are your plans for tonight?

a) I will watch TV
b) I watch TV
c) I am watching TV

6 I think I’ll do my homework _____________ I go out.

a) as soon as
b) before
c) if

7 A: Francesca isn’t coming with us tomorrow.. B:______________

a) Is she?
b) Isn’t she?
c) Hmm..

8 Dejan sold his car ________ $1000.

a) by
b) for
c) to
9 Why did they return _________ Madrid?
a) to
b) of
c) in

VIII) Fill in the gaps with the correct form of these phrasal verbs.
sit down go out with put up with give up
take off move in get on with turn up

1 Please _____________. Mr. Brown will see you now.

2 Jules _____________ two hours late yesterday!
3 Tara _____________ well her parents.
4 The hotel guests had to _____________ the noise from the bar.

IX Fill in the gaps with a preposition or – (no preposition).

1 I’d like to go __________ the beach this afternoon.

2 Would you like to go __________ a walk?
3 He’s going __________ camping in the mountains.
4 I want to go to Paris__________ my girlfriend.

X Write sentences about these people’s plans or regular daily activities.

1
enjoy / He / play tennis / Jo. ___________________________________________
2
later / Harry / meet / parents / airport . ___________________________________________
3
Tom and Liz / go / cinema / every Wednesday. _____________________________________
4
Jack and I / go / an exhibition / tonight. ___________________________________________

WRITING

You have recently moved to a new country. You don’t know the language, but you
are taking lessons.
Write an email to your friend describing
- where you have moved
- when you got there
- and how you are progressing with language learning

Start your email with Dear,…

Use 40-45 words

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