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Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation B
GRAMMAR

1 Underline the correct form.

Example: I like sport, but my brother does / doesn’t.
1 The rich / The rich people don’t always work harder than the poor.
2 Sam doesn’t play cricket, does / doesn’t he?
3 I did tell / told you I’d be coming by car. I definitely remember mentioning it.
4 I wish you wouldn’t be / weren’t so slim – I can never borrow your clothes!
5 We can speak a little / bit Russian.
6 Come to the hotel at 9.30 – we’ll be having / have had breakfast by then.
7 Harry won’t want to be out very late tonight, and neither will / does Paula.
8 Bring plenty of water to drink in case it gets / will get really hot.
9 A Suzanne went to Thailand in February.
B Did / Has she? That must have been wonderful!
10 Don’t expect Sally to be punctual. She’s late always / always late.
11 I had such good / a good conversation with Barbara. It was lovely to see her again.
12 The English / English are not always as polite as they are supposed to be.
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2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Example: Have you ever been (go) to Paris?
1 Had my motorbike test been on a wet day, I’m sure I ________ (not pass) it.
2 This time on Monday I _______ (have) my final exam.
3 They _______ (finish) repairing my computer by Saturday, so I’ll go and collect it then.
4 If I ________ (be) in your shoes, I would ask for a salary increase.
5 I wish I ________ (not wear) these trousers today. They’re too warm for this weather.
6 How long _______ (sit) here? I’m sure I saw you when I went past this morning.
7 Is it OK if I ring you in an hour or so? I still _______ (not read) your report.
8 I hope lots of people can come to the party. _______ (ask) Alan yet?
9 If you _______ (have) stomach ache on and off for a month, you should see a doctor.
10 When I arrived at work I realized I _______ (leave) my briefcase on the bus.
11 ‘Jenny and Tim don’t like swimming.’ ‘Neither ________ (do) our children.’
12 Bob wishes he ________ (speak) German. He’s going to be working in Berlin a lot.
13 I _______ (talk) to my neighbour when you rang, so I didn’t hear the phone.
14 I’ll come for a walk as soon as I _______ (do) the ironing.
15 Who _______ (know) what the solution to this problem is?
16 I _______ (climb) for three hours when I realized that the weather was getting worse.

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3 Order the words to make sentences.

Example: cinema / you / yesterday / go / the / to / did
Did you go to the cinema yesterday?
1 buying / are / who / red / that / you / hat / for / big / ?
2 police / report / had / station / my / to / went / that / I / the / someone / car / to / stolen
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3 nice / striped / dress / Ela / wearing / is / new / a / today
4 I’ve /sure / laptop / I’m / left / where / my / not
5 badly / wasn’t / accident / the / in / woman / injured / the
6 little / brown / bag / bought / lovely / Italian / yesterday / a / I
7 before / were / we’d / driving / for / we / hours / realized / we / lost / been
8 idea / bus / come / do / what / have / any / next / time / will / you / the / ?
9 hadn’t / you / bet / come / wish / party / you / to / I / this
10 I / as / soon / will / arrive / as / call / I / you
11 start / sooner / the / we’ll / finish / earlier / we / the
12 hardly / big / ever / for / we / time / breakfast / have / a

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Grammar total 40

VOCABULARY

4 Underline the odd word out.

Example: blister rash temperature x-ray

1 relieved offended desperate bewildered

2 passenger cabin pilot crew
3 checked loose plain striped
4 ulcer tumour rash pulse
5 gradually eventually in the end basically
6 homesick fed up delighted devastated
7 fit match suit undress
8 freezing chilly boiling cool
9 suede velvet lace hooded
10 operation blister x-ray injection
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5 Underline the correct word.

Example: My hotel is near / nearly the airport.

1 That new Indian restaurant opened nearly a year ago and I still / yet haven’t tried it.
2 I don’t like cooking when I’m in a rush. I like to take my time / easy.
3 I might take part / up yoga next month – there’s an evening class at my college.
4 This computer mouse is specially / especially designed for left-handed people.
5 You should take notice / advantage of the hot weather and go to the coast.
6 There’s usually a big concert at / in the end of the school year.
7 You don’t need to dress up / get dressed for the interview – it will be very informal.
8 If you’ve only got hand baggage / luggage, you don’t need to queue at check-in.
9 Ideally / Apparently I’d really like to study abroad for a year.
10 You’ve been working very hard / hardly today. Are you having a break soon?
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6 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).

Example: John has a sore throat and a headache.
hurt sore twisted
1 I think you look better in that skirt, and it ________ your shoes.
suits matches fits
2 I’ll go and pick my bag up from baggage ________ and meet you in Arrivals.
check-in drop-off reclaim
3 We didn’t have much to do at the beginning of the year, but we’re busy ________.
actually eventually at the moment
4 I was very ________when the concert was cancelled – I’d looked forward to it for ages.
grateful disappointed relieved
5 Put a shirt and ________ on for the drinks evening – it’s quite formal.
collar bow tie
6 We were worried when Petra started ________ on a peanut she’d swallowed.
fainting sneezing choking
7 You don’t need an umbrella to walk to the car – it’s only ________.
drizzling pouring damp
8 I need to buy some leather ________ – it’s too hot to wear anything else at the moment.
shoes sandals boots
9 Sandra is very ________ – she always wears the latest fashions.
scruffy trendy old-fashioned
10 I felt very ________ before my speaking exam, but I was OK once it’d started.
relieved nervous offended
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7 Complete the words in the sentences.

Example: Mary sprained her ankle when she was jogging in the park.
1 Anja’s cut her foot! It’s bl________ all over the floor.
2 I have to be careful with my diet because I have high blood pr________.
3 I wish this h________ would end. It’s been over 30 degrees for nearly a month.
4 The longest non-stop f________ takes 18.5 hours, from New York to Singapore.
5 Could you take the a________ seat? I much prefer to sit by the window.
6 We both felt so emotional, we were completely o________.
7 There was thick f________ this morning and I could hardly see the road.
8 You can go straight through c________ if you’re sure you’ve nothing to declare.
9 I’m a________ to milk. I come out in a rash if I drink any.
10 I’ve got a s________ throat and I can hardly speak.
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Vocabulary total 40
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Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation B
PRONUNCIATION

8 Underline the stressed syllable.

Example: re|served
1 a|li|e|na|tion
2 e|spe|cia|lly
3 change|a|ble
4 lone|li|ness
5 a|cco|mmo|da|tion
6 de|vas|ta|ted
7 sun|burn
8 poi|son|ing
9 tem|pera|ture
10 fa|shio|na|ble
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9 Match the words with the same sound.

homesick especially calm caught crew drought

relieved freezing hijack nylon

Example: funny blood

1 cough _________________
2 breathe _________________
3 heart _________________
4 loose _________________
5 headache _________________
6 boarding _________________
7 allergic _________________
8 shower _________________
9 pressure _________________
10 striped _________________
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Pronunciation total 20
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 100
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Reading and Writing B
READING

1 Read the article. For questions 1-5, choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D).

Finding the past

Few hobbies combine collecting Roman artefacts, medieval coins, and discovering bodies.
But the very British hobby of mudlarking is making a comeback.

Mudlarking is a pastime that has become more popular in the last few years in London. It
involves going to the River Thames at low tide and digging in the mud for valuable objects. A
person who goes mudlarking is called a mudlark.

Mudlarking has its origins in 18th-century London. But in those days, it wasn’t a hobby at all.
It was actually a way for many children – and those too old to be employed – to survive. This
was at a time when there were hardly any bridges crossing the river, so most people caught
boats across. Getting on and off the boats, people dropped things. These were then found by
mudlarks, the poorest level of society, who sold them to earn money, which would hopefully
be just enough for a meal.

Steve Brooker is a modern-day mudlark and he’s had this unusual hobby for 30 years. He’s
found everything from glass bottles and clay pots, to coins dating from Roman times right up
to the present day. He says he has found many extraordinary things, but finding a human
skeleton was particularly terrifying. He later found out the bones were 300 years old, but
even so, it’s an experience he is happy he hasn’t repeated.

Steve often goes to the river near where he lives, but on the day I met him, he accompanied
me in my boat to the east of the city. Steve was excited because he hadn’t had a boat for a
few years, and this meant he could reach an area where he hadn’t been for some time.
‘Getting caught out by the tide is a real danger,’ Steve explains. He advises us, as he does
with anyone he guides on the river, to watch for the water level and always have an escape
route. We appear to be ok and our boat is our way on and off the Blackwall foreshore.

Apart from a permit, the only tools required for mudlarking are a bucket and something to dig
with. At 25°C, we are lucky with the weather, but even on rainy days, keen mudlarks can be
found by the water’s edge. ‘Every day, as the water level rises and falls it moves objects in
the mud,’ explains Steve. ‘So it’s possible to find really good things any time of the year.’
Steve quickly fills his bucket with coins, Victorian pipes, old keys, and even a jar that he says
came from an old food factory that used to be nearby. He knows exactly where to look and
hardly digs down at all. After an hour, his top object is a metal toy from the 1800s. Much of
what he finds goes to local museums. ‘That’s what anyone who goes mudlarking usually
does,’ says Steve.

Steve explains why the river mud holds such treasure. ‘It is anaerobic, which means it
doesn’t hold air. Therefore, anything in it stays in great condition,’ he says. ‘Once they are
opened up to the air, however, their condition starts to break down, so mudlarking is all about
keeping things that would otherwise fall to pieces’.
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Reading and Writing B
1 In 18th-century London, mudlarking ...
A was popular with restaurant staff.
B was normally done by boat owners.
C was a common hobby for young people.
D was a way for some elderly people to get money.

2 What does the author say about Steve Brooker?

A He plans to give up this hobby soon.
B He hopes he will find more coins soon.
C He found coins used in only one period of history.
D He discovered a person’s bones while mudlarking.

3 What advice does Steve offer other mudlarks?

A It’s a good idea to get a boat.
B It’s best to go mudlarking on all parts of the river.
C They need to have a plan for when things go wrong.
D They should travel up the river at different times of day.

4 Steve says that success at mudlarking is linked to ...

A the length of time you spend doing it.
B the weather on the day you do it.
C the tools you use to do it.
D the location you do it in.

5 Most modern mudlarks ...

A keep what they find.
B wash what they find and then sell it.
C give what they find to somebody else.
D hold on to what they find for some time and sell it later on.

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2 Match five of the highlighted words / phrases to the definitions.

Example: the structure of bones in a person skeleton
1 to be in a very bad condition
2 returning to popularity
3 a type of earth that becomes heavy when it is baked and used to make things
4 worth a lot of money
5 unexpected or strange
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Reading total 15
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Reading and Writing B
WRITING

Write an article on one of the questions. Write 140-180 words.

1 What advice would you give to someone who wanted a healthier lifestyle?
2 In your country, what is in fashion for men and women at the moment?
3 What do you like to do in your spare time?

Writing total 10
Reading and Writing total 25
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Listening and Speaking B
LISTENING

1 Listen to five people talking about athletics. Choose from the list (A-H) what
each person says they like most about their hobby. Use the letters only once.
There are three phrases you do not need to use.
A staying fit
B going to different places
C meeting well-known sports people
D working with good coaches
E can try different things
F chance to take part in competitions
G doing the best you can do
H meeting new people

Speaker 1: [ ]
Speaker 2: [ ]
Speaker 3: [ ]
Speaker 4: [ ]
Speaker 5: [ ]

2 Listen to two friends talking about a class they are going to join. Underline the
correct answer.
1 Emma says that she doesn’t know anything about / has only basic knowledge of / is at a
good level in photography.
2 Jack would like to learn how to cook more simple dishes / make more foreign
dishes / do more desserts.
3 Jack thinks he would find dancing classes challenging / enjoyable / strange.
4 Jack says that in art classes you can learn to paint people / places / objects.
5 Emma and Jack arrange to fill in an application for the course / pay for the course together /
meet just before the course starts.

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Listening total 10
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Listening and Speaking B
SPEAKING

1 Answer your partner’s questions.

Now make questions and ask your partner.
1 you believe / people can predict the future?
2 How important / clothes to you? Why?
3 What / do if / have a nosebleed?
4 How / deal with stress?
5 What / do if / lost in a forest?
6 What / last story you read?
7 What / do / this time next year?
8 What kind of weather / think / good for walking in the mountains?
9 What / most extreme weather conditions / ever experience?
10 When / last time you flew?

2 Talk about one of the statements below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
1 ‘Young people shouldn’t be allowed to drive until they are 21.’
2 ‘Children are at greater risk when playing outside than they were in the past.’
3 ‘.People are under pressure to spend money on how they look.’

3 Listen to your partner. Do you agree with him / her?

Speaking total 15
Listening and Speaking total 25