miércoles, 21 de julio de 2010

Practice Test - Taken from "Reward" Pre-Intermediate

SECTION 1: VOCABULARY (30 marks)
1) a- Underline the odd-one-out and leave a group of three related words. (10 marks)
b- Add one other word to the group of words. (10 marks)

Example: her my our they their
1- after always often sometimes -----------
2- afternoon morning night yesterday -------------
3- basin bath fridge shower ----------------
4- aunt cousin husband tourist ------------
5- cathedral countryside factory park ------------
6- crowded friendly generous polite -------------
7- children man students women ---------------
8- did lived see wrote ---------------
9- British France Germany Japan -------------
10- dirty expensive modern safety -------------

2) Complete these sentences with ten different verbs. (10 marks)

Example: I buy food at the supermarket.
1- I never ----------- the shopping.
2- She doesn't ------------- a musical instrument.
3- I ---------------to music at home.
4- Pleased to ------------ you.
5- Where do you ------------ from?
6- I ------------- about ten cigarettes a day.
7- Where do we ------------- for the bus?
8- I can't -------------- the weather in Britain.
9- Where do you ------------- dinner?
10- They don't -------------- glasses.

SECTION 2: GRAMMAR (30 marks)
3) a- Choose ten of these words to complete the first ten spaces in the passage. (10 marks)

Example: a) had b) has c) have
1- a) go b) was c) went
2- a) cousin b) cousins c) cousin's
3- a) a b) an c) the
4- a) because b) but c) so
5- a) get b) got c) has
6- a) has b) is c) isn't
7- a) a b) one c) two
8- a) from b) in c) to
9- a) because b) but c) so
10- a) aren't b) weren't c) didn't

b- Complete the last ten spaces with ten of your words. (10 marks)

When did I last have a holiday? Well, six months ago I (1) --------------------to the United States because my (2) --------------------- is out there. He's (3) ------------------------ engineer. He lives and works in Denver (4) ----------------- I decided to visit him there. Denver is an interesting city and it's (5) lots of theatres and art galleries. There aren't many tourists and it (6) -------------- very expensive. After (7) ---------------- days in Denver, we took a plane (8) ------------------ Las Vegas. We had single tickets (9) ------------------ we wanted to drive back to Denver. Our first stop was the Grand Canyon. There is a hotel in Grand Canyon Village but we (10) ----------------- stay in the hotel. The weather (11) ---------------- awful but we decided to walk to the bottom of the Canyon. There is a hostel at the bottom of the Canyon (12) --------------- we stayed there. There (13) beds for about thirty people in the hostel and there (14) --------------- a kitchen and a dining room. You pay about $50 per person and (15) ----------------- have dinner and breakfast there. I come from the north-east of England and I (16) ---------------- some people from my home town in the hostel. The hostel was full and (17) ------------------- were lots of American people there. I (18) ------------------ Americans because they're so friendly and polite. The next day we had breakfast (19) ------------ seven o'clock and checked out at half past seven. Then we walked back to (20) ----------------- village and had lunch in the hotel.

4) Write your own questions for these answers. (10 marks)

Example: Yes, I am. This is my husband.
Are you married?
1- I'm twenty-three.

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2- I'm an engineer.

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3- Fine, thanks.

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4- At a quarter past seven in the morning.

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5- Yes, one brother and two sisters.

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6- We usually go abroad.

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7- I watched TV, then I went to bed.

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8- I'm writing a letter.

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9- No, there isn't.

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10- I'd like a beer, please.

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THIS IS THE END OF THE EXAM


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