GOBIERNO DE LA CIUDAD DE BUENOS AIRES

CECIE Nº 8 D.E.: Nº8

Introduction Unit Test B

Listening
1) Listen to four speakers. Which speakers sounds...? (2)

a. Urgent _______ b. Calm ________ c. Enthusiastic __________ d. Arrogant _______

2) Listen again and match sentences A-E with speakers 1-4. There is one extra sentence you do not need to
use: (8)

a. The speaker is giving advice about winning family arguments. _________

b. We learn how a bad argument had a positive result for the speaker. __________

c. The speaker is advertising a course for families who want to argue less. ___________

d. The speaker is persuading somebody to attend a family reunion. ____________

e. The speaker describes how a relative lost his job because of a family argument. _________

Grammar
1 Complete the text with the correct present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in brackets. (5)

Best friends
Amira is my best friend. We talk all the time and help each other with problems.
She1__________________ (always / be) there for me, and she 2__________________ (never /
criticise) me. Unfortunately, next summer, she 3__________________ (leave) our school. Her new
school is in Canada, I think. I’ll really miss her when she 4__________________ (go), but
hopefully we’ll stay friends. Sometimes, she gets annoyed with me because I
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__________________ (always / ask) her to go out when she wants to study. When she’s in
Canada, though, I think she’ll really miss me too, and she’ll wish I was there to annoy her.

2 Circle the correct future form to complete the sentences. (5)

1. I’m sure you ’ll / ’re going to do well in the singing competition. Good luck!
2. There’s been a serious car crash in the city centre. As a result, the traffic will  / is going to be really bad this evening.
3. I ’ll  / ’m going to post the letter for you if you like.
4. We’ve got tickets for the theatre. We ’ll  / ’re going to see Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
5. Oh look! There’s a man over there selling drinks. I’m thirsty. I think ’ll  / ’m going to buy one.

3 Complete the extracts from stories with the correct past simple, past perfect, or past continuous form of
the verbs in brackets. (5)
1. Graham jumped onto the stage and __________________ (pick) up the microphone. Moments later, he was singing.
6. We only stayed at the party for an hour, but by the time we left, William __________________ (eat) all the cakes.
7. While she __________________ (walk) home from school one day, Harriet noticed a strange object next to the road.
8. Susan didn’t know about the wedding because nobody __________________ (send) her an invitation.
9. John and I met last summer. We __________________ (work) on a fruit farm at the time.

4 Complete the sentences with the correct present perfect simple or present perfect continuous form of the
verbs in brackets. Include the other word in brackets in your sentence in the correct position. (5)
1. My sister _______________________ (just / get) engaged. She’s really excited and is planning her wedding.
10. Phil is exhausted because he _______________________ (since / ski) 6 a.m.! He should stop and go back to bed!
11. The teacher _______________________ (already / speak) to Carla about her behaviour three times, but she
doesn’t listen.
12. Rachel _______________________ (yet / not reply). I sent a message asking where she was an hour ago.
13. We _______________________ (for / sit here) ages. Can we get off the coach now?
Vocabulary
5 Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences. (5)
1. My friends accused me ___to them.
a. of not listening b. for not listening c. to not listening
14. I expect my best friend ___sympathetic when I have a problem.
a. be b. to be c. being
15. We didn’t enjoy ___to wait in the rain.
a. having b. to have c. at having
16. Jo blamed me ___the screen on her mobile.
a. to break b. of breaking c. for breaking
17. I offered ___tickets for both my friends.
a. for buying b. to buy c. buying

6 Complete the sentences with the correct infinitive or -ing form of the verbs below. Use each verb once,
there are two extra verbs you do not need to use. (5)
admit spend tell thank try deny insist

1. Did you remember __________________your aunt for the card she sent you?
18. I don’t mind __________________to taking £5 from your wallet. I only took it to give to charity.
19. Peter tried __________________Claire not to use her phone in class, but she refused to listen.
20. George encouraged me __________________more time doing sport.
21. I’ve stopped __________________to help Karen. She never listens to anyone’s advice.

7 Match the words below with the sentences. (5)

an adult elderly in his/her teens an infant a toddler

1. Having reached the age of 21, Paul has decided it’s time to move out of his parents’ home. __________________
22. Laura is barely a week old, and her mum and dad have just come home with her from the hospital.
__________________
23. Norman is in his eighties now, and has moved into a home for retired people. __________________
24. Like most fourteen-year-olds, Kelly loves hanging out with her friends. __________________
25. Little Lucy can walk from the sofa to the armchair without any help, and she isn’t one yet.__________________

8 Complete the text with one word in each gap. (5)

Taking her chance in life

Rosie Clark was brought up by her parents in a small village in Scotland. Most of her friends and
family expected her to 1___________married and 2___________down with her long-term
boyfriend Ben when she left school, and then 3____________ a family. But Rosie was curious
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___________the world, and didn’t want to stay in her home town. She 5___________up with Ben,
who was very upset at the time, and started travelling the world. She became a travel blogger and
eventually a well-known travel book writer.