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TEST 1A
1 Complete the text with the Present Simple, Present Continuous or Present Perfect form of the verbs
in brackets.
I am from England, but at the moment I am living in Wales because I 1 _studiet___ (study) at Bangor
University. I 2 ‘ve___been_ (be) here for six months and I love it. The most interesting thing is the
language. Lots of people here 3_are speaking____ (speak) Welsh as their first language. I love the sound
of Welsh, but I 4_____didn’t learn__ (not learn) to say anything except ‘Hello’. I have one Welsh friend at
university. Her name is Bethan. She 5_____lives_ (live) in Bangor all her life and she 6__knows__ (know)
the best places to go out. She 7__didn’t speak____ (not speak) Welsh as her first language, but she
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__understands_____ (understand) it. At the moment, she 9_is reading___ (read) Barack Obama’s
autobiography in Welsh! When we go out, people think we are English. They 10___don’t realise___ (not
realise) that Beth can understand them. Sometimes, it is very interesting!

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2 Use the cues to write questions and answers. Use the Present Simple, Present Continuous or Present
Perfect.
B: 1_I live in Burnley______

(I / live / in Burnley)

A: 2__How long have you lived there?________

(how long / you / live / there?)

B: 3__I lived there all my life___

(I / live / there all my life)

A: 4_Do you like Burnley_____

(you / like / Burnley?)

B: Yes, it’s okay here.

A: 5___Why do you wear that leather jacket?_____

(why / you / wear / that leather jacket?)

B: 6__I wear it because I’m a metal head___

(I / wear / it / because I’m a metal head)

A: 7__How long have you been metal head?___

(how long / you / be / a metal head?)

B: 8__I’ve been one for about a year_____

(I / be / one / for about a year)

A: 9__Does your mum likes the way you look?_______

(your mum / like / the way you look?)

B: No. 10_She hates my clothes and my hair____

(she / hate / my clothes and my hair)

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3 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

My friend Dan is a laid-back kind of person, but sometimes he’s a bit too laid-back. The only subject he’s
really passionate 1__is__ at school is art. Dan is really 2_likes___ horror films and he’s proud 3____of__ his
collection of horror DVDs. He’s keen 4___into____ fashion too, but only Goth fashion. He enjoys playing
computer games but he doesn’t like sport. In fact, he hates it. He isn’t interested in any of his country’s
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___region___ sports teams, not even when they’re playing in important competitions like the World Cup.

4 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are three extra words.

brand-new / easy-going / idealistic / independent / rebellious / shy /well-dressed / well-known

1 Adrianna wore her jacket today. It’s __brand new___.

2 Natalie was on television last week. Now she is _well known_____ and everyone wants to take her photo
or get her autograph.

3 Leo doesn’t need other people’s help and he likes doing things on his own. He’s very
______independet________.

4 Sara never worries about anything. She’s relaxed and __easy going___

5 Mark always wears smart clothes. He loves being __well dressed_______

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Reading
5 Read the article. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?
1 Tierra del Fuego belongs to two different countries. t

2 The people of Tierra del Fuego used animal fat to keep warm. t

3 The different tribes on the islands all spoke the same language. f

4 There are only ten speakers of Kawesqar left in the world. t

5 Cristina Calderón speaks Yaghan. f

6 Cristina Calderón’s book is about her life. f

7 There are no native speakers of Ona or Haush any more. f

8 Some people still know a few Ona words. t

Tierra del Fuego is a group of islands at the southern tip of South America. Half of the main island, Isla
Grande de Tierra del Fuego, belongs to Chile and the other half to Argentina. When the first Europeans
arrived on the islands, there were several groups of people living there. These tribes were hunters. They didn’t
wear clothes before the Europeans arrived even though the climate of the islands is very cold. They kept warm
by covering their bodies in animal fat and by lighting fires. This is how the islands got their name: Tierra del
Fuego means ‘Land of Fire’.
The four main tribes of Tierra del Fuego looked similar to the Europeans, but they spoke different languages.
One of these is Kawesqar, and it is now an endangered language. There are only about ten speakers on Tierra
del Fuego and another ten on Wellington Island, south-west of Chile. However, Kawesqar is in a much
healthier position than Yaghan. In 2002, there were about 1,685 Yaghan people living in Chile, but most of
them don’t speak the Yaghan language any more. In fact, in 2002 there were only two native speakers of this
language. One of them died in 2005; this means that a woman called Cristina Calderón is now the last Yaghan
speaker in the world. In 2005 she published a book of Yaghan stories called Hai Kur Mamashu Shis, which
means ‘I want to tell you a story’. The other two Fuegian languages, Ona and Haush, are related and they are
very similar to each other. They are both part of the Chon group of languages. The last native speaker of Ona
died in about 2003, so Ona is now a dead language. However, you can see examples of Ona words in online
dictionaries and there are still a few people who understand it even though it isn’t their first language. Haush
died a long time ago and not much is known about it now. There is a third member of the Chon language
family, Tehuelche, and experts think there are only four native speakers left. They don’t live on Tierra del
Fuego, but in Patagonia in Argentina.

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6 Choose the correct responses

1 A: I’m not keen on tattoos.

B:   a Me too. b Me neither. c So am I.

2 A: We always fly a flag from our car during the World Cup.

B:   a Neither do we. b We don’t. c We aren’t.

3 A: We study three languages at school.

B:   a So are we. b We aren’t. c So do we.

4 A: My brother’s a bit too laid-back.

B:   a Mine neither. b So does mine. c So is mine.

5 A: I don’t care about my roots.

B:   a I do. b Neither am I. c Me too.

6 A: I read a lot.

B:   a I’m not. b Me too. c So am I.

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