Language Test B

Name: ____________________________________________ Class: ______________

Listening

1 [AUDIO 4] You will hear an interview about a website. Listen to the interview and complete the notes.
Write only ONE word in each gap.

Name of website: 0eBay .

Who can buy and sell things? People or 1_______________________ shops.

How does it work? The person who offers the most 2_______________________ wins.

Who started it? Name: Pierre Omidyar, who was born in 3___________________.

His full time job: Computer 4_______________________.

How much money did Pierre get for the first thing which he sold? 5__________________dollars.

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Vocabulary

2 Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box. There is one extra expression.

switch on hang up switch off take many photos

check out watch videos charge the battery

0 Lee switches on his computer as soon as he arrives at work.

1 I don’t need a charger for my smartphone – I can _______________________ on my laptop.

2 I love Saturdays – I can _______________________on You Tube all day!

3 My parents usually _______________________ their tablets and e-readers before they go to bed.

4 Karl didn’t _______________________ his friends’ posts on his Facebook page yesterday.

5 Did you _______________________ of the city when you were on your holiday in New York?

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3 Put the words in the correct order to make phrases.

0 up / a phone / top
top up a phone.
1 check / connection / the internet
..
2 offline / some / time / spend
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3 YouTube / download / from / videos
..
4 with / in touch / people / keep
..
5 on / a song / record / a computer
..

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Grammar

4 Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in the brackets.

0 Camilla went (go) to London last weekend.

1 Paulo _______________________ (do) his homework last night.

2 Pascale _______________________ (buy) a new tablet for £200!

3 Yasmin _______________________ (find) her pen drive in the computer!

4 Last week, I _______________________ (forget) about my mum’s birthday – she was so angry with me!

5 My aunt _______________________ (not take ) any nice photos in the summer holidays.

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5 Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.

0 Flavia hates to buy / buying things on eBay.

1 Tim loves to go / going shopping every Saturday.

2 I tried to write / writing a new song yesterday.

3 Jenny remembered to get up / getting up early this morning.

4 Ian learnt to upload / uploading songs on the internet last month.

5 Maria loves to listen / listening to jazz music.

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Speaking

6 Choose the correct responses to complete the conversations.

Speaker A Speaker B

0 So, tell me the story. A Well, after that I lost my phone.

B Well, first I lost my phone.
C Well, then I lost my phone.

1 Why aren’t you doing your homework? A The internet connection crashed.
B The internet connection stopped working.
C The internet connection finished.

2 When did the teacher give you your phone A A few hours next.
back? B A few hours later.
C A few hours then.

3 So how did the story finish? A Next, the police came.

B Suddenly, the police came.
C In the end, the police came.

4 Oh no! What’s the problem with this tablet? A Oh, the battery died.
B Oh, the battery charged.
C Oh, the battery finished.

5 I’ve got nothing to do tonight. A Do you fancy watching a film together?

B I don’t mind watching a film together?
C Can you give me a hand watching a film?
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Reading

7 Complete the blog with the correct sentences A–F.

A He tried to make burger and fries, but they weren’t good and I didn’t eat them.

B I really hate having my teeth checked!

C Finally, I couldn’t watch my favourite TV programme.

D But the internet stopped working in all the classrooms.

E I love playing football, but it started raining.

F First of all, things went wrong at school.

17th May
0
I didn’t have a good day yesterday! F I tried to look up some information for my homework
project. 1____ It’s a shame because I really like the topic – technology in the past. Anyway, then we
had sport. 2____ I got very wet!
After school, Mum and Dad took me to the dentist. 3____ At least I didn’t have any problems with
them. Then Dad made the dinner. 4____ We all had sandwiches in the end!
5
____ Dad wanted to watch some terrible programme about a famous scientist. I went to watch some
video clips instead on my tablet but it didn’t work. Sometimes I really hate gadgets! And then mum
said it was bedtime…
.
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English in Use

8 Complete the sentences with who, which or where.

0 A doctor is a person who helps sick people get better.

1 A supermarket is a place _______________________ you can buy a lot of different things.

2 Michael Jackson was a very famous singer _______________________ made a lot of very popular songs

3 I always forget the name of the town _______________________ my grandparents were born

4 The computer is an example of technology _______________________ changed the world.

5 Alexander Graham Bell is the man _______________________ invented the telephone.

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Writing

9 Write a diary entry about using technology.

• write a date and describe what you did on this day;

• write what technology and gadgets you used;

• use first, then, next, an hour later etc. to put events in order.

Your description should be between 80 and 120 words.

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