Diagnostic Test Extra without answers
Diagnostic Test Extra without answers
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Smart Planet 3 Diagnostic Test Extra
Listening Tim
I get embarrassed really easily which is very
8 2 Listen to five teenagers. Circle the annoying as I feel so stupid. You know how some
correct answer: a, b or c. people never seem to show how they’re feeling.
1 Which adjective best describes Speaker One’s 4
No wonder people laugh at me. I’m sure
mother? there are techniques for calming yourself down
a kind b cheerful c calm but I don’t know of any. As you can imagine, the
2 Which emotion is Speaker Two describing? more I think about it, the worse it gets.
a embarrassment b stress c anger Sally
3 Speaker Three spends of her pocket money To be honest, I’d have to say that I’m quite a
on magazines. nervous person. 5 She thought everything
a some b all c most was dangerous so now when I do things, I think
4 How does Speaker Four feel about the holiday? of everything that can go wrong. For example,
if I have to travel on business, I worry about the
a excited b scared c nervous
journey, the people, losing my ticket … you get
5 Speaker Five is describing a show. the picture.
a sports b game c comedy
5
Put the letters (a–e) into the correct place in
Reading the text.
a This year we’ve got so many exams and we have
9 Read the online forum on feelings. to do well if we want to go on to university.
b Well, I go bright red in the face and I start
sweating and stumbling over my words.
c Even when I was really little I used to scream and
Jane scream if I didn’t get what I wanted.
I just can’t help it. I know it’s not healthy to get d I think I get it from my mother who was always
so angry and so worked up about things but worried about everything.
I’ve always been like this. 1 It must have
e Every time we go out, they have to tell the world
been a nightmare for my mother. I’m a bit better
what we’re doing and where we are.
now but even the smallest things can really
make me angry. Stupid things like not being 5
able to find my phone or missing the bus. I’m
sure it can’t be good for my health. I know you Writing
can do courses in anger management so maybe
I should think about it. 10 Write an email to your friend. Use the
prompts below to help you. Write at least
Rob
120 words.
Maybe I was born in the wrong century but
I find modern technology so boring. I don’t • what you did during your last holiday
understand why all my friends spend so much • something you are looking forward to in the
time doing social media stuff. 2 I just sit new school year
there and get bored. In fact, I get so bored that • the subjects you are studying
I often go home and leave them to it. I can’t
imagine what the next development will be!
Louise
I seem to spend most of my life stressed! 3
Our teachers are very patient and kind but they
also expect a lot from us so they give us loads
of homework and we have tests pretty much
every week. When I’m stressed, I don’t sleep
well so that only makes things worse. I’m going
to try meditation to see if that helps. 5
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