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ENGLISH
FEBRUARY 2016.
Level B1
VOCABULARY
MONEY:
Complete the sentences in column A or B with one word. In the first three sentences the meaning
in column B is the same as that in column A.
A
B
I (1) ................ some money from the bank
Borrowing the money (2)......... four per cent a
year.
I pay the money (3) ........ to the bank every
month.
I got a loan from the bank
I pay four per cent interest.
I make repayments every month.
Usually very poor people can’t get (4)
c…………... from normal banks.
Giving directions. Circle the incorrect word in each sentence. Then write the correct word on the
dotted line
(5) Go along The Strand to about 200 metres ………………..
(6) Take the first turning at the right ……………………….
(7) When you go to the supermarket, turn right. …………………………………..
(8) After a hundred metres, you see the railway station on your left. …………………..
Write the correct word from the box to complete the following statements. Some words are
‘extra’.
amazed
boiling
positive
starving
delighted
exhausted
freezing
terrified
(9)
I haven't eaten since yesterday and now I’m absolutely ………………………..!
(10)
Are you sure it's not too expensive?
Yes, really, I’m …………………………
(11)
.
Are they happy now?
Yes, they're ………………………
(12)
Angry? No, not angry. They're absolutely ………………………………….!
furious
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Getting tourist information. Put the words into the correct sequence
(13) any/ about/ have / the underground/ you / got/ information / …………………………..
…………………………………….?
(14) interesting / can / see / things / you / some / recommend / to
…………………………..…………………………………………........................................................?
(15) we /somewhere / are / stay / looking / for / to/ in the/ city centre
………………………………………………........................................................................................
(16) time/ do / the buses / running/ stop/ what ……………………………………………….............?
GRAMMAR
Complete the questions by adding ONE word to make a correct question.
(17) Q: How________ days did you stay there?
A: ten.
(18) Q: How________ did it take her to prepare the dinner?
A: About forty minutes.
(19) Q: How________ do you see them?
A: Once a week
Circle the correct word in each sentence:
(20) Have you got some/any money?
(21) Have they done some/any work on the new house this week?
(22) Could I talk to some/any of colleagues?
Add some or any to the following sentence:
(23) Do you think you could help me? I need ………… information about flights to Paris.
THE PAST
Complete the sentences with verbs in the brackets using the correct tense
(24) They……………………………...............(talk) in the office this afternoon when there was a small
earthquake.
(25) He ………………………………………(work ) for an insurance company in Boston when I last saw
him.
(26) " ……………………………………….....................(watch) the TV when you telephoned her?" "Yes".
(27) They met a lot of Americans when they………………………………...........(travel) in South Africa.
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USED T O
Complete the sentences with a form of the “used to” tense. (Do not use the simple past
Tense).
(28) He………………………. ………………………………like travelling, but he does now.
(29) Did you ……………………………………………..play a lot of chess when you were
younger?
(30) When they were young they ……………………………..........eat a lot of junk food. But they
do now.
(31) No, when they were children they…………………..……………..have a garden: they lived in
a flat.
PASSIVES
Put the words into the correct order to formulate passive questions
(32) these photos / taken / last week / were ………………………………………?
(33) serviced / her car / year / every / is?
……………………………………………………………?
(34) received / before / the letter / the telephone call / was
……………………………………………?
POSSIBILITY OR NECESSITY
The following 5 sentences are incorrect, grammatically and logically. Correct the sentences so
that they make sense: you can use the following words – or variations of these words- :
can,
can’t,
have to,
don’t have to
but do not use these words :
Must/ mustn’t
(35) They can’t play tennis if they don't want to.
…………………………………………………………………………………..
(36) You don’t have to take your car today.There's too much pollution!
………………………………………………………..........................................
(37) We can go to the supermarket. We haven’t got anything to eat.
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………………………………………………………………………………….
(38) You can hurry, it’s late.
…………………………………………………………………………………
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (1)
One word is missing from the following sentences: indicate the place in the sentence with a ^
and write the correct word on the dotted line.
(39) He hasn’t spoken to the boss Tuesday …………………………
(40) They've had friends staying at their flat a couple of weeks.
………………………………..
(41) We've been there often we rented that flat ....................................................
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (2)
Complete each sentence with one word.
(42) Have you ever ……………......................an email from him?
(43) Has she …………….................to you today?
(44) We haven’t ………………................that new film with George Clooney.
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE (3). Correct the following sentences using the Present Perfect
tense.
Did she ever go to see them play? (45) ………………………………………………………….
They read Hamlet three times. (46) ……………………………………………………………
I often went to Berlin for business. (47) …………………………………………………...
She didn’t pay the gas bill yet. (48)……………………………………………………………..
We are looking for them but I think they went (49)…………………………………………………
UNREAL CONDITIONALS. Complete the sentences with an unreal conditional structure using TWO
of the words in the brackets. The other two words are incorrect.
(50) They __________ __________ a lot of money if they _____________ having so many holidays.
(spend/stop/ save/ get)
(51) She _______ ________ golf tomorrow if she _______ ________ _____ .go to work. (play/ do/ must/
not have to).
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UNREAL OR REAL CONDITIONAL? Circle the correct word/s in column B to correspond
with the idea expressed in column A.
A
They might come and stay for the weekend.
They love action movies.
She really enjoys gardening.
B
(52) If they come/ came, they’ll/they’d enjoy
themselves.
(53)They’ll/They’d come to see the new
Spielberg film with us if we invite/invited them.
(54) She ll/She'd help us with the gardening if
we ask/asked her.
THE FUTURE. Specific future plans/arrangements. Insert the missing part of the sentences using the
correct future tense
(55) ...............................…………………………………....................a taxi? (they take)
(56) Which of your colleagues ………………………….................... tomorrow? (you see)
(57) ………………………………….........................back home on Thursday (they fly)
(58) …………………………..........................some friends for a drink at 7.30 (I meet).
(59) ........................................... ...............to that concert on Saturday? (she go)
READING (1).
Read the article about the Centre Culturel in Paris and indicate if the following
statements are true or false (Write T or F on the dotted line).
(60) It was difficult to understand the building at first. ……………………………..
(61) Movement around the building was restricted. ………….
(62) To get inside the building you can use one of three doors. ………………….
(63) Lloyds Bank was the next project for the architects after the Centre
Culturel…………………………………
(64) The new building was not only open to art lovers. ....................................................
It was the most outstanding new building constructed in Paris for two generations. It looked like
an explosion of brightly coloured service pipes in the calm of the city centre. However, when in
1977, the architects Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano stood among a large crowd of 5,000 at the
opening of the Centre Culturel d’Art Georges Pompidou, no one was really aware of the
significance of this unusual building.
The architects had been driven by the desire for ultimate flexibility, for a building that would not
limit the movement of its users. All the different parts were approached through the same
enormous entrance hall and served by the same escalator, which was free to anyone to ride,
whether they wanted to visit an exhibition or just admire the view. With all the services at one
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end of the building, escalators and lifts at the other, and the floors hung on giant steel beams
providing uninterrupted space the size of two football pitches, their dream had become a reality.
The following year, Rogers was commissioned to design a new headquarters for Lloyd’s Bank in
London, and went on to create one of Britain’s most dynamic architectural practices. Piano is
now among the world’s most respected architects.
READING (2)
Read the article about water problems in Ethiopia and decide if the following
statements are True (T) or False (F).
(65) Two and a half billion people do not have access to water. ..........................
(66) Water shortages affect more than three million people in the world every year. ………………
(67) WaterAid feels that the problem is a technological one……………………
(68) A WASH committee is an organisation working independently of WaterAid. ………….
(69) More than 3 million people die because of undrinkable water.
(70) There are no problems finding dirty water. ..................................................
In developed parts of the world, people turn on a tap and out pours abundant, clean water. Yet nearly 900
million people in the world have no access to clean water. Furthermore, 2.5 billion people have no safe
way to get rid of human waste. Polluted water and lack of proper hygiene cause disease and kill 3.3
million people around the world annually, most of them children. In southern Ethiopia and in northern
Kenya, a lack of rain over the past few years has made even dirty water hard to find. But soon, for the first
time, things are going to change. Today, a UK-based international non-profit organisation called WaterAid
is tackling the job of bringing water to the most remote villages of southern Ethiopia. Their approach
combines technologies proven to last – such as building a sand dam to capture and filter rainwater that
would otherwise drain away. But the real innovation is that WaterAid believes technology is only part of
the solution. Just as important is involving the local community in designing , building, and maintaining
new water projects. Before beginning any project, WaterAid asks the community to create a WASH
(water, sanitation, hygiene ) committee of seven people. The committee works with WaterAid to plan
projects and involve the village in construction. Then it maintains and runs the project.