Talkback Quick Test 1A

Pre-intermediate Unit test 5

Grammar

1 Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1 He   was playing   tennis when he   hurt   his arm. (play/hurt)

2 While we                      , we                      a lot of new friends. (travel/make)

3 Who                 you                 to when I                 you? (talk/see)

4 Nina                 me while I                 dinner. (call/eat)

5 He                 a bath when the doctor                 . (have/arrive)

6 While I                 in the garden, I                 someone call my name. (sit/heard)

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2 Underline the correct alternative.

1 They want to climb/climbing the mountains tomorrow.

2 Can I have that magazine when you finish to read/reading it?

3 They don’t enjoy to swim/swimming in the sea.

4 I hope to go/going to Malaysia next year.

5 He decided to visit/visiting Belize.

6 Who did you need to call/calling tonight?

7 Did you want to book/booking an island tour?

8 I can imagine to spend/spending a year abroad.

9 In the end, we chose to travel/travelling by boat.

10 Our tour guide didn’t seem to know/knowing where we were going.

11 Would you like to take/taking a train to Cadiz this afternoon?

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Vocabulary

3 Rearrange the letters to make forms of transport to complete the sentences.

1 It’s easy to move around London on the   underground  . (ugrnoddreun)

2 When my father was a young man, he always rode a                 . (bokemirot)

3 It’s such a long distance. The easiest way to travel there is by                 . (penal)

4 His uncle is like James Bond. He lives in Monte Carlo and loves being on the water in his
                . (sebdaetop)

5 The people here use                  (sbelicyc) to travel to town, so they are very fit and healthy.

6 Sarah uses the                 (bessu) to travel to work but they are often very crowded.

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4 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

backpack binoculars clothes digital map money notebook souvenirs sunhat umbrella walking

1 You need to wear a   sunhat   to the beach.

2 My son never uses a suitcase or a wallet. He puts his clothes in a            and wears a            belt.

3 Look! Can you see that ship with these           ?

4 It’s very wet outside so wear waterproof            and            boots.

5 She rarely brings back            from her holidays.

6 He always travels with his            camera.

7 They always take a            so they never get lost.

8 I take a            with me when I travel so I can write down the places I visit and ones I really like.

9 It’s useful to have an            in case it rains.

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5 Complete the sentences with tourism words.

1 Our  tour guide  was excellent and told us all about the history of the city.

2 The Eiffel Tower is popular with t                      and visitors to Paris always want to see it.

3 Mount Everest is one of the seven n                  
w                   of the world.

4 I cross the border for t      - f         s                      .

5 He didn’t come on the b          t          to the Island of the Sun as he is afraid of water.

6 Now they are older, they prefer to go on
c             t             when they go on holiday.

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Function

6 Complete the conversation with the words in the box.

end go keep miss need on see take to get turn way

A: Excuse me. We want ¹   to get   to the bus station. Is this the right ²                 ?

B: Yes, ³                 past that supermarket and
⁴                 the first right. Then ⁵                 going until you reach the ⁶                 of the road.
⁷                 left, then take the first – no, third – right.

A: So I ⁸                 to turn left and then third right.

B: Yes, you’ll ⁹                 the bus station
¹⁰                 the right. You can’t ¹¹                 it.

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Total:

50

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