Pre-Intermediate Pre-Interme diate Progress Test Unit 9 Test B Name: ___________________________________________
Grammar 1 Complete the sentences. Use Use the past perfect form form of the verbs verbs in brackets. 1 My parents _______________ _______________ (not (not see) the film film before, so they rented the DVD. 2 _______________ _______________ (Peter / phone) before before you left the house? house? 3 Sue wanted to meet my boyfriend because because she _______________ _______________ (never (never / see) him him before. 4 The man _______________ (spend) time in prison when he was younger. 5 Mary couldn’t cycle home because someone ______ someone _______________ _________ (steal) (steal) her bike. bike. 6 I knew about the robbery robbery because I ____________ _______________ ___ (hear) about it on the radio. radio. 7 When the men arrived, arrived, the fire _______________ _______________ (already (already / burn) down down the barn. Mark: ___ /7
2 Rewrite the sentences sentences in reported reported speech. speech. 1 ‘Judy hasn’t asked me about my holiday,’ said Mike. Mike said ______________________________________________________________. 2 ‘The police are watching your house,’ said my neighbour. neighbour. My neighbour said _______________________________________________________. 3 ‘I don’t want to study medicine,’ said Clare. Clare said ______________________________________________________________. 4 ‘The assistant took my credit card,’ said the girl. The girl said ____________________________________________________________. 5 ‘We didn’t see anything,’ said Mary and Ed. Mary and Ed said ________________________________________________________. 6 ‘I’m not a fan of horror stories,’ said James. James said _____________________________________________________________. 7 ‘Ben’s gone out,’ out,’ said Alice. Alice said ______________ ________________________ ___________________ ___________________ _________________ _______________ _____________. _____. Mark: ___ /7
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Pre-Intermediate Progress Test Unit 9 Test B 3 Rewrite the sentences in direct speech. 1 We said we were going at 7.30 p.m. ‘____________________________________________________________,’ we said. 2 The manager said she was looking for someone with good qualifications. ‘_____________________________________________________,’ said the manager. 3 You said the film had already finished. ‘____________________________________________________________,’ you said. 4 Peter ’s boss said he was late for work. ‘______________________________________________________,’ said Peter’s boss. 5 Rose said she had lost her camera at the beach. ‘___________________________________________________________,’ said Rose. 6 My cousins said they were too tired to visit me. ‘_______________________________________________________,’ said my cousins. Mark: ___ /6
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Vocabulary 4 Complete the sentences with the words below. broke
bunch
dealer
murdered
nicked
1 Police think a ______________ of kids smashed the windows at the library. 2 He’s going to prison for life because he ______________ an old man. 3 The painting was stolen by a well-known art ___________ . 4 Last night someone ______________ into a house on my street. 5 I know who _______________ my bike. I’m going to tell the police. Mark: ___ /5
5 Read the sentences and complete the words. 1 The boy said he hadn’t stolen the car. He just wanted to go j_ _ _ _d_ _ _. 2 He doesn’t like having kids in his shop because he’s worried about s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _s. 3 There’s a problem with v_ _ _ _l_ _ _ in our area. There’s a lot of graffiti and kids smash things. 4 We went to the police station to report the t_ _ _ _ of my bike. 5 Police q_ _ _ _ _ _ _ed the young man because they thought he might be the killer. 6 The b_ _ _ _ _r came into the house through a window. 7 ‘Hands up and don’t move! This is a r_ _ _ _ _y!’ said the man in the mask. 8 I read about the m_ _g_ _ _ in the paper and now I don’t walk alone in the st reets at night. 9 The fire wasn’t an accident. It was the work of a_ _ _ _ _ _ _s. Mark: ___ /9
6 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are two words you do not need. account
cash
computer
credit
junk
password
personal
PIN
1 Never reply to emails asking for ____________ information. 2 A virus sent all these ____________ emails to block up your inbox. 3 To get into your email, you need a(n) ____________. 4 Cyber criminals can take money directly from your bank ____________. 5 You must never tell anyone your ____________ number. 6 Is there a(n) ____________ machine near here? I need some money. Mark: ___ /6
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Use of English 7 Complete the text. Choose the correct options, A, B, C or D. Assassination is the murder of someone important for political reasons. One of the most famous assassinations is that of US President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, in November, 1963. The police 1 ____________ Lee Harvey Oswald for the 2 ____________. They said that Oswald 3
____________ the 4 ____________ from the Texas school book warehouse building, while
Kennedy's car 5 ____________ past it. However, just two days 6 ____________ the assassination, someone 7 ____________ Oswald while the police 8 ____________ him from the police station to the county 9 ____________. As a result, he was never able to give 10 ____________ in court and tell the full story of what happened.
1
A
investigated
B
questioned
C
arrested
D
charged
2
A
robbery
B
murder
C
arson
D
burglary
3
A
was shooting B
shoots
C
has shot
D
had shot
4
A
police
B
prisoner
C
officer
D
president
5
A
was driving
B
had driven
C
drives
D
has driven
6
A
later
B
after
C
next
D
from
7
A
shot
B
had shot
C
was shooting D
has shot
8
A
had taken
B
take
C
were taking
D
have taken
9
A
bank
B
hospital
C
cinema
D
jail
evidence
B
justice
C
innocence
D
guilt
10 A
Mark: ___ /10
Listening 8
Listen to a phone call to a police station. Are the sentences true or false? 1 The car doesn’t belong to the caller.
______
2 The caller says the keys have been left in the car.
______
3 The police officer asks the caller to come to the police station.
______
4 The caller can’t see the car’s number plate.
______
5 The police officer says the car wasn’t stolen.
______
Mark: ___ /5
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Reading 9 Read the text and choose the correct answers.
Super Gran
It was broad daylight and lots of people were out shopping in Northampton city centre on Saturday. Suddenly, a gang of six criminals attacked a jewellery shop. They were wearing black jac kets and black ski hats to hide their faces. Their plan was to smash the big glass windows of the jewel lery shop, steal as much valuable jewellery as they could and then quickly escape on motorbikes before anyone could do anything. They thought that nobody would stop them. But they were wrong. As the gang were smashing the window, a seventy-year-old woman saw what they were t rying to do. She ran up to them and started hitting the men on the head with her handbag. The men were very surprised when they saw that their attacker was an old lady. They were so shocked that they dropped the jewellery and tried to run away. But now other shoppers had seen what was happening and came to help the old lady. The shop assistants locked the shop and called the police. Four of the men were arrested. The whole incident was filmed on the mobile phone of a passer -by. He put the film on the Internet and the story was in all the newspapers: ‘Granny stops armed robbers’. And what a bout the old lady? Nobody knows who she is! Police questioned people at the scene, but they said she had gone to have a cup of tea and then quietly disappeared. 1 The story is about a a robbery.
b mugging.
c burglary.
b in the middle of the day.
c in the evening.
2 The crime happened a during the night. 3 The old woman a was the only person to react. b was the first person to react. c filmed the gang on her phone. 4 All the members of the gang a were arrested.
b escaped on motorbikes.
c tried to escape.
5 The old lady a was questioned by the police. b didn’t tell anyone her name. c phoned the police. Mark: ___ /5
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Writing 10 Your English-speaking friend is doing a school project on national legends and wants to know about a famous legend in your country. Write an email to your friend ab out this.
Say what the legend is.
Explain the story behind the legend.
Say what you think people can learn from the legend.
Say if the legend has made a difference to how you live your life.
Mark: ___ /10
Total: ___ /70
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