Practice Test 1 (answers on a separate sheet)

-Listening (numbers) (see online links)

-False friends (like the example on p.9) Example exercise 1: Correct the false
friends in the following:

1. I like the English lessons. The teacher is sympathetic.

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2. I lived in Porto for 10 years, but actually I live in Felgueiras.
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3. I would like to assist this class, please. I’m a new student.
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4. The shop assistant put all the clothes on the balcony before putting them in a bag.
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5. I can’t stop sneezing. I am constipated!
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-Functional English: Taking a taxi (p.19)/ getting a room for the night (p.22/ 23) /ordering
food in a restaurant (p.24)/ Social niceties (p.25)/ Arranging to meet (p.28)

Example exercise 2: Complete the gaps in the following

Receptionist: — Good afternoon, San Felice Hotel.1 ________________ you?

Mrs Ryefield: — Yes.2 _______________ to book a room, please.
Receptionist: — Certainly. When for, madam?
Mrs Ryefield: — March the 23rd.
Receptionist: — How long 3________________?
Mrs Ryefield: — Three nights.
Receptionist: — What 4___________________________, madam?
Mrs Ryefield: — Er... double with bath. I´d appreciate it if you could give me a room with a view
over the lake.
Receptionist: — Certainly, madam. I´ll just 5________________ what we have available. . .
Yes, we have a room on the 4th floor with a really splendid view.
Mrs Ryefield: — Fine.6 ________________ per night?
Receptionist: — It´s eighty four euros per night excluding VAT.
Mrs Ryefield: — That´s fine.
Receptionist: — 7________________ please, madam?
Mrs Ryefield: — Mr and Mrs Ryefield,
Receptionist: — Sorry, 8________________________________, please?
Mrs Ryefield: — It´s R-Y-E-F-I-E-L-D.
Receptionist: — Okay, let me make sure I got that: Mr and Mrs Ryefield. Double with bath for
March the 23rd, 24th and 25th. Is that correct?
Mrs Ryefield: — Yes 9 ___________, Thank you.
Receptionist: — Let me give you your confirmation number. It´s: 7576385. Thank you for
choosing San Felice Hotel and 10_________________, day. Goodbye.
Mrs Ryefield: — Goodbye.

-Vocabulary:
o At the airport (p.20- 21) Example exercise 3

Complete the following texts with words from the box. You don’t need all the words.

baggage, reclaim, departure, passports., customs, arrivals, gate, passengers, duty free,
boarding, board, carousel, seat, metal

Catching a plane is easy. When 1_______________ arrive at an airport, they need to check in,
and leave their heavy bags. They are usually only allowed to take one piece of hand
2______________ on to the plane. After going through security, they go to the
3_______________ lounge, where they can buy some 4_______________ perfumes or
cigarettes. They go to the 5_______________ for their flight, and 6_______________ the plane.
After landing, passengers show their 7_______________ at immigration go to the baggage
8_______________ area, and collect their bags from the 9_______________. After this, they
need to go through the 10_______________ area, where officers check if passengers are
bringing illegal goods into the county.

o Numbers; dates, ordinals, cardinals (p.37-40) Example exercise 4

Answer the following questions, (CIRCLE the correct answer or FILL IN THE GAP)

1. How do we say the following date: 18 /11/ 1945

a. Eighteen November nineteen forty-five
b. Eighteenth of November nineteen forty-five
c. Eighteenth of November one thousand nine hundred and forty-five
d. Both a and b
2. Which is larger, 467.028 or 467,028?
a. 467.028 b. 467,028 c. They’re both the same
3. What is the sum of six million, five hundred and thirty three thousand, two hundred and
seven, and three million, twenty seven thousand, and ninety?
a. 9560297 b. 9804170 c. Neither of these. The answer is:
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23
4. How do we say: 12
a. Twelve twenty thirds b. twelve to the power of twenty three c.
Twelve elevated to twenty three.
 5. You want to print only numbers 1, 3, 5, 7,and 9 of your ten-page document. These
numbers are:
a. Impairs b. Pairs c. Odd d. Even c. Prime
6. You and your three friends have ordered a pizza. You are not very hungry, so you only
want a sixth of the total. Your friends divide the remainder equally. How much does
each one get?
a. a third b. five eighteenths c. five eighths d. five sixths
7. Use statistical expressions to complete the following; six students who took an English
test got 8, 11, 16, 16, 16, 17, out of 20.
a. The ____________ was 16 (
b. The ____________ was 14.
8. The ____________ of all donations to the charity in 2003 was €15,421. The smallest
donation was € and the largest was €250.
9. Most donations were around the midway point of €127.5. Rounded up, this is
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-Grammar:
o Countables /uncountables (extra worksheet and p.41-42) Example exercise 5
Circle the correct answer.

1 Is there ________ cheese left? 6 Excuse me. I need ________ information

about trains to Guadalajara.
A some
B any A some

C the B any
C an

2 To make pancakes we need ________ 7 Do you know ________ good restaurants

eggs and some flour. near here?
A some A some
B any B any
C an C the

3 How ________ money do we have left? 8 For lunch today I had a salad and
________ piece of pizza.
A many
B much A some

C do B any
C a

4 How ________ cars are we taking? 9 How ________ rice do we have left?
A many A many
 B much B much
C long C peas

How ________ glasses of wine did you 10 It's cold. Don't open ________ windows.
5
drink?
A some
A many B any
B much C a
C drunk

o Present simple/ present continuous (p.31-32) Example exercise 6

1. He usually ……………………………(wait) for me in the cafe.

2. ………………………………….…(you/study) at the UFP?
3. When the road ………………..(turn) to the left, you’ll see my house in front of you.
4. Ron is in London at the moment. He usually ….......................(stay) at the Hilton Hotel,
but this time he …....................................... (stay) at the Royal Hotel
5. He ……………………………….. (not/ believe) what you’re saying. It can’t be true!
6. Hurry! The bus …………………….. (come)! I .....................................(not want) to miss it

o Simple Past (p.33-36) Example exercise 7

A 52-year-old German woman in Dusseldorf 1_____________ (block) the entrance to an

underground station when she 2_____________ (mistake) it for a subterranean car park,
police 3_____________ (say) on Wednesday. The accident 4_____________ (happen) in
the Nordstrasse underground station, in the centre of Dusseldorf. The woman
5_____________ (drive) her Volkswagen Beetle across the pavement and into the
entrance, because she 6_____________ (not realise) it was the entrance to the metro and
7_____________ (not/see) the car park. The car 8_____________ (come) to a halt five
steps down. Then it 9_____________ (remain) balanced on the fifth step and the woman
10_____________ (be) able to get out unaided and unharmed.

o Adverbs of frequency (p. 26-27) Example exercise 8

Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb in brackets in its correct position.

Example: I play tennis on Sundays. (often)

Answer: I often play tennis on Sundays.

1) He listens to the radio. (often)
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2) They read a book. (sometimes)

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3) Pete gets angry. (never)

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4) Tom is very friendly. (usually)

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5) I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes)

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6) Ramon and Frank are hungry. (often)

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7) My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening. (always)

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8) Walter helps his father in the kitchen. (usually)

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9) They watch TV in the afternoon. (never)

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10) Christine smokes. (never)

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o Interrogative forms Example exercise 9

Complete the phrases below with how, how long, how many, what, where, plus an
appropriate auxiliary verb (do, does, are, is, have, has)

o ______________________ you been an engineer?

o ______________________ languages _________ you speak? 4 or 5?
o ______________________ you work? In London?
o ______________________ your job? An engineer?
o ______________________ you get to work? By car?