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Lifestyle Pre-Intermediate Test B – Unit 5

1 Decide if the following requests are direct (D) or indirect (I).
0 Are you making coffee? ___I___
1 Would you help carry my luggage? _______
2 What time are you going home? _______
3 I’m thirsty. _______
4 Do you mind if I sit here? _______
5 May I have a glass of water? _______
6 That music is quite loud. _______
7 Is anyone using this computer? _______
8 Could you open the window? _______

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2 Match the responses in the box to the requests.

A Of course, or do you want me to put the fan on?

B Would you like a glass of water?
C Yes, of course. Which bag do you want to me to carry?
D No, here you are – but please bring it back when you’ve finished with it.
E Oh sorry. I’ll turn it down a bit.
F In about ten minutes. Would you like a lift?
G Yes, certainly. Would you prefer still or sparkling?
H Have you any idea where they are?
I I’m sorry but someone else is already sitting there.

Request Response
0 Could you help me look for my glasses? ___H___
1 Would you help me with my luggage? _______
2 What time are you going home? _______
3 I’m thirsty. _______
4 Do you mind if I sit here? _______
5 May I have a glass of water? _______
6 That music is quite loud. _______
7 Is anyone reading this newspaper? _______
8 Could you open the window? _______

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3 Complete the words in these sentences.
0 They both started laughing __simultaneously__.
1 Can I use your mobile phone? My battery is _r_________ _o______.
2 _P___________ at our factory increased by 5% last month.
3 My manager asked all his staff to start writing a _t_________ _m____________ diary.
4 He ignored my _i____________ and continued speaking.
5 Tim says he can’t _m_________, but I know he can do more than one thing at the same
time.
6 I didn’t get time to tidy my kitchen, so it’s a bit _m_________.
7 We always _r_________ glass, paper and plastic.
8 Why _p_________ something _o_________ till tomorrow, when you can do it today?

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4 Make questions from these prompts. For questions 1–4, use going to.
For questions 5–8, use will.
0 (going to) Who / you / meet / in London / on Thursday
Who are you going to meet in London on Thursday?
0 (will) the management / give / everybody / a pay rise / next year
Will the management give everybody a pay rise next year?
1 When / she / take / her holiday
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2 They / visit / the new offices / soon
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3 Why / you / do / that
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4 Which things / he / tidy up / first
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5 What / she / do / after she leaves college
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6 Who / you / ask / for help / with those problems
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7 It / be / necessary / to multitask more / in the future
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8 How / people / be able / to find time / for so many activities
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5 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
0 The news said it will no rain tonight.
1 How they going to find anything in that mess?
2 I think I will to go swimming this weekend.
3 I don’t think he is not going to come tonight.
4 You will come with us?
5 She going to go home because she’s ill.
6 People will becoming much fatter in the future.
7 He be going to go to the cinema tonight with Ben. _______________________________
8 I’ll to see you on Saturday then. Bye!
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