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3 Complete the second sentence so it means the

Use of English: Grammar same as the first, using the word given. Do not
change the word given. Use between two and five
1 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
alternatives. 1 Janet is definitely in New York now because
1 You ought/had better to put some of your her flight only took four hours.
earnings into a savings account. MUST
2 You mustn’t/don’t have to wait for an Janet ____________________________ now
appointment with the bank manager. You can because her flight only took four hours.
go in and ask to see him. 2 They didn’t give us permission to go backstage
3 I didn’t need to take/needn’t have taken all this after the play.
money out of my bank. I know I’ll just spend it NOT
shopping! We _________________________ to go
4 I didn’t need to fill/ought not to have filled in backstage after the play.
many forms to open the account. It was really 3 It’s a good idea to change your money before
quite quick. you go on holiday.
5 I don’t have to/can’t take out any more money HAD
because my overdraft is too big.
You _______________ change your money
/5 before you go on holiday.
4 It’s quite possible that Mike missed the train
because he left work very late.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of MIGHT
must, can or might and these verbs. Mike _______________________________
because he left work very late.
work write go be read 5 It wasn’t necessary to type out the essay but it
is easier to read.
1 It __________ a boring job, sitting in an office
all day and just doing lots of paperwork. TYPED
2 Shelly __________ to town. I know she was You ________________________, but it is
thinking about going earlier. easier to read.
3 Fred __________ my email yet. He hasn’t
phoned me and I asked him to. /5
4 Jackie __________ late tonight. She asked me
to tell you.
5 Grant __________ this note. It looks like his
writing, but I’m not sure.

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4 Complete the text with one word in each gap. 6 Complete the sentences with these words.
A friend of mine, Suzanne, recently told me about charges withdraw debt interest overdraft
her unusual hobby, which is called ‘comping’. I
had no idea what ‘comping’ was, but it seems 1 If you don’t pay back the money soon, you’ll
(1) __________ a lot of people do this and they have to pay extra in __________.
can earn huge amounts of money from it. Comping 2 Most students get into __________ while they
is the hobby of finding and entering lots and lots of are at university because of the fees and the
competitions. What you do is look in cost of accommodation.
supermarkets, magazines, radio or TV guides,
newspapers and online, (2) __________ they are 3 Can we stop at the bank? I need to __________
always advertising competitions of some sort or some money to go shopping.
another. Then you enter each competition you 4 I’m going to change my bank because of the
find. Suzanne says you (3) __________ enter one high bank __________ I have to pay at this
competition many times but it’s a good idea to one.
enter lots of different competitions just once. She 5 While I was at university, I only went into my
also recommends choosing the least popular __________ once and that was only for a few
competitions as then with fewer entries you will pounds.
have a better chance. Or you could go for the
(4) __________ with lots of prizes rather than just /5
one big one, as you’re more likely to win
something. She has been doing this for years now
and she must have won several thousand pounds!
It’s crazy but it certainly seems to be a profitable
hobby. However, according to Suzanne you
(5) __________ to keep a close eye on how much
you spend on stamps and envelopes because the
costs can quickly add up. She advises setting a
limit each month. Some people have actually
become addicted to ‘comping’, so you need to be
very careful.

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Use of English: Vocabulary

5 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 Can I exchange this shirt if I have lost the
__________?
2 I’m sorry, I haven’t got any __________ for the
parking meter. Have you?
3 There’s a __________ on at the computer store.
Do you want to go? We might get some cheap
software.
4 It’s much better to buy things online because
you usually get good __________ for money.
5 If you order tennis rackets through the tennis
club, it’s cheaper because you get a special
__________.

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7 Complete the second sentence so it means the
same as the first, using the word given. Do not
change the word given. Use between two and five
words.
1 We’re not spending much money so that we
can go to Paris next month.
UP
We _______________ to go to Paris next
month.
2 I spent a lot of money on a new pair of
expensive shoes last week.
OUT
I _______________ a new pair of expensive
shoes last week.
3 If you look carefully, you can sometimes find
some real bargains in antique shops.
UP
If you look carefully, you can sometimes
_______________ some real bargains in
antique shops.
4 I’m afraid I won’t be able to return the money
until the end of the month.
BACK
I’m afraid I won’t be able to _______________
the money until the end of the month.
5 There aren’t any more concert tickets for sale at
the ticket office.
OUT
The ticket office _______________ concert
tickets.
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8 Complete the text with words formed from the
words given.
I know the (1) __________ (economy) recession
has caused a lot of difficulties for everyone and
that the government has to make cut backs to save
money. However, I think it’s short-sighted to make
(2) __________ (reduce) in spending on
education. Children need a good, strong education.
Cut backs will mean larger classes, fewer teachers
and less equipment for sports and other extra-
curricular (3) __________ (active). They will also
mean that schools will be unable to keep up with
their plans to equip all classrooms with computers.
As well as affecting what goes on in classrooms,
the cuts will have another effect. Many school
buildings need significant repairs, and there was an
allocation of funds for this when the previous
(4) __________ (govern) was in power. Now, the
repairs are being stopped because there is
insufficient money to continue. Our children will
be studying in (5) __________ (safe) buildings
with leaking roofs and broken windows. This is
not good enough. I ask the government to rethink
its plans.
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Reading
9 Read the text about three people’s opinions on a
website about scams. Match the people A–C with
the questions 1–5.
1 Which person gives some advice on avoiding a
scam? Person ___
2 Which person was extremely surprised to learn
about a particular scam? Person ___
3 Which person has personal knowledge of
someone who has lost money in a scam? Person
___
4 Which person says that the people targeted by a
scam don’t want to tell anyone about it?
Person ___
5 Which person talks about a scam that uses the
postal service? Person ___
A
I, personally, have never been the victim of a
scam, at least as far as I know, but I know
someone who has, and it’s such a sad story. The
person I’m talking about is an old lady who lives
near my parents. She lives alone and only has a
daughter who goes to visit her from time to time.
One day, the daughter found a huge pile of letters
in the lady’s bedroom, and they were all scam
letters saying that she’d won something in a lottery
or a competition. Apparently, the old lady had
replied to many of them and even sent money to
pay what the scammers called ‘the insurance on
her winnings’. When the daughter investigated
further, she found that the old lady had lost
thousands and thousands of pounds! I think it’s
terrible that these scammers target older people
who don’t really realise what lies these people are
telling them. They’re from a generation who
believed that most people were basically honest.
So, if someone tells them that they’ve won a large
amount of money in a Canadian lottery, they don’t
immediately think ‘how could I have won money
from a lottery that I never entered?’. They do what
they’re asked to do. They send money and then
never hear from these people again. It’s appalling.
B
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The scam that I think is really terrible is one
that’s been highlighted recently on television. It’s
when people (mainly women) meet someone on a
dating website and that person later gets them to
send him or her a lot of money. Apparently,
there’s a whole system at work here, not just nasty
individuals. The organisation they showed on
television operates from a country in Africa, and
the men who email the women often pretend to be
American soldiers. Because they live in another
country it’s unlikely that they will ever be asked to
meet up, so they can keep pretending for a long
time. They develop a romantic relationship with
the woman and then, after a few months, invent
some story where they need some money. Some
women have sent up to 50 thousand pounds to a
person like this! I couldn’t believe my eyes when I
saw the programme. Of course, when they finally
discover the truth the women are so ashamed that
they don’t report the theft and just hide what’s
happened, so it happens again and again. I don’t
understand how people can play with someone’s
emotions like that. These women must be
absolutely devastated afterwards and never trust
anyone again.
C
We are warned often enough about online
fraud, but it is still happening, and these scams can
cost people huge amounts of money. It’s difficult
to choose one to talk about because there are so
many, but I think one of the most dangerous is the
one involving banks. I have a couple of friends
who have received emails from what they thought
was their bank. The address and logo were
identical and the emails looked official and
genuine. They asked the recipient to update their
personal information, so my friends were supposed
to type in their account details, addresses,
passwords, etc. In fact, the emails weren’t from the
banks but were very clever copies. My friends are
on the look-out for online scams and know as well
as I do to be very careful replying to emails that
ask for personal information like that, but there are
a lot of people out there who are unsuspecting. The
scammers can get their hands on information that
they can use to make themselves a lot of money.
Any online users must be sure to update their
security and never give information like this unless
they are very sure that the request is genuine.
Banks actually say that they would never ask for
information in this way, so the easy rule is
NEVER respond.
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Listening
10 You are going to hear part of a radio
programme about how a young person made some
money. Listen and decide if the statements are true
(T) or false (F).
1 The presenter thinks it’s a good idea
to make money from savings
accounts.
2 Kyle MacDonald is from the UK.
3 Kyle started his own business by
buying some paperclips.
4 Kyle needed the Internet to make his
project successful.
5 Some people thought he shouldn't
have accepted the snow globe.
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Writing
11 Read this situation:
You recently ordered some computer games
online from a large, reliable company. When the
games arrived, they were ten days late. Also, the
packaging was damaged and not all the games had
been sent.
Write a formal letter of complaint to the company
and demand a solution.
T/F
Write 120–160 words.
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T/F _____________________________________
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