General Pre-course Test

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Student name: Do you plan to do further studies in Australia (after ELC)?

Chutipa Ueasri ✓ Yes No
Prospective course at ELC: If yes, at what institution?
General English -

Agency name: What is your course?

HospitalityAdvancelevelchvtiz.fhon@gmail.com
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Counsellor name: What English level do you need for this course?

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Part A – Grammar
Read each sentence below from 1–20, then indicate your answers by placing a cross in the circles

1. ‘ English?’ ‘Yes- a bit.’ 11. Can I have a chocolate? Sorry, there aren’t left.
✓ a) Do you speak c) Are you speaking ✓ a) some c) none
b) Are you speak d) Speak you b) any d) –

2. I’d like in Australia. 12. I’m thinking to Queensland after my course.

✓ a) travel c) travelling ✓ a) to go c) about going
b) travels d) to travel b) that I’ll go d) of going

3. Sarah and Tom got married last week, they? 13. I don’t know about computers.
a) did c) got a) any c) much
✓b) didn’t d) weren’t ✓ b) many d) a bit

4. I was tired so I to bed early last night. 14. You shout. I can hear you!
a) go ✓ c) have gone a) needn’t ✓ c) need to
b) went d) gone b) mustn’t d) had to

5. She studied law university. 15. you do, don’t tell Meg that we’ve lost her camera.
✓ a) at c) in ✓ a) Anything c) However
b) for d) – b) Whatever d) What

6. ‘I’m studying in Sydney.’ ‘So I.’ 16. We’re to be there by 8 o’clock at the latest.
a) do ✓ c) am ✓ a) anticipated c) supposed
b) have d) study b) asked d) invited

7. wear a uniform at work? 17. It’s ages I last saw a good film.
✓ a) Do we have to c) Must we to a) that c) since
b) Must we d) Have we to b) ago ✓ d) when

8. Simon’s on holiday. He to France. 18. Hurry up. It’s time we .

a) is gone c) went a) leave c) must leave
✓ b) has gone d) has been b) should leave ✓ d) left

9. They’re really good friends. They each other for 19. No sooner had the match started the rain came
ten years. pouring down.
a) know c) have known ✓ a) when c) then
b) knew ✓ d) have been knowing b) than d) that

10. this weekend so we can go out somewhere. 20. I don’t have a car. I can’t drive!
a) I won’t work c) I’m not working a) quite c) ever
✓ b) I don’t work d) I’ll work b) simply ✓ d) even
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Part B – Vocabulary & Natural English
Read each sentence below from 21–36, then indicate your answers by placing a cross in the circles

21. She’s just her dad. They are bothquite shy. 29. it if you didn’t smoke in here.
✓ a) personality c) after ✓ a) I‘d prefer c) I wish
b) the same d) like b) I ‘d rather d) I‘d ask

22. I lost my wallet but someone handed it in to 30. If you ask me, it’s a/an waste of time!
the police. a) completely c) very
a) unfortunately c) luckily b) absolute ✓ d) really
✓ b) hopefully d) clearly
31. She as if she’s the boss but she’s actually the
23. How do you about the new regulations? receptionist.
a) feel c) believe a) thinks c) acts
b) think ✓ d) agree ✓ b) appears d) makes

24. He says he’s very sorry. He didn’t to upset you. 32. I don’t see the in doing this exercise.
a) make c) after a) reason c) point

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b) the same ✓ d) like b) motivation d) consequence

25. You believe who I’ve just met! Nicole Kidman! 33. The hotel didn’t my expectations.

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a) can’t c) won’t a) come up to c) come down to
b) don’t d) aren’t b) get up to d) get down to

26. Slow down. I can’t keep you. 34. I can’t quite out what the sign says. Can you see?
a) up c) up to a) make c) see
b) on with d) up with b) read d) carry

27. The sisters look so similar that some of the teachers 35. Martin has a/an for figures. He should be an
can’t one from the other. accountant.

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a) know c) tell a) understanding c) ability

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b) recognise d) see b) knowledge d) head

28. ‘That noise is terrible.’ ‘Actually, it doesn’t me.’ 36. When he took over the business he got a lot more than he
a) like c) mind had .
b) bother d) stand a) asked for c) drawn up
b) bargained for d) come in for

Part C
Tomomi is studying at English Language Company in Sydney. She talks about her life in Australia.
Read the following text and enter the missing words in the spaces provided. There is ONE word for each space.

I live with an Australian family about twenty minutes from the centre of Sydney. The family are very nice and have helped about
enormously with my English. When I first came to Australia 3 months ago, found it difficult to communicate and
During
now I find it much easier.

My classes start at eight thirty in the morning, but I like to get to school early and I can meet some of my
classmates and have a chat before class.

There are people from many different in my class, so I have triend a lot about knowage countries and
nationality
cultures.

At the weekend I work in a Japanese restaurant. I don’t start work until four, which is good, but I often have to work until about two

However the morning so I’m usually SO tired on Sundays and Mondays.

my course finishes I’m hoping to travel around Australia. I to go to Queensland and the Northern Territory.
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Part D

Polyana and Melanie are studying at English Language Company together.

Read their conversation and enter the missing words. There is ONE word for each space.

Polyana: I met Melanie the first day she started at this school. I had been here for four weeks. She came and sat next to
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me. We started talking and found when we had a lot in common.

Melanie: I really liked Polyana from the beginning. She’s very easy with talk to.

Polyana: Melanie has charcator a good friend. I felt a bit alone before I met her.

Melanie: In some ways we’re same . We’ve got many of the same goals, like wanting to learn English as quickly as possible. But in

ocoupation ways we’re very different. For example, our jobs – I’m a medical assistant, whereas Polyana’s a lawyer.

Polyana: We’re knowage from very different cultures but it’s interesting to get to know other. We’ve never
find an argument.
anything
Melanie: I’ve learnt lots of things of Brazil from Polyana that I didn’t know before.

Polyana: I’ll be sad to see Melanie go. She’s going travelling soon. I’ll miss ker but we’ll keep touch via email.
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Many thanks to Polyana de Carvalho Cleto from Brazil and Melanie Vaugniaux from Swizerland who were students at English Language Company in 2004.

Writing Task

Please enter in the space below, what you would like to do in your future career and why.

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