NAME: _____________CAROL LLOPIS______________________________________________________________

BUSINESS ENGLISH- CURS PAPIOL SET-NOV 2023: EXAM UNIT 1

Exercise 1: Write about John’s routines (Write the times analogically as in the example)

TIME ROUTINE TIME ROUTINE

8.00 AM Wake up 12.15 PM Have lunch
8.05 AM Have a shower 5.30 PM Finish work
8.10 AM Get dressed 6.00 PM Get home
8.20 AM Have breakfast 7.15 PM Have dinner
8.30 AM Go to work 7.30 PM Watch TV
9.00 Am Start work 8.30 PM Read a book and go to
bed

Example : A) He wakes up at eight o’clock

B)_He has a shower a five past eight___________________________________________________
C) _He gets dressed at ten past eight______________________________________________
D) __He has breakfast at twenty past eight_____________________________________________
E) _He goes to work at half past eight______________________________________________
F) _He starts work at nine o’clock__________________________________________________
G) __He has lunch at fifteen past twelve______________________________________________
H) __He finishes work at half past five________________________________________________________
i) _He gets home at six o’clock_____________________________________________________________
J) _He has dinner at fifteen past seven___________________________________________________
K) _He watches TV at half past seven_______________________________________________
L) _He reads a book and goes to bed at half past eight_________________________________
Exercise 2: What are they doing? Write sentences as in the example

Example: Number 1= She’s talking on the phone.

2. TheY/to argue=___They are arguing quite angry______________________________________

3.The children/to play=___The children are playing with a ball_______________________________

4. The woman/to listen to music=_The woman is listening to music with a walkman__________

5.The baby/to cry=__The baby is crying alone______________________________________

6. The dog/to bark=__The dog is barking to the water_________________________________

7.The boy/to play the guitar=__The boy is playing the guitar with a friend_________________

8. The girl/to sing=__The girl is singing a song_________________________________________

Exercise 3: Highlight in yellow the correct word or phrase.

Example: Martin goes / go / is go to the cinema every week.
1 All of my friends has / have / are have good jobs.
2 We don’t know / doesn’t know / not know Julieta very well.
3 What time finishes Tarik / Tarik finishes / does Tarik finish work?
4 Listen! Someone playing / is playing / he’s playing the violin.
5 Tom and Kate not working / aren’t working / doesn’t work today.
6 Why you’re using / you using / are you using my laptop?

Exercise 4: complete the sentences with the correct form of present simple or present continuous of the
verbs in the box. Use contractions where possible.

not drink – drive – like – live – rain – sleep – study – wear(x2)

Example: 1. We __like__this painting vert much- it’s really interesting.

2. __Does_____Charles always ______drives____________ to work?
3. SHHHHH! The children __are sleeping______________________
4. We can’t play tennis today. It’s raining_______________________
5. Fiona _doesn’t drinks___ 4 cups of coffee every day. That’s too much coffee!
6. Kathy always _________wears_____ jeans at home but today she _____is wearing_______ shorts.
7. They can’t come to the theatre today because they _are studing_____________ for an exam.
8. _Do__ your parents ____live____________________ in a big house in the country? Yes, they do.

Exercise 5: Put in order the elements in these sentences

Example: always/ doesn’t/ Mark/ on time/ arrive  Mark doesn’t always arrive on time
a) Is / for work / often/ Martina/ late/ ?
___Is Martina often late for work ?_______________________________________________

b) never/ lends/ My sister/ her clothes /me

__My sister never lends me her clothes____________________________________________
c) usually /they/ Do/ at night/ study?
__Do they usually study at night?___________________________________________________

d) once a month/ My neighbours/ their family/ drive to Wales/ to see

__My neighbours drive to Wales to see their family once a month_____________________________

e) take/ You/ don’t/ every day/ your medicines

__You don’t take your medicines every day______________________________________

Exercise 6: Complete the sentences with the correct article: a, an, the, -
Example: 1 . Can you pass me __a__ pen, please? __The__ red pen on the table.
2. She wants to be _____an____ architect but she isn’t good at ___-_______ Maths.
3. We arrived _____-_ home at six o’clock in ___the_______ morning.
4. What’s the capital of _____-_____ France?
5. Do you like doing ___an_______ exams?
6. She bought _an_________ American car.
7. We have ____a______ beautiful garden. __The____ garden is full of roses.
8. Is there ____-_____ post office near here?
9. They’re at ___-_______ cinema.
10. _The_____ Second World war ended in 1945
11. I hate ___the_______ violence
12. The British Prime Minister lives in ____-______ Downing Street 10.
13. We left Rome and flew across ___the______ Alps to Munich.
14. Our friends, the Millers, moved to ___the______ USA last winter
15. Some people say ____-_____ money is ____the_______ most important thing in ___a______ life.
Exercise 7: reading- True (T) or False (F)
THE WALKERS

These are Susan and Terry. They are married. The live in a big city. This is their daughter Amy. She is
singing. She loves singing pop music. She wants to be a singer. This is their son Chris. He is studying. He
hates it. He wants to be a fireman. Their dog is playing on the floor. Her name is Roxie. Roxie is waiting to
go for a walk. Susan and Terry are making dinner. They like cooking together. Terry is chopping vegetables
and Susan is making pasta. Their friends, Jane and Barry, are coming over for dinner tonight. The Walkers
have lots of friends. They like going out at weekends. They like going to the movies or going out for dinner.

True False
They live in a small town. x
Her daughter’s name’s Chris x
Amy’s studying x
Chris doesn’t want to be a fireman x
They’re cooking paella for dinner x
She’s chopping vegetables and he’s making pasta x
The neighbours are coming over for dinner x
The Walkers like going out at weekends x
They don’t like going to the cinema x