EMPOWER B1+ - TEST UNIT 1

NAME:…………………………………………………….

1- Complete the sentences using only one word in each blank space.

1-You have to tell a close friend some bad news. Is it better to tell them in an email or f_________ to f
__________?

2-In a restaurant, you ’re very unhappy with the service. Do you c__________to the manager or just say
nothing?

3-A close friend asks you what you think of their new hairstyle. Unfortunately, you don’t like it very
much. Do you give your o__________or say nothing?

4-You have to g __________a two-minute presentation to the class tomorrow

about your hobby. Are you happy to speak in P-------------- ?

5-You’re are on a train and another passenger starts speaking very loudly on his phone. You ask him
politely to be quiet, but he ignores you. Do you a_________ with him or say nothing?
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2-Complete the sentences using the PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS.

1- I ……………………….. watching flamings . (LOVE)
2- Peter …………………………………. To you at this moment. * LISTEN
3- Ben always ……………………………… his homework after school (DO)
4- Where is Dad? He………………………………… tv in the living room (WATCH)
5- My cousin John ………………… three languages which is very important for his job
( KNOW)
6-Oh ! Look! It …………………………. . We can’t go to the park now ( RAIN)
7-My brother …………………………. Chess at the weekend ( PLAY)
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3-CIRCLE the correct option.-
1- I was so happy when I visited Jane. The moment I arrived she said: help yourself- make yourself at
home.
2- What happened to you? Did you help yourself- hurt yourself – enjoy yourself ? you should see the doctor
3- Who did see / Who saw the accident?
4- The teacher explained the Maths homework but I’m not understanding/ I don’t understand her.

5-People were very nervous and suddenly they started discussing / arguing
6 – The dessert was very delicious./ really delicious! I couldn’t stop eating it
7- where you went / where did you go on holiday last year?
8- Did you hear that noise? What did happen? What happened?
9-For improving -To improve your writing you should read more.
10-You should write sentences with new words of vocabulary so that/ so / to you can remember them easily.
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4-MATCH the halves to make correct sentences and questions /6

1-I can’t do this exercise! A-about the low salaries they earn.
2-I ‘m thinking about b-although I can’t do it.
3-Please clean up your room! C-it’s impossible!
4-People think d-talking about?
5-Which film are you e- It’s filthy!
6-The workers complained f-Communication is better these days.
g-having a holiday in Paris.
4- ASK QUESTIONS –
1- ……………………………………………..?
He lived in a big flat in London
2-…………………………………………………..?
Mrs Johnson teaches Maths at school.

3-………………………………………………………….?
I only have some coffee for breakfast

4-……………………………………………………………..?
They’re talking about the economic situation in our country

5-…………………………………………………………..?
He’s listening to music.

6-………………………………………………………..?
I prefer coffee to tea

7- ………………………………………………………?
No, they didn’t.

8-…………………………………………………………….?
No, she doesn’t . She works at a bank /8

Gorgeous exhausted

5-Complete using a non gradable adjective /6 Hilarious freezing

1- We laughed a lot in the film. It was really ……………………
2- I can’t walk any more! I’m ………………………….. Boiling
3- I recommend to read this book, it’s ………………………….
4- My tea is extremely ……………………- I’ll drink it later. Brilliant huge
5- We don’t want to go to that restaurant! The food is …………………
6- My room is very small, it’s extremely ……………………. Tiny Filthy

Awful delicious
Choose the correct word to complete the sentences /6
1- We have to complete the report quickly because our boss………….. on it!
a) Insist b) persuade c) believe d) encourage

2-It’s easy to communicate well in a foreign language., but I don’t think it’s …………
a) Incredible b) careful c) comfortable d) impossible

3-If you say what is wrong in a polite way, you can……………… without upsetting people
a) Describe b) complain c) contact d) decide

4-Sam left me a note, but the writing was so …………………… I couldn’t read it
a) tiny b) empty c)tidy d) easy
5-Email is useful, but there are times when it is better to communicate………..
a) Day to day b)up to date c)face to face d) first of all

6-My phone bill is …………….. I must find a cheaper way to communicate with my parents!
a)miserable b) furious c) enormous d)pleasant
What’s the missing word?

1- Please give me your honest o……………. what do you really think?

2- At the beginning of the lesson the teacher to t……a j……. to make us laugh
3- With no heating on, the office was f…………….. and we all had our coats on
4- What does your teacher do to e………….quiet students to speak in class?
5- We stayed up all night talking- it was great fun, but this morning I’m abosolutely
e……………………………..

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Reading
Read the article. Decide if the statements are True (T) or False (F).
Floating classrooms
In some parts of the world, children go to rather unusual schools. In Bangladesh, for example, heavy rain often
leads to flooding in many parts of the country. These floods can stop children getting to school.

A solution to this problem came from a man called Mohammed Rezwan. In 2002, he began a project to build a
school boat. It was so successful that there are now ninety school boats. These travel along the rivers of north-
west Bangladesh and give thousands of children the chance to have a primary school education.

For six days each week, every boat goes to a different village along the river and collects children of the same
age. When the boat’s classroom has about thirty to thirty-five students and is full, they begin lessons. Students
have a three-hour class and must study: maths, reading, writing, Bengali* and English. They also learn about
the environment and how to take care of it.

After class, the boat takes them home and then collects another group of students. Each day, each boat gives
three sets of three-hour lessons. That means the ‘boat schools’ provide about 270 lessons a day.

While each boat has a classroom and a library, modern technology is also available. Every boat has solar panels
on its roof to collect energy from the sun and produces enough electricity to run a few computers, a printer and
also a DVD and CD player. Wireless technology now makes it possible for the boats to connect to the internet,
too. So, primary education is connected and on the move!

*The official language of Bangladesh.

True or False? /10

1- Bangladesh hardly ever gets flooded.
2- Many Bangladeshi children stay at school when it rains heavily.
3- Mohammed’s boat school project helps children in the north-western part of the country.
4- The boat school scheme educates hundredsof secondary school children.
5- Mohammed’s idea helps children in villages to access primary education.
6 -The boat school doesn’t offer classes every day of the week.
7 -The classes are not always full.
8- On a normal day, the boat school gives more than 250 classes to children of all ages.
9 Some boats have two or three classrooms.
10 Teachers on the boats can use technology in their lessons.

Answer test unit 1 empower b1+

Exercise one
1 face to face 2 complain 3 opinion 4 give public 5 ARGUE

Exercise two
1-love 2 is listening 3 does 4 is watching 5knows 6 is raining 7 plays

Exercise three
1 make yourself at home 2 hurt yourself 3 who saw 4 I don’t understand
5 arguing 6 really delicious 7 where did you go 8 what happened 9 to improve
10. so / so that

Exercise four
1c 2 g 3e 4f 5d 6a

Exercise five
1- Where did he live?
2- Who teaches Maths at schools?
3- What do you have for breakfast?
4- What are they talking about?
5- What’s he doing?
6- What/ which do you prefer coffee or tea?
7- Did they …..?
8- Does she work in a….?

Exercise 6
1 hilarious 2 exhausted 3 brilliant 4 boiling 5 awful 6 tiny

Exercise 7
1 insist 2 impossible 3 complain 4 tiny 5 face to face 6 enormous

Exercise 8
1 opinion 2 tell a joke 3 freezing 4 encourage 5 exhausted
Reading
2 f 3 t 4 f 5 t 6 t 7 f 8f 9 f 10 t

WRITING = Informal email

Total = 65 ( reading ten considered)