TRAVELLER PRE-INTERMEDIATE –TEST BOOKLET – TEST 5

Test 5 - Module 5
VOCABULARY

A. Choose a, b or c.

1. Suzanne has got a terrible cold and a .

a. surgery b. runny nose c. treatment
2. What is the exact of the missing ship?
a. medication b. development c. location
3. Try to relax and take a deep .
a. vitamin b. phobia c. breath
4. While driving in the countryside, we saw a of sheep.
a. flock b. swarm c. team
5. When Beth realised that Ben was lying to her, she was .
a. convenient b. furious c. embarrassing
6. The doctor something for my headache.
a. prescribed b. examined c. hurt
7. The liked Andy’s presentation. He’s very good at public speaking.
a. ambulance b. survivor c. audience
8. Be careful! Don’t your drink on my new dress.
a. wave b. sip c. spill

score 8

B. Complete the sentences with the prepositions in the box.

of in into out up down of up

1. We have run out coffee. We need to buy some.

2. Jim is so annoying sometimes! He drives me the wall.
3. I can’t talk to you right now because I’m a hurry.
4. Laura was not looking in front of her while walking down the street and bumped a wall.
5. I’m afraid the doctor is booked for next Monday.
6. The firefighters were able to put the fire after six hours.
7. I made a complete fool myself when I fell down the stairs.
8. James feels dizzy and I think he should lie for a while.

score 8

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C. Complete the dialogue with the phrases in the box.

a. I went red as a beetroot b. they were laughing their heads off

c. I nearly jumped out of my skin d. I wanted the ground to swallow me up
A: I had an awful day at school today!
B: What happened?
A: My friends and I were sitting around in the classroom telling jokes before the lesson. Some
were really funny and (1) . But then I saw a spider on my desk and (2) .
B: Oh no!
A: Yeah, a boy tried to kill it but the spider got away and jumped in my hair.
B: That’s terrible! What did you do?
A: I started screaming! Then as I was running to the WC, I bumped into my teacher and all the
books and papers he was carrying went up in the air! I was so embarrassed! (3) . When I
realised that it wasn’t a real spider (4) .
B: At least you weren’t white from fear anymore.
score 8

GRAMMAR
A. Complete the text with the full infinitive, bare infinitive, or the –ing form of the verbs
in brackets.
My friend Daniel was really tired of (1) (work) in that Italian restaurant.
He couldn’t (2) (get) along with the chef and his boss always made him
(3) (work) long hours. So, one day he decided (4) (start)
his own business, his own restaurant. At first, he wanted (5) (work) together
with his brother, but Adam wasn’t interested in (6) (try) anything like that.
Daniel didn’t have a lot of money, so he had to avoid (7) (find) a very
expensive place. After about two weeks, he found the perfect place. He called his friend Betty
(8) (ask) her to help him choose the right tables and chairs. He wanted
everything to be perfect. Now, after almost a year, he is happy (9) (say)
that his business is very successful and he is thinking of (10) (open)
a second restaurant soon. score 10

B. Circle the correct words.

1. The Tower of London is visited / visit by thousands of tourists every year.
2. Mary broke / was broken her leg in a skiing accident two months ago.
3. Alice was thrown / threw in the swimming pool by her brother.
4. The building was surrounded / surrounded by police cars.
5. David turned off / was turned off his computer before he left the office.
6. Students don’t allow / aren’t allowed to bring their mobile phones into the classroom.
7. Chocolate eats / is eaten all over the world.
8. The patient gave / was given a special treatment for his bad cold.
9. The e-mails sent / were sent by John’s secretary.

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10. The shopping centre destroyed / was destroyed by the fire last night.
C. Read the situations and the prompts below and write sentences giving score 10
advice. Use
should, shouldn’t, had better or had better not.

1. It’s very cold and rainy today.

go out / these clothes .
take / umbrella .
2. Patty has terrible toothache
make / appointment / dentist .
eat / sweets .
3. Alan failed his school exams.
watch / TV / all the time .
study / harder .
4. Kelly is late for work again.
wake up late .
leave /house/ earlier .
5. Sam lied to his sister.
apologise to her .
lie to people .
6. Jason wants to borrow his father’s car for Saturday night.
ask / father first
.
take / keys / without asking .

score 12
LISTEN
Listen to a dialogue between two friends, Kelly and Dave, and complete the sentences
below.

1. Kelly had to give a in front of the class.

2. Kelly started at her classmates
because they didn’t turn off their mobiles.
3. Kelly to her classmates for shouting at them
but it didn’t help.

score 6

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READ
Read the text and write T for True, F for False or NM for Not Mentioned .
People don’t normally think of rats as heroes. In fact, rats have a pretty bad name as they
are usually found in dirty places. Here are two stories that will hopefully change people’s minds
about rats.
Birgit Steich of Stuttgart, Germany and her family were asleep in their home one night when
two burglars broke in. Gerd, the pet rat, who was hiding behind a bookcase jumped and landed
with all four feet and sharp teeth on the face of one burglar. When Gerd was finished with the
first burglar, he jumped on the other burglar’s leg and bit him hard on the leg. The family woke
up from all the screaming and immediately called the police. When the police arrived, they
discovered that these two burglars were wanted for many other burglaries.
In Devon, England the Gumbley family was asleep in their home when Fido, an eight-month-
old pet rat, smelled smoke in the middle of the night. Instead of running outside to safety, the
rat went straight to nine-year-old Megan’s room. He started scratching the door until she woke
up and realised that the house was on fire. Megan went to her parents’ bedroom and everyone
managed to get out safely. Fido got a big piece of cheese for being a hero!

1. Gerd was asleep when the burglars broke into the house.
2. Gerd bit the first burglar on the leg.
3. The burglars were afraid of Gerd.
4. Gerd woke up the family.
5. It wasn’t the burglars’ first burglary.
6. Fido woke up Megan’s parents first.
7. Fido is younger than Gerd.
8. Fido got a special present.
score 8
WRITE
Read the e-mail below and write a letter to Mary giving her advice .

Hi!
I’ve got a huge problem and I need your advice. There’s this new guy who came to work last
week. He thinks he knows everything and he’s really bossy sometimes. I can’t stand working
with him. He gets on my nerves and we have to work together all the time. What should I do?

Mary

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