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Module 2 Tes

Student A

Vocabulary

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Complete the words related to the media.

1 I love reading the c gossip in magazines because I like to know what famous people are doing. 2 We need to check the weather f before going out tomorrow because we’ll have to change our plans if it rains. 3 Carl likes to know what’s going on in different countries around the world, so he always listens to the i news in the evening. 4 Her grandmother does the p in the newspaper every day because she says it keeps her mind young. 5 Do you ever check your h online to see what might happen to you that day? 6 On 24-hour news channels, you get b news immediately it happens. It’s amazing! 7 My friend and I often read the p page to see if there is any advice we can use. 8 I usually check the TV l online to see what’s on TV each night. 9 I only ever read the h in the newspaper as I don’t have time to read anything else. 10 There was a very good a about healthy eating in my fashion magazine last week. / 10

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Complete the sentences with compound adjectives.

1 The hotel we visited has five stars. We visited a hotel. 2 The course lasted for four days. It was a course. 3 Her story broke my heart. It was a

story.

4 The woman who fell down the stairs is seventy-three years old. A woman fell down the stairs. 5 The man with the long hair is famous. The man is famous. 6 The film went on for ages. I thought it would never finish. It seemed like a film. 7 The crocodile they found in their swimming pool was three metres long. A crocodile was found in their swimming pool. 8 John works very hard at school. John is a very student. 9 We all love our dog very much. She’s a dog. 10 The information has been organised well in this report. This is a report. / 10

Grammar

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Complete the news story with the verbs in the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect. Yesterday, villagers in the Philippines finally managed to catch an enormous crocodile, which they 1 (try) to catch several times before. Until yesterday, people 2 (live) in fear of the great 3 creature and it (be) a constant worry to them. Last month a man 4 (disappear) while he 5 (fish). Before they finally 6 (succeed) in catching the animal, they 7 (attempt) to catch it with traps which they 8 (make) out of fishing nets. However, the crocodile 9 (destroy) these very quickly. Finally the animal was caught in a metal trap which it 10 (can) not destroy. / 10

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Module 2 Test A

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Complete the news story with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. David enjoys listening to the news on his radio every morning and he refuses 1 (get) out of bed until it has finished. His mother asked him 2 (help) her with the breakfast this morning, but he wanted 3 (hear) about the volcano which was erupting on a Pacific Island. She made him 4 (turn) the radio off, so he didn’t know what was happening. So, when he got to his friend’s house, he stopped for a few minutes 5 (watch) the TV news. They 6 only stopped (watch) when they realised that they were late for school! /6

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Read the text. Choose the correct answer (A, B or C).

Kate Hi, Lucy. How’s it going? Lucy Not very well, I’m

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.

Kate Why’s that? Lucy W  ell, we’ve had a few problems with finding people to help with the charity party next week. Kate Oh, I’m

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about that.

Lucy A  nd the TV presenter who promised to come, can’t come now. Kate 3 a pity. Anyway, 4 worry about it. I’ve got an idea who I can ask and I know plenty of people who could help. Lucy W  ell, I hope you do better than me. The last charity event was 5 nightmare and I don’t want this one to be the same.

Rewrite the sentences so that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first.

Kate I’m sure it wasn’t

Alex had lunch. Then he went to the beach. Before going to the beach, Alex had lunch . 1 Joanna visited her mother. Then she went shopping. After

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.

Lucy Oh yes, it was. It was totally disorganised. Kate Never 7 . I promise it 8 better this time. Leave it to me. .

2 Stephanie spoke to her boss. Then she made some phone calls. Before

be

Lucy You’re so kind, Kate. Thanks. Anyway how 9 with you? Kate 10  good, thanks. I’ve just passed my driving test and I’m really pleased.

. 3 The boys walked to the lake. Then they had a picnic. Before . 4 The students learned the new words. Then they had a test. After . /4

Communication

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A sorry A sad A That’s A not A a A  that bad A matter A will A  is a thing A All

B frightened B afraid B What’s B don’t B the B  such a bad B worry B can B  the things B Pretty

C afraid C sorry C He’s C aren’t C some C  very badly C mind C must C  are things C Much / 10 TOTAL

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