TEST 6 OF TECH TALK ELE

TEST F (Units 16–18)
Complete the dialogue with words and phrases from the list. [7 marks]
Can can you does How long can’t take you
A: How long does it (1) to get to the station?
B: About twenty minutes if you walk.
A: Can (2) give me a lift?
B: I’m afraid I (3) – I have to be back in the office for a meeting in fifteen minutes.
A: (4) is the meeting?
B: An hour at least.
A: OK. I’ll ring for a taxi. (5) I borrow your mobile phone for a minute?
B:
Sure, go ahead. But (6) order me another coffee first?
A: What about your meeting?
B:
Well, how long (7) it take to drink a cup of coffee?
Complete the questions with
much
or
many
. [4 marks]
1 How money do you have in your wallet?
2 How paint do we have?
3 How bottles of alcohol do you need?
4 How does it cost?
Complete the sentences with a word from each list. [5 marks]
barrel oil
glass paper
piece tape
roll toothpaste
tube water
1 I need a drink – can I have a of ?

2 If y
ou w
ant to seal that par
cel,
ther
e’
s a of on my desk.
3 I need to clean my teeth, but I didn’t bring a of .
4
The price of a
of
contr
ols the price of petr
ol.
5 Can I have a of ? I need to write down this number.
Choose the correct word to complete the sentences. [6 marks]
1 The road goes between / along the river for about a mile.
2 You have to walk through / over the bridge to get to platform 7.
3
Go right
down / up the hill – our house is at the bottom.
4 If you look in / through the trees you can just see the beach.
5 A glass elevator runs up / over the outside of the building.
6 This pipe runs between / along the pump room and the main tank.
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Match the questions 1–8 with the answers a–h. [8 marks]
1 Are you carrying anything with batteries? a A coffee, please.
2 Which platform is it? b Twelve pounds fifty.
3 Who packed your case? c Yes. Here it is.
4 How many bags do you have? d Yes, I am - a camera.
5 How much is that? e No.
6 Has anyone given you anything to carry? f I did.
7 What do you want to drink? g It’s number one.
8 Have you filled in an immigration form? h Two.
Match the words with the pictures. [5 marks]
single / one-way ticket passport return ticket form receipt
Complete the sentences with a word from each list. [5 marks]
key down
put in
taking off

tie on
write up
1 You can use some string to those boxes.
2 You start the job by the hub cap .
3 It stays clean if you the cover .
4 Can you your mobile phone number for me, please?
5 You have to the password to use this computer.
Complete the sentences using the w
ords in the list. [6 marks]
bounces
burns stretches contracts melts smashes
1 If you heat ice, it .
2 If you cool a piece of metal, it .
3 If you drop a plate, it .
4 If you set fire to a piece of paper, it .
5
If y
ou drop a football, it .
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If y
ou pull the ends of a piece of rubber
, it .
Underline the correct w
ord.
[4 marks]
1 Could you lend / borr
ow
me £10,
please?
2 To remove the hubcap

, first
loosen / tighten the bolts.
3 Can you
say / tell me your password?
4
Come / Go over here. I need some help.
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