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Pre-intermediate End of Course Test A
Listening

Pronunciation

1 Track 12 Listen and underline the correct
answer, a), b) or c).
1 Mary thinks the thief should go to prison for
.
a) three months b) five years
c) 10 years
2 The woman thinks the new tennis teacher could be
.
a) English
b) Spanish
c) Scottish
3 The woman has just bought some
.
a) milk
b) food
c) books
4 The woman is buying a sweater for her
.
a) brother
b) boyfriend
c) father
5 The Globe Theatre is in
.
a) Queen’s Street b) Queen’s Road c) Prince Road
6 The man went to the doctor because he was
.

a) sick
b) sleepy
c) tired

3 Track 14 Listen and tick () the words in each
group that have a different stress pattern.

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2 Track 13 Listen to the phone calls and complete
the notes.
Hotel Complaints Book
Date: 15/04/09
1) Name: Major 1 Brown
Room Number: 2
Problem: Breakfast eggs were 3
4
were cooked too much.
Action: Talk to the 5
-------------------------------------------2) Name: Mrs 6
Peters
Room Number: 7
Problem: Man in room 8
loudly in the 10
.
Action: Talk to the 11
.

and

1 Oo
history
delayed 
arrest 
chocolate
4 oOo
decision
dictionary
recommend
director

2 oO
extinct
divorced
business
sculpture
5 ooOo
technology
education
politician
celebrity

3 Ooo
geography
confused
audience
souvenirs
6 oOoo
ability
investigate

electrician
performance

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Vocabulary and grammar
4 Cross out the word that does not fit in each
group.
1 company
employee
salary
tram
2 racket
painting
gallery
exhibition
3 drama
languages
ocean homework
4 grapes
jogging
pineapple mango
5 badminton rugby
whale
cricket
6 technology search engine peas
software
7 lend
fax
cash

earn
8 waterfall
spam
volcano rain forest
9 wild
domestic
farm
insect
10 suitcase
audience
band performance
11 moped
staff
ship
speedboat
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5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the words in CAPITALS.
1 John’s parents have got two children and five
grandchildren . GRAND
2 I had a terrible headache so I took two strong
. PAIN
3 Mark has wanted to be a fashion
since he was six years old. DESIGN
4 She hated history exams because she had to

lists of dates. MEMORY
5 You must make a
soon or he’ll find
someone else for the job. DECIDE
6 If you want to go to Paris, I’ll make the
. RESERVE
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Pre-intermediate End of Course Test A
6 Underline the correct option to complete the
sentences.
1 We’ve been to India on / for holiday three
times.
2 He’s never been keen on / of eating meat.
3 They used to smoke forty cigarettes a day but
they’ve just given out / up.
4 Why don’t we go to Luigi’s restaurant? We
haven’t eaten in / out for ages.
5 If she was better at dealing with / for people she’d
be an excellent boss
6 Last night, thieves broke in / out and stole £50,000
worth of paintings.
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7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs in the box.
go (x2)

do
have

make (x2)
play
work

take (x2)
earn

1 He won’t want tickets for that play. He went to
see it last weekend.
2 This CD player doesn’t work so I’m going
it back to the shop tomorrow.
3 We
a delicious picnic by the river
when it started raining.
4 His business
so well now, he might
take on more staff soon.
5 When she passes her exams, she
a
much better salary.
6 We
(not) skiing yet this winter.
7 You have to practise for at least six hours every
day
an instrument well.
8 Over fifty television sets
back to the

shop because they were faulty.
9 Tom won’t find it easy
friends if he
talks to them so rudely.
10 She’d soon get promoted in that job if she
well under pressure.
11 You’ll never learn a foreign language if you
(not) mistakes.
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8 Match 1–6 with a)–f).
1 They didn’t have enough customers c
2 I don’t often go dancing
3 Which films have
4 She said she didn’t mind
5 Will you be able
6 If you didn’t go to bed so late,
a) lending you her car.
b) you’d sleep better.
c) so they had to close the shop.
d) but I enjoy doing it once in a while.
e) to go out with me this weekend?
f) won an award recently?

9 Underline the correct alternative, a), b) or c).
1 He’s the man
helped me get the job.
a) which
b) that
c) whose

2 People eat too
junk food these days.
a) many
b) enough
c) much
3 He’s
asked her to go with him.
a) already
b) yet
c) ever
4 We walked around
garden of his house
while we talked.
a) a
b) the
c) –
5 The schoolchildren
home early because of
the bad weather.
a) are sent
b) sent
c) were sent
6 Sorry I’m late. It was
than I thought.
a) further
b) far
c) more far
7 When I go to university, I
have my own
flat.

a) –
b) ’ll
c) don’t
8 I can’t imagine
in that hotel – it’s so
expensive.
a) staying
b) to stay
c) stay
9 What
their new house like?
a) does
b) ’s
c) are
10 They told us they
at nine.
a) ’d come
b) comes
c) come
11 I don’t know
keys they are.
a) who
b) that
c) whose
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10 Complete the article with ONE word in each
gap.
New mobile 1 phone technology continues to
influence and change our lives. People can now sign

up to a new service 2
will find their family
and friends on a computer map 3
their
mobiles. However, many people are unhappy about
this technology and have made complaints about
4
protection of their privacy. The phone
companies have replied, saying that users would
have 5
sign up and agree to be located.
They don’t have to sign up to the service if they
don’t 6
to. And if they do, they can switch
7
the service whenever they want. The
service will 8
popular with parents but their
children may 9
feel the same. One thing is
certain: it’s 10
easy and convenient way to
answer the 11
frequently asked question on
a mobile: ‘Where are you?’
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Reading
11 Read the article and underline the correct
answer, a), b) or c).
Grandmother fails test again
A sixty-eight-year-old grandmother from the South
Korean city of Jeonju has just failed her written
driving test for the 771st time. The woman’s name,
which was given only as Cha, first took the written
part of the exam in April 2005. At the time, she
thought it would help if she had a car for her job.
In the beginning, Cha went to the licence office
almost every day. Now, she no longer works but still
goes to the office once a week. The office said she’s
spent more than £1,600 on exam fees.
‘You have to get at least sixty points to pass the
written part,’ said Kim Rahn, who wrote about Cha
in the Korea Times, an English-language daily
newspaper. ‘She usually gets under fifty.’
Bloggers have already responded to the news about
Mrs Cha’s misfortunes with comments that range
from sympathy to anger. One wrote, ‘There’s a time
in every person’s life when, if they fail something
over 700 times, they should stop.’
Other bloggers complained about a system that
allows people to take a driving test so many times.
One man commented: ‘It’s not a very good system if
you can take the test as often as you want. I mean,

she might be a danger to other people even if she
passes the test after the 1,001st try.’
Mrs Cha seems to be ignoring the bloggers. She said
that she’d be back for another attempt. If she passes,
then she can begin to prepare for the practical test.
1 Cha has taken the written test more than
.
a) 700 times
b) 800 times
c) 750 times
2 She wanted to learn to drive because
.
a) she didn’t have a car
b) it would be useful for her work
c) it was her dream
3 Cha usually takes the written test
.
a) four times a month
b) every day
c) occasionally
4 Bloggers have written
things about Cha.
a) positive
b) negative
c) both positive and negative
5 One blogger thinks that Cha
drive a car
if she passes the test.
a) should
b) can

c) shouldn’t
6 Mrs Cha
planning to give up trying to
pass the written test.
a) isn’t
b) is
c) will

12 Read the poster and the message. Then
complete the notes.
Island Tour
Take a boat trip around ten beautiful islands.
Mon–Fri: 10.00a.m. to 1.00p.m
Sat and Sun: 10.00a.m. to 4.30p.m.
Leaves from the boat tour office in the port.
Tickets:
£10 (Mon–Fri with coffee/cold drink)
£25 (Sat/Sun with lunch and drinks)
George,
I’m just going shopping for the afternoon. Hope
your game of golf was good. I’ve just seen an
ad for a boat trip round the islands. We can't go
tomorrow because we have the coach trip to
the old Greek ruins. How about Saturday? We
can have a lovely day sailing around the
islands with lunch included! Do you think you
could get the tickets? I'm sure you'll love it.
Jx
Notes
Name of tour: 1 Island Tour

Day: 2
Time: 3
to 4.30p.m.
Number of tickets: 4
Price per ticket: 5
Leaves from: 6
tour office

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Pre-intermediate End of Course Test A
Writing

Communication
13 Match sentences 1–11 with responses a)–k).
1 I hope to see you again soon. a
2 Can I speak to the manager please?
3 I get really nervous when I have to speak in
public.
4 Can you show me where it hurts?
5 Do you know where the study centre is?
6 Is the theatre open in the mornings?
7 Do you sell that stuff for deleting mistakes in your
writing?
8 Everyone should go to the gym at least three times

a week.
9 Go straight on until you reach the corner.
10 I’m afraid I have a complaint. The shower in my
room doesn’t work.
11 Would you be able to recommend a good clothes
shop?
a) Yes, let’s keep in touch.
b) Why don’t you do a course to help you?
c) The corner. Thanks.
d) Yes, it’s next to the library over there.
e) Correction fluid? Yes, we do.
f) I’m sorry, I don’t know any. I don’t live here.
g) Of course. Can I ask who’s calling?
h) It might be, but maybe you should phone and
check.
i) I’m sorry, there’s nothing we can do at the
moment. The water’s been cut off.
j) Here, on my right foot.
k) I’m afraid I don’t agree. Not everybody likes
exercise.

15 Match the underlined words in the email to
formal phrases a)–f).
¹Hi, Mr White
²Just a quick note about the plans for the new airport
in Bigsby. I think it’s ³a great idea. I travel to Paris a
lot and the airport will make my life much easier.
⁴Also, it’ll bring foreign tourists to our town.
⁵Write back soon,
⁶Bye,

Sally Evans
a) In addition
b) Yours sincerely
c) Dear 1
d) I look forward to hearing from you
e) I’m writing about
f) an excellent
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16 Write an answer to the question below in 75–
100 words. Include at least two positive and
two negative points in your answer.
‘How do you think technology will change our lives
in the next twenty years?’
It seems to me that/In my opinion, ...

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14 Complete with conversation with ONE word
in each gap.
A: Would you 1 like to be famous?
B: I don’t 2
. Why?
A: I watched the news earlier. They 3
talking about the paparazzi.
B: What – those people 4
follow celebrities
around all the time?
A: Exactly. I 5
they should stop it.

B: How can they do that?
A: They could arrest them, and give them large
fines. Or put them 6
prison!
B: Maybe, but it’s not their fault. It’s 7
newspapers that pay a lot of 8
for the
photos.
A: Yes, I suppose you’re 9
.
B: But I agree with you. I 10
stand those
photos of celebrities having fun with their friends or
children.
A: Right. If I was famous, I 11
hate it.
B: Me too.
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