SO PI u2 testa

Pre-intermediate Quick Check Test 2A
5 Complete the sentences with the words in
the box.

Grammar
1 Make questions using the prompts. Use
the present simple or present continuous.
1 where / you / live?
Where do you live?
2 he / study / hard / for his exams now?
?
3 so / what / she / want / to do?
?
4 why / they / sell / their house?
?
5 where / you / work / at the moment?
?
6 you / often /read / the newspaper online?
?
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2 Complete the responses and match them
to the questions in Exercise 1.
a) I ’m living (live) in London now. 1
b) Because they
(move) to
Japan.
c) We
(currently / work) in the
entertainment industry.
d) No, I

(not / like) computers.
e) No, he
f) She

(work) in a restaurant.

get
lives
risk

team
pressure

problems with
fashion
deal

1 Don’t work in that shop. The sales assistants
don’t get any holidays.
2 I’m looking for a job where I don’t have to
with customers.
3 People who always work under
often
their health.
4 He doesn’t want to work alone. He likes
working in a
.
5 Helen loves meeting people and dealing
their
.

6 Firefighters risk their
every day.
7 We’d like a job in the
industry.
8

Pronunciation
6 Underline the stressed syllable in the jobs.
1 res cue worker
2 personal trainer
3 motorcycle courier
4 sales rep
5 foreign correspondent
6 fashion designer
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(want) to change her job.
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3 Underline the correct word or phrase.
1 I don’t like tennis. I never / always play it.
2 I don’t mind cheese but I only eat it once in
a while / often.
3 I hardly ever / usually write emails because I
prefer to send texts.
4 I hate coffee so I rarely / usually drink tea.
5 He works hard during the week so he
sometimes / rarely works at weekends.
6 I occasionally / always go to the supermarket
but I usually do my food shopping online.

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Vocabulary
4 Complete the words.
1 I don’t want to be an e m p l o y e e . I hate
having a b
.
2 Peter doesn’t like working in an o
.
He prefers to work with c
in
retail.
3 My wife has got a job with a fantastic travel
c
. The s
have good
s
and great holidays.
4 We don’t want an easy job with boring
t
.

Functions
7 Complete the conversation with the
correct form of the verbs.
A: So what sort of job are you 1 looking
(look) for?
B: Something different. I can’t stand
²
(be) a motorcycle courier and

³
(work) outside all the time.
A: Do you like 4
(deal) with
people?
B: I don’t mind 5
(work) with a
small team but I’m not keen on 6
(get) a job in a big company.
A: What do you like 7
(do) most?
B: I’m very keen on 8
(swim) and
I absolutely love 9
(go) to the
gym!
A: You should 10
(become) a
personal trainer. You can 11
(do) a
course.
B: That’s a brilliant idea!

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