Module 2 Test Student A
Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with these words. There is one extra word.
cartoons / chat / crossword / documentary / fashion / forecast / headline / international / local / problem / questionnaire / review
A newspaper for your town or area is a __local__ newspaper.
1 People write about their worries and are given advice on the _______________ page.
2 News about other countries is _______________ news.
3 Listen to the weather _______________ to find out if it’s going to be cold and wet tomorrow.
4 John is good with words. He usually completes the ____________ in the paper in less than an hour.
5 Can I borrow a pen? I want to answer this _______________ about healthy food.
6 My favourite actor was on a TV _______________ show last night, but he didn’t give away the name of his new girlfriend.
7 Sue loves clothes and shoes. She spends all her pocket money on _______________ magazines.
8 I didn’t have time to read the article. I just saw the ________________ about the crash on the front page.
9 These animal _______________ always make me laugh. The artist is really clever.
10 I’d like to read that book. It had a good _______________ in the paper.
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2 Complete the compound adjectives with the correct forms of the words in rackets.
She wears brightly-_coloured_ clothes. (colour)
1 All the buildings are air- _______________. (condition)
2 I’ve got a lot of English- _______________ friends. (speak)
3 She’s quite a well- _______________ writer. (know)
4 Who’s the long- _______________ boy in the photo? (hair)
5 I think Tony is quite good- _______________. (look)
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3 Complete the sentences with compound adjectives and nouns.
The winner is a girl who is six years old.
The winner is a __six-year-old girl__.
1 We had a delay of seven hours at the airport.
We had a ______________________________ at the airport.
2 I walk to school in ten minutes.
I have a ______________________________ to school.
3 The Regent is a hotel with five stars.
The Regent is a ______________________________.
4 She ran the race in three minutes.
She ran a ______________________________.
5 Sarah is a singer who is twenty-four years old.
Sarah is a ______________________________.
4 Find three more ‘negative’ words and two ‘positive’ words in the word square.
‘negative’ words ‘positive’ words
__bad__
1 _______________ 4 _______________
2 _______________ 5 _______________
3 _______________
Grammar
5 Complete the news story with the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect.
DOG FINDS NEW HOME
Last November, the Smith family __moved__ (move) from Wales to Scotland. By 11 a.m. on the day of the move, they 1 _______________(finish) putting everything in the removal van, so they 2 _______________ (set off) on the ten-hour drive to their new home.
But the next morning, they 3 _______________ (realise) they 4 _______________ (forget) something really important – Spot, their dog!
For the next few weeks, they 5 _______________ (search) everywhere for Spot but with no luck.
Then, exactly three months after their move, the Smiths 6 ____________________ (sit) in the kitchen when they 7 _______________ (hear) something in the garden – a dog 8 _______________ (bark). Yes! – it was a very tired, muddy and hungry Spot!
The Smiths 9 _______________ (never / find out) how Spot 10 _______________ (travel) to his new ‘home’. / 10
6 Rewrite the sentences. Use the structure in the example.
After Joanna finished university, she worked abroad for several years.
After finishing university, Joanna worked abroad for several years.
1 Before he took his driving test, Ken was very nervous.
____________________________________________
2 After he passed his driving test, Ken drove home by himself.
________________________________________
3 Before we went to bed, we watched the news on TV.
4 After she got up, Maggie phoned her aunt o wish her a happy birthday.
5 After she saw the painting in the art gallery, Mrs Harris decided to buy it.
7 Complete the texts with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
The sports teacher has told John __to lose__ (lose) some weight. The teacher suggested 1 _______________ (join) a gym but John refused 2 _______________ (go). I advised him 3 _______________ (not / eat) chips every day and to avoid 4 _______________ (buy) so much chocolate. He’s agreed 5 _______________ (have) more fruit and vegetables, and he’s going to stop 6 _______________ (put) sugar in his coffee.!
Sue offered 7 _______________ (come) hopping with me last Saturday. I wanted 8 _______________ (get) a DVD for my mum’s birthday. On the way home, we stopped 9 _______________ (have) lunch at an Italian restaurant and then we decided 10 _______________ (go) to the cinema.
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Communication
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