Pre-intermediate Quick Check Test 7A

Grammar

1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box and the correct form of used to.

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1 Did you use to play volleyball when you were younger?

2 I didn;t use to like (not) cooking but now I love it.

3 Barney never udes to study hard at school but now he’s a doctor!

4 Did your aunt use to live in that big house?

5 She used to work in an office but she hated it. Now she works in a restaurant.

6 Who did Brian use to go out with before he met Vicky?

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2 Complete the sentences with so, because or to.

1 She left her job because she didn’t like it.

2 Kara Dayley has broken her leg so Anna Cheery will play the role of Juliet.

3 He needs £10 million to make the documentary.

4 They spent four years abroad because Jim’s company sent him to Shanghai.

5 We’re working hard to save money. We want to go round the world.

6 They needed to get some exercise sothey joined a gym.

7 He killed a man so he was arrested for murder.

8 I’ll never forget him because he saved my life.

9 She worked very hard to become successful.

10 My daughter had a very high temperature so we called the doctor.

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Vocabulary

3 Underline the correct alternative.

1 I never get bored with/ about my life.

2 When I left university, I travelled to / round the world with a rucksack.

3 Thomas gave in / uphis job when he was thirty-six and moved to/ at Australia.

4 Annie went for / backto work when her children started school.

5 She used to dream about /with being a successful writer – and now she is.

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4 Complete the names of the places.

1 I went to the librar y to borrow a book.

2 She was late because she couldn’t find the

lecture hall.

3 There used to be about thirty-five students in every classtoom in our school.

4 I love buying pens and notebooks in stationery shops.

5 You should go to the wwelfare office about your accomodation.

6 They serve very good, cheap meals in our company ccafeteria.

7 Go to the study centre if you want to study online.

8 Where’s the photocopying room, please? I need some copies of this.

9 You’ll find the registration desk in the main reception.

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5 Match words 1–6 with stress patterns a)–f).

1 classroom e

2 stationeryd

3 accommodation officef

4 cafeteriac

5 lecture theatrea

6 study centreb

a) Ooooo

b) Oooo

c) ooOoo

d) Ooo

e) Oo

f) oooOooo

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Functions

6 Match sentences 1–6 with a)–f).

1 Excuse me. Could you tell me what time the library closes? d

2 Where can I get a cup of coffee? a

3 Do you know when it opens? f

4 Do I have to register to use the study centre?b

5 Can you tell me where the cinema is? e

6 I need to speak to the welfare officer. c

a) In the cafeteria near the book shop.

b) No, you just need your student card.

c) Can you tell me what the problem is?

d) I think it closes at 5.30.

e) Sorry, I don’t know where it is.

f) Yes, from nine o’clock until six.

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