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Quick Tes 2

Vocabulary

1 In the Media Find ten words related to the media in the word square.

N E W H E A D L I N E S I

Q U I S C R O S S W O R D

B R E A K T I N G L E T T

O M R S V I P W S A D V I

G B H E A C H A T S H O W

S L O T B L O R E A S E R

D O C U M E N T A R I E S

P G A D W S S I N G S L P

A S R Q U E S T E N N A O

I N T E R V I E W S P O R

G R O W E A H O T S I P T

E H O R O S C O P E S E S

S I N T E R N A T I O N A

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2 Compound Adjectives Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

breaking coloured famous looking minute

1 They all wore brightly- clothes.

2 Do you remember who that good- actor is?

3 We have to give a five- presentation to the class.

4 He’s a world- athlete who has won several gold medals.

5 The end of the film was heart- . I felt sad for ages

afterwards.

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Grammar

3 Past Tenses Complete the text with the verbs in the Past Simple, Past Continuous or Past Perfect.

Last week, Mrs Naseby 1 (visit) her mother in hospital when thieves 2 (break) into her house. When she arrived home, she 3 (notice) that someone 4 (leave) her front door open. She 5 (go) inside and saw that they 6 (steal) her laptop, some jewellery and some money. While she 7 (talk) to the police on the phone, there 8 (be) a knock at the door. When she opened it she found two policemen who 9 (carry) a bag with her laptop, jewellery and money inside.

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4 Verb Patterns In each sentence underline the verb which cannot be used.

1 My brother suggested / offered / refused to help me with my homework.

2 We enjoyed / wanted / avoided going to the Science Museum.

3 I stopped / gave up / agreed learning Spanish.4 He advised / made / let me wait in the office.5 Our teacher told / helped / decided us to read

the newspaper article.

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Quick Tes 2

Key Expressions

6 Personal News Complete the dialogue with the phrases (a–f).

a that badb very goodc a pityd worry aboute are thingsf a nightmare

Kitty Hi Jane, how 1 ?

Jane Not 2 , I’m afraid.

Kitty Have you arranged an interview with Johnny Depp yet?

Jane His agent says he’s already booked up.

Kitty That’s 3 . I thought you knew someone who knew him?

Jane Yeah, well, I called my cousin who said she knew him, but it turns out she doesn’t. I don’t know what to do now. It’s been 4 .

Kitty I’m sure it’s not 5 . I think I can help you so don’t 6 it.

Jane Great! Have you got Depp’s phone number?

Kitty No, but I know where he’ll be this evening – in the park filming. We’ll try and get him there.

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Sentence Builder

5 After and before Look at Sarah’s diary and complete the sentences. Write one word for each space.

Time

10.00 Go to dentist

11.00 Interview Hayley Johnson

1.00 Have lunch with boss

2.30 Visit new radio station

4.30 Write article about radio station

6.00 Leave office

6.30 Take bus home

1 interviewing Hayley Johnson, Sarah went to the dentist.

2 After she Hayley, she had lunch with her boss.

3 Before the article, Sarah visited the new radio station.

4 visiting the radio station, Sarah wrote the article about it.

5 After left the office, she took the bus home.

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