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Unit 1 Test

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Part A Vocabulary riends!i" e#"ressions 1

$om" $om"le lete te t!e t!e te# te#tt wit wit! ! t!e t!e "!ra "!rase ses s in in t!e t!e bo#% bo#% T!er T!ere e are are two e#tr e#tra a "!r "!ras ases es%%

a lot in common hit it off

close friends

ups and downs

count on

drifted apart

fell out

got on well together

went our separate ways

I met Andy when I was just fifteen. At first we didn’t (1) ____________ at all. We really didn’t have () ____________ . !e was into sports while I only li"ed music. #hen one day we had to wor" on a school project together and we discovered that we ($) ____________ . After that% we spent more and more time together and &ecame (') ____________ . f course% li"e most people we’ve had our () ____________ % &ut we haven’t (*) ____________ and I’m sure t hat I can always (+) ____________ him if I need any an y help. (+ points)

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'atc 'atc! ! t!e t!e e#"r e#"res essi sion ons s in in t!e t!e bo# bo# in in (#e (#erc rcis ise e 1 to t!e t!e de) de)in init itio ions ns%%

a) good and &ad e,periences or situations

____________  

 &) having the same interests

____________ 

c) li"ed each other and &ecame friends

____________  

d) li"e one another the first time you meet

____________  

e) people who "now each other well and li"e each other

____________  

f)

rely on some&ody

g) had an argument

____________   _ __________   

(+ points)

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*rammar  Tense re+iew ,

$om"lete t!e -uestions wit! t!e words in t!e bo#%

!ow long

What’s

When

Where

Who

a)

________ your &est friend’s name-

 &)

________ does he live-

c)

________ have you &een learning nglish-

d)

________ would you li"e to meet the most-

e)

________ did you start learning nglish-

( points)

.uestion )orms 

$orrect t!e mistaes in t!ese -uestions%

a) Who do is your favourite actor &) What were you do yesterdayc) Who you meet yesterdayd) !ow long you "new each othere) What "ind of things you li"e( points)

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Ad+erbs o) )re-uency 5

Put t!e word or "!rase in bracets in t!e correct "lace in eac! sentence%

a) /o you go out with your friends on 0riday night- (usually)  _______________________________________________ 

 &) I have a glass of wine. (now and again)  _______________________________________________  c) ac" goes clu&&ing. (regularly)  _______________________________________________ 

d) 2y sister is on the phone to her friends. (always)  _______________________________________________  e) 3amantha doesn’t go to parties. (often)  _______________________________________________  ( points)

Use)ul "!rases 

Underline t!e correct words%

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!ow are life / things-

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!ow’s going / life-

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h4 pretty / great good.

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What are you up to lately / these days -

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I’d afraid / better dash.

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I’ll give / take  you a call.

(* points)

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Part 2 Pronunciation Numbers [Track 1] 3

4isten and underline t!e rou" o) numbers you !ear%

a)

15 15' 15'

15 15' $5'

 &)

15* 56 $517

15* 56 15$

c)

18 $8 $$8

18 $8 $78

d)

18 78 1.8

18 78 8

e)

$56 $5 $5*

$56 $5 $5'

( points)

4istenin [Track 2] 6

4isten to an inter+iew wit! Toni about !er best )riend% Are t!ese sentences true 7T8 or )alse 789

a)

#oni has "nown 2ary for twenty years.

 &)

#oni and 2ary aren’t very good friends any more.

c)

2ary and #oni tal" on the phone every two or three months.

d)

#oni doesn’t li"e going on holiday with 2ary.

e)

2ary’s hus&and wanted to &e friends with #oni.

( points)

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:eadin ;

:ead t!e te#t% Is t!e in)ormation in t!ese sentences true 7T8< )alse 78 or not i+en 7N*89

a) 0riends 9eunited started in 777.

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 &)
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c) ulie wanted the site to help people find dates.

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d) 3ome school friends have met on the site and then got married.

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e) =eople can write false information.

# 5 0 5 :;

Internet sites such as Friends Reunited in the UK and Classmates.com in the US are extremely popular. Friends Reunited launched in July 2000 and now has millions of people reistered. !he we"site was the idea of Ste#e $an%hurst and his wife Julie. &t the time they were expectin their first child and Julie was interested in findin out whether her school friends were also married and had families. So' the main idea was simply to find a way in which old school friends who had lost touch with each other could "e reunited. (ow thousands of people are doin this throuh the we"site' where they can write their own profile and #iew profiles of their old school friends. !here are a lot of happy stories of friends who had one their separate ways after lea#in school and had lost touch' "ut who ha#e now "ecome friends aain after contactin each other throuh the we"site. )owe#er not e#erythin a"out these we"sites is positi#e. Firstly' there is no way in which a lot of the information can "e chec%ed' so it is *uite possi"le that people write thins a"out themsel#es which simply aren+t true. !he we"sites ha#e also "een "lamed for a num"er of marriae "rea%ups , a result of old school couples ettin "ac% toether( points)

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