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Unit test 7A Pre-Intermediate FOURTH EDITION

1 Choose the correct options. 3 Complete the text with an appropriate form of the verbs
1 How long have you lived / did you live here? You in the box.
haven’t unpacked yet!
enjoy ​
move ​
be (x2) ​
grow ​
write ​
finish ​
have ​
2 Did / Have you ever been married? begin ​
use ​
3 We have lived / lived here for five years and we’re very
Erica Luetzow (1) has worked as an interpreter for twenty
happy here.
years and (2) _______ fluent in Spanish. At present she
4 What have you done / did you do at the weekend? runs a freelance translation and interpretation business in
5 She moved / has moved to Barcelona in 2001. Raleigh, North Carolina .
6 I haven’t seen / didn’t see you for months! How are you? ‘While I was in college on a language course in Mexico, I
7 They got / have got back from their holiday last night. (3) _______ the opportunity to train as a conference
8 What did he do / has he done before he became a interpreter,’ says Erica. ‘The course (4) _______ and I
politician? (5) _______ back to the USA. I (6) _______ working as a
volunteer interpreter.’
9 When have you inherited / did you inherit the house?
‘As the demand for translation and interpretation services
10 How long have you known / did you know the Duke and
(7) _______ in my hometown of Raleigh,’ she continues,
Duchess? They’re charming!
‘I (8) _______ my bilingual skills to start my own
11 My great-grandmother died / has died last year. translation and interpretation business.’

1 point for each correct answer  10 Erica (9) _______ the variety of jobs, people and
opportunities that her interpretation job includes.
‘I (10) ______ never ______ bored so far,’ she says.
2 Complete the conversations with the Present Simple,
‘I (11) ______ even ______ a book about interpreting!’
Present Perfect, or Past Simple form of the verbs in
brackets.
1 point for each correct answer  10
Conversation 1
A (1 do) What do you do ? 4 Complete the sentences with for or since.
B (2 be) I 'm a foreign correspondent for The Times. 1 I’ve had this laptop for years.
A (3 work) Where ______ you ______? 2 The lawyers have been in that meeting ______ ten
B All over the world. o’clock.
A (4 work) How long ______ you ______ as a 3 I haven’t seen Sam ______ we were at school together.
correspondent? 4 He studied at Oxford University ______ three years.
B (5 leave) Since I ______ school. 5 We’ve been married ______ fifty years.
Conversation 2 6 I haven’t been anywhere on holiday ______ I was in
A (6 meet) Where ______ you ______ Anya? Kenya.
B At a tennis match at Wimbledon. 7 She worked as a journalist ______ ten years.
A (7 know) How long ______ you ______ each other? 8 I’ve become interested in my family history ______
B About ten years. I talked to my grandmother about it.

A (8 talk) What ______ you ______ about at the match? 9 We haven’t had a break ______ ages.

B (9 talk) We ______ about our passion for tennis! 10 He hasn’t seen his parents ______ the beginning of the
year.
Conversation 3
11 They’ve been in the cinema ______ a couple of hours.
A (10 have) ______ you ______ an iPad?
B Yes, I do. 1 point for each correct answer  10
A (11 cost) How much ______ it ______ ?
B (12 pay) My dad ______ for it. So I don’t know exactly.

1 point for each correct answer  10

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Unit test 7A  Continued Pre-Intermediate FOURTH EDITION

5 Read the interview answers and write the questions. 7 Complete the table.
David Romney-Phillips is a celebrity chef. We talked to Noun Verb Noun Adjective
him about his passion for food. competition (1) compete ambition (6) _______
A (1) How long have you cooked ? (2) _______ invite (7) _______ helpful
B I’ve cooked ever since I can remember. behaviour (3) _______ (8) _______ critical
A (2) ________________________________ ? explanation (4) _______ danger (9) _______
B My granny and my mum taught me to cook. (5) _______ inherit success (10) _______
A (3) ________________________________ ?
B No, I’ve never won any prizes! 1 point for each correct answer  9
A (4) ________________________________ ?
8 Complete the sentences with words from exercise 7.
B Yes, I have watched some cookery programmes
1 I’ve been enormously successful in my business.
on TV.
2 Have you ever been in a poker _______ ?
A (5) ________________________________ ?
3 Who did you _______ to your party?
B No, I’ve never thought of moving to the USA. I’m
very English! 4 Does Marcos _______ badly at school?
A (6) ________________________________ ? 5 Don’t touch that – it’s _______ !
B I can’t tell you how much money I’ve made. But my 6 One _______ made some charming comments about
books and TV programmes have done well … my new book!
7 Did you _______ a lot of money when your
2 points for each correct answer  10 grandmother died?
8 Excuse me – I need some _______ . Could you carry
6 Use the endings in the box to complete the sentences. this please?
There are some spelling changes.
1 point for each correct answer  7
-ian -or ​ -ant ​
-ian ​
-er ​
-ist ​

1 ​The library ian helped me find a few books I needed. 9 Underline the stressed syllable.
2 I’m a press photograph__ . I’ve worked for The Daily 1 famous 5 compete
News for five years. 2 behave 6 employ
3 Has your mother always worked as an account__ ? 3 kindness 7 discussion
4 He’s a fantastic decorate__ – he has repainted our 4 danger 8 collection
house in only two days!
5 What’s the name of that act__ ? He’s been in lots of 1 point for each correct answer  7
films.
6 My husband is a computer science__ .
7 Do you know a good electric__ ?
8 Alice studied law at university but then decided not to
be a law__ .
9 Could you ask the reception__ to bring us coffee?
10 My great-grandfather was a farm__ . He kept dairy
cows.
11 That politics__ is awful. He’s talked for over an hour
and hasn’t answered a single question!

1 point for each correct answer  10

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Unit test 7A  Continued Pre-Intermediate FOURTH EDITION

10 Read 1–6. Match them with a reply and comment.

1 Our dog is huge, isn’t he? 11   c
2 Your mum married young, didn’t she? ___  ___
3 You’ve got ten grandchildren already, ___  ___
haven’t you?
4 My poker playing has improved, hasn’t it? ___ ___
5 He’s visited Chatsworth House, hasn’t he? ___  ___
6 Leo loves playing computer games, ___  ___
doesn’t he?
Reply
7 No, he doesn’t.
8 No, we haven’t.
9 Yes, she did.
10 Yes, it has.
11 Yes, he is.
12 Yes, he has.
Comment
a You’ll be winning major competitions in no time!
b We’ve got eleven – six boys and five girls.
c And he’s still a puppy!
d It’s Sophie who really loves them.
e She was only twenty.
f It’s the one with acres of parkland, isn’t it?

1 point for each correct answer  10

11 Translate the sentences.

1 Have you ever entered a writing competition?
2 She worked for a famous newspaper for ten years.
3 How long have you been in Singapore for?
4 I’ve had this book since I was a child.
5 We moved to Australia two years ago.
6 How much did you get paid for taking photographs?
7 Has she worked with that actor before?

1 point for each correct answer  7

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