Quick Test 8

1 Listen to two people in a bookshop. Tick (✓) A, B, or C. 2 Listen to five people talking. Match the sentence halves.

1. 1

   Wendy first visited the bookshop _____.

   Awhen she was 13B30 years agoCwhen she was 30
2. 2

   When she was a child, sometimes Wendy read a book and didn’t _____.

   Ahave a showerBhave breakfastCgo to school
3. 3

   Wendy and André are talking about writers ____.

   Athey didn’t likeBtheir families likedCthey liked when they were young
4. 4

   André read books by ____.

   Aonly French writersBonly English and American writersCFrench, English and American writers
5. 5

   Wendy thought the author of The Little Prince was _____.

   Aan artistBa pilotCEnglish
6. 6

   Speaker 1

   Alooked very different when he was a teenager.Bhad an expensive taxi journey.Cate dinner near the beach.Dbought something she didn’t really want.Esaw his girlfriend for the first time at a concert.
7. 7

   Speaker 2

   Alooked very different when he was a teenager.Bhad an expensive taxi journey.Cate dinner near the beach.Dbought something she didn’t really want.Esaw his girlfriend for the first time at a concert.
8. 8

   Speaker 3

   Alooked very different when he was a teenager.Bhad an expensive taxi journey.Cate dinner near the beach.Dbought something she didn’t really want.Esaw his girlfriend for the first time at a concert.
9. 9

   Speaker 4

   Alooked very different when he was a teenager.Bhad an expensive taxi journey.Cate dinner near the beach.Dbought something she didn’t really want.Esaw his girlfriend for the first time at a concert.
10. 10

    Speaker 5

    Alooked very different when he was a teenager.Bhad an expensive taxi journey.Cate dinner near the beach.Dbought something she didn’t really want.Esaw his girlfriend for the first time at a concert.

Tick () A, B, or C to complete the sentences.

1. 1

   There aren’t _____ stairs.

2. 2

   Hugo _____ to school last week.

3. 3

   _____ a school near here?

   AThere isBIs there
4. 4

   _____ central heating in your flat?

5. 5

   How many bedrooms _____ in her new house?

6. 6

   Daniela and Martina _____ to Dublin last weekend.

7. 7

   There are _____ glasses in the kitchen.

8. 8

   I listened but I _____ any noise.

9. 9

   _____ a very noisy party in our neighbour’s house last weekend.

10. 10

    We _____ a good time at your party yesterday.

11. 11

    _____ some shelves in the study.

12. 12

    Petra _____ the film was awful.

13. 13

    They _____ the bank manager yesterday.

    Adon’t meetBmeetCmet
14. 14

    There’s _____ comfortable sofa in the living room.

15. 15

    How many students _____ there in class on Monday?

16. 16

    _____ isn’t a garage. We park on the street.

17. 17

    A Did you see your friend who works at the hospital? B Yes, I _____.

18. 18

    _____ any good programmes on TV last night?

19. 19

    When I was young I _____ in the same bedroom as my sister.

20. 20

    Where _____ for lunch with Anna?

a Tick (✓) the past simple verb. b Tick (✓) the correct part of the house A, B, or C. c Tick (✓) the correct word A, B, or C.

1. 1

   fall

2. 2

   can

3. 3

   catch

4. 4

   pay

5. 5

   find

6. 6

   You eat lunch and dinner in_____.

7. 7

   You relax and watch TV in _____.

8. 8

   You read and do homework in _____.

9. 9

   You leave your car in_____.

10. 10

    You sleep in _____.

11. 11

    Two people can sit here.

12. 12

    You cook food in this.

    AmicrowaveBa fridge
13. 13

    You wash clothes in this.

    Aa dishwasherBwashing machine
14. 14

    You put books on this.

15. 15

    This is on the floor in the house.

a Which word has a different sound? Tick () A, B, or C. b Which is the stressed syllable? Tick () A, B, or C.

1. 1

   AnearBthereCwhere
2. 2

   AhereBhearChair
3. 3

   AtourBfourCyour
4. 4

   AwatchedBwantedCasked
5. 5

   AhatedBwantedCasked
6. 6

   AmicrowaveBmicroCmi
7. 7

   Ain front ofBin front ofCin front of
8. 8

   AdiningBroomCdi
9. 9

   AbalconyBbalCco
10. 10

    AfurBniCture

a Which word has a different sound? Tick (✓) A, B, or C. / b Which is the stressed syllable? Tick (✓) A, B, or C.

1. 1

   AnearBereCere
2. 2

   AhereBeaCair
3. 3

   AtauBouCou
4. 4

   AwatchedBedCed
5. 5

   AhatedBwantedCasked
6. 6

   AmicrowaveBmicroCmi
7. 7

   Ain front ofBin front ofCin front of
8. 8

   AdiningBroomCdi
9. 9

   AbalconyBbalCco
10. 10

    AfurBniCture