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Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation A

GRAMMAR

1 Order the words to make questions and sentences.

Example: you / the / enjoy / didn’t / meal / ?
Didn’t you enjoy the meal?
1 cinema / night / the / go / last / you / did / to / ?
Did you go to the cinema last night?
2 seen / film / the / you’ve / isn’t / this / ever / best ?
Isn’t the best film you’ve ever seen?
3 higher / up / heating / colder / the / it / , / the / the / I / gets / turn / .
The colder it gets, the higher I turn the heating up.
4 do / to / how / for / people / need / cook / we / many / ?
To how many people do we need to cook for?
5 nationalities / class / the / what / your / students / in / are / ?
What nationalities the students in your class are?
6 to / aren’t / you / home / glad / didn’t / you / go / that / decide / ?
Aren’t you glad that you didn’t decide to go home?
7 speak / you / be / better / practise / , / to / more / the / you / will / the / able .
The more you practise, the better you will be able to speak.
8 eating / chocolate / should / be / much / you / that / ?
You should be eating that much chocolate?

2 Complete the sentences with an auxiliary verb.

Example: Your sister speaks Spanish, doesn’t she?
1 You’ve been to Greece before, have you?
2 A Will Rhona be coming to the meeting?
B No, she isn’t. She’s in Berlin.
3 We both like skiing, but none of our children do.
4 A I’d love to be an actor.
B would you? I think I’d find it too stressful.
5 A I don’t think Sam wants to come on holiday with us this year.
B He does want to! He told me yesterday.
6 A We’re having a Chinese takeaway tonight.
B So are we!

3 Read the questions and complete the indirect questions.

Example: What time is it?
Do you know what time it is?
1 Why did she leave without saying goodbye?
I wonder why she left without saying goodbye?
2 When does college end for the summer?
I’m not sure when the college ends for the summer.
3 Can we bring guests to the ceremony?
Do you have any idea if we can bring guests to the ceremony?
4 What type of batteries does this need?
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Do you know what type of batteries this needs?

5 Where are the toilets?
Can you tell me where the toilets are?
6 How many people have you invited?
I can’t remember how many people you have invited?

Grammar total 20

VOCABULARY

4 Complete the words in the sentences.

Example: Hannah isn’t very open to new ideas – she’s quite narrow-minded.
1 It’s difficult to get Henry to spend money – he’s rather tight-fisted_.
2 Jason will be relaxed about you borrowing his bike – he’s very laid_-back.
3 I’ve forgotten my PIN number again – I’m getting quite absent-minded these days.
4 Why did you say that to Jane when you told me the opposite? You’re so two-faced.
5 You should think about other people more – you’re too self-centred.
6 You’re not a difficult and moody person – you’re very well-behaved on the whole.
7 Don’t say anything that might make Jack angry – he’s very bad-tempered .
8 If Alan wants something he fights until he gets it – he’s extremely strong-willed .
9 Gina will be happy to go wherever you want to – she’s pretty easy-going .
10 Fred is always ready to try new ways of doing things – he’s open-minded.

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5 Underline the correct word.

Example: This film is a bit boring / enjoyable / interesting.
1 My dad is a bit open-minded / narrow-minded / good-tempered.
2 This food is extremely OK / alright / delicious.
3 I like working with Jake, but he is rather open-minded / hard-working / slow.
4 I think you’re being a bit self-confident / self-centred / good-tempered.

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6 Choose the correct words for the definitions.

bizarre crush somebody trend job-seeker candidate pioneer headhunter
Example: A person who contacts people and offers them a job with a new company headhunter.
1 destroy someone’s confidence Crush Somebody
2 person looking for employment Job-seeker
3 person who has applied for a job Candidate
4 popular way of doing something Trend
5 the first to do something in a new and different way Pioneer
6 very strange and unusual Bizarre

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PRONUNCIATION

7 Match the words with the same sound.

flustered agency finish two-faced approach crush

Example: change approach

1 persuade Flustered, Two-faced
2 job seeker Agency
3 sure Finish, Crush
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8 Underline the stressed syllable.

Example: cheerful
1 de|man|ding
2 re|cruit|ment
3 bi|zarre
4 fla|pping
5 di|rec|tor

Pronunciation total 10

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50

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Reading and Writing A

READING

1 Read the article about personality tests. Five sentences have been removed. Which
sentence (A-F) fits each gap (1-5)? There is one extra sentence which you do not need
to use.

Personality tests: Can they identify the real

you?
The next time you apply for a job, you might be asked to take a personality test. Even though
the companies that make the tests are not keen on them actually being used to select staff
during the interview process, the business of personality is big and growing. But do the tests
work?
A few years back, my niece was looking for a summer job. (----- 1 ----- ) But before the
interview, she had to fill out an online application including a psychometric test – a test which
would reveal a lot about her personality. She explained that there was a whole section on
ethics and how you'd react in a particular situation, like dealing with an difficult customer, for
example. And apparently the message was pretty clear – if you're easily annoyed, don't be a
waitress.
(----- 2 ----- ) Personality tests are now appearing in all types of industry. In a global
recession, many firms want to be sure they are employing the most suitable person for the
job. They cannot afford to pick the wrong one. Smaller profits also mean staff are working
under more stress. Therefore, companies want to make sure their employees get on with
each other. Disagreements are costly and inefficient.
In the US alone, there are about 2,500 personality tests on the market. One of the most
popular is called the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or MBTI. (----- 3 ----- ) It has also been
adopted by governments and military agencies around the world.
“Myers-Briggs is the most successful psychometric test out there and deservedly so,” says
Rachel Robinson of the consultancy firm YSC in central London. “It has been a fantastic
vehicle for people to think about themselves and how others are different.”
Perhaps its attraction lies in its simplicity – according to the MBTI, we all match one of 16
character types. But it’s the fact that it is so straightforward that makes some people
suspicious.
Like many personality tests, MBTI is based on the work of Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist
who, together with Sigmund Freud, helped lay the foundations of modern psychology. Jung
developed the idea of opposite pairs of characteristics. This refers to qualities such as being
friendly or unfriendly, or lazy or hard-working, which are present in all of us. (----- 4 ----- )
The MBTI was invented thanks to an awkward relationship between a woman and her future
son-in-law. Katherine Briggs, a wealthy housewife from Washington DC, realized Clarence
Myers was a good match for her daughter, Isabel, when she brought him home from college.
He seemed like a nice young man, but his way of thinking was so strange to her that she
turned to books for help.
Jung's Psychological Types fascinated her, and soon Isabel was infected by her mother's
enthusiasm. (----- 5 ----- ). Jung only identified eight personality types, but Isabel Briggs
Myers eventually doubled that number. According to the MBTI, everybody can be described
by four letters chosen out of a total of eight, for example ISFJ or ENTP. The various
combinations of letters make up the sixteen personality types.
Apparently the overwhelming majority of the 2.5 million Americans who take the MBTI
assessment each year feel their results do fit their personalities. However, the Myers Briggs
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Foundation itself discourages the use of the test for hiring and firing. Instead, they see it
mainly as a means of getting employees to think about how they interact with colleagues and
work as a team. So, if you are asked to do a personality test at some point in the future, think
carefully about the reason behind it. It may not for the reason you thought!

3 -A Used by 89 of the top 100 companies, it has been translated into 24 languages.
1 -B She heard the tips were good in a restaurant in Chicago, and decided to
apply.
5 -C Over the next two decades, the pair became very interested in how people behave.
D On the other hand, according to one author, as much as 75% of test takers achieve a different
personality type when tested for a second time.
4 -E He suggested that in terms of each pair of qualities, we tend to be one or the other.
2 -F She was surprised, but was faced with a similar test when she applied to work in a bookshop.

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