Upper Intermediate Test 1
Upper Intermediate Test 1
Upper Intermediate Test 1
SCORE: ___/100
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READ THESE PEOPLE’S DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR UNUSUAL JOBS. THEN COMPLETE THE
SENTENCES WITH THE PHRASES IN THE BOX.
better paid than (2x) more tiring than less money than
not as well paid as more hours than
Is it OK if ________________________________________________________________________?
I wonder if ______________________________________________________________________ .
COMPLETE THE EMAIL WITH THE PAST CONTINUOUS OR SIMPLE PAST FORMS OF THE VERBS IN
PARENTHESES.
From: Kate
Date: September 10
Subject: Information for project on families
Hi Ray,
I think I have the information we need for the project. I (1) ________________ (look) online
yesterday when I
(2) ________________ (find) a site about the Schürmann family. The Schürmanns are a Brazilian
family who
(3) ________________ (sail) around the world.
Vilfredo Schürmann (4) ________________ (run) his own company when he and his wife
(5) ________________ (decide) to start a completely new life. They (6) ________________ (get)
on their
sailboat and (7) ________________ (leave)! They (8) ________________ (spend) the next ten
years sailing.
As they (9) ________________ (travel) around the world, millions of Brazilians (10)
________________ (follow)
their adventures on TV. They (11) ________________ (come) back to Brazil in 1994.
What do you think? Is this interesting enough for our project?
Kate