Complete the dialogues. Use the second conditional form of the verbs and the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. Beth This room is 1_________________________ (spacious) room in the house. It’s really tiny! Ewan I know, but it’s also quieter than the other rooms. That’s why I sometimes sleep in here. Gavin Our road gets 2_________________________ (busy) every month. I wish we didn’t live in the city centre. Joel But it’s lively in the city centre, and you like going out. If you moved to a quiet place, you 3_________________________ (be) bored there. Sue That’s 4_________________________ (nice-looking) jacket in the shop. Lucy Yes, I’d get it if I had enough money, but it’s too expensive. Guy Your neighbour drives 5_________________________ (impressive) car I’ve ever seen. Is it an American car? Pat Yes, and it’d be a great car if it went 6_________________________ (fast)! It takes my neighbour ages to drive to work! Mark: ___ / 6 Write sentences using the prompts. Use comparative or superlative forms or the second conditional. if / we / build / a fence / sheep / not come / into the garden ______________________________________________________________________________________________ the cat / not drink / this much water / if / it / not be / thirsty ______________________________________________________________________________________________ the patio / look / great / if / you / clean / it ______________________________________________________________________________________________ I / tell / the teacher / if / you / try / to copy my answers in the exam ______________________________________________________________________________________________ this / be / scary / cellar / I’ve ever seen ______________________________________________________________________________________________ big / the house / expensive / it / be ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Aunt Mary / can / see / the TV / well / with her glasses on ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Mark: ___ / 7 Tick () the two correct sentences. Rewrite the other sentences, changing one word in each sentence. I made the fewer mistakes in the test, so I got the best mark. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ It’ll cost you lesser money to buy the shoes on the internet. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ If we knew Matt’s address, we’d visit him. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Please speak more slower. I don’t speak French well. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ What did you do if you lost your phone? ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Jake would live in the city if he has a job there. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ We got to the hotel more quickly than we expected. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Mark: ___ / 7 Vocabulary Complete the email with the words below. cramped hooks patio peaceful restored solar panels Hi, Rosy We’ve finally moved into our new house! It’s really quiet and 1_______________ here because our new place is a farmhouse in the countryside. My bedroom is small and a bit 2_______________, but from my window I can see horses in a field! There are six bedrooms on three floors, so you have to climb a lot of stairs! The house has a really big garden with a green lawn, a stone 3_______________ and a small pond with fish in it. There’s also a hedge around the garden, so it’s very private. The house is old, but it was beautifully 4_______________ a few years ago and it’s very modern inside. There are even 5_______________ on the roof for electricity. My favourite room is the living room. It will be very cosy in the winter when we light the fire. In the hall, there are big metal 6_______________ where we can leave our coats and a long wooden shelf for all our books. Anyway, I must go now. I’m still tidying my room, and it looks a mess! Karim Mark: ___ / 6 Match the sentences with the words below. fridge lamp pillow rubbish dump skyscraper sofa bed I don’t sleep well unless I have two of these. ____________________ Look! That’s the tallest building in the city. ____________________ I’ve just looked inside, but there’s no milk. ____________________ We can take these old boxes and bottles there. ____________________ It’s very dark. Can you switch it on again? ____________________ My friend can sleep on it if he stays the night. ____________________ Mark: ___ / 6 Match 1–8 with A–H to make sentences. The flat is conveniently Max lives in a lively My grandmother grew up in a detached When it’s summer, we open the sliding If you live in a terraced Before Will got married, he lived in a thatched Some people can’t find our front She’s a famous singer now, but she grew up on a housing house, you could have noisy neighbours. cottage in the countryside. area full of restaurants and cafés. door because it’s at the side of the house. estate in a poor part of the city. located close to the city centre. doors so it’s not too hot inside. house with a big garden all around it. Mark: ___ / 8 Use of English Read the dialogues and choose the correct answers. Dialogue 1 Josh It’s 11.30. Shall we go to the café? Carla ___ Josh Yes, I agree. Let’s go. Really? We’d better go home. It’s the last bus home. I’d rather go home. Dialogue 2 Mariana Would you like to live on a farm? Anna ___ Mariana I agree. I think it would be too quiet. All things considered, I don’t suppose I would. Yes, I’d really love it here. That’s a good question, but I can’t answer it. Dialogue 3 Ron The students in my class don’t agree about the age that people that should buy their own home. Teacher ___ Ron You’re right about that! What else do they disagree about? Let me see. It’s clearly a question which people have strong opinions about. Dialogue 4 Dad Where do you want to go for your birthday, Mel? Mel ___ Dad OK, then. You can decide later. Hmm. I’d have to give that some thought, Dad. All things considered, I’d go to a restaurant. Come to think of it, my birthday is only two weeks away. Dialogue 5 Mum Which house did you prefer: the bungalow or the terraced house? Dan ___ Mum Really? I liked them both. One good thing about the bungalow is the garden. I didn’t like either of them, Mum. I’d rather it was bigger. Mark: ___ / 5 Translation Translate the Polish parts of the sentences into English. If I had more money, I (wynająłbym kawalerkę) __________________________________________________. I wish (żebyś nie przynosił) ________________________________________ those dirty shoes into the house. New homes (stają się coraz tańsze) __________________________________________________________. It’s very late, so (lepiej idź do domu) __________________________________________________________. (Im więcej czasu spędzasz) ________________________________ doing your homework, the better it will be. Mark: ___ / 10 Listening Listen and choose the correct answers. Who is speaker 1 speaking to? a friend an audience at a conference a couple who want to buy a house What does speaker 1 want to do? move people out of the city build many more new houses make small houses in factories Where is speaker 2 speaking? at a business meeting at home with a friend in a flat with his parents What was the problem with speaker 2’s flat? They couldn’t have parties there. It was very cold in winter. It wasn’t very attractive. Who does speaker 3 want to help? people living in the city centre tourists the government Mark: ___ / 5 Reading Read the texts and match them with statements 1−5. There is one text which matches two statements. A Hardy’s Cottage The English writer Thomas Hardy was born in a cottage in the south of England. It is a charming place in some woods, but when Hardy lived here in the 1800s, he found it very cramped. Six members of his family lived there, and he started writing books in a bedroom he shared with his brother. When he became famous and had more money, he moved to a bigger house in a nearby town, with its own porch and a big garden. It was more spacious, but also noisier. You can visit both these houses today. B Charles Dickens’ birthplace Charles Dickens is famous for his stories about Victorian London, but he was born on the south coast of England in 1812. You can visit the small terraced house where he lived in the town of Portsmouth today. It has a little front garden and shutters on its windows. If you could go back in time, you would see the same furniture in the dining room that you can see now. Unfortunately, Dickens’ father didn’t stay in Portsmouth. He moved to London and lost all his money. Dickens had to leave school and work in the terrible factories that he later wrote about in his books. C Handel and Hendrix’s house 23–25 Brook Street, London, is the address of two terraced houses above a shop. They are unusual because they were the homes of two very different musicians in different centuries. In 1723, the German musician George Handel lived at number 25. The house was near the theatres and concert halls where he worked. It was a tall house, full of Handel’s possessions, including his musical instruments and his paintings. The house has been renovated since this time, but you can still visit it today. 23 Brook Street is the much smaller flat where famous rock guitar player Jimi Hendrix lived in the 1960s. It is less impressive than Handel’s house, but it still has his big double bed and colourful cushions and curtains. D John Lennon’s house John Lennon was a singer in one of the most famous bands in the world, the Beatles. You can visit the house where he lived in the north of England with his aunt from the age of five until he was twenty-three. It is a semi-detached house with a small porch and garden. John’s wife, Yoko Ono, gave the house to the National Trust in 2002 and it is now open to the public. You can even see John’s bedroom, where the Beatles wrote their first famous song. It has not changed at all. If John were alive today, he would be amazed to see how popular his old house has become. If you visit this place, you will learn how a musician lived in the 18th century. see where a writer lived before his life became very difficult. compare a writer’s earlier life with his later life. see a room where a famous song was written. see a pop singer’s home when he was young. Mark: ___ / 5 Writing You recently visited a friend’s house in a different country. Write an email to another friend describing your visit. Follow the instructions below and write your email (80–130 words). Describe the location of the house and say how big it is. Describe the rooms in the house that you found interesting or impressive. Compare the house to your own. Mention the advantages and disadvantages of living in such a house. Say if you’d like to live in this house and why or why not. Mark: ___ / 10 Total: ___ /
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