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Unit 6 Test B

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Use of English: Grammar 1 Rewrite the sentences, changing from direct speech to reported speech. Choose the most appropriate reporting verb from the list below. forbid inform promise refuse want to know

2 I demand that you to show me how much you have written. 3 Her mother in law advised her not to moving home yet. 4 Did you really criticize Tim for to speaking too quickly during his presentation? 5 They congratulated Jim and Sue on get engaged.

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1 ‘I’m not telling you who cheated in the test’, Sue told Mary. Sue _______________________ 2 ‘We’ll definitely cook dinner on Friday evening’, the girls told their mum. The girls _______________________ 3 ‘The police officers took me to the police station’, the defendant told the lawyer. The defendant _____________________ 4 ‘Is there going to be a train strike next week?’ Olive asked. Olive _______________________ 5 ‘You can’t go out this weekend because your grades were awful’, Jan told James. Jan _______________________

/5 2 Find and correct one mistake in each sentence. 1 She agreed not doing anything on Saturday, just in case her mother needed her help.

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3 Complete the second sentence so it means the same as the first, using the word given. Do not change the word given. 1 Some people say that over 300 languages are spoken in the United Kingdom. ESTIMATED _____________ over 300 languages are spoken in the United Kingdom. 2 Las Vegas has some of the biggest hotels in the world. KNOWN _____________ some of the biggest hotels in the world. 3 The housing association say that thousands of families live in overcrowded conditions in the city. REPORTED _____________ that thousands of families live in overcrowded conditions in the city. 4 He was advised to open a bank account abroad. SUGGESTED It _____________ a bank account abroad. 5 Over twenty million people visit London every year. CLAIMED

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_____________ over twenty million people visit London every year.

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Use of English: Vocabulary 4 Fill in the gaps with the correct word(s) in the correct form. draft a contract inspect a property move in pay a deposit take out a mortgage

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4 Watching the fatal disaster on TV really brings it home to you/isn’t anything to write home about how important your family and friends are. 5 There’s only one week left on the degree programme. I can’t believe we’re home from home/’re on the home straight.

1 She _____________ herself. I offered to give her the money but she was adamant that she had enough cash. 2 Once Andy had found suitable people to occupy his property, he _____________ which he then sent to his lawyer to check. 3 He _____________ for his first property but in the end his parents lent him the money. 4 When is the owner coming over _____________? Is it Thursday or Friday? 5 Unfortunately they _____________ when they learned that their neighbours were incredibly noisy.

/5 5 Choose the correct alternative. 1 The recruitment consultant immediately homed in on/is at home with Liz as he knew she had excellent work experience and was currently unemployed. 2 She’s always lived in a relatively small apartment so the fact she’s moving to another will be home and dry/ home from home.

/5 6 Read the text and write the correct form of the word in CAPITALS to complete the gaps. I once ended up in a town which I would say was one of the worst towns I’ve ever visited. As soon as I stepped out of the hotel, I was amazed at how (1) ____________ (FILTH) everything was. It was later that I realized it was an (2) ____________ (INDUSTRY) town and that a lot of the waste from the nearby factories was pumped into the air on a daily basis! By the time I walked to the town centre from the hotel, I was utterly exhausted. It didn’t seem that far on the map but the town was so (3) ____________ (HILL) that a journey that should have taken half an hour took nearly two. In the town centre, all of the potentially (4) ____________ (PICTURE) buildings looked totally run-down. Therefore, after just one day in the town, I decided it was time to leave. Luckily it was (5) ____________ (CONNECT) and I caught a train that afternoon to a different city.

3 In the past, she worked at an animal hospital, so she’s home and dry/at home with animals.

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Reading 7 You are going to read an article about squatters in the UK. Five paragraphs have been removed from the text. Choose from the paragraphs A-F the one which fits each gap (1-5). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use. The door was left open 1 _________________________ Mrs Smith, 51, was a victim of a recent case in north London. On Thursday 3rd May, she left her two bedroom property, where she lived alone, and started what she had anticipated to be an eight-week trip of a lifetime to Australia. She had been wanting to visit the other side of the world for over ten years, and had only recently saved enough money to fulfil her dream. 2 _________________________ It wasn’t until seven days later that they were able to inform Mrs Smith of the suspicious situation. Mrs Smith was horrified, and urged her neighbours to contact the police. She would catch the next flight home, cutting her dream trip short by five weeks. 3 _________________________ Fuelled with rage, she ran out of the house and headed to the police station. She explained her situation to the officer, who informed her that she would need to prove that the house was hers and then they would investigate the issue. “This is not going to be resolved overnight”, the officer informed her.

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4 _________________________ The scene that she encountered was awful. All of the possessions that the squatters were uninterested in had been shoved into plastic bags and left in a spare room. Her beautiful cream carpets were filthy with footprints and mud and the majority of her walls had been covered with posters of young pop stars. Mrs Smith was quite understandably, upset. The home that she had lived in for twenty years was a mess. 5 _________________________ Those who have been targeted are requesting the law be changed to strongly favour those affected. As Mrs Smith claims, “Ten days is too long. The police should have the power to act immediately.” A proposed change has been presented to the government, and hopefully we will see a change in the near future. A Mrs Smith’s situation is not unique. In June, there were an additional four cases in the same town, which suggests there is a group of squatters operating in the area. B When Mrs Smith arrived in north London, she stormed up her driveway with her front door key in hand, only to find her key didn’t fit in the lock. Enraged, she pounded the door with her fist. A lady wearing Mrs Smith’s dress and pearl jewellery opened the door. Mrs Smith was invited into her own house and told to calm down by the intruder. The imposter told Mrs Smith that she had rented the property from Daniel, Mrs Smith’s son. She proved it by showing the home

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owner the contract signed by both parties. However, this was a fabrication as Mrs Smith did not have a son. C The number of squatters occupying houses in the UK has grown drastically. Squatters, people that occupy properties without paying rent, are becoming a grave problem to those leaving their homes unattended for long, and even short, periods of time. What is more, they are claiming that they entered the property because ‘the door was left open’ which immediately relieves them from the criminal charge of breaking and entering.

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They approached them and asked who they were. They replied, stating that Mrs Smith’s son had rented her property to them and that they were their new neighbours. The neighbours were baffled by this response and, doubting them, tried desperately to contact their neighbour.

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D It in fact took ten days to get the judge to agree to an eviction. On the tenth day, Mrs Smith and her neighbours stood outside waiting for the squatters to leave. As the six squatters walked out, they carried suitcases, which later, it emerged, were packed with Mrs Smith’s clothes and possessions. Once the group had stuffed their new-found belongings into two taxis, Mrs Smith ran into her house. E Mrs Smith found it hard to believe that her house had been the target of squatters. She was not a rich woman and her house did not contain any modern technology or expensive goods. There were, however, plenty of other houses in the area which would have definitely been more appealing. F Two weeks after her departure, neighbours close to Mrs Smith noticed a family with shopping bags entering Mrs Smith’s home. Gateway B2+ Tests B © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012. This sheet may be photocopied and used within the class.

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Listening 8

You are going to hear three people talking about their unusual homes. Choose from Speaker 1, 2, or 3 to answer questions A-E.

Which speaker A suffers when it rains? ___ B is constantly cleaning because of where they live? ___ C had to make a lot of changes to their house to ensure it is sufficiently environmentally friendly? ___ D doesn’t spend any money on rent? ___ E has friends that don’t admire where they live? ___

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Writing 9

You recently saw this notice in a student magazine. We would like you to write an article about the worst place (city, museum, restaurant, shop, etc.) that you have ever visited. Include a detailed description of the place, why you were there and why you think it is the worst place.

Write your article of 200-250 words.

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