B1 Name:
Class:
2ND EDITION Preliminary for
Schools
UNIT 1: LANGUAGE TEST A
GRAMMAR
Task 1
Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in the brackets.
1 I normally live in New York, but I (stay) with my aunt in Miami at the moment.
2 Raul (play) guitar, piano and saxophone. He (learn) the drums too!
3 Dani and Sam (study) for an exam that they have tomorrow. They always (study) a lot.
4 My brother (learn) French at school now. We (go) to France every year.
5 I (save) to buy a Bruno Mars concert ticket because I (like) him a lot.
Task 2
Rewrite the sentences with the words in brackets.
6 Tom goes to bed early. (usually)
7 Jamie and Rupesh are so lazy! (always)
8 Keirah finishes her homework on time. (rarely)
9 I am late for school. (never)
Task 3
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
10 cinema / once / We / to the / a month / go / .
11 school / I / every / go / to / day / .
12 now / our grandparents / visit / then / and / We / .
13 basketball / play / three / week / I / a / times / .
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B1 Name:
Class:
2ND EDITION Preliminary for
Schools
UNIT 1: LANGUAGE TEST A
VOCABULARY
Task 1
Complete the sentences with these words.
bossy clever funny lazy rude shy sporty
14 Selina doesn’t like talking in front of big groups of people. She is .
15 I think Abdul is very . He always gets good grades in his tests.
16 Polly was very today at lunchtime. She said she didn’t want to sit with me.
17 Philippe plays tennis, football and basketball. He’s .
18 Ana is . She tells everybody what to do!
19 My brother is . He never works hard.
20 Paul’s dad is very . He makes me laugh.
21 Our neighbours are nice, but sometimes . They play loud music in the evenings.
Task 2
Complete the sentences with one word.
22 I’m bored this TV show.
23 My brother is really bad cooking.
24 I’m excited going on holiday tomorrow.
25 I am frightened the dark.
26 My dad is really interested old cars.
27 I’m fed up this weather.
28 Tom is brilliant tennis.
Task 3
Choose the correct words to complete the text.
I started a new school last week. In my old school, I had lots of friends from the same (29) behaviour /
background. I was a confident student and good (30) at / with lots of things, but I felt really (31) stressed /
pleased before I arrived at school. I wasn’t keen (32) about / on being with people I didn’t know. I didn’t
sleep well and I didn’t know if the other students were (33) active / friendly. When I arrived, I (34) fed up /
hung out with three other students. They were really nice. We like (35) similar / same things like computer
games and sports. I think I will like this school and now I feel much more (36) active / relaxed! Now, I’m not
afraid (37) with / of meeting new people. In fact, I now have new friends and I can (38) stay / keep my old
friends too!
10
Total: 50
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