4th December, 2024 The First Written Examination

Group B
I/ Complete the second conditional sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 If my family ___________ (live) in Madrid, we ___________ (speak) Spanish every day.
2 Sarah ___________ (get) more exercise if her mum ___________ (buy) her a bike.
3 If Tom ___________ (not be) a good actor, he ___________ (not appear) in lots of Hollywood films.
4 My teacher ___________ (not give) us as much homework if we ___________ (work) harder in class.
5 You ___________ (can) do so many things if you ___________ (have) more time.

II/ Read the definitions of shops and services and write the correct words. The first letter of each word has been
given.
1 This is a shop where you can get fresh bread and cakes. b________________
2 You go here to buy plants, seeds and flowers to put outside your house. g________________ c________________
3 This shop sells different types of meat. b________________
4 They will cook food for you at this place, but you eat the food somewhere else. t________________
5 This shop sells rings, bracelets and necklaces. j________________
6 This shop sells medicines and beauty products. c________________
7 If you have problems with your eyes and need to buy glasses, you go to this place. o________________
8 You go to this place if you want to buy stamps or send a parcel. p________________ o________________
9 If you're looking for boots or sandals, you'll find them in this shop. s________________ s________________
10 This shop sells paper, pencils and pens. s________________

III/ Complete the sentences with the words below. There is one extra word.
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1 I'm sorry, but you can’t get a __________________ unless you have your receipt.
2 I like those jeans, but have you seen the __________________? They’re £195!
3 There’s a __________________ on these shoes at the moment – you can buy two pairs for the price of one.
4 My mum collects __________________ from newspapers and magazines. She’s always saving money that way.
5 I really like finding a good __________________ in the winter sale, so I’m going shopping this weekend.

IV/ Match 1–5 with a–e, then complete the sentences with the correct past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1 The security guard stopped the woman because a Ben __________________ (say) something rude to her.
2 Josh was pleased because b he __________________ (not eat) all day.
3 Fiona was angry because c she __________________ (win) a new car.
4 Dan was hungry because d he __________________ (find) some bargains in town.
5 Bella was delighted because e she __________________ (not pay) for her shopping.

V/ Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use one verb in the past simple and one in the past
perfect.
1 After everyone _________________ (stop) talking, Gemma and Simon _________________ (cut) the wedding cake.
2 When we _________________ (get) to the shop, all the bargains _________________ (go).
3 After all the players _________________ (arrive), the football game _________________ (start).
4 When I _________________ (see) David, he _________________ (not receive) your invitation.
5 Mandy _________________ (remember) her keys after she _________________ (close) the door behind her.
VI/ Complete the sentences with the words below.
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1 Robin had a great idea for a business, but he needed to get some __________________ from a bank first.
2 My uncle is the __________________ of a big international company.
3 The teenage __________________ said, ‘I’m going to start a business and not go to university.’
4 Sally's new job is OK, but she’d like to have a higher __________________ .
5 Our company is cutting costs so it can increase its __________________ this year.

VII/ Read the text. Match sentences A–G with gaps 1–5. There are two extra sentences.

Shopping habits in the UK have changed over the last sixty years, and this can be seen in the changing
appearance of any British high street – the main shopping street in a town or city. In the 1950s, high
streets had rows of individual shops selling different things. There was a greengrocer's next to a
butcher's next to a baker's, and people visited each place to do their shopping. 1___ The high street
was a sociable place to be.
This started to change in the 1970s with the arrival of supermarkets. 2___ People didn’t need to go to
individual shops any more. At the same time, more and more people had freezers in their houses. So
this new type of shop, along with a new way of storing meat and fruit at home, meant that instead of
doing a small shop every few days, people could buy all the food that they needed for a week, or
sometimes even a month.
As supermarkets became more popular, they changed from small local shops to huge superstores. And
because of their size, many of these supermarkets were outside town. They took people away from the
high street. 3___ The idea was to get customers to spend all their money in one place. But this meant
that the shops on the high street started to close down as they lost their customers.
These days more and more people are choosing not to go to supermarkets to do their shopping.
Instead, they are using the internet to shop from home and get their shopping delivered. 4___ It may be
because of this that people have stopped doing big weekly or monthly shops. 5___ So, in many ways,
people seem to be going back to the way people shopped in the 1950s.

A So people aren’t spending as much any more and the superstores are trying to attract more customers.
B This new type of shop encouraged customers to spend much more money.
C Most people did this every few days in order to buy fresh food.
D Now they go to shops more frequently to buy what they need for the next few days.
E People are also trying to spend less money, so a new type of discount shop has become very popular.
F They also tried to offer customers everything that they needed, like a coffee shop, a hairdresser's and a chemist's.
G They gave people the chance to buy everything that they needed in one place.