Intermediate Plus+ File 03 Exam

Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. Where did you grow up / did you use to grow up?

Choose the correct form of the verb.

2. We prepared / were preparing lunch when the phone started ringing.

Choose the correct form of the verb.

3. Sandra used to live / lived in Paris for three years.

Choose the correct form of the verb.

4   A  Did your children use to like / Were your children liking secondary school?

B  My daughter was fine, but my son used to hate / hated going at first.

Choose the correct form of the verb.

5. How old were you when you were starting / started primary school?

Choose the correct form of the verb.

6. I wasn’t watching / didn’t use to watch so much TV a few years ago.

Choose the correct form of the verb.

7. A  What were you doing / did you do this time last year?

B  I was travelling / travelled round the US with friends from university.

Choose the correct form of the verb.

8. They didn’t have / weren’t having so much money when we first met them

Choose the correct form of the verb.

9. I was meeting / met a lot of interesting people when I was a student.

Choose the correct form of the verb.

10. What job were you wanting / did you want to have when you were younger?

Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.

Match the sentences with the correct word / phrase in the box. There is an extra word / phrase you do not need.

Match the sentences with the correct word / phrase in the box. There is an extra word / phrase you do not need.

Match the sentences with the correct word / phrase in the box. There is an extra word / phrase you do not need.

Match the sentences with the correct word / phrase in the box. There is an extra word / phrase you do not need.

Match the sentences with the correct word / phrase in the box. There is an extra word / phrase you do not need.

Match the sentences with the correct word / phrase in the box. There is an extra word / phrase you do not need.

Match the sentences with the correct word / phrase in the box. There is an extra word / phrase you do not need.

Match the sentences with the correct word / phrase in the box. There is an extra word / phrase you do not need.

Match the sentences with the correct word / phrase in the box. There is an extra word / phrase you do not need.

Match the sentences with the correct word / phrase in the box. There is an extra word / phrase you do not need.

Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap. They are all related to describing or taking photos.

Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap. They are all related to describing or taking photos.

Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap. They are all related to describing or taking photos.

Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap. They are all related to describing or taking photos.

Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap. They are all related to describing or taking photos.

Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap. They are all related to describing or taking photos.

Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap. They are all related to describing or taking photos.

Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap. They are all related to describing or taking photos.

Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap. They are all related to describing or taking photos.

Complete the sentences. Write one word in each gap. They are all related to describing or taking photos.

Choose the word with a different -ed sound.

1. stayed   hated   banned   smiled

Choose the word with a different -ed sound.

2. cooked   laughed   received   relaxed

Choose the word with a different -ed sound.

3. lived   ended   described   tried

Choose the word with a different -ed sound.

4. hoped   criticized   shaved   played

Choose the word with a different -ed sound.

5. decided   started   added   watched

Choose the stressed syllable.

1. pho|to|co|py

Choose the stressed syllable.

2. tech|no|lo|gy

Choose the stressed syllable.

3. pho|to|gra|phy

Choose the stressed syllable.

4. tee|na|ger

Choose the stressed syllable.

5. ge|ne|ra|tion

Read the article about childhood. Five sentences have been removed. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap (1–5). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

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Happy days

Behind the house where I lived as a child, there was an old caravan. There were trees all around it, the windows were filthy, and inside were some smelly old yellow and brown cushions. 0  G  It was our camp, where adults never came, nor wanted to.

There were three of us: Roger, the farmer’s son who was our leader, and Anne, his sister.
1      I’ll always remember the good times we had together.

I know I was younger than nine at the time because that’s how old I was when we moved to a different part of the country due to my father’s job. Even now, 50 years later, I haven’t forgotten the house we left behind. 2

That house is the safe place I return to in my mind time after time as I recall the happiest of memories. It was there that I saw my first badger and learned to swim in the river and fish for crabs. It was there that I was given my first pet, too. 3

My parents let me go out and about to explore, and I loved spending time with my friends.
4      And if there was nobody around, I would spend my days in the caravan or down by the river doing whatever I wanted. Best of all, though, was the beach. When the tide was out, there was what looked like a beautiful tablecloth of white sand. It stretched across the huge bay and down to the sea. There, horses would gallop, children would sail dinghies, and people would walk their dogs. At high tide, it was covered in seaweed, driftwood, and shells. I called it my beach.

After I had learned to drive, I returned regularly to have a look at my special place. 5      Some people say it’s a mistake to return to the treasured places of our past because they will probably have changed so much that we won’t recognize them. Now, decades later, do I want to go back to the house? Well, I’m not sure. Perhaps it’s best to leave those memories in my head, untouched and unspoiled. And perhaps it’s best not to chase a dream. After all, I’m an adult now with four grown-up children of my own.

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A  Often my mother let my classmates from school come and spend the night at our house.

B  But that wasn’t the problem, I realized.

C  And best of all, I got to be a bridesmaid at a neighbour’s wedding.

D  Then there was little me, the hanger-on, who was allowed, and sometimes even encouraged, to join in.

E  I found myself driving along the country roads every year, just so that I could see the house.

F  There was never another one that meant as much to me.

Listen to Olivia talking to her grandfather about his life when he was growing up. Choose the correct answer.

Listen to five people talking about their favourite photos. What does each person say about the photo?