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Cutting Edge Pre-Intermediate Module Nine Test B

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Complete each gap with the correct answer, a, b or c.
e.g. When __b__ the photos be ready?
a) won’t b) will c) will probably

b in Twenty Years?
What (1) _____

Ian Pearson believes teachers are the most important people in classrooms and that they (2)
a important in the future.
_____

‘School is about mathematics, science and language learning but it’s also about people. I think
c
in 2020 each child (3) _____ a three or four
their own computer at school and they (4) _____
a take the place of teachers. Our children
hours a day on the computer but computers (5) _____
(6) _____
a lessons with students from the other side of the world. So (7) _____
b possible for a
child in China to communicate with a child in India working on the same lesson. I think English
a very important so that children from across the world can speak together.
(8) _____

b be so expensive and they’ll be smaller. But children

In twenty years time computers (9) _____
c to play and to do sport and to learn to talk to each other so teachers will be with us
(10) _____
for ever!

1a) schools will be like b) will schools be like c) are schools like
2a) definitely will be b) may definitely be c) will definitely be
3a) will probably have b) probably won’t have c) probably will have
4a) might spend b) might not spend c) might spending
5a) won’t definitely b) might not definitely c) definitely won’t
6a) may have b) won’t have c) may not have
7a) there will be b) it will be c) they will be
8a) will be definitely b) will definitely be c) may definitely be
9a) won’t probably b) probably won’t c) definitely will
10a) won’t need b) might definitely need c) will need
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Write the compound words
e.g. s w i m m i n g p o o l
1cha
_ r g _e c _or_ d

2 s _ou
_ n d f _i l e

3wa
_ s h ing
_ _ _ m a_ c _hine
___

4va
_ c _uu_ m c l eaner
_____

5 p _o w e_ r s t a_ t io
__n

6 c _o f f _ee_ b _a r

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3
Put the verb into a correct tense. You can use the present simple, will, going to or might.
Sometimes there is more than one possibility.
e.g. It ____might be_____ (be) better if we _don’t see______ (not see) each other for some
time.
will be is also possible. am going to learn
am
1 As soon as I _______________ (be) 16, I _______________
will learn (learn) how to drive.

Will you call

2 _______________ get
(you / call) me when you _______________ (get) to the station?

3 I promise I _______________
will tell see
(tell) her if I _______________ (see) her.

4 Jack _______________ leaves

might not become (not / become) a doctor after he _______________ (leave) college.
will definitely come back
5 I _______________ (definitely come back) before summer _______________
begins (begin).

6 What _______________
will you do (you / do) after the lesson _______________
finishes (finish)?

will email
7 We _______________ are
(email) you when the photographs _______________ (be) ready.
will not speak
8 I _______________
might not speak go
(not / speak) to you again before you _______________ (go) on holiday,
so have a good time!

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Write the traditional words.
e.g. booking online q__ueuing__ up for tickets

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1 air conditioning el_____________ fans electric fans

2 central heating coal f______________ coal fires

3 credit card cash

c______________

4 computer game b______________

board g______________
game
lava stoviglie
washing p to wash up
5 dishwasher doing the w______________ u______________

6 downloading music buying a C______________

CD or c______________
cassette

7 microwave oven c______________

cooker

8 sending a text message letter

sending a l______________

9 shopping mall str______________

street market
m______________

10 a washing machine washing cl______________

clothes by h______________
hand

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5
Write if in the correct place in the sentence
e.g. I wouldn’t pay the bill I were you. I wouldn’t pay the bill if I were you.

if
1 I wonder it’ll rain tomorrow. ____________________________________________
if
2 I’d move to a new flat I were you. ____________________________________________
if
3 Do you know we can smoke here? ____________________________________________
if
4 Do you mind we have a break for ten minutes? _______________________________
________________________________________________________________
if
5 I’d like a window seat possible. ____________________________________________
if
6 I can take you in my car you like. ____________________________________________
if
7 Why don’t you ask Dean he can help you. ______________________________________

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8 I’ll start again necessary. ____________________________________________
if
9 What we fail the exam? ____________________________________________
if
10 I don’t know they know each other. ____________________________________________

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6
Underline the best way to complete each sentence
e.g. I promise to phone you as soon as / before / if I arrive.

1 Please turn off your mobile phones if / when / after the plane is landing.

2 We must get home as soon as / before / after it starts snowing.

3 After / If / Before I leave university, I’m going to spend a year in China.

4 As soon as / If / When you don’t do your homework, I’ll have to speak to your parents.

5 Where are you going to stay as soon as / if / when you are in Thailand?

6 I always get up as soon as / before / if my alarm goes off.

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