Andronic Darius
First Exam Essentials
Test 1
Part 1)
Working parents
1) B
5) B
2) C
6) C
3) D
7) D
4) C
8) D
Part 2)
Daniela : Skateboard champion
9) as
13) be
10) like
14) if
11) it
15) with against
12) into
16) off
Part 3)
The london Eye
17) height
21) drawings
18) construction
22) ideal
19) exciting
23) surprisingly
20) imaginative
24) recognition
Part 4)
25) Richard asked me how much I had paid for the theatre tickets. (cost)
 Richard wanted to know the cost of the theatre tickets.
26) It wasn’t a good idea for you to delete that file. (should)
 You should not have deleted that file
27) The ferry couldn’t sail because the weather was bad ( due )
 The ferry couldn’t sail due to bad weather.
28) The teacher told us not to be late on Friday ( better )
 You had better not be late on Friday’ , the teacher said.
29) There are Spanish ahd French translations of the book ( been )
 The book has been translated into Spanish and French.
30) She will only phone if she gets lost. (unless)
 She will not phone unless she gets lost. 23
Part 5)
The wrestler who became an author
31) B
34) D
32) C
35) B
33) B
36) A
Part 6)
Films and computer games
37) D
40) C
38) G
41) C
39) F
42) A
Part 7)
A chip off the old block
43) B
48) A
44) C
49) B
45) D
50) D
46) A
51) C
47) D
52) D
Writing :
Is worth learning a foreign language
We know that English is the most common language around the world. So ,
this means that everyone should improve their english skills.
In the first place, a good english speaker cold travel wherever he want
without any problems. English can help you in a situation like you get lost in a
place and you should talk with others.
In the second place, learning English could help you to find a better job.
Today, a lot of corporations are searching for english or other languages speakers.
In addition , you will need to know english or other languages if you want to
study aboard, for example, if you are from Romania and you want to study in
American collages.
Also, knowing more languages help you making more friens, from different
countrys, and that is a thing that help you in the life overall.
In conclusion, learning a foreign language is an important thing that help
you in your professional life, interhuman relationships , and help you a lot when
you travel.
Fce trainer – pages 10 – 18
Test 1
Part 1)
1)
Depend on
Result in
Participate in
Co-operate with
Approve of
Rely on
Succeed in
Apologise for
Insist on
Consist of
Concentrate on
Believe in
2)
1. succeeded
2. approve
3. consists
5. belived
6. relying
7. concentrating
4. resulted
8. insisted
3)
Do – your homework, better , you good , your best
Make – friends , a difference , sure , a noise , sense , a mess
Have - fun , a shower , a party , an examn , some exercise ,friends, a
good time
Take – a break, a photo, a shower, your time, an exam, your time, some
exercise.
4)
1. catch a cold, a bus
6. play volleyball
2. save money, time
7. cross the road
3. miss the bus , your friends
8. move house
4. go shopping, away on holiday
9. change your mind
5. miss an eaxm
10. run a company, a computer program
5)
1. I need to save some money to go shopping with my friends at the
weekend.
2. Luca and Maria crossed the road and ran to the bus stop but they
still missed the bus.
3. I’d love to be able to play the guitar, but I can’t afford lessons.
4. We’ve just moved house, so I haven’t managed to make many
friends here yet.
5. Ben’s teacher told him to take his time when doing his maths
homework, instead of rushing it.
6. Cristina did the best she could in the exam, and as a result she
passed.
7. Mum asked me to do the whasing-up before I took a shower
8. Eliott made a mess of building his new bookcase, because the
instructions didn’t make sense.
6)
Keep up with
Put off
Pick up
Break down
Come across
Fall through
Get out of
Look into
Pull over
Run away
Stand by
7)
1.The dog slipped off its lead and ran away , but luckily his owner found
him.
2. Tom was busy, so his mum picked up him a new cricket bat for him
from the sport shop.
3. It was raining so hard that Jack’s dad had to pull over on the side of
the road for a while
4. Julian managed to get out of helping his mother with the washingup by saying he had a lot of homework!
5. Our car broke down on the way to the match, so we were late
getting there.
6.Moset people are put off eating this cheese by the smell – it’s
awfull.
8)
1.  I would agree to with the opinion that keeping animals in zoos is cruel.
2.  When I am reading and the television is on, It bothers me because I am
concentrating in on reading my book
3.  If you decide to come in to my country, I would advise you to visit the
capital.
4.  I am always fascinated of by your garden.
5.  This shows that it should be taken to into consideration
6.  We could finish by with some Spanish lessons
9)
a) Many people in the town support the plans for a new supermarket.
b)I think I’ll really benefit from all the travelling I’m planning to do.
c) As part of Tom’s summer job, he had to assist the manager with various
tasks in the office.
d)Will people benefit with the police to help find the criminal.
e) Harjeev definitely said he’d be here to help organise the party.
f) Unfortunately, I’d totally forgotten I’d agreed to meet Gareth in town.
g)The cake the Kate made was absolutely delicious.
h) I’m surprised our friends aren’t here yet. Surely, they’d have called if there
was a problem ?
i) A lot of people were trying to get on the bus and , in all the
j)Robert knew he was at fault and decided to apologise.
k) Louis made a basic error in his maths homework and it cost him five marks
l) Sasha hadn’t intended to delete his homework files. He did it completely by
accident.
m) I’ve tried baking cakes lots of times, but they’ve usually resulted in
failure – no-one wants to eat them !
n) I’d be thrilled if I finnaly succeeded in passing my exam!
o) Alex managed to leave the house in time to catch the school bus.
p) Becky’s achieved something amazing – she’s been accepted for the school
relay team !
Test 1 –
Part 1
1) D
5) B
2) D
6) C
3) B
7) B
4) A
8) B
Part 2
1.
1. a time when
2. a person who
3. a place where
4. a reason why
5. a thing which
6. a possession whose
2.
1. who
2. where
3. when
4. where
5. why
6.who
7. whose
8. When
Usefull language – lInking expressions
3)
1.dsepite the fact that
2. whereas
3. owing to
4. instead of
5. in order to
6. as long as
4)
1. The Marin family live near the beach, yet they enjoy taking their holidays
somewhere cold.
2. They always trave to a ski resort so as to get a complete change of scenery.
3. They wait until the weather changes befor they start preparing their
equipment.
4. The family’s hobbies are probably quite unusual in view of where they live.
5. In addition to all the usual winter sports like skiing and skating, her brothers
are also good at ice hockey.
6. It’s quite hard to do lots of winter sports unless you’re reasonably physically
fit.
5)
1. whose
2. view
3. in
4. due
5. unless
6. which
7. despite
8. Instead
6)
1. a
2. the
3. a
4. the
9.
some
10. some
11. None
12. an
5. many
6. a
7. few
8. the
13. few
14. both
15. One
16. The
17. every
7)
1. which
2. when
3. which
4. that
Test 1 – Part 2
9. spite
10. making
11. due
12. the
5. who
6. which
13. Not
14. few
15. instead
16. that
In addition what is more further more
To contrast ideas
On the one hand on the other hand while whereas whilest however nevertheless
nonetheless
Just like one thing in common what the two pictures have in common
A difference between picture a is different from picture b because
On the one hand in pic A we can see… on the other hand we can see
I belive I think I assume I consider
Modal verbs may might could + short inf for present and future references
Be + vb ing continuous reference
+have + vb 3 past reference
+ short inf
Other expresions perhaps maybie belikely becertain esure