Talkback Quick Test 1A

Elementary Achievement test 4 (Units 10–12)

Listening
1 Recording 7 Listen to the weather forecast. Match the weather to the days. You don’t need all the weather items.
1 Monday a
2 Tuesday ____
3 Wednesday ____
4 Thursday ____
5 Friday ____
6 Saturday ____
7 Sunday ____
8 next week ____

a) hot and sunny
b) hot and windy
c) cloudy, heavy rain, stormy
d) warm and dry
e) warm and cloudy
f) warm, cloudy, some rain
g) cold and rainy
h) windy, cool, chance of rain
i) hot and cloudy
j) mostly dry with some sun

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2 Recording 8 Listen to two phone conversations. Complete the messages.
1
Message
For: ¹ Mr Jackson
From: ² Barnes
Time: 1.15p.m.
Your ³ will be ready at 5.30 this evening. Please collect it before ⁴ tomorrow. Call Mr Barnes today after ⁵ .



2
Bill,
Jimmy called. Do you want to see the Chelsea match on ⁶ afternoon? He can get ⁷ tickets - £30 instead of £⁸ . Call him before ⁹ tonight.
M xx

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Grammar
3 Underline the correct alternative.
1 She’s got a job in Brazil. She should/won’t learn Portuguese.
2 We’ve sold our house because we ’ll/’re going to travel round the world.
3 Have you/Did you ever seen a crocodile?
4 You shouldn’t/might not work so hardly/hard. You’ll get ill.
5 Do take a coat. You might/should get cold.
6 We aren’t going to the USA again. We went/’ve been two years ago.
7 The weather forecast said it won’t rain/hasn’t rained tomorrow.
8 I might/will go to the doctor. I ’ll/won’t see how I feel in the morning.
9 They haven’t called/didn’t call us last night.

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4 Complete the text with the correct answer,
a), b) or c)
You ¹ might remember getting lost when you were a child. It probably wasn’t a happy experience. But have you ever ² lost in the mountains? It can happen ³ and it’s very frightening, but it
⁴ be so dangerous if you prepare carefully. First of all, tell your family or friends where you are going and when you ⁵ come back. Check the weather forecast but ⁶ prepare for bad weather. You never know, it ⁷ change. Wear a warm coat and boots, take extra clothes, food and lots of water. You can survive for weeks without food but you ⁸ survive long without water. Take a map, a compass and some matches ⁹ . You can also take your mobile phone and GPS. They might save you if you get lost but it ¹⁰ be possible to get a telephone signal. Finally, remember you ¹¹ never go walking in the mountains alone.