since Friday

how long
chatterbox
control freak

next month
last year

every week
already

drifter
go-getter

at the
moment
while

joker
outgoing type

free spirit
doer

Unit 1 Test

6 You can't do that in this age and day / in this day

Grammar
1 Complete

7 I need a bit of quiet and peace / peace and quiet.

phrase.

and age.

the sentences with the correct time 8 It's important to keep laiu and order /order and law.

(8 points)

Put the words in the box into the correct

1 Paul has a piano lesson--------------------------2 I was walking to work, I met

my brother.

1 The boss won't let us do anything without asking

him
first. He's a real__________________
3 We will introduce new rates----------------------------2 Julie's such a____________________, but she has
4 I haven't heard from Mike_____________________
nothing
5 They had_____________________lived there for five
interesting to say.
years when 1 arrived.
3 She's a____________________She likes to do her own
6 He's working in the garden--------------------------thing.
4
Jim's
very hard-working. He's a___________________
7 They visited the Maldives_____________________
who gets things done.
8 has she been working there?
(8 points) 5 She's fun at parties because she's such an

Match each time phrase to one of the sentences 6 Don't believe everything he says. He's a bit of a
in Exercise 1. You do not need to use all the
sentences.
7 He knows what he wants and makes sure he gets it.
a in June 2008_____ f recently-------------------He's a true___________________
8
Unfortunately
Paul never settled anywhere long.
b for how many years___ g in six weeks--------He's
c when______
h two months ago_____
just a___________________
d each Tuesday____
i in the future
6 Match the expressions with the correct definitions.
e for several weeks____ j at present-----------1 a life-saver
a a noisy outgoing
(10 points)

3
6).

the time of your personality something that

life
b helped a lot to make

all walks of life c something interesting a

the story of my very good time, lots of fun
life
d something unlucky which
always happens
a fact of life
e different jobs and
lifestyles
larger than life f something you can't
bring to life
g

a They haven't studied so hard____

b In five years' time____

c Joan and Paul have often done___

d They had worked in Africa____

6
7

e Paul had been hoping_____

f She has been living with her mother,___
1 before they came to India.
2 looking for a flat of her own.
4 for this kind of chance for five years.
5 she will have moved away from here.
6 this kind of work before.

Vocabulary
4 Underline the correct word pairs.

Complete the conversation with these expressions.

I lost the thread
as I was saying I'll begin
again
just look at my notes I'll just have a sip of water

3 for many years.

Match the beginnings (a-f) with the endings (1-

(12 points)

There are a few odds and ends /ends and odds

to complete at work before Friday.
2 They did a good job, large and by / by and large.
3 You must be home by 11. No blits and ifs / ifs and
buts.
4 He's rather rough and ready / ready and rough,
but he's a good person at heart.

So,1_______in the first part of my talk, the situation is

very serious - if I can2______- we can see a 12% loss
this
quarter. Now, this is due to ... this is because ...
sorry
3___________
... this is due to various factors: the
recession and
(cough, cough, cough) ...excuse me,4 That's better
... er, ummm ... oh,5________oh, yes, and due to