CIIE
ENGLISH 3
NEW ENGLISH FILE PRE-INTERMEDIATE
Entry Test
FILE 1 QUICKTEST 1
FILE TEST 1
Complete Paloma's email. Use the verb in brackets in the present simple or the present continuous.Use contractions when possible.
Hi Mandy
My name’s Paloma and I live (live) in Madrid. I go to the cinema sometimes, but I (1) ________(love) the theatre. What about you? (2) ________you ________(prefer) the cinema or the theatre?
I’m a student, but it’s the winter holidays, so now I (3) ________(not study) – I (4) ________(work) in a shop. I (5) ________ (want) some extra money because I’m going to visit Russia next year! I (6) ________ (not speak) Russian very well, so I (7) ________ (have) some lessons. (8) ________you________ (learn) any languages at the moment?
Write soon
Paloma
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QUICKTEST 12
FILE TEST 12
FILE TEST 12 - GRAMMAR 2. Complete the email. Put the verb in brackets in the past simple or past perfect.
Hi Leon
Did you have (you / have) a good New Year’s Eve? Jenny and I 1_______________ (go) to Edinburgh. We
2_______________ (not be) there before. When we 3_______________ (arrive) everything was white because it 4_______________ (snow) earlier in the day. It
5_______________ (take) three hours to find somewhere to stay, because we 6_______________ (not book) a hotel.
We 7_______________ (spend) New Year’s Eve with some of Jenny’s friends.
She 8_______________ (not see) them for a long time so they had a lot to talk about!
Happy New Year!
Mike
ANSWER KEY: 1.- went; 2.- hadn’t been; 3.- arrived; 4.- had snowed; 5.- took; 6. hadn’t booked; 7.- spent; 8.- hadn’t
PROGRESS TESTS FILES 7-12 - GRAMMAR
FILE TEST 12
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