GOLD EXPERIENCE - LEVEL B1 (.PDF SB-TB & Tests)

Grammar
1 Choose the correct option for each sentence.
1 I really enjoy/am really enjoying English lessons at the moment. We have a new teacher and she’s great fun.
2 Have you seen/Did you see my mobile phone? I can’t find it.
3 My family and I went/have been to Paris last spring.
4 Paulo has had/had a really hard time in his last school.
5 Tomorrow, I am going to/will have my first scuba diving lesson.
6 ‘I failed the exam.’ ‘Don’t worry. You are going to/will pass it next time.’



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2 Choose the correct option for each sentence.
My family 1) were moving/moved to Budapest last summer. Before that we 2) lived/have lived in a small town called Swindon in England. I really like Budapest. Of course it’s 3) bigger/big than Swindon and so it’s more exciting. I 4) lived/have lived here for six months now. At first I was really nervous. I thought I 5) might/can find the work at my new school difficult but it 6) hasn’t/wasn’t been so bad. Everyone 7) has/was been really friendly. If I don’t understand something, I 8) ask/will ask my friends and they always help me. We have lots of exciting trips at my new school too. In two weeks 9) we’re going/will go to Slovakia for a skiing holiday. 10) I have never/never skied before. 11) Can/Will I be able to? I hope so!


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3 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1 goes to Greece / My family / every summer
My family goes to Greece every summer.
2 tomorrow / we’ll / the weather / If / go to the beach. / is good
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3 my friend Julie? / you / Have / ever / met
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4 I was three. / lived here / I have / since
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5 finish / the test / I didn’t / too / it was / because / difficult.
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6 enough. / I can’t / because / bendy / dance well / I’m not
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Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with these words.
say serious speak speakers surprised surprising
1 I can’t hear anything. I think the speakers are broken.
2 I’m very ______________ to see you at this party. Haven’t you got an English test tomorrow?
3 Juan is so ______________ . He works really hard and doesn’t mess about.
4 We always ______________ in English in this class.
5 I love this book. It has such a ______________ ending!
6 Can you ______________ that again? I didn’t hear you the first time.


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5 Choose the correct option for each sentence.
1 I’m really bored with/interested in this TV programme. Can we watch something else?
2 I haven’t seen my cousin for ages. I want to spend time with/deal with him this weekend.
3 It’s really hot in this kitchen, so please put the milk in the fridge/microwave.
4 That music is far too loud. Can you turn it down/up, please?
5 I think I’m going to fail/pass this exam. I know I haven’t done enough work.
6 My sister is really frightened of/interested in dogs. She runs away if she sees one coming!
7 Our football team is competing/scoring against another school tomorrow. Are you coming to watch?
8 ‘Where’s Elise?’ ‘She’s in her bedroom, practising/revising for her maths test.’
9 This lesson is so bored/boring. I just can’t concentrate on it.
10 Can you help me pronounce/translate this English song into French?
11 Tom is so lively/lazy. He stays in his bed until twelve o’clock every day!


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6 Complete each sentence with one word only.
1 Do you want to get to know new people? Come to our music club.
2 Please can you __________ up the sound on the TV? I can’t hear it properly.
3 I think Lisa and Karen have __________ out. They aren’t speaking to each other.
4 I have a lot in __________ with my mum. We enjoy spending time together.
5 I’m a little bit __________ up with school at the moment. We’re having a lot of boring tests.
6 Can you pick __________ my pen please? It’s under your chair.


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Listening
7 Listen to a phone conversation