Gold Experience B1 Progress test 3

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Grammar
2 Complete the sentences with will or the correct form of going to.
1 Do you want to come to my house tonight?

No, thanks. I m going to visit my grandmother. She isnt very well at the moment.

2 Is your friend ok?

No. I think she _______________ be sick.

3 What are your plans for next summer?

I _______________ travel to Greece with my family! Im so excited!

4 The team are playing really well today arent they?

Yes, theyve won lots of points. I think they _______________ win!

5 Ive forgotten my packed lunch and Im really hungry.

Dont worry. I _______________ give you one of my sandwiches.

6 Im having a party for my birthday. Can you come?

Great! I _______________ ask my mum.

7 Do you have Bens phone number? I want to call him.

Wait a minute. I _______________ look for it on my phone.

8 I _______________ travel to Japan next year on a school trip.

Really? Thats so exciting!

9 What are you going to do tonight?

I dont know. Maybe I _______________ watch a film.

10 The phones ringing!

Okay. I _______________ get it.

11 I love animals. I _______________ be a vet when I leave school.

That sounds like a good plan!

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 3 Choose the correct option for each sentence.
1 Is there anything/everything to eat in the fridge? Im really hungry.
2 Anyone/No one in my family likes football.
3 Id like to eat something/anything sweet.
4 Youre so interesting. I want to know everything/anything about you!
5 I cant see no one/anyone inside the shop. Do you think its open?
6 You cant speak to the teacher right now. Shes talking to someone/no one else.

Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with these words and phrases.
dishwasher fridge hairdryer hair straighteners headphones microwave
1 Can I borrow your hairdryer? Mine is broken and I dont want to go out with wet hair.

2 Youre too late for dinner, but you can heat your dinner in the ____________________ .

3 Steve cant hear you, Mum. Hes wearing ____________________ !

4 Julia uses ____________________ every day she doesnt like her curly hair.

5 There are no clean glasses. You can find some in the ____________________ .

6 Dont leave the milk on the table on a hot day like this! Put it in the ____________________ , please.

5 Choose the correct option for each sentence.

1 Please switch off/switch on your phone before you go into the cinema.
2 I asked my neighbour to turn up/turn down her music because it was too loud.
3 Her computer wasnt broken she just forgot to plug it in/pick it up!
4 Can you switch off/turn up the TV, please? I cant hear what theyre saying.
5 Switch on/Turn up the light I cant see a thing in here!
6 Her bag was so heavy that I couldnt turn it up/pick it up.

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 6 Complete each gap with one word only.
Do you ever stop and think about how much electricity we use every day? Picture a normal family on a

typical morning. Dad is switching 1) on the dishwasher, Mum is 2) ____________________ in her

computer shes working already. Big sister Wendy is straightening her curly hair with her

hair 3) ____________________ and little brother Bobby is 4) ____________________ up his music as

loud as he can no one can hear him though because hes wearing 5) ____________________ . This

typical family uses a lot of electricity and its only eight oclock in the morning!

When this typical family come home from their days at school and work, they will use even more

electricity maybe they will 6) ____________________ on their 3D 7) ____________________ and

watch a film. If Bobby is late home from school, he will heat his food in the 8) ___________________ .

We all like using technology, but we need to stop and think what it is doing to our planet.

We can use less energy and help the planet at the same time. We can turn 9) ____________________

the heating and we can switch 10) ____________________ lights when we leave a room. We can also

open windows on hot days, instead of using expensive air 11) ____________________ .

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Reading
Homes of the future
Here at Teen Talk we just love exciting new gadgets and technology! Last week we visited the Homes of the
Future exhibition in the city of Liverpool to answer this question: What will our homes be like in the year
2050? We spoke to technology expert Mr Oswald, a science teacher who helped to organise the show.
So, Mr Oswald. What will homes be like in the year 2050?
Well, as you can see, they will be very different from homes today. Look at a typical home today people have lots of
equipment in their kitchens. Almost every home has a fridge, microwave and washing machine. Everything needs to
be switched on and off this costs us a lot of money and energy. That is going to change by the year 2050. The
household machines we use nowadays are quite big, but the new technology will be small and there wont be so much
of it. Our homes will maybe just have one machine to do everything, and with this one machine people will be able to
cook, chat to their friends, shop and even study. You will be able to switch your house on or off with one button. It will
be good for people old people think technology is very difficult so this new technology will be quite easy for them.
Wow! Thats very exciting! Will there be robots in every house of 2050?
Well, its quite possible that there will be robots in every house. You will plug your robot in before you go to work in
the morning. When you are at the office, the robot will do everything you need around the house. Some robots will
even be able to look after children and work in the garden!

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 But what will people do? Do you think that people will become lazy with all this new technology?
Well, I suppose some people will become lazy. There will be people who wont go out any more because they have
everything they need at home, but there will also be a lot more time for sport and hobbies. I think its going to be very
interesting because it will really change the way we live.
Well, we cant wait to see what the future will be like! Thanks very much for talking to us! Were going to go
and see some of these robots now.

11 Are the sentences (16) true (T) or false (F)?

1 The Homes of the Future Exhibition shows what homes will be like in the year 3000. F

2 Mr Oswald thinks that homes in 2050 will be very different from the homes of today. ____

3 The homes of the future will have lots of different gadgets. ____

4 There wont be any robots in the homes of the future. ____

5 Mr Oswald thinks that people will have nothing to do in the future. ____

6 Mr Oswald thinks that the future will be interesting. ____

13 Match the definitions with words from the reading text.

1 a place where you can keep your food cool fridge

2 an oven which cooks your food very quickly ________________

3 a machine which washes your clothes ________________

4 to make something work by pressing a button ________________

5 to connect something to the electricity supply and make it work ________________

6 when you dont want to work or do anything energetic ________________

Writing
16 Reply to the advert in Exercise 14. Write an email about the technology you cant live without. Use
these headings to help you.
Why you cant live without this technology
How often you use it
What you do with this technology
Why you like to use it

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Total: 55

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