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(AFA - 2010) Read this dialogue between Melanie and Sam and then choose the correct alternatives according to it. Melanie:Hi, Sam. How was your interview? Hi, honey.... Well, I thought the interview itself went really well. Melanie: Then why the sad face? Sam:I think I failed. I was late getting there. Melanie:Oh, no. Really? What happened? Sam:I missed the train. The interview was supposed to start at 10. Well, I was at the train station by 8:30. I bought my ticket, and then I put my wallet down for a few seconds. When I turned around, it was gone. I spent ten or fifteen minutes trying to find it. But I never did. Melanie:What did you tell the interviewer? Sam:The truth. I said Id missed the train. And I said I was sorry for being late. Melanie:Didnt you tell him about your wallet? Sam:No. I was sure hed think I was just making an excuse. I dont think he even believed me about missing the train. Melanie:What did he say at the end of the interview? [24] Sam:He said my qualifications were really goodand hed be in touch. You know, Dont call us. Well call you. Adapted from True Colors - Longman ...hed be in touch. (line 24) means that he

(AFA - 2010) Read this dialogue between Melanie and Sam and then choose the correct alternatives according to it. Melanie:Hi, Sam. How was your interview? Hi, honey.... Well, I thought the interview itself went really well. Melanie: Then why the sad face? Sam:I think I failed. I was late getting there. Melanie:Oh, no. Really? What happened? Sam:I missed the train. The interview was supposed to start at 10. Well, I was at the train station by 8:30. I bought my ticket, and then I put my wallet down for a few seconds. When I turned around, it was gone. I spent ten or fifteen minutes trying to find it. But I never did. Melanie:What did you tell the interviewer? Sam:The truth. I said Id missed the train. And I said I was sorry for being late. Melanie:Didnt you tell him about your wallet? Sam:No. I was sure hed think I was just making an excuse. I dont think he even believed me about missing the train. Melanie:What did he say at the end of the interview? [24]Sam:He said my qualifications were really goodand hed be in touch. You know, Dont call us. Well call you. Adapted from True Colors - Longman The Direct Speech of the two sentences ...Id missed the train. and ... I was sorry... (lines 16 and 17) is

(AFA - 2010) Read this dialogue between Melanie and Sam and then choose the correct alternatives according to it. Melanie:Hi, Sam. How was your interview? Hi, honey.... Well, I thought the interview itself went really well. Melanie: Then why the sad face? Sam:I think I failed. I was late getting there. Melanie:Oh, no. Really? What happened? Sam:I missed the train. The interview was supposed to start at 10. Well, I was at the train station by 8:30. I bought my ticket, and then I put my wallet down for a few seconds. When I turned around, it was gone. I spent ten or fifteen minutes trying to find it. But I never did. Melanie:What did you tell the interviewer? Sam:The truth. I said Id missed the train. And I said I was sorry for being late. Melanie:Didnt you tell him about your wallet? Sam:No. I was sure hed think I was just making an excuse. I dont think he even believed me about missing the train. Melanie:What did he say at the end of the interview? [24]Sam:He said my qualifications were really goodand hed be in touch. You know, Dont call us. Well call you. Adapted from True Colors - Longman - When the interviewer said, Dont call us (line 24) he

(AFA - 2010) Thats my job This is a story about four people: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybodys job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldnt do it1. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. Unknown author - KEYS, Ed. Saraiva According to the text above youve just read, who in fact, performed the job was

(AFA - 2010) Thats my job This is a story about four people: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did. Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybodys job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldnt do it1. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. Unknown author - KEYS, Ed. Saraiva The pronounit (line 7) refers to

(AFA - 2010) Nick, a British tourist, is telling his American girlfriend about the questions he was asked at Kennedy Airport, New York. To start with the immigration officer ____________1 me where I was from and why Idcome to the States. That wasnt a problem. But then she wanted to know how much money I had. When I told her, she said $800 wasnt enough for three weeks. She wondered why I hadnt brought more. She then ___________2 me if I intended to work. She wanted to know if I really planned to go back to the UK after three weeks. English Grammar in Steps - Richmond. Mark the alternative that completes the gaps (ref 1 and 2) correctly

(AFA - 2010) Nick, a British tourist, is telling his American girlfriend about the questions he was asked at Kennedy Airport, New York. To start with the immigration officer ____________1me where I was from and why Id3come to the States. That wasnt a problem. But then she wanted to know how much money I had. When I told her, she said $800 wasnt enough for three weeks. She wondered why I hadnt brought more. She then ___________2me if I intended to work. She wanted to know if I really planned to go back to the UK after three weeks. English Grammar in Steps - Richmond. The contraction d (ref. 3) means

(AFA - 2010) Nick, a British tourist, is telling his American girlfriend about the questions he was asked at Kennedy Airport, New York. To start with the immigration officer ____________1me where I was from and why Id3come to the States. That wasnt a problem. But then she wanted to know how much money I had. When I told her, she said $800 wasnt enough for three weeks. She wondered why I hadnt brought more. She then ___________2me if I intended to work. She wanted to know if I really planned to go back to the UK after three weeks. English Grammar in Steps - Richmond. At the airport Nick

(AFA - 2010) Nick, a British tourist, is telling his American girlfriend about the questions he was asked at Kennedy Airport, New York. To start with the immigration officer ____________1me where I was from and why Id3come to the States. That wasnt a problem. But then she wanted to know how much money I had. When I told her, she said $800 wasnt enough4 for three weeks. She wondered why I hadnt brought more. She then ___________2me if I intended to work. She wanted to know if I really planned to go back to the UK after three weeks. English Grammar in Steps - Richmond. The word enough (ref. 4) can be replaced in the text above by

(AFA - 2010) Rosana Fisher works at an outdoor activities centre on the west coast of Scotland. She teaches mountain climbing, scuba diving and hang-gliding. Shes talking to some young people whove just arrived at the centre: I - You cant do any of the activities unless youre with an instructor. II - We wont let you start an activity if you dont have the correct equipment. III - You cant go scuba diving unless youve done the training course. IV - Remember you cant leave the centre unless you say where youre going. English Grammar in Steps - Richmond Mark the option which shows another way to rewrite the conditional sentences above, correctly. I - You can do none of the activities if you dont be with an instructor. II - We will not let you start an activity unless you have thecorrect equipment. III - You cannot going scuba diving if you havent done the training course. IV - Remember you cant leave the centre if you dont say where you go.

(AFA - 2010) Rosana Fisher works at an outdoor activities centre on the west coast of Scotland. She teaches mountain climbing, scuba diving and hang-gliding. Shes talking to some young people whove just arrived at the centre: I - You cant do any of the activities unless youre with aninstructor. II - We wont let you start an activity if you dont have thecorrect equipment. III - You cant go scuba diving unless youve done the trainingcourse. IV - Remember you cant leave the centre unless you say whereyoure going. English Grammar in Steps - Richmond According to the text, Rosana Fisher is

(AFA - 2010) All light on the night Our cities and towns are far from silent at night. As most of______are going to bed, a lot ofworkers are just going to their jobs. It is estimated that up to a fifth of the working population carriesout its duties at night - running hospitals and maintaining power stations, for example.There is one problem: They have the same biological clock as day workers. Night workers often have trouble sleeping through the day, andsometimes find______harder to stay awake, whichmeans mistakes are more likely to happen. Dr Lawrence Smith, a psychologist, discovered that among people who do the same job, night workers suffered 20% more injuries than day workers.He is now testing the theory that the light canbe used to fool the human body clock. The body clock appears to be influenced by light, because one chemical at its disposal is sensitive to light. Adapted from Advance your English Mark the correct pronouns to fill in the blanks

(AFA - 2010) All light on the night Our cities and towns are far from silent at night. As most of______are going to bed, a lot ofworkers are just going to their jobs. It is estimated that up to a fifth of the working population carriesout its duties at night - running hospitals and maintaining power stations, for example.There is one problem: They have the same biological clock as day workers. Night workers often have trouble sleeping through the day, andsometimes find______harder to stay awake, whichmeans mistakes are more likely to happen. Dr Lawrence Smith, a psychologist, discovered that among people who do the same job, night workers suffered 20% more injuries than day workers. [15] He is now testing the theory that the light canbe used to fool the human body clock. The body clock appears to be influenced by light, because one chemical at its disposal is sensitive to light. Adapted from Advance your English The Passive Voice of the sentence He is now testing the theory... (line 15) is

(AFA - 2010) All light on the night Our cities and towns are far from silent at night. As most of ______ are going to bed, a lot of workers are just going to their jobs. It is estimated that up to a fifth of the working population carriesout its duties at night - running hospitals and maintaining power stations, for example. There is one problem: They have the same biological clock as day workers. Night workers often have trouble sleeping through the day, andsometimes find ______ harder to stay awake, which means mistakes are more likely to happen. Dr Lawrence Smith, a psychologist, [13] discovered that among people who1 do the same job, night workers suffered 20% more injuries than day workers. He is now testing the theory that the light can be used to fool the human body clock.The body clock appears to be influenced by light, because one chemical at its disposal is sensitive to light. Adapted from Advance your English We can replace the pronoun who (ref. 1) by

(AFA - 2010) No time to relax Even when we relax we do everything more quickly. Ten years ago when people went to art galeries they spend ten seconds looking at each picture. Today they spend just three seconds! Oxford, New English File According to the paragraph