End of year test OET B1 (grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening)

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1. Are you going to stay with us a bit longer? No, tomorrow we ______.

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2. When I _____ , I noticed that nothing _____ .

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3. She's ____ wise _____ pretty.                           

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4   I _______ the windows _______ (clean) every two weeks.

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5. You will get the job on condition that you ________ hard.

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6. Don't stand up _______ I tell you.

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7. Everything is ______________ cheap here, isn’t it?

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8 Concentrate on your exercise ________make any mistakes.

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9 What could our city be like if everybody ________ public transport?

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10 Where ______ we have lunch today?

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11 Why did you ask that?

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12 He received __________________ pay of all.

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13 Stonehenge is a mystical place _________ was built over 4,000 years ago.

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14 She often helps organize charity events, ___________?

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15 Thomas Alva Edison ____the light bulb.

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16 Christopher Columbus is thought to have ______America in 1492.

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17 If you want to play this new computer game, you have to ____ it first.

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18 My grandmother is afraid of new _________. She says she is too old for it.

Read the article and decide if the statements 1–5 are true (T) or false (F).

WHO’S McKAY?

McKay has been involved in a lot of crimes, chiefly for attacks and breach of the peace, and has spent his life in and out of young criminals’ institutions and prison since his teens. Over the years, he has built up a name for frequent attacks on restaurant staff, shoppers, ordinary people and tourists in the city centre. He has also attacked police and doctors and shouted rude things at people in the street. Most recently, McKay was put in prison for five years for a cruel bottle attack that left his victim with an 8 cm cut on his neck. A famous Evening News photograph showed him asking for money with his partner’s six-year-old son. McKay’s actions earned him the nickname of ‘King of the Streets’, showing his position among the city’s homeless population.

1. McKay isn’t an experienced criminal.  

Read the article and decide if the statements 1–5 are true (T) or false (F).

WHO’S McKAY?

McKay has been involved in a lot of crimes, chiefly for attacks and breach of the peace, and has spent his life in and out of young criminals’ institutions and prison since his teens. Over the years, he has built up a name for frequent attacks on restaurant staff, shoppers, ordinary people and tourists in the city centre. He has also attacked police and doctors and shouted rude things at people in the street. Most recently, McKay was put in prison for five years for a cruel bottle attack that left his victim with an 8 cm cut on his neck. A famous Evening News photograph showed him asking for money with his partner’s six-year-old son. McKay’s actions earned him the nickname of ‘King of the Streets’, showing his position among the city’s homeless population.

2 He injured someone with a knife.  

Read the article and decide if the statements 1–5 are true (T) or false (F).

WHO’S McKAY?

McKay has been involved in a lot of crimes, chiefly for attacks and breach of the peace, and has spent his life in and out of young criminals’ institutions and prison since his teens. Over the years, he has built up a name for frequent attacks on restaurant staff, shoppers, ordinary people and tourists in the city centre. He has also attacked police and doctors and shouted rude things at people in the street. Most recently, McKay was put in prison for five years for a cruel bottle attack that left his victim with an 8 cm cut on his neck. A famous Evening News photograph showed him asking for money with his partner’s six-year-old son. McKay’s actions earned him the nickname of ‘King of the Streets’, showing his position among the city’s homeless population.

3 He appeared in the newspaper.  

3 Listen to an interview and decide if the statements 1–5 are true (T) or false (F).

1 Mr Fisher is looking for a job.  

3 Listen to an interview and decide if the statements 1–5 are true (T) or false (F).

2 The chance to find a job is not smaller before Christmas.  

3 Listen to an interview and decide if the statements 1–5 are true (T) or false (F).

3 The beginning of the year is the worst time to look for a job.  

3 Listen to an interview and decide if the statements 1–5 are true (T) or false (F).

4 If you are a lawyer, you will hardly find a job early in January.