Life VIsion Intermediate Unit 1

1. Choose the correct answer.

On Saturday, something unusual .............. to me.

2. Choose the correct answer.

I had made a plan to meet a friend at the cinema, but while I ........from the bus stop to the cinema, a police officer....... me to ask me some questions.

3. Choose the correct answer.

Someone ..........a man’s phone, and the police officer......... to find them.

4. Choose the correct answer.

When I got there, the film .............already.

5. Choose the correct answer.

David was getting on the bus when he realized he.......... (forget) his wallet.

6. Choose the correct answer.

The first time I ..........(see) the movie was last summer.

7. Choose the correct answer.

They didn’t hear the phone because they........ (play) a video game.

8. Choose the correct answer.

When your message......... (arrive), I was talking to Sam.

9 . Choose the correct answer.

Sorry I missed your call – we .......(have) dinner.

10. My grandparents......... live in the house next door.

11. .......go to the same school as my sister?

12. How long did it take you to ........driving on the left?

13. It took Kate a few days to......... waking up early for work.

14. We don’t mind playing football in the rain. We....... wet weather.

15. I ......speaking French, so I might find it difficult.

16. I don’t like playing games with people who ........ it’s not fair.

17. Sam didn’t want to......... in the game, so he read a book.

18. This game is too difficult – I........!!!!

19. Is there an easy ......... to this problem?

20. Match the adjectives with their meanings.

slightly angry

21. Match the adjectives with their meanings.

worried or not calm

22. Match the adjectives with their meanings.

sad because you don’t have friends or people to talk to

23. Match the adjectives with their meanings.

not able to think or understand clearly

24.Read the dialogue and choose the correct answer.

- How did you feel when your brother broke your headphones?

-I was really ..........with him.

25. - What are you......... of?

- Well, I don’t like dogs – especially big, loud ones!

26. - Tom always looks happy, doesn’t he?

-Yes, he’s a very........... person.

27. - What makes you feel .............after a busy day?

-I like to have a bath and read a good book.

28. Read the texts and choose the correct answer.

Free at last?

Richard Hampton: owner of a travel guide company

My friends and I were 19 and on holiday in the coolest place in the world: Ibiza. What do you expect to read about in the article?

29. Read the texts and choose the correct answer.

Active body, active mind!

Get creative

Do you ever have great ideas when you’re walking? If you do, you aren’t the only one. What do you think the article will be about?

30.

Working with the weather

Fog catchers

These huge nets collect fog in areas all over the world such as the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco, where there’s only 13 millimetres of rain a year.

What do you think is the focus of the article?

31.

Act your age!

Land Diving, Vanuatu

In Vanuatu, a small island in the Pacific Ocean, boys become men after they jump from a 30-metre tower.

What do you think the paragraphs will be about?

32. Machines that make our lives easier

Josephine Cochrane (1839–1913)

Many families have arguments about washing the dishes. But Josephine Cochrane changed all that when she came up with her idea for a machine that does the work for us. How do you think the article will continue?

33. Looking for a challenge?

Hamilton Island, Australia

Tourism Queensland is looking for someone who wants to take care of an island for six months. What do you think the paragraphs will be about?

34. A few days ago I was walking near a big lake .............. I heard a loud noise.

35. I ......... realized that someone was in trouble and ran to help.

36. .........I lay on my stomach and carefully crossed the ice towards the boy.

37. I pulled as hard as I could and I managed to get him out of the freezing water.

38. ........... I reached out and caught the boy’s hand.