Pre-intermediate Quick Check Test 2A Complete the sentences with the words in the box Grammar Make questions using the prompts Use the present simple or present continuous where / you / live? Where you live? he / study / hard / for his exams now? ? so / what / she / want / to do? ? why / they / sell / their house? ? where / you / work / at the moment? ? you / often /read / the newspaper online? ? Complete the responses and match them to the questions in Exercise a) I ’m living (live) in London now b) Because they (move) to Japan c) We (currently / work) in the entertainment industry d) No, I (not / like) computers e) No, he f) She (work) in a restaurant get lives risk team pressure problems with fashion deal Don’t work in that shop The sales assistants don’t get any holidays I’m looking for a job where I don’t have to with customers People who always work under often their health He doesn’t want to work alone He likes working in a Helen loves meeting people and dealing their Firefighters risk their every day We’d like a job in the industry Pronunciation Underline the stressed syllable in the jobs res cue worker personal trainer motorcycle courier sales rep foreign correspondent fashion designer (want) to change her job 10 Underline the correct word or phrase I don’t like tennis I never / always play it I don’t mind cheese but I only eat it once in a while / often I hardly ever / usually write emails because I prefer to send texts I hate coffee so I rarely / usually drink tea He works hard during the week so he sometimes / rarely works at weekends I occasionally / always go to the supermarket but I usually my food shopping online Vocabulary Complete the words I don’t want to be an e m p l o y e e I hate having a b Peter doesn’t like working in an o He prefers to work with c in retail My wife has got a job with a fantastic travel c The s have good s and great holidays We don’t want an easy job with boring t Functions Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs A: So what sort of job are you looking (look) for? B: Something different I can’t stand ² (be) a motorcycle courier and ³ (work) outside all the time A: Do you like (deal) with people? B: I don’t mind (work) with a small team but I’m not keen on (get) a job in a big company A: What you like (do) most? B: I’m very keen on (swim) and I absolutely love (go) to the gym! A: You should 10 (become) a personal trainer You can 11 (do) a course B: That’s a brilliant idea! PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2011 Pearson Longman 10 Total: 50