Eic 4 Test
Eic 4 Test
Class ____________________________
2 Complete the sentences with the -ing form or the infinitive (with or without to) of the
verb in brackets.
Example: She left without saying (say) goodbye.
1 I can’t believe you forgot ________ (post) that letter!
2 You’re really good at ________ (write) stories.
3 Javier doesn’t seem ________ (enjoy) sport very much.
4 Would you mind ________ (turn) your music down? I can’t concentrate.
5 I love ________ (not / have) to write essays any more.
6 Do you feel like ________ (go) out for pizza tonight?
7 I’ve given up ________ (try) to make Don smile – he’s so miserable!
8 She asked Bill to go to the shop ________ (get) a newspaper.
9 I remember ________ (meet) Jane for the first time many years ago.
10 My boss refuses ________ (give) me a pay rise. I’m going to resign.
10
Grammar total 20
Name ____________________________
Class ____________________________
PRONUNCIATION
6 Match the words with the same sound.
Name ____________________________
Class ____________________________
Sara’s blog
Welcome to my blog where I talk about other blogs I have enjoyed reading!
This week I have been really inspired by two women who blogged about their exciting
experiments with shopping and fashion. First of all, there’s the English woman, Belinda, who
didn’t buy any new clothes for a year, and then decided to only shop at charity shops. In her
blog, Belinda explains that she loved fashion but she didn’t like the fashion industry and that
she was fed up with worrying about whether her clothes were ethically made or not. For a
year she didn’t walk into a single shopping mall or department store. Can you imagine? She
was also very good at sewing so she was able to adapt the clothes she already had. If she
had something that didn’t suit her or wasn’t fashionable any more, she wasn’t afraid to
change it and make it look different. She says she liked knowing that she would never meet
someone wearing exactly the same thing.
Another woman, a young American called Jennifer, did something even braver. She actually
wore the same ‘little black dress’ for a year (well, she had seven identical dresses – one for
each day of the week). People asked her if it was boring to put on the same style of dress
every day but being so creative, she found it easy and fun to invent 365 ways of wearing the
same dress. In the photos on the blog she looks amazing just by changing accessories (hats,
scarves, belts, etc.), but she only used things she already owned or that people gave her.
So, why did she do it? She says she wanted to set herself a style challenge, but she also
realized that she wanted to do something useful with her creativity. So she set up the
Uniform project and asked people who visited her website to donate money to help send
street children in India to school. She has not only given people lots of great fashion ideas,
but has also succeeded in raising 100,000 dollars and sending over 300 children to school. I
think that’s really cool!
WRITING
Write a blog post about a good / bad / unusual shopping experience. (140–180 words)
Writing total 10
Reading and Writing total 25
Name ____________________________
Class ____________________________
2 Listen to five conversations. Match the conversations (1–5) with what the speakers
were talking about (A–E).
Conversation 1 c
Conversation 2 c
Conversation 3 c
Conversation 4 c
Conversation 5 c
SPEAKING
2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
‘We should have more small shops and fewer malls and supermarkets.’
Name ____________________________
Class ____________________________
Speaking total 15
Listening and Speaking total 25