10 Read the text. Are the sentences true (t) or false (f)?

a) Chris wants to change his name because it’s not interesting. ___

b) Chris has an interesting middle name. ___

c) Clementina doesn’t like her surname. ___

d) Clementina thinks Susan is a nice name. ___

e) Clementina liked her name when she was a child. ___

Help – I hate my name

Chris

I hate my name. It’s Chris Smith, and my middle name is John. My name is just so boring! What were my parents thinking? I would love to change it. There are too many men in the world called Chris. Some people with boring first names use their middle names, but I can’t because John Smith is the most boring name in the world! I want to be an actor, so I’d like to change my name to something more interesting, like Brad or Keanu.

Clementina

My name is Clementina Scarlett Ruby O’Connor and I hate it. It’s too weird. I don’t mind O’Connor – that’s OK, but I just want to be called something nice and normal, like Susan or Sarah or Katie. People always expect me to be interesting, but I’m not. I’m a quiet person, and I work in a bank. I’ve never liked my name. I just don’t feel like ‘Clementina’. I don’t want people to notice me. I just want to be normal.

(5 points)

New Inside Out Pre-intermediate Unit 2 Test

Name _______________________ Score ______/50

Part A

Vocabulary

Places in a city

1 Add the missing vowels (a, e, I, o, u) to complete the words.

a) b _ _ c h

b) c _ s t l _

c) f _ _ n t _ _ n

d) m _ s q _ _

e) s h _ p p _ n g c _ n t r _

f) s t _ t _ _

g) c _ t h _ d r _ l

h) c _ n _ l

(8 points)

Countries and nationalities

2 Complete the countries and nationalities.

Country Nationality

(1) ________________ Turkish

Egypt (2) ________________

(3) ________________ Vietnamese

China (4) ________________

Morocco (5) ________________

(5 points)

Grammar

Countable and uncountable nouns

3 Put the words in the box in the correct group.

nightlife people restaurant traffic transport weather

a) Countable: _______________________________________________________

b) Uncountable: _______________________________________________________

(6 points)

so / such and very / too

4 Underline the correct words.

a) This apartment is very / too small for two people. We can’t live here.

b) My town is such a / so crowded place.

c) This holiday was too / very expensive, but I’m enjoying it.

d) This village is such a / so boring.

(4 points)

Quantity expressions

5 Complete the text with the words in the box.

any enough few lots many much much

I’m studying English in a town in the south of England this summer. But I don’t really like it here. There’s too (1) ___________ traffic and it’s crowded and noisy. Another thing is that there are too (2) ___________ old people in the town. There’s nothing for young people to do. There are (3) ___________ of expensive restaurants, but only a (4) ___________ fast-food restaurants in the town. There aren’t (5) ___________ places for young people to go – for example there aren’t (6) ___________ nightclubs at all, not one! I’m not having very (7) ___________ fun. It’s a bit boring!

(7 points)

Useful phrases