1 Grammar test
1. Assignment:
Choose the correct words to complete these sentences.
1. If I could change my job, I will/would definitely not be a teacher.
2. If the government decides/decided to raise taxes again, there would be huge public protests, I’m sure of it.
3. If it gets towards the end of the month and I’ve spent all my money again, I just stay in/would just stay in, eat bread and cheese and watch TV.
4. We couldn’t go on holiday last year. We shouldn’t spend/shouldn’t have spent so much money on clothes and things during the year, then it would have been different.
5. I have a very intelligent friend who probably won’t get the right results to go to university. She should study/should have studied harder at school; otherwise she’ll regret it in the future.
6. If the internet goes/went down for a few days, it’s not a problem. I have plenty of other interests.
7. If I saw someone doing something illegal, I report it/I would report it to the police – probably.
8. I wouldn’t get/wouldn’t have got into trouble with the police if I hadn’t been drinking.
9. I drove to work this morning and was late because of the traffic. I should have gone by public transport. It would be/would have been quicker.
10. If I had the time and money, I will/would love to have private piano lessons so that I could become a good player.
2. Assignment:
Add the missing form of the verbs to these sentences.
2 Vocabulary test
Assignment:
Complete the sentences with these words or expressions.
You do not need all of them.
income | burglaries | arrested | loan | bribery | donate | charity | lie | spare | debited | theft | pay it off | spending | cheating | put aside | dishonest | living | grant | expert | budget | credit card | granted | kidnapping | debt | stolen | robbed | shoplifting | trial | lying | interest rate | finances
3 Text production
Assignment:
Choose one of the following two options.
Option 1: text-based composition
Look again at the text ‘Is it time to give up on cash?’ on page 94 of the course book.
“In our bright, shiny, plastic, cashless society maybe things are not as wonderful as we think they are” (part of the final paragraph on page 94).
Explain the quote above in relation to the whole text of Is it time to give up on cash?, and comment on the advantages and disadvantages of a cashless society.
Option 2: Composition
“Money doesn’t cause problems or crime. It is people’s attitude to money that is the big problem.” Discuss.
Write about 350 words.
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