Gateway B1+ Unit 8 Vocabulary + Grammar

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Molly:  I went for an interview for a weekend job yesterday at the local supermarket. Anna:  Hey, well done! Was it a difficult interview? Did they ask you many questions? Molly:  Yes, they did. First of all, they asked me what school I (1) …………………………….… (go) to. Anna:  And what did you say? Molly:  I said that I (2) ……………………….……… (study) at Hill's Road School for six years, of course. Anna:  Did they ask you where you (3) ………………………..… (live)? Molly:  Yes, I had to put that on a form. They also asked me how long I (4) ……………………….…… (look for) work. Anna:  What did you say? Molly:  I told them that I (5) ……………………….……… (just/start) looking.

Last night, we went to the cinema to see that film that everyone’s talking about. I thought it was going to be wonderful, but I was (1) disappointed/disappointing by the acting. I took my younger sister, which was a mistake as she found it quite (2) frightened/frightening. Mike had told me that it was a great film, which is (3) surprised/surprising as he usually recommends very good films. I was (4) bored/boring after the first half hour and I hadn’t looked at how long it was. It was three hours long! I thought it was never going to end. At the end, I was so (5) tired/tiring that I nearly fell asleep. I wouldn't recommend that you go and see it!

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Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.  ‘Janine has never seen a performance of a Shakespeare play.’       She said she ………………………………………………………………… .

Complete the sentences with the words for artists.  A ……………………… writes music.

A ……………………… makes pictures with paint.

A ……………………… works with stone or wood.

An ……………………… pretends to be someone else on stage.

Complete the sentences with these words related to the arts. There are two extra words. I don’t always understand ……………………… paintings, but they can be very beautiful. 

‘We’ll see both of you outside the swimming pool at 6.30 this evening.' They said they ………………………………………………………...…… .

‘I’m going to do some research on the arts project with Tony tomorrow.’ He said she ………………………………………………………………… .

‘My sister wrote at least 15 postcards on holiday.’ Helen said her sister …………………………………………………….

‘I’ve never been to an exhibition of sculptures.’ My mum said she …………………………………………… .

Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Greg told that he loved hip-hop music.

I asked Bradley what was the film like.

Sophie told her sister to being careful.

Matt said that he has seen Jan at the gig last month.

The teacher told us to don’t write in our books.

Molly:  I went for an interview for a weekend job yesterday at the local supermarket. Anna:  Hey, well done! Was it a difficult interview? Did they ask you many questions? Molly:  Yes, they did. First of all, they asked me what school I (1) …………………………….… (go) to.

Anna:  And what did you say? Molly:  I said that I (2) ……………………….……… (study) at Hill's Road School for six years, of course.

Anna:  Did they ask you where you (3) ………………………..… (live)?

Molly:  Yes, I had to put that on a form. They also asked me how long I (4) ……………………….…… (look for) work.

Anna:  What did you say? Molly:  I told them that I (5) ……………………….……… (just/start) looking.

A ……………………… directs the orchestra.