English Test
New Cutting Edge Elementary — Module 12 & Module 13
(A Weekend Away • Learning for the Future)
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Class: Score: / 80
Instructions: Answer all questions. Write your answers clearly. Good luck!
Part 1 — Module 12: A Weekend Away
A. Future Intentions (going to, want to, would like to)
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets, using going to, want to, or
would like to as indicated.
(10 points)
1. I _________________ (visit) my grandparents this weekend. (going to)
2. She _________________ (not / stay) at home on Saturday. (going to)
3. _________________ you _________________ (go) to the party tonight? (going to)
4. I _________________ (finish) my book before the holidays. (want to)
5. We _________________ (do) something special with the children. (would like to)
6. He _________________ (not / watch) the football match this evening. (going to)
7. _________________ you _________________ (buy) anything special this weekend?
(want to)
8. They _________________ (have) a barbecue on Sunday. (going to)
9. I _________________ (go) somewhere warm for my holiday this year. (would like to)
10. What _________________ you _________________ (do) after this lesson? (going to)
B. Suggestions and Offers
Match each sentence to its function. Write S (Suggestion) or O (Offer) next to each one.
(8 points)
1. Why don't we go out for a meal somewhere? ___
2. I'll speak to Martin and the others. ___
3. Shall I phone the restaurant and book a table? ___
4. How about trying that new French restaurant? ___
5. Let's book it for eight o'clock. ___
6. I'll take you home. ___
7. Shall I call you tomorrow? ___
8. Why don't we meet at the station? ___
Now put the words in order to make a correct suggestion or offer:
1. coffee / a / about / How?
2. jacket / I / your / take / Shall?
3. the / Why / cinema / to / go / don't / we?
C. Vocabulary — Going Out and Staying In
Match the verb (1–8) with the correct phrase (a–h) to make a common collocation.
(8 points)
1. stay a. the gym
2. go for b. at home
3. have a c. a group of friends
4. go to d. for the weekend
5. do the e. housework
6. go away f. party
7. go out with g. a walk
8. go to the h. country
Write your answers: 1___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___ 6___ 7___ 8___
D. Vocabulary — Weather
Complete each sentence with the correct weather word from the box.
(8 points)
cloudy sunny snowing raining foggy windy icy warm
1. It's very ___________ today — I can't see the other side of the street.
2. Take an umbrella, it's ___________ outside.
3. It's ___________, so the children are making a snowman.
4. Be careful driving — the roads are ___________ this morning.
5. The sky is full of clouds; it's very ___________ today.
6. It's a beautiful, ___________ day — let's go to the beach!
7. Hold onto your hat, it's really ___________ today.
8. It's quite ___________ for October — usually it's much colder.
Part 2 — Module 13: Learning for the Future
E. Infinitive of Purpose
Complete each sentence with to + a verb from the box to explain why the action happens.
(8 points)
check, find, buy, do, study, get, look up, pass
1. I went on the Internet ___________ my e-mails.
2. She's going to college ___________ Portuguese.
3. He worked very hard ___________ his exams.
4. I'm going into town ___________ some shopping.
5. Can I borrow your dictionary ___________ a word?
6. He went back to college ___________ some qualifications.
7. I need some time ___________ some studying.
8. She went to Lisbon ___________ some experience.
F. might and will
Complete each sentence with will, won't, might, or might not. More than one answer may be
possible — think about how sure the speaker is.
(8 points)
1. In a few years, I'm sure everyone ___________ use the Internet every day.
2. I'm not sure what Tom will do — he ___________ go to university, or he ___________
travel abroad for a year.
3. Denise doesn't like her teacher. She thinks she ___________ change her class soon.
4. I'm certain robots ___________ replace teachers completely.
5. Why not do a course in Japanese? You never know — you ___________ need to speak
it one day.
6. Some people are worried that computers ___________ take their jobs one day.
7. I'm one hundred per cent sure that English ___________ still be widely spoken in 50
years.
8. She isn't sure yet, but she ___________ pass the exam this year.
G. Vocabulary — Education and Careers
Complete each sentence with the correct phrase from the box.
(8 points)
get a degree, pass the exam, choose a career, have an interview, apply for, train to be, earn
money, be unemployed
1. After four years at university, she will ___________ in Law.
2. He's going to ___________ a chef at catering college.
3. I'm really nervous — I ___________ for the job tomorrow at 10 a.m.
4. It's difficult to decide what to study; it's hard to ___________ at eighteen.
5. If you want that job, you should ___________ it online today.
6. He worked hard all year so that he could ___________ .
7. Many young people find it hard to get a job and end up ___________ for a while.
8. She wants a career where she can ___________ and travel at the same time.
H. Short Writing Task
Write 4–6 sentences about your plans for next weekend. Use at least TWO of the following:
going to, want to, would like to, might, will.
(10 points)
Answer Key
A. Future Intentions
1. am going to visit
2. is not going to stay / isn't going to stay
3. Are ... going to go
4. want to finish
5. would like to do
6. is not going to watch / isn't going to watch
7. Do ... want to buy
8. are going to have
9. would like to go
10. are ... going to do
B. Suggestions and Offers
1. S 2. O 3. O 4. S 5. S 6. O 7. O 8. S
Word order: 1. How about a coffee? 2. Shall I take your jacket? 3. Why don't we go to the
cinema?
C. Going Out and Staying In
1-b (stay at home) 2-g (go for a walk) 3-f (have a party) 4-a (go to the gym) 5-e (do the
housework) 6-h (go away to the country) 7-c (go out with a group of friends) 8-d (go to ... for
the weekend)
D. Weather
1. foggy 2. raining 3. snowing 4. icy 5. cloudy 6. sunny 7. windy 8. warm
E. Infinitive of Purpose
1. to check 2. to study 3. to pass 4. to do 5. to look up 6. to get 7. to do 8. to get
F. might and will
1. will 2. might / might 3. might 4. won't 5. might 6. might 7. will 8. might not
(Accept reasonable alternatives — focus on whether the student used will/won't for certainty
and might/might not for possibility.)
G. Education and Careers
1. get a degree 2. train to be 3. have an interview 4. choose a career 5. apply for 6. pass the
exam 7. be unemployed 8. earn money
H. Short Writing Task
Mark for: correct use of going to / want to / would like to / might / will, sentence structure, and
clarity. Award up to 10 points based on grammatical accuracy and task completion.