Five-Minute Tests

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Complete the questions by adding one missing word.

0. What Marcella do?
What does Marcella do?

1. Who did Paul talk?
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2. Why he become a courier?
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3. Works in the Finance and Accounts Department?
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4. How did he spend in hospital?
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5. What did the bank robber look?
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6. What did he buy it?
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Key:

1. Who did Paul talk to/with?
2. Why did he become a courier?
3. Who works in the Finance and Accounts Department?
4. How long did he spend in hospital?
5. What did the bank robber look like?
6. What did he buy it for?

2

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Use the prompts below to write ten questions to ask your partner.

1. What/do?
2. What/German for?
3. Who/look like/your family?
4. Where/live exactly?
5. How long/live/present home?
6. Where/go/next holiday?
7. Which countries/like/go to?
8. Who/live with?
9. What/use/this software for?
10. Why/ look for/a new job?

Key:

1. What do you do?
2. What are you learning German for?
3. Who in your family do you look like?
4. Where do you live exactly?
5. How long have you been living in your present home?
6. Where are you going next holiday?
7. Which countries would you like to go to?
8. Who do you live with?
9. What do you use this software for?
10. Why are you looking for a new job?

3

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Match the jobs and definitions.

1. composers 2. nurses 3. fashion models 4. surgeons 5. civil servants 6. mechanics 7. accountants 8. tellers 9. lawyers 10. judges 11. spies

_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______

a) employed in a bank to receive or pay out money over the counter
b) convey secret information to another country
c) decide what to do with criminals
d) look after people in hospital
e) advise and represent people in court
f) check company/individuals’ finances
g) work in government departments
h) operate on people’s bodies
i) display clothes by wearing them
j) repair machines and cars
k) write music

Key: 1. k; 2. d; 3. i; 4. h; 5. g; 6. j; 7. f; 8. a; 9. e; 10. c; 11. b

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Complete the sentences. The meaning must stay the same.

1. Is this seat free?
Is anyone ___________?

2. Do you have to travel a lot for work?
Does your job _____________?

3. She hasn’t got a job.
She’s _______________.

4. I’m sorry about the party.
What ___________.

Key: 1. sitting here; 2. involve a lot of travelling; 3. looking for a job out of work; 4. a pity about the party

to be continued