1. Vocabulary test

Put in the missing words! Have a look at the context to find the correct word!

How to get a holiday job
1. In Germany you must be at least fifteen years old. Working as a ten-year-old would be against the . [hint: set of rules by the state which eyeryone must follow]

2. When you are old enough, you can a holiday job.

3. You can telephone a firm or send them an email or, as in the old days, a letter of [hint: A letter showing them that you want to have a job with them]
4. Of course, they will want to know what you can do for them. So it may be important for them to know whether you are an absolute beginner or whether you have already got some [hint: routine]
5. When you have already done some other holiday jobs you should always this fact. [hint: mention or point this out]
6. They may also want to know which school you go to, for example that you go to a [hint: Don’t call it ‘gymnasium’! - Two words!]
7. Even if some companies say ‘no’, you should go on trying to get in contact with some more firms. Try not to lose [hint: a form of optimism]!
(10 credits)

2. ‘State verb’ or ‘activity verb’? Progressive form or simple form? (8 credits)

a) Why are you taking so long to answer the phone? - I can’t see anything, because the bulb in the corridor is gone. I my way to the telephone. [feel]


b) Why you this bottle of red wine? (taste)

It okay (smell), but it strange. (look)

So I want to make sure that our guests will okay after drinking it. (feel)



c) What you of these new tablet computers? (think) What can you use them for?

To be honest, I of buying one as soon as possible. (think)

d) Where is Sandra? - Upstairs in the bathroom. She a bath right now. (have)
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3. Städtepartnerschaften - Mediation