Unit Test 4 | Group B

VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH

Name: _____________________ Class: ____

VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
1 Choose the correct option to complete the 3 Complete the text with the correct form of
sentences. the verbs in brackets. Use the narrative
tenses.
0 This image is bizarre / composed / topical.
I have absolutely no idea what it’s supposed to
Mara is an amateur who is particularly
be!
interested in portrait photography. She
1 She glanced / evoked / peered at the document 0 had been planning (plan) a trip to South
for quite a long time because she couldn’t see
America for several months when, finally, it
the small print.
was time to go to the airport. Unfortunately,
2 I feel very emotional when I look at this photo –
her flight was delayed for three hours, so
it’s so weird / exclusive / poignant.
while she 1 _____________________ (wait),
3 I don’t understand Dawn at all. She really is
she got her camera out. She decided she
a hoax / an enigma / a fraud to me!
would like to take a photo of an elderly man
4 You can add interest to a photo by taking the
with an interesting face, who
shot / pose / opportunity from an unusual angle. 2 _____________________ (walk) aimlessly
5 It’s sometimes hard to tell if a photo is captured /
round the waiting area for some time. She
cropped / fixed or not. 3 _____________________ (not / usually /

___ / 5 take) pictures of someone without first asking

their permission, so she approached him. To
2 Complete the text with the words from the her surprise, he 4 _____________________
box. There are three extra words. (yell) at her, snatched her camera and ran
off! To cut a long story short, he was
accusation bellowed clues
a criminal on the loose who
eliminated hints puzzle residents 5 _____________________ (just / escape)
solution spotted
from prison!

My granddad, who used to be a journalist, ___ / 5

once showed me a memorable front page
from our town’s local paper from the 1970s. 4 Choose the correct option to complete the
The headlines were about the mysterious sentences.
theft of various small statues from gardens of
0 residents! Whoever did it was careful and
0 Under no circumstances did / could / must you
show your suspicion. It could be very
didn’t leave any useful 1 ______________.
dangerous.
Perhaps foolishly, the vicar tried to work out
1 Scarcely he had got / should he get /
the answer to the 2 ______________
had he got home when the intelligence agent
himself. He patrolled the streets, determined
called.
to find a 3 ______________. One dark
2 Seldom did she take / she took / had she taken
evening, he 4 ______________ a man
on such a difficult challenge, but she did very
carrying two small statues out of a garden,
well!
called him a thief and rang the police.
3 No sooner had they taken her hostage that /
Unfortunately, it turned out that the supposed
when / than the police arrived.
criminal lived in the house! The vicar
4 Hardly / At no time / Barely have I had such
apologised for this embarrassing
5 ______________. No one ever managed to
a narrow escape. I was very lucky!
5 My students normally behave well. In no way
resolve the mystery.
will I tolerate / did I tolerate / have I tolerated
rudeness.
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 Unit Test 4 | Group B
VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH
Name: _____________________ Class: ____

USE OF ENGLISH
5 Choose the correct option a–d to complete 6 Complete the second sentence using the
the text. word in bold so that it means the same as
the first one. Do not change the word in
Like many children, I wanted to be a police bold. Use no more than five words including
officer when I grew up. I imagined myself the word in bold.
0 ___ secret operations and arresting
0 They asked if they could have more time to
criminals! However, by the time I started
finish their research.
secondary school I 1 ___ all about it and
REQUEST
decided I wanted to work as
They put in a request for extra time to finish
a photojournalist. 2 ___ I finished my degree
their research.
in journalism, I was offered a job
1 They captured the thieves and, what’s more,
immediately, but as a radio reporter. While
they found the stolen money.
I was trying to decide whether to take it,
NOT
I bumped into a university friend who had
____________________________ the thieves,
finished his degree at the same time as me
but they also found the stolen money.
who told me he 3 ___ as a waiter ever since
2 As I had expected, he didn’t take my criticism
we finished studying. This made me see that
seriously.
we really have to 4 ___ an opportunity when
OFF
it appears and that’s what I did! As it turned
As I had expected, he ___________________
out, it was a good move. Little 5 ___ I know
_________.
at the time how much I would enjoy it!
3 The celebrity left before the photographers’
arrival.
0 a telling b revealing
ARRIVED
c showing up d admitting
By the time the
1 a had forgotten b will forget
photographers _________________________.
c was forgetting d forgot
4 This was the first time I had taken on such
2 a Although b While
a difficult challenge.
c When d So
NEVER
3 a worked b was working
____________________________ on such
c had worked d had been working
a difficult challenge.
4 a look b hold
5 We told the police about what had happened.
c find d seize
INCIDENT
5 a do b did
We ____________________________ to the
c would d had
police.
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TOTAL ___ / 30

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