Unit Test 3 | Group A

VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH

VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences with the words 3 Choose the correct option to complete the
from the box. There are three extra words. sentences.

beg down gather handle off 0 When my dad was in his twenties,
run turn up value he used to be / would be in the public eye and
was famous!
0 When I was at school, they taught us the value
1 My grandad’s best friend forever let /
of hard work.
was forever letting people down when he was
1 James is very good at the guitar. Students and
a teenager.
teachers sometimes ______________ together
2 Mum is constantly reminding /
in the hall after school finishes to hear him play.
will constantly remind me to do my homework!
2 Our teacher is very demanding, but I’m sure we
She should trust me more.
will appreciate her approach in the
3 When Jane was at primary school, her sisters
long ______________, even though some of us
were making / would make fun of her long, curly
don’t now!
hair, but now they’re jealous!
3 She didn’t do well in the final exams and didn’t
4 Apparently, my aunt Marcia would be /
get into university. She’s finding it very hard
used to be very shy. She isn’t now!
to ______________ the situation.
5 The boy I sit next to in class will / used to go on
4 Their older sister is very critical. She’s always
and on about how wonderful he is. It’s very
telling them ______________ when they do
irritating!
something wrong, even if it isn’t very important.
5 He’s very upset because he’s just ___ / 5
split ______________ with his girlfriend.
4 Complete the sentences with a relative
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pronoun or relative pronoun and
preposition.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct
words. The first letters are given. 0 Jane, who I was talking to at the party, has an
unusual hobby.
0 It was freezing cold, so they huddled together
1 The house ______________ I lived when I was
to keep warm.
a child was very small.
1 She r______________ with her sister almost
2 I don’t know ______________ that bag is. We’d
every day. They really should talk to each other
better call the police.
so they don’t argue so much.
3 The woman ______________we sold our
2 Fishing provided them with their main means of
house is a well-known writer.
s______________. Without it, survival would
4 The book ______________ my teacher lent me
have been hard.
is very valuable.
3 I don’t understand why some people find
5 This is the camera ______________ my
w______________ people up funny.
grandma has taken some excellent photos.
4 Geraldine is so kind. She sometimes
d______________ favours for people she ___ / 5
hardly knows.
5 My classmates sometimes m______________
about in class. I really don’t understand how
they can learn anything!

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USE OF ENGLISH
5 Complete the text with one word in each 6 Complete the second sentence using the
gap. word in bold so that it means the same as
the first one. Do not change the word in
When I was a kid, I was 0 so skinny some bold. Use no more than five words including
people asked my parents if I was the word in bold.
malnourished! Mum and Dad used
1 ______________ be very embarrassed,
0 My parents gave me a red racing bike for my
sixteenth birthday.
poor things. They both have an average
WHICH
build, so they couldn’t blame my genes!
The racing bike which my parents gave me
More often than not I would
2 ______________ eat my vegetables, but
for my sixteenth birthday was red.
1 My cousin often tells bad jokes. It’s really
neither did my sister, who wasn’t as thin as
irritating!
I was. In general, I had a good appetite and
FOREVER
ate a lot, 3 ______________ always
My cousin ____________________________
astonished everyone. I haven’t changed
bad jokes. It’s really irritating!
a bit. In fact, people constantly
4 ______________ on diets often give me
2 They didn’t have much money, but they always
5 ______________ hard time because I eat
had enough to eat.
HUNGRY
so much!
They didn’t have much money, but they ______
______________________.
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3 I loved going for walks on the beach near my
house when I was young.
LOVE
I ____________________________ going for
walks on the beach near my house when I was
young.
4 When we were children, my sister would start
crying whenever she wanted something.
BURST
When we were children, my sister
would ____________________________
whenever she wanted something.
5 The Prime Minister, who I had written to, invited
me to meet her.
WHOM
The Prime Minister, ______________________
______, invited me to meet her.

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