GRAMMAR

1 Choose the correct answer.

1 Walking, going and eating are examples of gerunds / infinitives.

2 Verbs following a preposition must be in the past tense / -ing form.

3 In He's fed up with eating pizza every day, the preposition + gerund is fed up / with eating.

4 We use the gerund after the verbs risk, keep, avoid / want, hope, refuse.

5 The gerund and the -ing form of a verb are the same / different.

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VOCABULARY

2 Find three pairs of adjectives with the same meaning and two with opposite meanings from this list.

awful disappointing funny silly thrilling

boring excellent interesting terrible

brilliant exciting scary terrific

same meaning

1 __________ __________

2 __________ __________

3 __________ __________

opposite meaning

4 __________ __________

5 __________ __________

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3 Underline four scary things in this list and circle one funny thing.

dream enormous final kidnap meeting monster normal secret zombie

action film animation comedy documentary drama horror film science fiction film superhero

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FUNCTION

4 Read the text. Complete 1-10 with A, B or C.

Jacky: I love watching films.

Paul: 1 ___ . Sometimes I spend all weekend just watching DVDs! What

kind of films do you like?

Jacky: Oh, action movies and science fiction. But I don't like horror films.

Paul: No, 2 ___ . I like films which are funny or exciting. Did you see that film on TV last night about a man who kept 3 ___ women who were really monsters? It was so silly.

Jacky: Oh yes, it was terrible. I stopped 4 ___ at it. I can't stand 5 ___ rubbish like that. My favourite film is that Chinese one: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I just can't see it enough times.

Paul: Really? 6 ___ ! It's my favourite movie, in fact, along with the next one: House of Flying Daggers. I dream of 7 ___ through the air like the people in it. Film studios are so incredibly good 8 ___ making special effects. I'm planning to go to China one day to learn more about the country.

Jacky: Yes, 9 ___ ! It must be fantastic. Oh there's the bell for class. I'm quite enjoying 10 ___ this geography project actually, because it's about China.

1 A And me B I too C So do I

2 A me too B nor do I C not me

3 A meet B to meet C meeting

4 A looking B look C to look

5 A to watch B watched C watching

6 A Nor am I B Nor can I C Nor do I

7 A flying B fly C flew

8 A of B in C at

9 A I too B I also C so am I

10 A to do B doing C do

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Total : _____ / 25 points

LESSON TEST Inspiration 3 UNIT 2, LESSON 1

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