Name: _________________________________________

Score: ____________ / 30 points

UNIT 3

LANGUAGE TEST 3B

1

Choose the correct answers.

(6 points)

Sandra

used to / would live in the city but

now she lives in the country.

1 We were going / would go to Cornwall on

holiday every year when I was a child.

2 Andy is always arriving / will always

arrive late for work.

3 Breakfast is the most important meal for our

family. We

will sit / are sitting together for

ages eating breakfast at the weekend.

4 I would really / used to really hate him but

recently I’ve started to get on with him much
better.

5 They are forever asking / will forever ask me

to help them tidy the flat. It’s really annoying.

6 I used to not / didn’t use to live in this town.

2

Complete each sentence with the correct article

(a/an, the) or leave the gap blank when no article

is needed.

(6 points)

I don’t think you know my sister. She’s

a

 doctor.

1 Careful with that cup! _______ coffee is hot.
2 Is Monday _______ first day of the week?
3 I don’t like _______ buses. They’re so noisy

and crowded.

4 I have to get up early to go to _______ school

tomorrow.

5 I’d like to go to _______ restaurant this

evening but I don’t know which one.

6 Do you see that man? Standing by _______

bus stop? He’s my uncle.

3

Complete the missing words.

(6 points)

Can you change the

c

h

a

n

n

e

l

,

please?

1 First you agree, then you disagree! You can’t

change your _ _ n _ all the time!

2 These jeans are too long. I’ll have to _ l _ _ _

them.

3 My new boots have a hole in them but the

shop won’t _ _ p _ _ c _ them!

4 You’re late for class and you don’t do your

homework. If you don’t change your _ _ y _
you’ll have problems.

5 Why do you always wear black? You should

_ _ r _ how you dress instead of wearing the
same things all the time.

6 Working in an office is different from studying

at university. You’ll have to _ o _ _ f _ your
behaviour or you’ll get into trouble.

4

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

There is one extra word that you do not need.

(6 points)

inspiring critically irrational world-famous

severely talked granted determined

He was

severely

injured in the accident.

1 The coach spoke some _______ words before

the team went out to play.

2 He never says ‘thank you’. He just takes me

for _______ all the time.

3 I hate spiders! I’ve always had an _______ fear

of them!

4 How can you trust her? She’s always _______

behind people’s backs.

5 His last film, a western, was _______

acclaimed as well as being extremely
successful commercially.

6 Stephanie Meyer is the _______ author of the

Twilight series of novels.

5

Rewrite the sentences using the word given to add

emphasis.

(3 points)

Phil was clever. (such)
Phil

was such a clever

man.

1 He likes you, you know. (like)

He _____________________________ you,
you know.

2 The music is my favourite thing about the

club. (best)
What __________________________ the music.

3 I loved my teacher’s patience with us. (was)

It ______________________________ about my
teacher.

6

Match the idioms in bold to the correct explanations.

(3 points)

I told you, a leopard never changes its
spots.

d

1 She won? That was a real turn-up for

the books!

2 I’m telling you, the winds of change are

blowing this year.

3 Oh well, I suppose a change is as good

as a rest.

a something new is always refreshing.
b things are not staying how they used to be,

in different areas.

c very surprising and unexpected.
d always the same person underneath.

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