Name: _________________________________________

Score: ____________ / 30 points

unit 4

language TeST 4b

1

Completethetextwiththecorrectformsofthe

wordsinbrackets.

(15points)

3

Completethesentenceswithwordsformedfromthe

wordsincapitalletters.

(6points)

I have a very good

relationship

with my

brother.

rElaTIoN

1 If you want _________ of our club

you’ll have to fill in a form.

MEMbEr

2 That was a lovely dinner. The cheesecake

was simply _________!

WoNdEr

3 let’s ask Joe to help, he’s very

_________ and he’s always got good
practical ideas.

SENSE

4 You have great natural _________ but you

need to work hard as well.

ablE

5 be careful with that picture! It’s very

_________.

valUE

6 late again! That’s the third time this week.

What’s the problem? I want an _________.

ExPlaIN

4

Completethesentenceswiththeadverbsfromthe

box.Thereisoneextraadverbthatyoudonotneed.

(5points)

absolutely  heavily  reluctantly 

excitedly  slightly  desperately  politely

outside, it was cold but she opened the
window

slightly

to let in some air.

1 The children ran downstairs _________ to see

what presents were waiting for them.

2 ‘Excuse me,’ sir, I began _________, ‘Could

I ask you a question?’

3 The fire was already up to the ceiling. They

threw water on it _________ but it made no
difference.

4 as he spoke the room became _________

silent.

5 It was clear that she wasn’t happy about

it but, _________, she gave me the money.

I 

met

(meet) Alfred Cox, the famous artist, while

I 

1

__________ (visit) his gallery one afternoon.

Outside, it

2

__________ (rain) so I was happy to

spend time in the gallery. At first I 

3

__________

(not/recognise) him and, in fact, I 

4

__________

(stand) next to him for quite a while before
I 

5

__________ (realise) who he was. He

6

__________ (be) very friendly and I 

7

__________

(want) to make a good impression so while we

8

__________ (talk) I 

9

___________ (mention) that

I was an artist too and he

10

___________ (ask) to

see some of my paintings… the only problem was
that I 

11

__________ (not/paint). In fact,

I 

12

__________ (never/paint) anything in my life!

I 

13

__________ (go) home in a panic, not knowing

what to do. Feeling a little stupid, I 

14

___________

(get) some of my daughter’s paints – she goes to
primary school and loves painting – and did my
best but it was a disaster. I gave up and went to
the bathroom to clean up but while
I 

15

___________ (have) a wash my daughter saw

the paints and decided to paint something. Well,
you can probably guess the rest: Mr Cox loved the
painting… and suggested we organise an
exhibition!

The making of a genius…

2

Completethesentenceswiththemissingwords.

(4points)

I can see a sign but I can’t

m

a

k

e

o

u

t

what

it says.

1 You could see he was in a bad mood from the

way his fierce eyes _ l _ _ e _ at everybody.

2 a nice evening _ _ r _ _ _ along the beach is

very relaxing.

3 He _ o _ _ _ _ e _ e _ our offer for a long time

without speaking.

4 A ‘Was there a petrol station back there?’

B ‘I don’t know, I didn’t _ o _ _ c _ .’

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