Name: _________________________________________

Score: ____________ / 30 points

UNIT 3

LANGUAGE TEST 3A

1

Choosethecorrectanswers.

(6points)

Sandra

used to / would live in the city but

now she lives in the country.

1 Will is forever complaining / forever

complains that he has too much homework.

2 As a child, Paul was sitting / would sit on his

swing in the garden for hours.

3 I think she’s happy. She works in the week and

at the weekend she

is relaxing / will relax at

home.

4 Did you used / use to work in the library?
5 My sister was always sounding / would

always sound tired when we spoke in the
evenings.

6 I will go / am going to work around seven

in the morning most days.

2

Completeeachsentencewiththecorrectarticle

(a/an,the)orleavethegapblankwhennoarticle

is needed.

(6points)

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

a

 doctor.

1 My results weren’t very good and the doctor

says I might have to go to _______ hospital.

2 Would you like _______ cup of coffee? It’s no

trouble.

3 Helping people gives me _______ pleasure and

that’s why I do it.

4 She was born on _______ twenty-second of

August, 1955.

5 I read _______ article you showed me. It was

really interesting.

6 I need _______ holiday this year. I’ve been so

busy.

3

Completethemissingwords.

(6points)

Can you change the

c

h

a

n

n

e

l

,

please?

1 He changes his _ o _ _ so quickly, one

moment he’s happy, the next he’s angry.

2 We’ve done a lot of work on the house,

including _ o _ _ _ r _ _ _ _ the attic into an
extra bedroom.

3 The new job means getting up very early and

it’s taken me a while to _ d _ _ s _ .

4 She changed her hair style, her hair colour,

her make-up and her style of clothes and it
was as if she’d been _ r _ n _ _ _ r _ _ _
by magic into a different person!

5 I hated cheese sandwiches and she hated

salad so we agreed to _ w _ _ lunches.

6 We used to be friends but since he got a good

job he’s _ _ r _ e _ i _ _ _ a real big-head.

4

Completethesentenceswiththewordsfromthebox.

Thereisoneextrawordthatyoudonotneed.

(6points)

ages fiddle with deprived compulsive

achieve leave severely lose

He was

severely

injured in the accident.

1 My family never had any money to buy things.

I had a very _______ childhood.

2 Why do you always _______ the top off the

glue? It will dry up!

3 My sister is always talking to her friends. She

spends _______ on the phone every day!

4 They won’t like this news. What if they

_______ their tempers? What should I do?

5 She was a brilliant student and her teachers

were certain that she would _______ great
things.

6 He suffers from _______ behaviour, such

as washing his hands twenty times a day
or checking the doors are locked all the time.

5

Rewritethesentencesusingthewordgiventoadd

emphasis.

(3points)

Phil was clever. (such)
Phil

was such a clever

man.

1 The beautiful weather made the holiday so

memorable. (that)
It ____________________________________ so
memorable.

2 She tries hard. (does)

She ________________________________ hard.

3 I really liked the accommodation. (was)

What ________________________________ the
accommodation.

6

Matchtheidiomsinboldtothecorrectexplanations.

(3points)

I told you, a leopard never changes its
spots.

d

1 Don’t change the subject, it’s really

annoying.

2 Paul has really turned over a new leaf.
3 Talk to her, perhaps she’ll have a change

of heart.

a change the way you live or do things for the

better.

b avoid talking about something difficult or

embarrassing.

c change your opinion or attitude, usually

because of something you’ve seen or heard.

d always the same person underneath.

34

PHOTOCOPIABLE

© Pearson Central Europe Sp. z o.o. 2012 New Matura

Success

Upper Intermediate