LANGUAGE TEST 3B
UNIT 3
Name: _________________________________________ Score: ____________ / 30 points
1 Choose the correct answers. (6 points) 4 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
There is one extra word that you do not need.
Sandra used to / would live in the city but
(6 points)
now she lives in the country.
inspiring critically irrational world-famous
1 We were going / would go to Cornwall on
severely talked granted determined
holiday every year when I was a child.
2 Andy is always arriving / will always
He was severely injured in the accident.
arrive late for work.
1 The coach spoke some _______ words before
3 Breakfast is the most important meal for our
the team went out to play.
family. We will sit / are sitting together for
2 He never says  thank you . He just takes me
ages eating breakfast at the weekend.
for _______ all the time.
4 I would really / used to really hate him but
3 I hate spiders! I ve always had an _______ fear
recently I ve started to get on with him much
of them!
better.
4 How can you trust her? She s always _______
5 They are forever asking / will forever ask me
behind people s backs.
to help them tidy the flat. It s really annoying.
5 His last film, a western, was _______
6 I used to not / didn t use to live in this town.
acclaimed as well as being extremely
successful commercially.
2 Complete each sentence with the correct article
(a/an, the) or leave the gap blank when no article 6 Stephanie Meyer is the _______ author of the
is needed. (6 points)
Twilight series of novels.
I don t think you know my sister. She s a doctor.
5 Rewrite the sentences using the word given to add
emphasis. (3 points)
1 Careful with that cup! _______ coffee is hot.
2 Is Monday _______ first day of the week?
Phil was clever. (such)
3 I don t like _______ buses. They re so noisy
Phil was such a clever man.
and crowded.
1 He likes you, you know. (like)
4 I have to get up early to go to _______ school
He _____________________________ you,
tomorrow.
you know.
5 I d like to go to _______ restaurant this
2 The music is my favourite thing about the
evening but I don t know which one.
club. (best)
6 Do you see that man? Standing by _______
What __________________________ the music.
bus stop? He s my uncle.
3 I loved my teacher s patience with us. (was)
It ______________________________ about my
3 Complete the missing words. (6 points)
teacher.
Can you change the c h a n n e l , please?
6 Match the idioms in bold to the correct explanations.
1 First you agree, then you disagree! You can t
(3 points)
change your _ _ n _ all the time!
2 These jeans are too long. I ll have to _ l _ _ _ I told you, a leopard never changes its
d
them. spots.
3 My new boots have a hole in them but the
1 She won? That was a real turn-up for
shop won t _ _ p _ _ c _ them!
the books!
4 You re late for class and you don t do your
2 I m telling you, the winds of change are
homework. If you don t change your _ _ y _
blowing this year.
you ll have problems.
3 Oh well, I suppose a change is as good
5 Why do you always wear black? You should
as a rest.
_ _ r _ how you dress instead of wearing the
a something new is always refreshing.
same things all the time.
b things are not staying how they used to be,
6 Working in an office is different from studying
in different areas.
at university. You ll have to _ o _ _ f _ your
c very surprising and unexpected.
behaviour or you ll get into trouble.
d always the same person underneath.
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