Straightforward Advanced Unit Test 3

Answer key

Vocabulary

A

1 fritter

2 squander

3 pick up

4 lavishly

5 chuck

6 piles

7 overdrawn

8 overspend

9 run up

10 pay off

B

11 skips

12 bank

13 put them out

14 litter

15 scraps

16 throw away

C

17 stressful

18 representative

19 homeless

20 unimaginable

21 substantial

22 persuasive

Grammar

D

23 (a)

24 (b)

25 (a)

26 (b)

27 (a)

E

28 I do agree with you.

29 I did tell you, but I guess you can't remember.

30 Do try and pay attention.

31 I'm not sure what you said, but it did have an effect on him.

32 The amount she can eat really does surprise people.

F

33 It was shocking how much it cost.

34 The thing that surprises people when they first meet Sonya is how small she is.

35 What amazed me was (just) how much she could eat in one go.

36 One thing that always amazes me is how much skinny people can eat.

37 What they decided to do was charge for every plastic bag people used.

38 It was in 2003 that she first tried competitive eating.

(2 points for each sentence)

Speech feature

G

39 How kind you are.

40 Two hours it took me.

41 What a fantastic person you are.

42 Shocked as I was I tried to carry on as normal.

43 Enclosed is a cheque for £50.

44 When we'll finish I have no idea.

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