Name: …………………………… QUICK Test Unit 8
Date: …………………………….. TEENS VI–Gold Experience B2
Grammar
A) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the modals in brackets and these verbs.
be forget see spend shout
1 You missed an amazing party at Lucy’s yesterday. You (should) the cakes.
2 The exam was OK. I (need) so worried.
3 I feel ashamed because I (should) at him like that yesterday.
4 I think she (might) the meeting yesterday and that’s why she arrived so late.
5 I felt miserable when my grandad died because I knew I (ought) more time with him.
B) Complete the text with the correct form of these verbs.
eat fix lock tidy water
It’s great that you can look after our flat while we are away. Please can you watch out for a few things! By the time
you arrive they should (6) the central heating. I hope so anyway, otherwise you are going to freeze!
You must (7) the door when you go out. You need to (8) all the food in the fridge. Sorry
to be bossy, but you know I hate waste. You don’t have to (9) the plants every day. They don’t get
very thirsty in winter! I realise we ought to (10) the flat before we left but we didn’t have time.
Anyway, make yourself at home, but don’t have too many parties!
C) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the modals in brackets and these verbs, so they have
the same meanings as in Task B.
eat fix lock tidy water
It’s great that you can look after our flat while we are away. Please can you watch out for a few things! By the time
you arrive the central heating (11) (should). I hope so anyway, otherwise you are going to freeze!
The door (12) (must) when you go out. All the food in the fridge (13) (need). Sorry to be
bossy, but you know I hate waste. The plants (14) (not have) every day. They don’t get very thirsty in
winter! I realise the flat (15) (ought) before we left, but we didn’t have time. Anyway, make yourself at
home, but don’t have too many parties!
D) Complete the second sentence so that that is has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the
word given. Do not change the word given. Use between two and five words, including the word given.
16 Although my brother and I used to fight a lot as kids, we get on really well.
SPITE
My brother and I get on really well a lot as kids.
17 It’s a pity that you didn’t get in touch with her sooner.
SHOULD
You in touch with her sooner.
18 Although I haven’t known him very long, I totally trust James.
DESPITE
I totally trust James, him very long.
19 While learning lots of new skills on the course, he made some very good friends.
LEARN
Not lots of new skills on the course, but he also made some very good friends.
20 It’s a shame that nobody gave the new students a warm welcome.
OUGHT
The new students a warm welcome.
21 I’m sure that running a marathon in that terrible heat yesterday must have been difficult.
CAN’T
It to run a marathon in that terrible heat yesterday.
22 She taught me a huge amount and also gave me self-confidence.
TEACH
Not me a huge amount, but she also gave me self-confidence.
23 She lost my phone number but she still managed to contact me.
SPITE
She managed to contact me my phone number.
24 Unfortunately nobody told us how to prepare for the test.
SHOULD
We how to prepare for the test.
25 Although we weren’t best friends at school, we always had fun in the holidays.
BEING
We always had fun in the holidays best friends at school.
Vocabulary
E) Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
26 Thank you for all your work clearing up the hall. You’ve all been very helpful and stubborn / cooperative.
27 He always gets up and offers his seat on the bus to older people. He’s very polite and courteous /
flamboyant.
28 She left her four-year-old sister on the beach on her own. She really is totally arrogant / irresponsible.
29 My grandmother has a horse, but no car, and rides to town when she needs to see the doctor. Most people
think she is demanding / eccentric.
30 He’s like a big baby. He doesn’t think before he does things. He’s really flamboyant / immature.
31 We all want a friend who is capable of flexibility / loyalty, in other words, someone who is always there for us
and always on our side.
32 I didn’t get a chance to speak much because she was so talkative / cheerful.
33 Our football coach is very demanding / possessive. She expects us to train for three hours every day of the
week.
F) Complete the sentences with these words. There is one extra word which you do not need to use.
chat common difficulty doubts mind nothing touch word
I used to be friends with Jen, but I am beginning to have serious (34) about her. For one thing I am
not sure that we have enough in (35) . Sometimes when we are having a friendly (36) ,
I mention something I feel strongly about and she won’t look me in the eyes. I think she doesn’t agree with my
views and is just keeping quiet to be polite. I want my friends to be open with me. That’s more important to me
than keeping in (37) when we are on holiday or off school. Perhaps Jen has (38) with
being totally honest with me because we have only known each other about six months. I am going to have a
serious (39) with her about expressing herself more openly. Perhaps she thinks I will have
(40) to do with her if I get to know her true views. If so, she’s wrong! I love lively discussions.
G) Read the article and decide which answer (A, B, C or D)best fits each gap.
Frenemies
Do you know people who often have a negative (41) on you? Do they, for instance, put you
(42) trying out new things? Do you put (43) these people because they are supposed to be your
friends? Watch out! These negative people could be ‘frenemies’, enemies who pretend to be friends. (44) in
mind that they might be jealous of you and enjoy (45) your time. If so, you probably need to stop hanging
(46) with them and find some real friends to replace them. Friends are not people that you just about get
(47) with. They are people who (48) out to you when you are down and who help you to
(49) realistic goals while you (50) up your strength.
41 A time B difficulty C reason D effect
42 A from B off C back D away
43 A down to B out of C up with D around by
44 A Carry B Bear C Clear D Remember
45 A wasting B filling C spending D throwing
46 A up B to C by D out
47 A over B across C along D through
48 A reach B play C move D run
49 A take B get C set D search
50 A make B build C increase D lift