Unit Test 3 | Group B

VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH

Name: _____________________ Class: ____

VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences with the words 3 Choose the correct option to complete the
from the box. There are three extra words. sentences.

clash gather have live make 0 When my dad was in his twenties,
newborn peacemaker split value he used to be / would be in the public eye and
was famous!
0 When I was at school, they taught us the value 1 When I was a child, my friends were laughing /
of hard work. would laugh at me because I couldn’t sing in
1 I’m not sleeping well at the moment because tune!
I can hear our neighbours’ ______________ 2 My uncle would be / used to be very good at
baby crying at night! tennis when he was at school, but he hasn’t
2 2 My little brother can be very rude and likes to played for years.
______________ a go at me whenever he 3 Fiona’s classmates were constantly teasing /
can. I think he wants attention. forever teased her about her school bag! It was
3 3 I hate conflict and avoid arguments at all very big and bright pink!
cost, so my role at home is the 4 He finds two of his classmates annoying as
______________. they used to go on / will go on about how well
4 4 I love it when my parents ______________ they can play the guitar, but they can’t!
a fuss of me when I do well in exams. 5 My dad would tell / is forever telling me that
Sometimes they buy me a nice present! I should study to become a lawyer like him, but
5 5 Some people have to ______________ day- I don’t know if it’s right for me.
to-day and never know what tomorrow brings.
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Their lives are very uncertain.

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pronoun or relative pronoun and
2 Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.
words. The first letters are given.
0 Jane, who I was talking to at the party, has an
0 It was freezing cold, so they huddled together unusual hobby.
to keep warm. 1 My old headmaster, ______________ I am still
1 He’s always telling everyone how clever he is. in touch, was very strict.
I hate people who s______________ off like 2 Broadly speaking, the characteristic
that! ______________ I admire most in people is
2 Jack b______________ everything out of honesty.
proportion, so we thought the situation was 3 My best friend, ______________ aunt often
more serious than in fact it was. appears on TV, invited me to a studio tour.
3 It was a difficult situation, but everything 4 Old Mr French was a little strange. He spent
t______________ out well in the end. hours staring at his neighbours’ garden,
4 We hardly had enough money to buy food ______________ he seemed to be obsessed.
when I was a child and lived hand-to- 5 I’m not sure ______________ I should talk
m______________. about my problem.
5 The head teacher h______________ the
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situation very well. It can’t have been easy to
deal with.

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 Unit Test 3 | Group B
VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH
Name: _____________________ Class: ____

USE OF ENGLISH
5 Complete the text with one word in each 6 Complete the second sentence using the
gap. word in bold so that it means the same as
the first one. Do not change the word in
When I was thirteen, my family relocated 0 to bold. Use no more than five words
a different place, 1 ______________ I knew including the word in bold.
no one. In the past, I 2 ______________
0 My parents gave me a red racing bike for my
meet my friends after school, but now I went
sixteenth birthday.
straight home. I had a really hard
3 ______________ for the first few weeks,
WHICH
The racing bike which my parents gave me
however, I soon began to feel more at ease.
for my sixteenth birthday was red.
I even made friends with a boy who had
1 My sister sometimes behaved badly in class
wound me 4 ______________ on my first
at school.
day! Actually, he’s now my best friend.
ABOUT
Students 5 ______________ school like I did
My sister sometimes ___________________
won’t find it easy at first, but everything will
_________ in class at school.
work out in the end. Now I’m very happy!
2 When I was a child, I never felt comfortable at
parties because I was shy.
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TO
When I was a child, I ___________________
_________ comfortable at parties because
I was shy.
3 Mr Cummings didn’t earn much money and
found it hard to pay the bills.
ENDS
Mr Cummings didn’t earn much money and
found it hard to _______________________
_____.
4 No one was sure who the smartphone
belonged to, so they left it with the security
guard.
WHOSE
No one was sure ______________________
______, so they left it with the security guard.
5 I’m sure they will understand my point of
view eventually, although it might take some
time.
LONG
I’m sure they will understand my point of
view ____________________________.

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