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UNIT 3

LANGUAGE TEST 3B

Choose the correct answers.

(6 points)

Sandra

used to / would live in the city but

now she lives in the country.

1 We were going / would go to Cornwall on

holiday every year when I was a child.

2 Andy is always arriving / will always

arrive late for work.

3 Breakfast is the most important meal for our

family. We

will sit / are sitting together for

ages eating breakfast at the weekend.

4 I would really / used to really hate him but

recently I’ve started to get on with him much
better.

5 They are forever asking / will forever ask me

to help them tidy the flat. It’s really annoying.

6 I used to not / didn’t use to live in this town.

Complete each sentence with the correct article

(a/an, the) or leave the gap blank when no article

is needed.

(6 points)

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

doctor.

1 Careful with that cup! _______ coffee is hot.
2 Is Monday _______ first day of the week?
3 I don’t like _______ buses. They’re so noisy

and crowded.

4 I have to get up early to go to _______ school

tomorrow.

5 I’d like to go to _______ restaurant this

evening but I don’t know which one.

6 Do you see that man? Standing by _______

bus stop? He’s my uncle.

Complete the missing words.

(6 points)

Can you change the

please?

1 First you agree, then you disagree! You can’t

change your _ _ n _ all the time!

2 These jeans are too long. I’ll have to _ l _ _ _

them.

3 My new boots have a hole in them but the

shop won’t _ _ p _ _ c _ them!

4 You’re late for class and you don’t do your

homework. If you don’t change your _ _ y _
you’ll have problems.

5 Why do you always wear black? You should

_ _ r _ how you dress instead of wearing the
same things all the time.

6 Working in an office is different from studying

at university. You’ll have to _ o _ _ f _ your
behaviour or you’ll get into trouble.

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

There is one extra word that you do not need.

(6 points)

inspiring critically irrational world-famous

severely talked granted determined

He was

severely

injured in the accident.

1 The coach spoke some _______ words before

the team went out to play.

2 He never says ‘thank you’. He just takes me

for _______ all the time.

3 I hate spiders! I’ve always had an _______ fear

of them!

4 How can you trust her? She’s always _______

behind people’s backs.

5 His last film, a western, was _______

acclaimed as well as being extremely
successful commercially.

6 Stephanie Meyer is the _______ author of the

Twilight series of novels.

Rewrite the sentences using the word given to add

emphasis.

(3 points)

Phil was clever. (such)
Phil

was such a clever

man.

1 He likes you, you know. (like)

He _____________________________ you,
you know.

2 The music is my favourite thing about the

club. (best)
What __________________________ the music.

3 I loved my teacher’s patience with us. (was)

It ______________________________ about my
teacher.

Match the idioms in bold to the correct explanations.

(3 points)

I told you, a leopard never changes its
spots.

1 She won? That was a real turn-up for

the books!

2 I’m telling you, the winds of change are

blowing this year.

3 Oh well, I suppose a change is as good

as a rest.

a something new is always refreshing.
b things are not staying how they used to be,

in different areas.

c very surprising and unexpected.
d always the same person underneath.

PHOTOCOPIABLE

Success

Upper Intermediate