Unit 4 test

Listening 5 Use the phrasal verbs from exercise 4 to

complete the sentences. (5 marks)

1  Listen to author Nina Banks talking about her 1 You’ll _____________________ a cold if you go
new book. What sport did she discover she had out without a coat in that rain!
a passion for? (2 marks) 2 It’s important to _________________ when the
_______________________________________ weather gets below freezing.
3 On Sundays afternoons I like to _____________
2  Read the journalist’s summary of Nina’s talk. ______________ and watch TV; it’s the only
Then listen again and complete the text. time I can relax.
(8 marks)
4 We use heavy curtains to _________ the heat
Nina Banks is bringing out a new book. After many _____ during the winter.
years working in a (1) __________ , Nina found that 5 John managed to _________________ running
she had put on weight and (2) ________________ . in the race even though he had hurt his ankle.
She worked (3) _________ hours a week and she
6 Make the words in the box into adjectives. Then
ate a lot of (4) _________________ . How did she complete the sentences with the adjectives.
change her life? One of the first changes she made (5 marks)
was to do more exercise. She also joined a access advise caution nation snow
(5) _________ class to make new friends, and
started playing (6) ___________ . At the end of her 1 The mountain was very _______________ .
year-long adventure, Nina was a (7) ____________ 2 It isn’t ___________________ to swim in that
and (8) ___________ person. lake because it is very deep.
3 The ______________ dish of Scotland is haggis.
4 Drivers should be _______________ while
Vocabulary driving in the rain because the roads are
slippery.
3 Complete the sentences. (5 marks) 5 The beach is only ________________ by boat.
1 You should stretch before exercise to avoid
a(n) _______________ .
2 My skin is very _______________ . I can’t stop
scratching it.
3 Karen has got _______________ muscles after
running in the marathon.
4 The doctor examined my leg and said that the
bone was _______________ . I can’t walk on it
for six weeks.
5 I’ve got a ___________________ shoulder – it
happened during the rugby match.

4 Read the definitions and complete the phrasal

verbs with the correct prepositions. (5 marks)
1 find yourself in a situation you didn’t expect:
end up _________
2 put on warm clothes: wrap ______
3 stop (something) escaping:
keep (something) ______
4 spend time doing nothing and being lazy:
lie __________
5 continue: carry ______

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Unit 4 test
9 Complete the text with the correct form of the
Grammar verbs in the box. (10 marks)

7 Correct the underlined mistake in the sentences. be become meet not catch win
Write complete sentences. (5 marks)
If Paralympian sports star Jonnie Peacock
1 Unless we don’t hurry we will miss the bus.
(1) __________________ a childhood disease
_______________________________________
when he was five years old, and as a result lost one
_______________________________________
of his legs, would he still (2) __________________
2 I’ll go for a run if you came with me.
a sports champion? If Jonnie (3) _______________
_______________________________________
his hero, David Beckham, when he was seven
_______________________________________
years old, Jonnie certainly (4) _________________
3 If I had known you were ill, I won’t have asked
motivated to take up sports. And it’s true that if
you to help me tidy up.
Jonnie hadn’t taken part in the London 2012
_______________________________________
Paralympics, he (5) ______________________ a
_______________________________________
gold medal.
4 We would go to the beach tomorrow unless the
weather is bad.
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
5 We would gone on that holiday if we had the
money.
_______________________________________
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8 Complete the sentences with appropriate verbs

in the conditional form in brackets. (10 marks)
1 A What __________ you ___________ if you
____________ the lottery? (second conditional)
B A sports car and a big house in the
countryside!
2 You ___________________ more energy if you
_______ some exercise. (first conditional)
3 We _______________________ in that café and
got chatting if I ___________________ from my
flat in Madrid to that shared house in London.
(third conditional)
4 I ____________________ more vegetables if I
____________ them, but I hate the taste.
(second conditional)
5 If I ________ the job, I _______________ a new
car. (first conditional)

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Practical English Cumulative Review
10 Complete the dialogue. (10 marks)
11 Choose the correct option. (10 marks)
Stacey I feel tired all the time. I need to do more
exercise but I’m so busy. What do you Keeping fit has always been important to my family.
think I (1) _________ do? So when my parents and I (1) ___ to join some
James Well, (2) _________ I were you, I would friends on a skiing holiday, my parents were very
make some time to do exercise. It’s excited. At the time I was feeling quite low because
important for your health. I was stressed about my exam results. My parents
Stacey I know it is … Would you thought a holiday would (2) ___ me up. It started out
(3) _____________ joining a gym? great. The great thing about skiing is that if you
James My advice (4) ______________ be to find have a few lessons, you’ll get (3) ____ quickly. I
a sport you enjoy. Have you soon (4) ____ used to getting on and off the ski lifts
(5) ___________ about cycling? and by day two I (5) ____ to ski down the mountain.
Stacey I don’t know how to cycle and I don’t have Skiing is also a really good workout, although after a
a bike. few days I started to get (6) ____ muscles. On day
James What about running? four disaster struck. I was skiing down a mountain
Stacey That’s a good idea. I quite like running. when I (7) ____ into a tree. I soon realized that I
(8) ____ my leg. I spent the rest of the holiday lying
(9) ____ the apartment. I kept thinking that I
wouldn’t have broken my leg if I (10) ____ at home!

1 a invite b were invited c invited

d have invited
2 a chill b calm c cheer d cut
3 a involved b permission c better
d the most of
4 a got b get c make d made
5 a have learned b learn c learning
d had learned
6 a aching b sprained c bruised d itchy
7 a was crashing b crashed c had crashed
d have been crashing
8 a had broken b broke c was breaking
d have broken
9 a on b with c around d up
10 a had stayed b hadn’t stayed c wouldn’t stay
d stayed

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Unit 4 test

Reading
12 Match sentences A–F with spaces 1–4 in the www.thepositivityplace.co.gb
text. There are two sentences you do not need.
How I beat my negative thoughts
(4 marks)
by Duncan Ashworth
A The tiniest task, like walking a few steps,
seemed like climbing a mountain. On 7 July 2012 I was in a car accident and injured
B The hospital staff were amazing. my back. (1) ____ Before my accident I was a really
C One of the things that really made me feel bad active person. I ate healthily, played tennis and
were my thoughts about the past and the future. swam. I had a busy social life and a job as a lawyer.
D Being grateful helped to shift my attention from All that changed after my accident. I had to learn to
what I didn’t have to what I did have. walk again. (2) ____ The one thing I could still do
E I felt good when I achieved something. was use my laptop. So I started to write a diary and
F As a result I was in hospital for six months. reflect on my feelings.

(3) ____ I used to think, ‘If I hadn’t been in the

13 Read the text again. Then answer the questions.
Write complete sentences. (6 marks) accident, I wouldn’t be stuck in this hospital bed. If
my back doesn’t get better, I’ll never walk again.’ So
1 What kind of lifestyle did Duncan have before his
I decided that every time I had a thought like that I
accident?
would replace it with something positive. I used a
_______________________________________
meditation technique. It involved focusing on my
_______________________________________
breathing for a few minutes, then thinking about
2 What did Duncan do when he was meditating?
how I was feeling. If I felt stressed I would check my
_______________________________________
body to find out exactly where I felt stressed; for
_______________________________________
example, a tightness in my chest, or a pain in my
3 What was Duncan’s opinion of his roommate?
stomach. I would breathe into this area and try to
Why did Duncan feel this way?
imagine it was relaxing and all the stress was
_______________________________________
flowing out of my body.
_______________________________________
Another thing that helped me a lot was laughter. I
had a very entertaining roommate in the hospital
called Ian. He had broken both his legs in a
motorcycle accident. Despite what he was going
through, he never lost his sense of humour. He
made me laugh and this helped me a lot. Another
thing that helped me was being grateful. At the end
of every day I made a list of ten things I was grateful
for; it could be about the weather, something I
achieved or just the simple pleasure of a eating a
bar of chocolate. (4) ____

After six months I went home and eventually back to

my job. But something had changed inside me. I felt
stronger as a person. I felt more able to cope with
difficulties and challenges. I believe that if I hadn’t
been in that accident I wouldn’t have learned so
much about myself and about how we must think
positively about what life can throw at you.

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Writing Day 1: Tell readers what activity you have taken up.
Say where and when you do it and briefly describe
14 Write a blog about an activity you have recently your first experience of doing this activity.
taken up. You can invent one. Use the prompts
to help you. Use informal English. Write about Day 2: Give more details about what you do when
200 words. (15 marks) you are taking part in this activity. Describe what
reaction it produces in you and other people. Say
how you feel when you finish the activity. Say what
changes you think it might produce in you in the
future.
Day 3: Talk about another experience you had
while doing this activity. Reflect on what have you
learned from doing it. Briefly outline the objectives
that you are meant to achieve by doing it, e.g.
becoming healthier. Give your opinion on whether
continuing this activity will help you achieve these
objectives.

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Listening _____ /10 Cumulative Review _____ /10

Vocabulary _____ /20 Reading _____ /10
Grammar _____ /25 Writing _____ /15
Practical English _____ /10 TOTAL __________ /100

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