Unit Language Test 1 | Group A

VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH

Name: _____________________ Class: ____

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VOCABULARY GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences using a word from 3 Choose the correct option to complete the
Box A and a word from Box B. sentences.

Box A 0 What ___ you ___ between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.

cold dark highly no nuts soft yesterday evening?
a did … do
Box B
b were … doing
about fish horse matter strung c have … done
touch 1 I ___ him all morning, but he isn’t answering his
0 She suffered a great deal as a child, and as phone.
a result she is a very highly strung adult. a ‘ve rung
1 He always looks scruffy, ______________ b was ringing
______________ what clothes he wears. c ’ve been ringing
2 Jane is ______________ ______________ 2 In September, she ___ in Edinburgh for five
Sherlock Holmes. She’s seen all the films and years.
read all the books. a will have been living
3 Nobody imagines that Tom would win the b has been living
tournament because nobody even knew he c has lived
was running in it. He’s a real ______________ 3 I’m going to read a chapter a day. By this time
______________. next week, I ___ reading the whole book.
4 Mrs Huppert won’t give in to pressure. a ’ll have finished
She certainly isn’t what you’d call b ’ll finish
a ______________ ______________. c ’ll be finishing
5 Brad doesn’t really mix with people socially. 4 What ___ you ___ between 2 o’clock and 6
To tell you the truth, he’s a bit of o’clock tomorrow afternoon?
a ______________ ______________. a will … do
b will … have done
___ / 5 c will … be doing
5 Will Stan ___ to the cinema with us next
2 Complete the sentences with the correct Friday?
form of the verbs in the box. There are three a coming
extra verbs. b be coming
come deduce have imply keep get c have come
grasp nurture recognize ___ / 5

0 Can you keep an eye on my dog while I go to

the shop?
1 To be honest, it ______________ as quite
a shock to find out that Jean had left home.
2 The reason he is so mean to everyone all the
time is because he ______________ a kick out
of seeing the control he has over us.
3 When you say that I’m a bit antisocial, are you
trying to ______________ that I’m unfriendly?
4 To help children grow up in a healthy
environment, you have to ______________
them from day one, helping them develop as
they discover the world.
5 From the information you have given me about
this man, I ______________ that he is
a difficult person to deal with so please proceed
with caution.
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 Unit Language Test 1 | Group A
VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH
Name: _____________________ Class: ____

4 Complete the text with the correct form of 6 Complete the second sentence using the
the verbs in brackets. word in bold so that it means the same as
the first one. Do not change the word in
I’ve been reading an article in a science magazine bold. Use no more than five words including
about memory and it’s fascinating. Apparently, our the word in bold.
earliest memory dates back to when we were
0 Joan has the irritating habit of talking in the
about four years old. I 0 ’ve been thinking (think)
cinema.
about this and that’s not my case at all; I can’t
ALWAYS
remember anything about that period of my life, no
Joan is always talking in the cinema!
matter how hard I try. My earliest memory is that of
1 I was waiting for an hour before the bus finally
a family holiday when I 1 ____________________
arrived.
(just / turn) six. In this particular memory,
HAD
I remember I 2 ____________________ (sit) on
By the time the bus finally arrived,
the beach building a sandcastle when a huge
I ______________________________ for an
wave appeared from nowhere and destroyed it in
hour.
a split second! I was very upset, because
2 I started working here exactly one year ago
I 3 ____________________ (build) the castle for
next Friday so let’s buy a cake to celebrate!
a long time and dug a moat around the base of it.
WILL
It’s a very vivid memory and
I ______________________________ here for
I 4 ____________________ (never / question)
exactly one year next Friday so let’s buy a cake
whether it’s real or not. But just the other day,
to celebrate!
when I 5 ____________________ (talk) to my
3 This is my third visit to the dentist this week.
mum about our family holidays, I realized that it
TIME
can’t be a real memory. My mum hates sand so
This is the _____________________________
we never went to the beach for our holidays when
_________ the dentist this week.
I was a child!
4 Next time you see me, my hair will be short
___ / 5 after having it cut.
WILL
USE OF ENGLISH Next time you see me
5 Complete the text with the correct words I ______________________________ my hair
formed from the words in bold. cut short.
5 Are you planning to go to the concert on Friday
What kind of person are you? Are you a passive, evening?
0 discrete (DISCRETION) person, going with the
BE
flow and letting things be? Or are you Will ______________________________ to
a 1 ______________ (GET), a mover and shaker, the concert on Friday evening?
always seeking things out? Everyone is unique
and we all behave in different ways. Some genetic ___ / 5
scientists and biologists say our personality is TOTAL ___ / 30
2 ______________ (INHERIT), that personality is

carried in our genes. They say that outgoing

parents give birth to outgoing 3 ______________
(SPRING) and similarly, shy children probably
have shy parents too. But not everyone agrees
with this view. Some studies have shown that
personality is developed through upbringing and
education. 4 ______________ (PROPOSE) of this
theory believe that parents play an important role
in influencing a child’s personality traits, but not
through genetic means. But maybe it’s more
complicated than that, and these opinions are a(n)
5 ______________ (SIMPLIFY) of how our

personalities are created? There is probably an

element of truth in both views.

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