Unit 4

Basic Test

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LANGUAGE IN ACTION 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form

of the adjectives in brackets.
1 Write sentences and questions with could or 1 A firefighter’s job is harder (hard)
couldn’t.
than a refuse collector’s. (comparative)
1 I / buy / the tickets. the saddest
2 This is (sad) day of my life.
I could buy the tickets. (superlative)
2 Yusuf / sell / his camera. 3 Some jobs are more difficult (difficult)
Yusuf could sell his camera. than others. (comparative)
3 They / not lend / me / any money. 4 This is the worst (bad) job in the
They couldn’t lend me any money. world! (superlative)
4 How much / you / save? 5 Some things are more important (important)
How much could you save? than money. (comparative)
5 I / not borrow / ten euros. 6 Thomas is funnier (funny) than Matt.
I couldn’t borrow ten euros. (comparative)

6 Dan / earn / enough money? 5

Could Dan earn enough money?
5 Match the beginnings with the endings to make
5 sentences.
1 My dad is too b
2 Complete the table with the comparative or 2 We haven’t got enough chairs d
superlative form of the adjectives.
3 I ate too much cake c
adjective comparative superlative f
4 I have too many
small smaller 1 the smallest
a
5 I think it’s too cold
interesting 2 more interesting the most
6 We haven’t got enough money e
interesting
good better 3 the best a to wear shorts today.

happy 4 happier the happiest b old to skateboard.

big 5 bigger 6 the biggest c at my birthday party.

d for everyone to sit around the table.
5 e to buy a pizza.
f clothes for this small wardrobe.
3 Circle the correct option.
1 You are shorter / more short than me. 5
2 What’s the city most interesting /
the most interesting city in the world?
6 Circle the correct option.
1 You spend too much / too many money.
3 I think firefighters have a more dangerous job
2 I haven’t got too many / enough time to do all
than / that police officers.
my homework.
4 What’s the quicker / quickest way to get
3 This book is too / too much long!
to the park?
4 We get enough / too many tests at school!
5 Yoghurt is healthier / the most healthy than
5 We haven’t got enough / too many food.
cheese.
6 This shirt is too much / too big for me.
6 This skateboard is more expensive /
the most expensive than that one. 5
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VOCABULARY LISTENING
7 Circle the correct option. 10 UT4 L isten and circle the correct job for each
1 How much money did you sell / spend speaker.
at the shops? 1 Speaker 1 is a paramedic / firefighter .
2 Can you change / save 50 euros for five tens? 2 Speaker 2 is a surgeon / charity worker.
3 I owe / earn Chris 20 euros. 3 Speaker 3 is a lawyer / police officer.
4 These trousers didn’t pay / cost a lot. 4 In Speaker 3’s job, every day is different /
5 Professional footballers are rich because they the same.
earn / borrow a lot of money. 9
6 Can you borrow / lend me ten euros?
5 11 L isten again. Are the sentences T (true) or
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F (false)?
1 Speaker 1 always wanted to do this job
8 Complete the sentences with the words
when he was young. F
in the box.
2 Speaker 1 thinks that children often like
borrow earn owe pay save sell his job. T
1 I owe my best friend 30 euros! 3 Speaker 1 says that his job is always
dangerous. F
2 Can I pay you the money back later?
4 Speaker 2 thinks that her job is difficult. T
3 What do they sell in that shop?
5 Speaker 2 doesn’t like her job. F
4 Why don’t you borrow some money from
your sister? 6 Speaker 3 says that her job is often boring. F
5 You can save a lot of money when you 7 Speaker 3 thinks that her job is difficult. T
don’t go on holiday.
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6 How much can I earn babysitting?

9 Circle the correct option.

1 A carer / volunteer often helps old people.
2 A police officer / lifeguard often works on
a beach.
3 A paramedic / surgeon travels in an ambulance.
4 A police officer / firefighter stops criminals.
5 A lawyer / volunteer works but doesn’t earn
any money.
6 A vet / carer works with animals.
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READING 14 Circle the correct meaning of the words
highlighted in the text.
12 Read the newspaper article. 1 hero  someone who does something brave /
crazy
Seventeen-year-old lifeguard is a hero! 2 gorgeous very nice / cold
It was a gorgeous day at a children’s swimming pool 3 still happy / not moving
in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. It was one of 4 chest part of your body / a kind of bag
the hottest days of the year. Lots of children were
playing happily. Kate Winn, a seventeen-year-old
5 breathing moving your head /
student, was there, too. But she wasn’t enjoying the taking air into your body
sun or the water. She was working as a lifeguard and 6 turned up left / arrived
it was her first day on the job. 5
As she was looking at the pool, she could see a
young boy. He was lying completely still in the WRITING
water. Immediately, Kate jumped into the pool. She
swam quickly to the boy and took him out of the
15 Circle the correct option.
1 In my opinion / think, firefighters have a very
pool. Then she saw that he wasn’t breathing! Kate
started to push his chest again and again. After a dangerous job.
few seconds, the boy started breathing. Then the 2 First point / of all, I want to talk about a typical
paramedics turned up. day for a charity worker.
‘I don’t feel like a hero,’ she said afterwards. ‘I was 3 Me / Personally, I think that refuse collectors
part of a team and I was the first to arrive.’ don’t earn enough money.
4 I believe / have that we need more police
Circle the correct option. officers on the streets.
1 The weather was nice / horrible. 5 To sum down / up, vets and doctors do an
important job.
2 Kate Winn was studying / working at the pool.
6 Of / In my opinion, teachers don’t earn enough
3 The young boy was in / next to the pool.
money.
4 The boy walked / didn’t walk out of the pool.
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5 Kate tried to help / talk to the boy.
6 The paramedics / Kate saved the boy’s life. 16 Choose one of the following topics. Do you
agree? Write an opinion essay. Use the prompts
10 below to help you.
Write at least 100 words.
13 Read the text again. Are the sentences T (true) • Money is too important in today’s world.
or F (false)?
1 The children liked the pool. T • It’s important to earn a lot of money.
2 It was a new job for Kate. T Paragraph 1
3 Kate wasn’t sure what to do at the • Introduce the topic and give your opinion.
beginning. F Paragraph 2
4 Kate saved the boy because she opened • Give a reason for your opinion.
his mouth. F Paragraph 3
5 The boy was breathing before the • Give a second reason for your opinion.
paramedics arrived. T
Paragraph 4
6 Kate said that the paramedics arrived
• Summarise your opinion.
before her. F
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TOTAL SCORE 100

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