Vocabulary and Grammar Test Unit 4 Test A
Name: ___________________________________________
Vocabulary
1 Match the verbs (1–6) to the phrases (A–F).
1 spread A a way of life that is dying out
2 contaminate B people from one village to another village
3 relocate C a disease among a community
4 preserve D houses during a terrible flood
5 wash away E on rice and water during a famine
6 survive F the drinking water with pollution
Mark: ___ / 6
2 Complete the sentences with words formed from the prefixes in A and the root words in B.
A inter- semi- over- dis- co- under-
B permanent crowded cook act operating appear
1 The Indian city of Kolkata is ____________ . There are too many people living there.
2 Health workers in Kolkata are working together. By ____________ , they hope to relieve poverty
and disease.
3 One problem they face is that people don’t prepare food properly. If you ____________ food, it
may make you unwell.
4 Kolkata is so large that some poor children ____________ into its narrow streets. People don’t
know where they are.
5 People in Kolkata sometimes build their own homes. These ____________ houses are
dangerous and often fall down.
6 Health workers have to ____________ with people of different cultures and religions. It’s hard to
communicate with everybody.
Mark: ___ / 12
3 Complete the text with the correct prepositions.
Save the whales
Do you believe 1____________ protecting the greatest creatures in the sea from people who hunt
them? If so, join our protest 2____________ the whaling industry. We set 3____________ our
campaign to help whales in 2001 because we really care 4____________ the ecology of our planet.
Belong 5____________ our organization and insist 6____________ an end to whaling. Remember
that the whales are relying 7____________ you!
Mark: ___ / 7
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4 Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 We are raising / aiding / transforming money to support good causes.
2 Jim went / took / got part in a marathon at the weekend.
3 It’s urgent that we volunteer / donate / address these problems immediately.
4 Working in Africa is going to address / raise / transform my life. It won’t be the same after that
experience.
5 I’d like to raise / volunteer / address my help. I don’t want to be paid. I just want to do all I can
to make things better.
6 I’m going to donate / address / support all the money I earn this weekend to charity.
7 Amy is going to volunteer / take part in / donate a huge charity event this weekend. She’s
looking forward to being there.
8 Our school is supporting / volunteering / donating a campaign to help poor villagers by
collecting second-hand clothes.
9 Poverty in this region needs to be addressed. We hope to raise / transform / volunteer this
difficult situation by investing in jobs.
10 This campaign will donate / volunteer / raise awareness of how rapidly the rainforest is
disappearing.
11 We’ve donated / addressed / raised our old clothes to charity. We didn’t need them so we have
given them away.
Mark: ___ / 11
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Grammar
5 Complete the sentences with the best future form of the verbs in brackets. Use will +
infinitive, going to + infinitive, the present simple or the present continuous. Sometimes
more than one answer is possible.
1 I’ve decided to help homeless people. I ____________ (donate) money to a homeless shelter.
2 According to the timetable, the charity’s next event ____________ (take) place on 9 May.
3 I think I ____________ (work) for a charity next summer. It’s a good thing to do.
4 Penny works too hard as an aid worker. She ____________ (have) a breakdown.
5 On Tuesday, I ____________ (meet) some of the protesters for lunch.
6 I’ve decided to become active in local politics. I ____________ (stand) in the council election.
Mark: ___ / 6
6 Circle the correct words to complete the text.
I’m not sure, but I think I 1might / will join PickUp, the recycling campaign in our community. The
next PickUp campaign 2starts / will start at 10 a.m. next Saturday morning in the park, so I
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’m meet / ’m meeting my friends for coffee at 9.30, then we’ve decided that we 4’re going to ask /
’re asking the organizers if we can join. I hope it 5’ll be / ’s going to be a fun and rewarding thing to
do. My friend Jo 6will bring / is going to bring some large bags to put rubbish in. She’s already
bought them. And Simon, my other friend, has promised that he 7brings / ’ll bring some bags, too.
Our actions 8may / will definitely change our community for the better!
Mark: ___ / 8
7 Penny is raising money for charity next Saturday. Look at her itinerary. Then write future
continuous or future perfect sentences from the prompts.
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. work in the charity shop
12 p.m. to 2 p.m. collect money in the street
2 p.m. go home
1 At 10 a.m. / Penny / work in the charity shop.
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2 By 12.15 p.m. / she / finish work in the charity shop.
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3 At 1 p.m. / Penny / collect money in the street.
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4 At 1.30 p.m. / she / not work in the charity shop.
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5 By 3 p.m. / Penny / go back home.
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Mark: ___ / 10
TOTAL MARKS: ___ / 60
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