Vocabulary 20 points
1 Choose the correct answer. (4 points)
1. Many workers arrived late because there had been a crime rate / traffic jam / residential area.
2. My city has got many slums / gangs / green spaces where people like to go.
3. Christine felt left out / pulled her weight / got along with at the party because no one talked to her.
4. It was very homeless / low-income / considerate of you to help the old man.
2 Complete the sentences. (8 points)
1. The walls of the subway are dirty and covered with g … … … … … … … .
2. There is less u … … … … … … … … … … … since the new factories opened.
3. They c … … … … … … to work by bus every day.
4. I s … … … … my bedroom with my older sister.
5. The s … … … … … where my family lives is only a 30-minute drive from the city centre.
6. Tom will l … … … you his warm coat for your skiing trip.
7. They always t … … … … their guests like part of the family.
8. The tourists were shocked to see how many people live in p … … … … … … in India.
3 Complete the sentences with the words and expressions below. (8 points)
took advantage of in charge of see eye to eye sense of belonging well-being litter
juvenile delinquency reached a compromise
1. I don’t want Luke to join our study group because I don’t ……………………………… with him.
2. We ……………………………… the good weather and went running in the park.
3. It’s important that new students have a ……………………………… in our school.
4. At first we didn’t agree, but we finally ……………………………… .
5. Many families are leaving the neighbourhood because there is a problem with ……………………………… .
6. Last year, Lucy was ……………………………… the school volunteer programme.
7. The people who had a picnic here left all their ……………………………… . Let’s find another place.
8. The doctor wants you to change your diet because he has your ……………………………… in mind.
Grammar 30 points
1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the First or Zero Conditional
or time clauses. (8 points)
1. We …………………… (discuss) it as soon as I …………………… (get) home.
2. They …………………… (not enjoy) it unless it …………………… (be) an action film.
3. If Max …………………… (not tell) the truth this time, no one …………………… (believe)
him in the future.
4. She usually …………………… (talk) to her mum if she …………………… (need) advice.
2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Second Conditional. (6 points)
1. If Andy …………………… (be) taller, he …………………… (try out) for the basketball team.
2. You …………………… (play) the guitar better if you …………………… (practise) every day.
3. People …………………… (like) her more if she …………………… (not complain) all the time.
3 Write sentences with the words below. Use the Third Conditional. (6 points)
1. the plants / not die / if / you / water / them
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2. I / arrive / earlier / if / I / not get / lost
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3. if / she / not forget / her purse / she / pay / the bill
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4 Choose the correct answer. (10 points)
Many places in the US have started a neighbourhood watch programme in which
volunteers walk or drive around the neighbourhood at night. When they 1. see / saw /
had seen something suspicious, they 2. call / would call / would have called the
police. For example, a volunteer in Syracuse, New York, prevented a car theft. If he
3.
wouldn’t drive / hadn’t driven / drove past the car park, he 4. won’t notice /
wouldn’t have noticed / hadn’t noticed the strangers hanging around.
Neighbourhood watch programmes also improve the quality of life in the community.
How 5. will you feel / did you feel / would you feel if the house next to you 6. had /
will have / had had a garden full of rubbish? In one town, the volunteers talked to
the owner and solved the problem. Neighbourhood watch programmes 7. succeeded /
will succeed / would succeed if neighbours 8. will watch out / watched out /
watch out for each other. Many people feel that if they 9. hadn’t started /
wouldn’t start / didn’t start a neighbourhood watch programme, the safety and
quality of life in their communities 10. would not improve / don’t improve /
would not have improved.
