TESTS

UNIT 7 TEST 3 It was snowing so hard we had to over and

stop. We couldn’t see out of the windscreen and we
were worried about getting in the car
GRAMMAR overnight.
4 Heavy rain has resulted in in parts of the
1 Complete the extracts with the correct form of the south-west. Some homes are under water.
verbs in brackets. 5 Suddenly, we the fog. We couldn’t see a
While they 1 (walk) in the mountains, a thing.
heavy storm suddenly 2 (come) in from /8
the west. Neither of them 3 (experience) 5 Complete the sentences with so, as or like.
such a terrible storm before. They 4 1 There were something a thousand
(decide) to hide in a cave until the worst of the people there at the concert!
storm 5 (blow) over. 2 Our hotel was magical a place as you
could possibly imagine.
I6 (live) in Greece when I first 7 3 Andy is a great entertainer, but his brother is nothing
(meet) Susie. She just 8 (walk) into the bar as good.
where I 9 (work). She 10 (be) 4 The weather was awful that we stayed
the prettiest girl I 11 (ever / see), and I indoors all week.
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(fall) in love with her at first sight. 5 I had never been to a concert before where the music
/ 12 was loud that I had to put earplugs in.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct participle 6 The clouds are lovely and white as ice
form of the verb in brackets. cream.
1 All the people (invite) to the party were 7 Steve drove fast that I thought we were
able to come. going to crash.
2 The number of people (injure) in the /7
explosion has doubled. 6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
3 Children (play) near the railway line were the words in the box. Use the same word for each
warned about the dangers by police. sentence in the pair.
4 A thief (arrest) outside the bank has
admitted the crime. blossom gather plant root settle stem
5 The huge crowds (wait) outside the storm water
stadium were disappointed when the star left early.
6 There is some awful weather (move) in 1 a The falling snow on the rooftops.
from the north. b Drink this to your stomach.
7 An egg (throw) at the politician’s head 2 a It took ages to dig out the of the old
narrowly missed its target. apple tree after we had chopped it down.
8 The number of holidaymakers (leave) the b The investigation hopes to find the of
country this weekend is lower than in recent years. the problem.
/8 3 a Could you the plants in the living room
for me while I’m away?
VOCABULARY b All the in the pools had dried up
under the strong sunlight.
3 Match the weather words 1–7 to the groups of 4 a His writing career didn’t begin to until
words a–g. he had completed his fifth novel.
1 storm a humid, boiling, unbearable b In the spring, the cherry on the trees
2 heat b thick, sudden, lift is a beautiful sight.
3 wind c loud, flashes, thunder 5 a A large crowd has begun to in front of
4 rain d freeze, blue, death the palace to wait for the announcement.
5 cold e clouds, soaked, miserable b We have hired some people to help
6 fog f skid, settle, fall the apple harvest before the bad weather starts.
7 snow g strong, sail, damage 6 a The two brother have always had a
/7 relationship. They’re always arguing and fighting.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the b The weather’s looking . Close all the
verbs in the box. windows.
7 a The flowers have very long and look
hit pour blow stick pull ease turn flood beautiful in the garden.
b The fair in our village from an ancient
1 It down all week, and there’s water festival hundreds of years ago.
everywhere. Now it to hail and I can hear 8 a Terrorists have a bomb in the building
it hammering on the windows. so the police have asked everybody to leave.
2 Last night’s powerful winds down the b We have hundreds of different in our
garage. Fortunately, the winds off now, so garden.
we can get outside and start repairs. /8 / 50

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