Cumulative Test 1
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
Group A
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____
Total: ___/60
VOCABULARY 2 Complete the sentences with the
missing words. The first letters are
given. There is one space for each
1 Complete the sentences with the missing letter.
correct form of the verbs in the box.
There are two extra verbs.
I’m really not looking forward to w r i t i n g
my d i s s e r t a t i o n. It’s the most
burst give hesitate acquire important assignment you have to do at
go have split scrape university and I’m not very good at writing.
At ten o’clock the lights will go out and 1 The doctor gave me such a big pill I could
there must be silence in the room. hardly s _ _ _ _ _ _ it.
2 I must admit that it wasn’t my idea. Jack
was the b _ _ _ _ _ b _ _ _ _ _ this whole
1 Just by living abroad I’ve _____________
plan.
a skill for learning languages. It comes
3 My grandmother has a m _ _ _ _ _ like
more naturally to me now. a s _ _ _ _. Yesterday she forgot to lock
2 That test was so hard, most of us only just her front door and today she left her
glasses on the bus!
______________ through. I can’t believe
4 The interviewer made me f _ _ _ at
I passed. e _ _ _ by starting with easy questions and
smiling a lot. I think that helped me to get
3 The story was so sad that I ____________
the job.
into tears. It was so embarrassing.
5 It’s OK, I heard you l _ _ _ and c _ _ _ _.
4 The worst way to ______________ up You don’t have to keep repeating it!
____/5
with someone is by sending them a text
message.
3 Translate the phrases in brackets into
5 It’s best not to ______________ before English.
jumping into cold water. Just go for it.
My sister went out with (spotykała się, była
____/5
w związku z) her boyfriend for just over
a year.
1 She didn’t answer when the teacher asked
her what she was doing. She just _______
_________________________________
(wzruszyła ramionami).
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Cumulative Test 1
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
Group A
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____
2 At first I ___________________________ 5 By the time they arrived, we had waited /
(czułam pociąg do) his looks. Later had been waiting for over an hour!
I discovered his caring personality. ____/5
3 Many students in the final year of school
5 Complete the sentences with the
_________________________________ correct form of the verbs in brackets.
(wyznaczają bardzo wysokie standardy) I can’t imagine living (live) in a flat like that.
for themselves, which can cause a lot of It’s tiny.
stress.
1 My teachers advised me ______________
4 I’m sure she’ll get a well-paid job in Spain.
(drop) Maths.
She has __________________________
2 Do you fancy _______________ (come)
(doskonała znajomość hiszpańskiego) and
to the cinema with us?
has a lot of experience.
3 There was a delay and they ___________
5 The only way you can ________________
________________ (not even / start) the
_________________________________
game when we came.
(pogłębić swoją wiedzę) is through hard
4 Julia’s eyes were all red, so I could see
work.
that she ____________________ (cry).
____/5
5 Will your parents let you ______________
(go) to the music festival?
GRAMMAR
____/5
4 Choose the correct option.
We suggest that you wear / you wearing
sunscreen during the hottest months of the 6 Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
year. One sentence is correct.
1 Sam used to be / would be my best friend, That’s the man who’s house burnt down.
but we don’t get on so well now. That’s the man whose house burnt down.
2 My little brother was really annoying when
he was younger. He will always take / was 1 The girl which sits next to me is very good
at Maths.
always taking my things without asking
__________________________________
me!
__________________________________
3 My parents make me to do / do my
homework before I have supper.
4 He warned me don’t be / not to be late.
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Cumulative Test 1
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
Group A
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____
2 The sandwiches selling by that shop are 1 A find B keep
really good. C meet D have
__________________________________ 2 A On B At
__________________________________ C For D In
3 They didn’t leave any food for us, what
was annoying. 3 A for B with
C by D to
__________________________________
4 A additionally B equally
__________________________________
C same D strongly
4 The boy sitting by the window is my
cousin. 5 A to apply B to applying
__________________________________ C that they apply D for applying
__________________________________ ____/5
5 They live in Exeter, that is a very nice city.
__________________________________
__________________________________ 8 Complete the text with one word in each
gap.
____/5
When I was younger I had a really bad memory.
USE OF ENGLISH I 1 __________ always leaving my phone or
school bag on the bus and I 2 __________ use to
remember anyone’s birthday! Then last year my
7 Read the text and choose the correct
answer, A, B, C or D. little brother got really upset because I 3 ________
forgotten his birthday yet again. I felt really bad,
Any student _____ wishes to apply for the and it 4 __________ me realise that I needed to
position of school president must 1 _____ the do something about my poor memory. I decided
requirements listed in the school handbook. to spend a few minutes each day doing some
2
_____ addition, you are expected to attend an brain-training exercises, 5 __________ was really
interview with the head teacher. This will be difficult at first but soon got easier. Now my
followed 3 _____ a meeting for all final year memory is much better, and I always remember
students, where they will have the opportunity to my friends’ birthdays – well, nearly always!
ask questions. As well as having good exam ____/5
results, it’s 4 _____ important that you have good
communication skills. The results will be
announced on Friday morning. All students are
encouraged 5 _____.
A which B who
C whose D whom
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Cumulative Test 1
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
Group A
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____
9 Think of one word which fits both 10 Complete the second sentence so that
sentences in each pair. it has a similar meaning to the first. Use
between two and five words including
She has very strong feelings about helping the word in capitals. Do not change the
homeless people in her city. word given.
I know you’re upset but you have to be
strong. Don’t let this ruin your life. I always think about summer when I hear
that song. REMINDS
1 He was extremely happy that he
__________ a scholarship to study there. That song always reminds me of summer.
He couldn’t afford the fees on his own.
1 We lived in Edinburgh when I was a child.
My brother almost __________ expelled
USED
for breaking a window at school, but it was
an accident. We _____________________________
in Edinburgh when I was a child.
2 Seeing the cat jogged my __________
that I needed to buy cat food. 2 Jack always messed around in class!
WAS
I have a vivid __________ of that day on
Jack _____________________________
the beach. I almost feel like I am there
now. in class!
3 Watch out! That __________ is huge. 3 We were still painting the wall when it
Let’s move further up the beach where the started to rain. FINISHED
water is calmer. We ______________________________
the wall when it started to rain.
She turned and gave me a __________
as she walked away.
4 She takes my clothes without asking me.
4 Make sure the work space is neat and It’s really annoying. KEEPS
__________ before you go home this She ______________________________
evening. without asking me, it’s really annoying.
I have to __________ my room before my
cousins come over. Otherwise they won’t 5 The policeman reprimanded us for
have anywhere to sleep! entering private property. OFF
We ______________________________
5 She’s a larger-than-__________ for entering private property by the
character. The things she has achieved policeman.
are amazing. ____/5
The room was so quiet until he arrived. He
really is the __________ and soul of the ____/50
party.
____/5
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Cumulative Test 1
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
Group A
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____
READING It’s now generally accepted that there are five
main personality types. These are
11 Read the text. For questions 1–5, conscientiousness, which is connected to your
choose the correct answer, A, B, C goals and how sensitive you are towards them.
or D. Agreeableness, whether a person is insecure and
seeks approval from others or trusts in their own
abilities. Extraversion, whether or not you enjoy
The power of personality socialising. Neuroticism, how you respond to
threats, and finally openness, whether you are
‘He has a great personality!’ That’s how Bill, who daring when it comes to new experiences or
later became my husband, was first described to prefer to keep things the way they are.
me by my best friend. What she was trying to tell Of these five traits, the one that seems easiest to
me in those five innocent words was that the man change is neuroticism. Research shows that over
I was about to meet was less than attractive. And time, everyone’s personality changes. It just
it’s true, you wouldn’t notice him in a crowd. But happens so gradually that we don’t notice. Since
he really does have a great personality. From the neuroticism is linked to poor health and a reduced
first time we talked I was attracted to him, and lifespan, it’s the one that people are most likely to
after a few short weeks we fell madly in love. seek help for, usually through therapy. When the
Our idyllic life together was shattered a few years right help is given, rather than a gradual change,
later when I almost lost Bill. In some sense I did such as the growth of a plant or the erosion of a
lose him. Bill was driving home from work when cliff, the changes in terms of neuroticism are far
he lost control of his car and crashed, leading to easier to identify. Instead of thirty or forty years it
months in hospital. When he finally regained can take as little as a month.
consciousness, the good-natured, affectionate Bill With that in mind, Bill and I have been on a
I used to know had been replaced by a much mission to help him regain some of the identity he
more self-critical and insecure version. had before his accident. Scientific papers state
As a psychology student I’d studied theories on that one way to change the mechanisms of
what makes us who we are, whether we are a behaviour is to focus on strengths and resources
product of nature or nurture and how far we can rather than problems, and finding ways these
choose our identity. I’d even read up on a few strengths can help you. Since Bill has always
cases where people had suffered catastrophic been very athletic, we found ways for him to
events and seemingly woken up with whole new channel his anger through learning martial arts,
personalities. It was only when I witnessed it first- which he has gone on to compete in successfully.
hand that I became fascinated. We still have a long way to go, but there are more
The tendency to classify people into personality and more glimpses of the old Bill showing
types goes way back, even as far as the Ancient through, and I have no doubt that this will
Greeks. They believed people could be continue as we keep working together.
categorised into four main humours, not dissimilar
to the more modern Myers-Briggs test which is
based on a wider range of sixteen personality 1 The writer’s friend focussed on Bill’s personality
types. Another field of thought, professed by because
Walter Mischel, was that behaviour was much A she didn’t know what he looked like.
more dependent on the situation a person found B she believed it was his most attractive
themselves in, rather than something present
quality.
from birth.
C he had a similar personality to the writer.
D it was the easiest way to identify him in
a crowd.
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Cumulative Test 1
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
Group A
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____
2 The writer became really interested in theories
about personality when
A she was studying psychology.
B she read cases about people whose
personalities had changed.
C she noticed changes in Bill.
D she started working as a psychologist.
3 Walter Mischel suggested that
A behaviour is fixed from birth.
B there are sixteen different personality
types.
C people have the power to change their
situations.
D the way people behave is deeply affected
by the circumstances around them.
4 Research shows that
A it’s impossible to notice changes in your
own personality.
B it takes up to forty years for personality to
change.
C neuroticism is the trait that people most
commonly want to work on.
D poor health is linked to having therapy for
personality disorders.
5 Bill is now
A slowly returning to his only self.
B as confident as he was before the
accident.
C focussing on his problems.
D returning to his hobby of martial arts.
____/10
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