NAME…………………………………. SURNAME………………………………….
3 LICEO SCIENTIFICO
1 Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
1 He sometimes friends round in the evenings.
A puts B has C meets D sees
2 My friends are really hip-hop, but I don’t like it very much.
A at B on C into D about
3 She’s really keen computer games.
A in B at C on D to
4 Our exercise classes people of all abilities.
A make up B cater for
C take over D do with
5 James to lots of gigs because he loves live music.
A goes B attends C takes D does
6 His singing career off when he won The X Factor.
A put B came C took D got
7 A bad meal Robert to create a new app for reviewing restaurants.
A confirmed B took over
C gave D inspired
8 I’d like you to take what you said about me. It was very rude.
A up B off C out D back
2 Choose words to complete the sentences.
1 Next week a new manager is going to
our football team.
2 How do you manage to all the new music that’s out there?
3 I’m going to playing the guitar.
I really want to learn to play it.
4 My friend and I haven’t got a lot each other when it comes to music.
5 They often at the weekend. They just love live music.
6 My friend is the lead singer in that new rock band.
7 My sister loves going to museums, but
I them because they’re boring
1 Edward wanted to working, but he was 68 so he had to retire.
2 Don’t be by the reviews; the film is fantastic!
3 Emma thought she had finally when she was offered her first book deal.
4 I look a lot like my mother, but people say I my father in terms of our personality.
5 They their business from their home and it now employs over 200 people.
6 Helen doesn’t like trying new foods, but
I her going to the new Japanese restaurant with me, and we both loved it.
3 Complete the sentences with words formed from the words in capitals.
1 The interviewers are looking for people with high levels of , as well as strong qualifications.
SOCIAL
2 These chemicals can be very so take care when using them. HARM
3 Jenny is far more than I am. CAUTION
4 His idea is totally . He’ll never be able to do it. REAL
5 She wasn’t very when I told her about my accident. SYMPATHY
6 We’re that we’ll get into the university we want. HOPE
7 I think the internet is a really way of finding information. USE
8 We knew what he was going to do before he did it. He’s so . PREDICT
9 It’s important for me to buy a car.
I don’ t want to keep breaking down. RELY
4 Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
We had to work 1 hard to make a success of our business. We 2 admit that at times we argued
with each other and sometimes we were 3 furious with each other. Nevertheless, we stuck together
and
4 things have been going very 5 . If you look at this year’s results 6 , you can see what
we mean. We 7 have any time to argue these days.
1 A much B A bit C very D absolutely
2 A free B fairly C freely D quite
3 A very B absolutely C fairly D dreadfully
4 A recent B lately C hardly D close
5 A well B good C hard D much
6 A closely B nearly C freely D completely
7 A lately B quite C hardly D absolutely
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5 Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
Jake regretted 1 (not work) harder to pass his exams. He didn’t study hard enough to go to
university because he couldn’t stop 2 (go) out with his friends when he should have been studying.
However, he remembers one of his teachers 3 (say) that it was never too late to learn new things.
When he saw an advert to sail around the world, the advice his teacher gave encouraged him 4 (do)
it. He had always loved 5 (be) at sea, so he thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try
something challenging. The boat owner promised 6 (teach) him all about boats and sailing and
made him 7 (do) everything over and over again until he could do it perfectly. Although it took him
ages 8 (get) it right, he finally succeeded. Now he has his own boat charter business in the
Caribbean and has an amazing life.
6 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, Do not change the
word given. Use between 2 to 5 words
1. I saw the race begin because I arrived at the stadium on time
MISSED
If I hadn’t arrived at the stadium on time I………………………………..of the race
2 . I am sorry I went out last night
WISH
I……………………………………………….out last night
3. The meeting probably won’t last more than a few minutes
UNLIKELY
The meeting …………………………………..on for more than a few minutes
4. This time I didn’t manage to win first prize.
SUCCEED
I didn’t ……………………………….. first prize this time
5. It was impossible for us to go to school because of the bus strike.
PREVENTED
The bus strike………………………………………………………………to school
6. Karen doesn’t like to play the piano as much as I do
KEEN
Karen ……………………………………………playing the piano than I am.
7. Everyone thinks that the band has split up.
THOUGHT
The band ………………………………………………………up
8. Have they repaired your computer yet?
HAD
Have ………………………………………..yet?
9. I have decided that in future I am not going to eat chocolate
GIVE
I have decided that I am going to …………………………………………. Chocolate
10. It was foolish of you to ride your bike so fast
SHOULD
You ………………………………………………………….. your bike so fast
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Unit 1 Test
1
1B 2C 3C 4B 5A 6C 7D 8D
2
1 take over 2 keep up with 3 take up 4 in common with 5 go to gigs 6 mad about 7 can’t stand
3
1 is having, never takes 2 tastes, is tasting 3 is selling, happens 4 is appearing, Do you think
4
1 would always take 2 am/’m used to playing 3 used to perform 4 am/’m getting used to living
5 would never argue 6 used to work 7 would wash
Unit 2 Test
1
1 sociability 2 harmful 3 cautious 4 unrealistic 5 sympathetic 6 hopeful 7 useful 8 predictable 9
reliable
2
1 carry on 2 put off 3 made it 4 take after 5 set up 6 talked, into
3
1C 2C 3B 4B 5A 6A 7C
4
1 not working 2 going 3 saying 4 to do 5 being 6 to teach 7 do 8 to get
Unit 3 Test
1
1 by 2 about 3 about 4 within 5 in 6 about/by 7 by 8 with
2
1 sense 2 waste 3 away 4 made 5 mouth 6 value 7 living
3
1 has/’s been working here for 2 much more expensive than 3 one of the most intelligent
4 regard him as 5 have/’ve already seen
4
1 like 2 most 3 since 4 a 5 like 6 as 7 much 8 ago 9 lot 10 yet
