Unit 9

Standard Test

GRAMMAR Clara said that she __________ a strange noise

outside, and offered to check what it was.
1 Complete with the verbs in the box.
4 “I’m waiting for a friend.”
not to tell to come to watch When I met Tom on the street, he said that
he __________ for a friend.
wasn’t going to would be
5 “We’re going to get married in the summer!”
1 I told my friend __________ to the theater Yesterday, Paula and Harry announced that
30 minutes before the movie starts. they __________ married in the summer.
2 I discovered a really funny video on the internet 5
and told my friends __________ it.
4 Complete the reported questions with the
3 I thought the book was very dull, so I insisted correct form of the words in parentheses. Add
that I __________ continue reading it. any other necessary words.
4 Anna secretly told me her plans and asked me 1 I asked Sam __________ (he / have) ever
__________ anyone else about them. needed to complain in a restaurant.
5 My teacher confirmed that there __________ a 2 I asked my mother __________
test in the next few weeks. (my bag / be), because I couldn’t find it.
5 3 Kitty asked her friends if __________ (they /
listen) to the song she had sent them.
2 Underline and correct one mistake in each
4 Sally asked her brother what books __________
sentence.
(he / like) reading.
1 My grandma told me that she has thought
5 The train was late, and Frank asked me
about becoming a nurse. __________
__________ (it / arrive). Eventually, it came
2 I suggested to buy a new phone to replace your 50 minutes late.
old one. __________
5
3 Ben has refused coming hiking with me,
because of the weather. __________ 5 Read the conversation. Then complete the
4 My friend denied that he tells any lies during reported statements and questions.
our conversation last week. __________
LANA Why was your brother angry with you?
5 The weather forecast said that it will snow this
morning, but it didn’t. __________ DAN Oh, because I didn’t ask him, “Can I use
your T-shirt?” What do you and your
5 brother argue about?
3 Complete the reported statement so that it LANA About music and movies. Yesterday he
means the same as the direct statement. wanted to watch a horror movie, but I
didn’t!
1 “I want some new shoes.”
My sister told me that she __________ some Lana asked Dan 1__________ had been angry with
new shoes. him. Dan hadn’t asked his brother 2__________ his
2 “I didn’t go to the party because I was tired.” T-shirt. Dan asked 3__________ and her brother
argued about. Lana said that she and 4__________
I admitted to my friend the reason why I
__________ to her party. about music and movies. She said that she
5
__________ to watch a horror movie yesterday.
3 “I’ve heard a strange noise outside. Should I
check what it is?” 10

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VOCABULARY 5

6 Circle the correct options. LISTENING

1 Maria has just … to everyone that she’s going to 9 Listen to a news report. Are the sentences
have a baby. T (true), F (false), or DS (doesn’t say)?
a announced b refused c told
1 Mark Jones has never been to the café
2 My father … to buy me the watch for my before.
birthday if I pass my exams.
2 He didn’t like spraying the birds
a complained b insisted c promised with water.
3 I … that this new blog had a lot of interesting 3 The food at Katy’s Sandwich Bar is too
information about games. expensive for most people.
a refused b discovered c apologized
4 Customers at Katy’s Sandwich Bar
4 Kate … in an email that she was going to leave might not come back regularly.
her job next month, which surprised everyone.
5 Anne took the photo of the elephant and
a confirmed b complained c apologized uploaded it.
5 Richard … to be sick last week, but I’m fairly 5
sure that he wasn’t telling the truth.
a admitted b insisted c claimed 10 Listen again. Complete the notes.

5 Unusual News Stories

7 Complete the sentences with the reporting verbs
• The toy that Mark Jones was given was filled
in the box. You do not need all the verbs.
with 1__________.
apologized claimed complained denied • He was encouraged to spray the birds with
water in order to stop them eating people’s
discovered insisted refused 2
__________.
1 I know that Eric needs help, but he __________ • People can see their own 3__________ on
to let me do anything. their food at Katy’s Sandwich Bar.
2 I __________ to the teacher for being late.
• The elephant wasn’t as interested in the
3 My mother __________ to her boss about the phone as in some 4__________.
amount of work she had to do.
• The photo Anne posted has been enjoyed by
4 He __________ kicking the other player. about 5__________ people.
5 Tracy __________ that I should tell her my
secret, but I didn’t.
5
8 Complete the words in the text.
When I started learning Italian, I wanted to be
able to speak it 1f __ __ __ __ __ __ y,
without hesitating so much. I studied a lot, but
after a 2w __ __ __ e, I realized that I really
needed to speak and listen to people. My teacher
3
s __ __ __ __ __ __ __ d listening to the radio
and talking to Italians. I managed to meet some
Italians, but I
4
d __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ d that not all of
them had the patience to talk to me. But
5
e __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ y, after a lot of
practice, my speaking improved, and I also
made a few very good friends.

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READING name, which you carry with you all
your life and possibly influences the
kind of person you are, has a unique
Are You Called Adrian Bailey? power to connect you with complete
1 Adrian Bailey is an ordinary man. One strangers around the world.
day, he had a friend request online
from someone called Maria, who he
had never met before. However, it
gradually became clear that she had
made the request to the wrong
person. Maria explained that she was
trying to find someone else called
“Adrian Bailey.” She apologized for
bothering him, and that was the end
of that.
2 Or it would have been, if Adrian’s wife
hadn’t claimed that there couldn’t be
many people named “Adrian Bailey”
in the world. Adrian patiently
disagreed, and after a quick search,
discovered hundreds of Adrian Baileys
online. It was then that Adrian told his
wife that he wanted to make friends
with as many Adrian Baileys as he
could.
3 He started an online group called the
“Adrian Bailey Fan Club.” The rules
were simple: only people called
“Adrian Bailey” were allowed to join.
Eventually, it had almost 200
members, and was growing quickly.
Adrian was very excited, but he even
had to admit that it was difficult to
have group chats with people who
had all the same name. To solve this,
he changed his username to “Adrian
Bailey #1.” However, he changed it
back when people complained that
this made him sound like he wanted
to rule over all the Adrian Baileys!
4 There was a number of strange
coincidences. Surprisingly, he found
an “Adrian Bailey,” living in New
Zealand, who told him that he had
been born on exactly the same day
and had a wife with the same name.
Then there were a few people who
had really amazing lives compared to
Adrian, such as the 75-year-old
millionaire, also called “Adrian
Bailey,” living in a luxury house in the
Maldives.
5 What surprised Adrian most was that
so many people said they wanted to
be his friend and opened up to him,
just because they had a few letters in
common. Adrian now insists that your

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11 Match the paragraphs (1–5) with the ideas (a–g). 5

There are two ideas that you do not need.

a Adrian met his wife online.
b A name can be an important part of
a person’s identity.
c It’s possible to find people in distant
locations who are similar to you.
d Adrian managed to meet several people
with the same name.
e Adrian guessed that there were many
people with the same name as him.
f Surprisingly few people in the world share
exactly the same name.
g Someone mistook Adrian for another
person.
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12 Read the article again. Are the sentences
T (true), F (false), or DS (doesn’t say)?
1 Maria contacted Adrian because she
had known him for a long time.
2 Adrian and his wife disagreed about
the number of people in the world
with the same name as his.
3 Some people in Adrian’s online group
complained because they didn’t like
the name “Adrian Bailey.”
4 Among his new friends, Adrian found
people who had much more interesting
lives than he did.
5 The article concludes by suggesting that
our name isn’t something so important.
10
13 Find words or phrases in the text that mean
the following.
1 slowly, over a period of time (paragraph
1) __________
2 without getting angry or annoyed
(paragraph 2) __________
3 in the end (paragraph 3) __________
4 similar things that happen at the same
time, often in a surprising way
(paragraph 4) __________
5 shared things about yourself and your feelings
(paragraph 5) __________
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WRITING
14 Complete the sentences with the words
in the box.

announced asked from said

surprisingly

1 A man __________ Singapore says that

he has invented a new type of car.
2 He __________ that it would be available next
year.
3 When __________, he said it would be cheaper
and faster than other types of cars.
4 “It will become a very popular car,”
he __________.
5 __________, no further news is available.
5
15 Write your own news story about something
that happened recently where you live. Use the
prompts below to help you.
Write at least 140 words.
• Say who the story is about.
• Explain what happened, where it happened,
and when.
• Include extra details, reported speech, and
some direct speech.

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TOTAL SCORE 100

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