SELF-CHECK UNIT TEST 12 Answer on a separate sheet of paper. Then check your answers. Follow the examples.

GRAMMAR
THE PERFECT ASPECT

6 (15 points)

Make sentences using the prompts.

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I / try / contact / you / all week. Ive been trying to contact you all week. He / live / on his own / many years / until / he / meet / Mary / two years ago / and / marry / her / last July. He / call / me / yesterday / and / tell / me / he / phone / me / the night before. How long / you / been / this company? I / work / here / fifteen years. We / be married / twenty five years / next summer. Incredible! When / I / arrive / home / last night, / you / already / left. I was going / went to school yesterday just like every day.

The earthquake was nothing short of disastrous for the whole area (completely). The earthquake was . 7 Paris is perhaps as nice as London (nearly). Paris is . 8 Its freezing cold today (awfully). Its . 9 Your opinion is always negative (consistently). Your opinion is . 10 It was a pleasant surprise to see all my family again after so many years (pleasantly). It was .
ADJECTIVE ORDER

(2.5 points)

Put the words in the right order.

2 Choose the right tense.

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A shirt green cotton = a green, cotton shirt Small car red impressive an Office wooden desk a Spanish Director a managing middle-aged responsible Fat fierce a dog guide male A of black pair hiking worn-out shoes

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Ive been looking / was looking for you the whole morning. Where were you / have you been? I promise Ill have finished / will finish the project by noon. I just need a little more time. I have / have had my apartment for three years. Id been learning / learned English for years before I travelled to the USA for the first time. If I had arrived / arrived earlier, Id have been able to help you. (10 points)

VOCABULARY
ADVERTISING

(5 points)

1 Match the words in the columns. 1-a consumer 2 banner 3 billboard 4 commercial break 5 slogan 6 sponsor 7 logo 8 trade name 9 spam 10 popups 11 advertisement

EMPHASISING ADVERBS

Rephrase the sentences using the adverbs in brackets.

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Its very hot in here, isnt it? (really) Its really hot in here, isnt it? Hes stubborn (extremely). Hes . Ill be finished in a very short time(almost). Im . Our holidays are about to be over (practically). Our holidays . Youre right, no question about it. (absolutely) Youre . To my surprise, I won the prize, (surprisingly). I.

a) society b) tv or radio slot c) Dont drive drunk d) financial support e) ad f) aspirin g) demonstration h) web page i) unsolicited e-mail j) Lacoste crocodile k) hoarding

Framework 4 Self-Check Unit Tests Richmond Publishing

STYLES

& MUSIC (7.5 points)

PHRASAL VERBS WITH AWAY

& BACK (2.5 points)

2 Match the styles and the fashions. Goths / hip-hop / hippy / new romantic / punks / grunge Black clothes and patchouli oil = Goths 1 Long hair and colourful clothes. 2 Graffiti art and breakdancing. 3 Layered second-hand clothes and chunky leather boots. 4 Aggressive lyrics and music, strange clothing and unusually-coloured spiky hair. 5 Flamboyant and frilly clothes, spiky hair and body piercings. 3 Complete with the right words from
the box.

Rewrite the sentences using the phrasal verbs from the box.

Pay back / get away / go back / bring back / go away / throw away When are you going to refund the money? When are you going to pay back the money? Some prisoners managed to escape from the local jail yesterday morning. Please, turn in the book when you finish. I love spending weekends away. Have you already put the rubbish out today? I think he will return tomorrow. (5 points)

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ADBUSTERS

5 Find pairs of synonyms in the box.

fan / cover versions / release / charts / leading labels / featuring / upbeat / lyrics / reviews / track / conduct Im the number one Nirvana fan. I like films with very endings. Sad movies make me cry my eyes out. 2 The Beatles hit the with all their albums. 3 I love American music even though I dont understand the . 4 My favourite band will a new album very soon. I cant wait! 5 The were extremely negative but I bought the CD anyway. 6 A new film has just been released Tom Cruise and George Clooney. 7 Virgin is one of the in the music industry. 8 I love that Cd although theres one I dont like so much. 9 Who will the orchestra during the next concert? 10 are never as good as the originals. 1

global economy / inner truth / commercial forces / genetically modified / address issues / corporate disinformation / aims / persuasive facts / convey the message / target audience / visual / insight / globalisation / image / potential customers / get the message across / compelling arguments / commercial deception / tackle matters / artificial / corporations / objectives ERROR ANALYSIS (2.5 points)
Find and correct the mistakes.

I lived have lived here for three years now. I know my friend John during many years. Its raining since yesterday night. A frying steel German pan. You have my book. Could you please bring back it as soon as possible? 5 Id like to become a professional car racing conductor in the future. 1 2 3 4 TOTAL POINTS: ________ / 50

ANSWER KEY
GRAMMAR

1 1 Hed lived / He lived on his own for many years until he met Mary two years ago and married her last July.
2 He called me yesterday and told me hed phoned me the night before. 3 How long have you been in this company? Ive been working / have worked here for fifteen years. 4 We will have been married for twenty five years next summer. Incredible! 5 When I arrived home last night, youd already left. 2 1 Ive been looking / have you been? 2 Ill have finished 3 have had 4 Id been learning 5 had arrived 3 1 Hes extremely stubborn. 2 Im almost finished. 3 Our holidays are practically over. 4 Youre absolutely right . 5 Surprisingly, I won the prize. 6 The earthquake was completely disastrous for the whole area. 7 Paris is nearly as nice as London. 8 Its awfully cold today. 9 Your opinion is consistently negative. 10 It was pleasantly surprising to see all my family again after so many years. 4 1 An impressive, small, red car. 2 A Spanish wooden office desk. 3 A responsible, middle-aged managing director. 4 A fierce, fat, male guide dog. 5 A pair of worn-out, black, hiking shoes. VOCABULARY

1 2-g, 3-k, 4-b, 5-c, 6-d, 7-j, 8-f, 9-i, 10-h, 11-e 2 1 hippy 2 hip-hop 3 grunge 4 punk 5 new romantic 3 1 upbeat 2 charts 3 lyrics 4 release 5 reviews 6 featuring 7 leading labels 8 track 9 conduct 10 cover versions 4 1 get away 2 bring back 3 going away at weekends 4 thrown the rubbish away 5 go back 5 inner truth = insight / commercial forces = corporations / genetically modified = artificial / address issues =
tackle matters / corporate disinformation = commercial deception / aims = objectives / persuasive facts = compelling arguments / convey the message = get the message across / target audience = potential customers / visual = image ERROR ANALYSIS 1 Ive known my friend John for many years. 2 Its been raining since yesterday night. 3 A German steel frying pan. 4 You have my book. Could you please bring it back as soon as possible? 5 Id like to become a professional car racing driver in the future.