Straightforward Advanced Unit Test 7

Name _______________________ Score ______/50_

Vocabulary
A Complete the text with words from the box. Each word can only be used once.
There are four extra words.

acquitted altered appeal cause charged denied dropped

entered fined imposed made pleaded returned sentenced

In January 2003 Andrew Stobbs was (1) _______ to one year in jail. On hearing this, Andrew
collapsed and his friends in the gallery became rowdy. Andrew had been (2) _______ with burglary
earlier that year. He had (3) _______ the accusations and (4) _______ a plea of not guilty. During his
trial a number of key witnesses had failed to appear and he was expected to be (5) _______. In the end
the jury had (6) _______ a verdict of not guilty, but someone in the court had coughed just as the
verdict was being read out. The unfortunate judge did not hear the word ‘not’, and so (7) _______ a
jail term on Mr Stobbs. A member of the jury reported his surprise at the sentence to a court official,
and before Andrew’s lawyer had time to (8) _______ against the verdict the judge had (9) _______ the
conviction. However, Mr Stobbs was subsequently (10) _______ £100 for using foul language!

B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capital letters.

(11) He was charged with tax _______. EVADE

(12) That’s a serious _______. Do you have any proof? ALLEGE
(13) He was held on _______ of robbery, but later released without charge. SUSPECT
(14) He spent six months in jail after being _______ of fraud. CONVICT
(15) Yesterday a 33 year old woman was found _______ of murder. GUILT
(16) I’m sure she’ll be _______ against the sentence. APPEAL

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C Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Each word can only be used
once. There are three extra words.

behaviour hooligans language manners offence parties queues trouble

(17) As a youngster I used to love rowdy _______, but not anymore.

(18) I think it’s important to have good table _______.
(19) I don’t understand why today’s youth use so much foul _______.
(20) It’s amazing, he’s really on his best _______.
(21) People in Britain seem to make an art out of forming orderly _______.

Grammar
D Cross out any words that can be omitted from these sentences.

(22) Good manners are important. But unfortunately, many people’s manners leave a lot to be desired.

(23) A: How many children are there in your class?

B: There are 32 children.

(24) We looked at the length of the queue and decided we would join the queue.

(25) A: I think we need to talk about the situation.

B: Yes, we do need to.

(26) Last year the crime rate increased by 10%, but nobody is sure why the crime rate increased.

(27) A: What time will you be arriving?

B: I’ll be arriving at six.

(28) People who enjoyed noisy parties when they were young are less likely to enjoy noisy parties as
they get older.

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E Rewrite the underlined section of each sentence using participle clauses.

(29) He pleaded guilty to the charges, which surprised everyone.

_______________________________________________________________.

(30) After thinking about it for some time, he decided to appeal against the sentence.
_______________________________________________________________.

(31) Because he didn’t have any money, he robbed the old lady.
_______________________________________________________________.

(32) He spoke to his lawyer and told him he was innocent.

_______________________________________________________________.

(33) He was attacked when he was walking down the street.

_______________________________________________________________.

(34) If he was found guilty he’d be sentenced to prison.

_______________________________________________________________.

(35) He sat there for ages and waited to be questioned.

_______________________________________________________________.

(2 points for each sentence)

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Speech features
F All these conversations contain ellipsis. Complete the conversations.

A: (36) _______ coffee?

B: No thanks.

A: What’s wrong?
B: (37) _______ can’t find my glasses.
A: (38) _______ need any help?

A: What are you doing?

B: (39) _______ waiting for Mandy.
A: (40) _______ anybody else coming?
B: (41) _______ don’t think so.

A: What do you think?

B: (42) _______ sounds good to me.

A: (43) _______ eight o’clock okay?

B: I’ll just check.

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