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Unit 5 Test A
Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the
correct form of the adjectives given.
You may have to add extra words.
1 Which actor has _______________ (big) house
in Hollywood?
2 My sister, Bea, is _______________
(intelligent) member of our family.
3 I love the new cartoon series. It’s much
_______________ (funny) the last one.
4 Is it _______________ (important) to do my
maths homework or my English?
5 My handwriting is a lot _______________
(bad) it was in the past. It’s because I text all
the time.
6 Your house is _______________ (big) I
thought!
2 Find and correct the mistakes in the
sentences. Some sentences have
more than one mistake.
1 The film last night was a slightly more
interesting than I was expecting.
2 My uncle has a good job, but he isn’t as clever
than my mum is.
3 My English essay is a lot worst than yours!
4 Some people say that Chinese Mandarin is a
difficultest language to learn in the world!
5 Sue Holmes is less as famous than her older
sister.
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3 Write the follow-up sentences using
the adjectives given and too or
enough.
1 Can you get me another coffee? I can’t drink
this one. _______________ (hot).
2 I need to update my computer.
_______________ (fast).
3 I didn’t finish reading the whole story.
_______________ (long).
4 My little sister couldn’t watch the horror film.
_______________ (scary).
5 My mum didn’t buy any shoes in the sale.
_______________ (cheap).
6 They didn’t choose Sam for the football team.
_______________ (fit).
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4 Complete the sentences with the
correct words.
1 Did you see the new __________ last night?
They had some interesting guests on.
2 For me, the most interesting programmes on
TV are the _________. At least they’re
educational.
3 It’s not always a good thing to have a lot of
__________. You spend a lot of time changing
from one to another!
4 Some young children sit in front of
__________ like The Simpsons for hours. It
isn’t good for them.
5 Watching __________ every evening is
important for people who don’t like reading
newspapers.
6 I’d be too nervous to go on a __________,
although you can win a lot of money.
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5 Match the films in 1–6 with the

adjectives in A–F.
Reading
1 It’s about a girl and she dies at the end. I cried. 7 Read the article about children and
___ television and choose the best
2 It’s about a man who murders ten people in a answers.
small town. ___
3 It’s about the longest train journey in the world.
BEDTIME WATCHING?
I fell asleep! ___
We all know that most children watch too much
4 It’s about the language of monkeys. ___
TV, but trying to control this has always been
5 It’s got Angelina Jolie in it. Everyone wants to difficult. Some parents are more relaxed than
see it. ___ others about the programmes their children watch
6 It’s about a group of dogs. I laughed all the way and for how long, but usually they can switch off
through! ___ the TV when they want to. However, the problem
is much bigger when children have a TV in their
own bedrooms!
A informative
In this case, parents don’t know when their
B popular
children’s TV is on and what they’re watching. In
C moving most countries, the TV companies are quite
D boring responsible about what sort of programmes they
E funny broadcast when children are watching. But these
F scary rules don’t apply if a child is watching alone after
his/her bedtime.
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of all children (in some age groups this increases
to 70%) have a TV in their bedrooms. Many of
6 Complete the sentences with an
these children need more exercise and have more
adjective formed from these words.
health problems compared to children who don’t.
confuse worry depress relax disappoint They also get lower marks in their school tests. As
disgust well as this, children spent more time alone in their
rooms than interacting with family and friends.
1 I was very __________ when I got low marks It’s very difficult to take away a TV from a
in the test. child, but it is possible to control the time spent
2 The directions you gave me were __________ watching. There is a gadget you can buy and you
and I got completely lost. programme it with the number of hours a week a
3 I’m going to have a __________ bath and read child can watch TV. This applies to ALL TVs in
my book. the house! When the child starts watching, he has
to type in a special number. When he reaches the
4 I was __________ by the food they served in limit, the TV won’t switch on! Some parents have
the restaurant. It smelled terrible! taken other action. They put their children’s
5 Mark’s been really __________ since Jen left electrical gadgets, like computers, games consoles,
him. He should see a doctor. TVs, etc., on a different electrical supply and turn
6 The number of children who watch TV for it off at bedtime!
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1 What is a problem for parents?
A They don’t have time to relax with their
children.
B They can’t decide when to switch off the
TV.
C Their children watch a lot of TV.
2 Some children who watch TV in their rooms
A do not do very well at school.
B also do sports.
C invite their friends to their rooms.
Use of English
9 Complete the second sentence so
that it means the same as the first,
using the word given. Do not change
the word given. Use between two and
five words.
1 My new laptop was more expensive than my
PC!
NOT
My PC _______________ my new laptop.

2 No one in our family is as tall as Leanne.

3 What does the special gadget do?
A It controls the TV in the child’s bedroom.
B It controls the programmes the child
watches.
C It controls how long a child watches TV.
4 What is another answer to the problem?
A turn off all the gadgets in the bedroom at
night
B take all of the electrical gadgets out of the
room at night
C stop the electricity to the gadgets at night
THE
Leanne is _______________ person in our
family.
3 This is the funniest film I’ve ever seen.
FUNNIER
I’ve never seen a _______________ this.
4 The exam was easier than I expected.
LESS
The exam _______________ I expected.

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THAN
Gary’s car _______________ yours.
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8 You are going to hear a radio

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interview. Listen and decide if each
statement is true (T), false (F) or not
mentioned (NM).

1 Annie’s school organized the project. T/F/NM

2 The project was open to all teenagers. T/F/NM
3 The children reported on news stories T/F/NM
from where they live.
4 They interviewed a local shop owner. T/F/NM
5 The report included a weather T/F/NM
forecast.
6 The children thought the project was T/F/NM
educational.

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Writing
10 A new TV series has started in your
country. You don’t like it. Write a
letter to your English friend. In your
letter, you should

 tell him/her about the series

 say why you don’t like it.

Write 100 words.

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