Quiz 1

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Vocabulary and Use your English

Choose the correct answers.

1 The ____ she sustained were life changing. 8 Bill is the most ____ accountant I’ve worked with.
a accidents You can trust he’ll do everything properly.
b injuries a amiable
c functions b adamant
d conditions c obstinate
d scrupulous
2 ____ development consists of more than simply
avoiding difficulties. 9 Although Sam really liked her, the feeling wasn’t
a Optimistic ____ on her part.
b Progressive a compatible
c Optimal b mutual
d Assenting c dependent
d unified
3 His ____ behaviour led to his dismissal from a job he
had once loved. 10 Their love is unconditional and they are completely
a aberrant ____ to each other.
b misspent a devoted
c orthodox b inseparable
d conformist c compatible
d reciprocal
4 Do you think it’s better to ____ your anger than to
suppress it? 11 You’re so ____ you’ll believe anything anybody tells
a assert you.
b repress a distant
c arouse b vulnerable
d vent c platonic
d gullible
5 You know familiarity ____ contempt, so you’re
better off keeping a bit of distance between 12 John and Ella drifted ____ when they left university
you. and have gone their separate ways now.
a breeds a apart
b bears b out
c exerts c down
d delivers d back
6 There is no need to ____ pressure on him to revise – 13 Amanda wasn’t ready to settle ____ at such a young
he is self-motivated and hard working. age. She wanted to travel and have lots of adventures.
a arouse a in
b exert b apart
c assert c down
d conduct d up
7 Such ____ planning means there is little likelihood of 14 Mario has finally ____ up the courage to invite Nina
anything going wrong. on a date.
a careless a stuck
b poised b worked
c meticulous c led
d principled d drifted

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15 Of course he’s going to react like that if you ____ 18 Stop complaining all the time. You’re being a real
him up all the time. You never know when to stop! pain in the ____.
a egg a neck
b tease b back
c push c head
d wind d chest
16 Catherine really needs a holiday, she’s so stressed 19 Mark has been ____ David’s bad books ever since
____. he let him down that time when they were planning
a up to go on holiday together.
b out a at
c down b on
d in c against
d in
17 I promise I’ll be there on time. I won’t ____ you
down. 20 I know I’m ____ a bit of a rut. I need to get out
a do more, meet new people, maybe get a new job.
b egg a at
c let b in
d wind c on
d up
( ___ / 20 marks)

Grammar
Choose the correct answers.

1 We’d better hurry. The train ____ at 16.10. 7 Henry ____ a lot of headaches recently. I think he’d
a leaves better go to the doctor.
b is leaving a has
c will leave b is having
d has left c had
d has been having
2 Jack ____out. He’s a bit of an introvert.
a is hardly ever going 8 Nathan and Fiona ____ apart for years now. I won’t
b has hardly ever gone be surprised if they split up.
c hardly ever goes a are drifting
d will hardly ever go b were drifting
c have drifted
3 I think young people ____ harder than ever these
d have been drifting
days to make a living. It didn’t use to be so hard.
a are working 9 They teased him so much that in the end he ____
b have worked into tears.
c worked a is bursting
d were working b was bursting
c burst
4 Carla ____ about something. It’s such a bad habit.
d ’s burst
a always complains
b is always complaining 10 At the time, we ____ in London. It was a great time
c always complained to be there.
d has always been complaining a are working
b were working
5 I’m so annoyed. I ____ my phone again!
c have worked
a am losing
d had worked
b lose
c lost 11 She ____ to borrow my computer. It was incredibly
d ’ve lost annoying.
a continually asks
6 You ____ late for work three times in a row! If you’re
b was continually asking
not careful, they are going to sack you.
c is continually asking
a are being
d ’d continually asked
b would be
c ’ve been
d ’d been

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12 They ____ friends a long time ago, but now 17 There ____ a house here once, but now there’s a
whenever she saw Paul, she gave him the cold block of flats.
shoulder. a is
a ’ve been b would be
b were being c used to be
c ’d been d will be
d would be
18 We ____ away at weekends, and always dreaded
13 Val ____ unnecessarily for weeks before the event, coming home on Sunday evening.
but everything turned out well in the end. a were often going
a worries b would often go
b had worried c have often gone
c was worrying d will often go
d had been worrying
19 Camilla grew vegetables in her garden, as ____ her
14 Before Hannah ____ to Australia, they’d been parents and grandparents before her.
inseparable. a did
a moved b does
b had moved c don’t
c was moving d grew
d had been moving
20 I ____ hate it when you crack your knuckles. I wish
15 The sun came up, and they realised they ____ all you’d stop.
night. a would
a talked b used to
b were talking c do
c ’d been talking d don’t
d used to talk
16 When they were children, they ____ going on
holiday with their cousins.
a were loving
b had been loving
c would love
d used to love ( ___ / 20 marks)

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