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GRAMMAR
Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
Example: I’ll tell you a story that happened when I
________ five years old.
A  was  ■ ✓    B  am  ■   C  had been  ■
1 I heard the crash. We had finished dinner and we
________ television.
A  watch  ■   B  watched  ■   C  were watching  ■
2 I got to work and saw that my desk ________ moved.
A  had been  ■   B  been  ■   C  has  ■
3 I ________ waiting for three hours when she finally
arrived.
A  ’m  ■   B  was  ■   C  had been  ■
4 My brother and I ________ go to the cinema every
Saturday afternoon.
A  were used to  ■   B  used to  ■   C  use to  ■
5 My cousins ________ always go to the beach with us in
August.
A  were  ■   B  would  ■   C  did  ■
6 Mary ________ always calling me on my mobile and
asking for help with her homework.
A  was  ■   B  would  ■   C  used to  ■
7 Our new neighbours ________ quite nice.
A  would appear that  ■   B  seems that  ■  
C  seem  ■
8 It ________ Eric has found a new job.
A  would seem that  ■   B  would that  ■  
C  appear  ■
9 It is ________ that drinking a cup of coffee in the
morning helps you wake up.
A  announced  ■   B  said  ■   C  been  ■
10 The boat is ________ to have left Lisbon last Saturday
morning.
A  understood  ■   B  expected  ■   C  said that  ■
11 There are thought ________ more than 200 different
types of fish in the river.
A  being  ■   B  there are  ■   C  to be  ■
12 ________, Jude and Tony have bought a new house.
A  It is thought  ■   B  Reported  ■   A  get out  ■   B  get up  ■   C  get back  ■
C  Apparently  ■
13 According ________ newspaper, the weather is going to
turn hot next week.
A  to the  ■   B  the  ■   C  my  ■
14 We ________ see Leyla at the park on Saturday.
A  may to  ■   B  might  ■   C  expect  ■
15 The sun goes down at about 5.30 and it ________ dark at
about 6.15.
A  get  ■   B  gets  ■   C  got  ■
16 It can be difficult to get ________ to a new roommate.
A  used  ■   B  use  ■   C  being used  ■
17 Martin ________ trying to steal a car last night.
A  get caught  ■   B  was got caught  ■  
C  got caught  ■
18 I need ________ a new mobile. This one’s broken.
A  get  ■   B  to get  ■   C  getting  ■
19 Can you ________ to fix my computer?
A  get  ■   B  get someone  ■   C  to get  ■
20 Ben seems ________ lost on the way home.
A  to got  ■   B  got  ■   C  to have got  ■
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V O C AB U L AR Y
a Tick (✓) the correct word(s), A, B, or C.
Example: splendid
A  very thin  ■   B  excellent  ■
✓  
C  likely to  ■
1 spectres
A  ghosts  ■   B  bacteria  ■   C  ceremonies  ■
2 scolded
A  had an attitude to  ■   B  surprised  ■  
C  told off  ■
3 ashamed
A  sorry or embarrassed  ■   B  bored  ■  
C  dead  ■
4 deal successfully with
A  clog  ■   B  cope  ■   C  consider to be  ■
5 separate, end a relationship
A  break up  ■   B  reject  ■   C  chop off  ■
6 to stop feeling unhappy about something
A  get rid of  ■   B  get on  ■   C  get over  ■
7 to have revenge
8 to carry out
A  do  ■   B  leave  ■   C  expect  ■
9 go off (someone)
A  start dating  ■   B  stop liking  ■  
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10 time’s up a Which word has a different sound? Tick (✓) A, B,
A  It’s time to begin.  ■   or C.
B  There’s no more time.  ■   Example: A  misery  ■   B  splendid  ■
✓  
C  Don’t worry about the time.  ■ C  germs  ■

b Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences. 1 A  poor  ■   B  neighbour  ■   C  partner  ■

Example: It’s only a ________ of time before the business 2 A  shock  ■   B  impression  ■   C  engrossed  ■
fails. 3 A  message  ■   B  juggling  ■   C  revenge  ■
A  push  ■   B  los  ■   C  question  ■ ✓ 4 A  waste  ■   B  afraid  ■   C  spare  ■
11 There’s no hurry. ________ your time. 5 A  outlook  ■   B  put  ■   C  together  ■
A  Take  ■   B  Make  ■   C  Have  ■  
b Which is the correctly stressed syllable? Tick (✓) A,
12 I grew up in Italy and had a wonderful ________. B, or C.
A  adult  ■   B  child  ■   C  childhood  ■
Example: A  devastated  ■   B  devastated  ■
✓  
13 I had the time ________ in Turkey. It was fantastic!
C  devastated  ■
A  of my life  ■   B  spare  ■   C  for lost time  ■
14 ________ the time the train arrived, I was already two 6 A  neighbourhood  ■   B  neighbourhood  ■  
hours late. C  neighbourhood  ■
A  On  ■   B  By  ■   C  For  ■ 7 A  celebration  ■   B  celebration  ■  
15 Since my dad lost his job, he’s got time ________. C  celebration  ■

A  short  ■   B  on his hands  ■   C  the whole  ■ 8 A  apparently  ■   B  apparently  ■  
C  apparently  ■
16 Everyone laughed, but I’m afraid I didn’t get ________.
A  the impression  ■   B  a shock  ■   9 A  overcome  ■   B  overcome  ■   C  overcome  ■
C  the joke  ■ 10 A  unbearably  ■   B  unbearably  ■  
17 I’m not getting ________ with this paperwork. It’s too C  unbearably  ■
difficult to understand. 10
A  anywhere  ■   B  to know  ■   C  behind  ■
18 That music is really getting ________. Could you turn Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50
it off, please?
A  real  ■   B  on my nerves  ■   C  the message  ■
19 Juan and Aslan got ________ to study for the test.
A  together  ■   B  back  ■   C  away with  ■
20 What’s got ________ Andres? He’s acting very
strangely.
A  over  ■   B  around  ■   C  into  ■

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