Unit 12 Test 7 a dictionary/a short story/thick

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8 England/Italy/cloudy
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Name ________________________________
9 the Intermediate level/the Elementary
level/difficult
1 Write the comparatives and superlatives of
these adjectives. ____________________________________________

Adjective Comparative Superlative 10 a 10 kilo bag/a 5 kilo bag/heavy

long longer the longest ____________________________________________
1 heavy ______________ ______________ 10
2 nice ______________ ______________
4 Complete the text. Choose from:
3 intelligent ______________ ______________
eat most largest darkest becoming
4 happy ______________ ______________
healthy enough cheaper November felt
5 difficult ______________ ______________ more lower worst went feel fitter best
6 slim ______________ ______________ healthier excellent popular looking

7 large ______________ ______________ fitter and _______________ (1)?

Do you want to be ______
8 healthy ______________ ______________
Would you like to look younger? Do you want to
9 young ______________ ______________
________________ (2) ________________ (3) relaxed?
10 fit ______________ ______________
Then try a few days on a health farm. Health farms
20 are ________________ (4) one of the most
2 Complete the table. ________________ (5) places for a short break. I
________________ (6) to Henley Manor for the
Adjective Comparative Superlative
weekend. It’s the ________________ (7) health farm
good better ____________ in the county but it isn’t the ________________ (8)
bad ____________ ____________ expensive. After two days of exercise and massage I
____________ ____________ the furthest ________________ (9) ten times better. But the
________________ (10) thing was the food. It was all
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very ________________ (11) of course, but it was
3 Write sentences. ________________ (12), too! If you’re
EXAMPLE ________________ (13) for something a bit
London/Venice/big
London is bigger than Venice. ________________ (14), try a winter break. Winter is

1 Brigitte Bardot/Celine Dion/old the ________________ (15) and coldest time of the

____________________________________________ year and it can also be the ________________ (16)

2 a motorbike/a bicycle/expensive time for your body. We all ________________ (17)

____________________________________________ too much and don’t take ________________ (18)

exercise. A lot of health farms offer
3 Iceland/Australia/cold
________________ (19) prices Monday to Friday from
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________________ (20) to March.
4 an orange/a chocolate pudding/healthy
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5 an athlete/a football fan/fit

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6 10 out of 10 marks/5 out of 10 marks/good
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5 Find words for parts of the body. 9 Read the text and decide if the sentences are
EXAMPLE true (T) or false (F)).
ram arm Duncan needed a holiday and he decided to rent an
old cottage out in the country. It belonged to an old
1 egl _____________ 6 ooft _____________
farmer called Mr Trent.
2 dnah _____________ 7 cekn _____________ When Duncan arrived, it was dark but he noticed
3 sethc _____________ 8 grnief _____________ that there was a light on in the house. There was a
sign next to the door: Black Bob Cottage. The door
4 daeh _____________ 9 are _____________
was open. It was very cold inside the cottage. There
5 tumho _____________ 10 irah _____________ was a man in one of the armchairs. He was a very
fat man with long black hair and a huge black beard.
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‘Come in,’ he said, when he saw Duncan. ‘Have a
6 Write the plurals of these words. drink.’ Duncan noticed that the man only had three
fingers on his hand. He took the glass and drank
EXAMPLE
some of the beer. Then he sat down in the sofa. He
banana bananas
suddenly felt very tired and he fell asleep.
1 foot ___________ 6 dream ___________ When he woke up, it was morning. He was still on
2 city ___________ 7 glass ___________ the sofa. Someone knocked at the door and Duncan
went to open it. ‘Good morning, Mr Peters,’ said the
3 tooth ___________ 8 person ___________ man at the door. ‘I’m sorry I wasn’t here when you
4 woman ___________ 9 child ___________ arrived last night. Did you find the key all right?’
‘The door was open,’ said Duncan. ‘There was
5 sandwich ___________ 10 hero ___________
another man in here.’
10 The farmer looked surprised. ‘What was he like?’ he
said.
7 Match the problems and the advice. ‘He was very fat,’ said Duncan. ‘And he had a big
black beard.’
I’m hungry. Don’t stay up so late. ‘That sounds just like Black Bob,’ said the farmer
I’ve got toothache. Put your coat on. and he laughed.
I’ve got stomach ache. Have something to eat. ‘Black Bob?’ said Duncan. ‘Is this his cottage?’
‘Well, it was his cottage,’ said the farmer. ‘He lived
I can’t read that sign. Go to the dentist’s.
here a long time ago.’
I’m cold. Don’t eat so much. ‘Has he got only three fingers on one hand?’
I’m tired. Go to the optician’s. ‘Yes, but how did you know that?’
‘Well, he was here last night,’ said Duncan.
‘Oh, I can’t believe that,’ said the farmer. ‘Black Bob
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died thirty years ago.’
8 Complete the dialogues. EXAMPLE
up? Duncan decided to rent a cottage because
A A What’s ______
he needed a holiday. T F
B My back ________________ (1).
1 It was light when Duncan arrived. T F
A Well, you ________________ (2) go and see 2 The house didn’t belong to Mr Trent. T F
the doctor. 3 When Bob went in, he saw the farmer
B No, it’s ________________ (3) that bad. sitting in the armchair. T F
4 The man in the armchair had three
B A Are you all ________________ (4)?
fingers on one hand. T F
B No, I don’t ________________ (5) well. 5 The man offered Duncan a drink of beer. T F
A Well, you ________________ (6) go out this 6 In the morning Duncan woke up in bed. T F
7 Mr Trent knocked on the door in the
evening, then. You ________________ (7) go morning. T F
to bed. 8 The farmer told Duncan that Black Bob
C A What’s the ________________ (8)? still lived in the cottage. T F
9 Mr Trent was surprised that Duncan
B I’m tired.
knew about the man’s fingers. T F
A Well, you ________________ (9) stay up so 10 Black Bob died many years before
________________ (10). Duncan arrived at the house. T F

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