Name _______________________________________ Class _____________________________

English in Common 6

Unit 5 Test

GRAMMAR
A Add the words from the box to the sentences for emphasis.

own the least bit at all actually do

by no means even

1. The man was unsympathetic. He told her that the lost key was her _______________
problem.

2. Maria dresses and acts like a teenager, but she‘s _______________ in her late-twenties.

3. They haven’t done anything _______________ to try and reduce the debt in the company.

4. I wasn’t _______________ worried about the weather. He had brought a raincoat, boots, and
an umbrella.

5. Kyle has been getting into a lot of trouble at school. He gets bad grades, and last week he
_______________ got into a fight with another student.

6. Yoko is _______________ rich. Although she owns a nice home in a fancy neighborhood,
she sometimes has trouble paying her bills.

7. I _______________ think they should buy the tickets now, just in case they sell out.

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B Complete the second sentences to have the same meaning as the first. Write cleft
sentences.

8. Jessica was always smoking on the stairs.

It ____________________________________________________________________.

9. I love swimming the first thing in the morning.

What _________________________________________________________________.

10. John was the first to arrive.

It ____________________________________________________________________.

11. When I was a child, the thing I hated most was eating spinach.

What _________________________________________________________________.

12. I hate my job because the long hours are too long.

What _________________________________________________________________.

B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

13. If you _______________ (study), you _______________ (pass) your exams. It’s that
simple.

14. If you _______________ (not accept) that job offer, you _______________ (be) here now.

15. I _______________ (help) you yesterday if I _______________ (see) you.

16. If I _______________ (be) you, I _______________ (look) for a new job.

17. I _______________ (tell) him when I _______________ (see) him.

18. You _______________ (be) a lot happier now if you _______________ (not buy) that
house.

19. If I _______________ (be) there last Thursday, I _______________ (collect) the form for
you.

20. I _______________ (not park) the car there if I _______________ (see) the sign.

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C Complete the sentences with words from the box.

it hindsight point back speaking

21. Broadly __________, our goal is to increase our share of the market.

22. I would agree with you up to a(n) __________.

23. Looking __________, giving the workers a pay rise was a bad thing.

24. Believe __________ or not, our production levels have increased.

25. With __________, I wouldn’t hire him again. He’s been a disaster.

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VOCABULARY
A Match the words and phrases with their definitions. Write the letter on the line.

26. come into a fortune _____ a. a salary increase

27. haggle_____ b. earn money only according to what you sell

28. a raise_____ c. receive money after someone dies

29. priceless_____ d. be unable to pay your debts

30. be paid on commission _____ e. argue about the cost of something

31. go bankrupt_____ f. so rare or valuable that it can’t be bought

B Complete the sentences with words from the box.

attorney penny bankruptcy sue volunteer

32. I haven’t seen a _________________________ of the company profits. It has all been
invested back into the company.

33. The developer who planned to cut down the forest and build 35 luxury homes ran out of
money and had to declare _________________________.

34. When she got ill, she gave power of _________________________ to her children.

35. Martin and Larry _________________________ at a food kitchen that serves over 200
homeless people a day.

36. Our neighbor’s dog bit my son, and he had to go to the hospital. When they refused to pay
our medical expenses, we decided to _________________________ them.

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C Complete the second sentences to have the same meaning as the first. Create
expressions using words from the box.

vital priority without autonomy concerned

37. The most important thing for me is to get a better job.

My first ____________________ is to get a better job.

38. It doesn’t bother me when people earn more money than me.

I’m not really ____________________ about people earning more than me.

39. A car isn’t necessary for me.

I can do ____________________ a car.

40. It is extremely important that we open on time.

It is ____________________ that we open on time.

41. I’m used to working in an office where I am given a lot of freedom.

In the past, I worked in an office where I had a lot of ____________________.

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D Circle the correct word to complete each sentence.

42. Surprisingly, as many / most as 2.7 billion people struggle to live on less than $2 per day.

43. Virtually all people, regardless of their wealth, have a great / quite deal of anxiety about
their finances.

44. According to feng shui philosophy, one way to attract bit / plenty of wealth is to decorate
your home with toad statues that have coins in their mouths.

45. For the vast majority / many of people, their homes are by far the most significant wealth
they possess.

46. During the boom years, great/ quite a few people made hundreds of thousands of dollars in
the stock market.

47. Although many people dream of becoming a space tourist, the truth is that only a handful /
majority of people can actually afford the $100 million-per-ticket price tag.

48. You might think that all those people driving shiny new luxury cars are wealthy, but, for the
much / most part, you’d be wrong: Eighty-six percent of people driving cars valued over
$100,000 are not millionaires.

49. I’m not much / quite of an authority on cars; In truth, I don’t even have a driver’s license.

50. It’s our belief that the rich, who have benefited most from our way of life, can afford to give
back a little handful / bit more to society in the form of higher taxes.

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