UNIT TEST 3 ● GROUP B
Vocabulary and Grammar
Grammar and Vocabulary
Name: ________________________
Class: ________________________
Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with the
correct form of the verbs in the box.
There are two verbs you don’t need.
book catch cross deal miss
move reach see
1 I’m going to the station now to _______
a train to London.
2 We spent two weeks in Paris and then
_______ on to Bordeaux.
3 How did you _______ with all those
problems when you were away?
4 Flying is the quickest way to _______
the Atlantic Ocean.
5 It was very late when we finally
_______ our destination.
6 We spent two days in Rome and
_______ all the main sights.
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2 Complete the sentences with one
word in each gap.
1 We went on a tour of the city on a
double-decker ________________.
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2 The man took us over to the island on
his small fishing _________________.
3 The express _____________________
is much faster because it doesn’t stop at
all the small railway stations.
4 We waited for over an hour in the
departure ________________________
before our flight was ready to leave.
5 The airport was quiet, so we got
through passport __________________
quite quickly.
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3 Complete the types of trips.
1 I fancy a b _ _ _ h h _ _ _ _ _ y this
year, just relaxing in the sun.
2 My uncle works for a large company.
He often goes on
b _ _ _ n _ _ s t _ _ ps abroad.
3 I hate boats, so I wouldn’t enjoy a c _ _
_ _ e.
4 A lot of young people g _ b _ _ _ p _ _
_ _ _ g with their friends.
5 I’m going on a short c _ _ _ b _ _ _ _
to Barcelona next month.
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4 Choose the correct words to complete 4 Margaret _______________________
the sentences. in the town centre when she phoned
1 We climbed up a dense / steep hill. me. I could hear the noise of a busy
2 We could see the sparkling / unspoilt street.
lights of the city in the distance 5 Wendy _________________________
3 There was a blood-red / stunning view on a safari in Africa last summer. She
from the top of the mountain. doesn't have a passport and has never
4 There may be dangerous animals in the been abroad!
bush / roar. 6 I’m not sure, but the animal we saw

/4 ________________________________
a wild cat. They're common here.
Grammar
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5 Complete the sentences with the verb
6 Complete the second sentence so that
forms in the box.
is has a similar meaning to the first.
can’t be can’t have been may be Include the word given.
might have been must be must
1 No, it’s not possible that it’s a wolf.
have been
No, it ___________________ a wolf.
1 Tom got the train three hours ago, and it (BE)
only takes one hour to get to London. 2 I’m sure the long journey is exhausting.
He ________________________there The long journey ___________________
by now. exhausting. (BE)
2 This __________________________ 3 It’s possible that their bus broke down.
the hotel we're looking for. It looks too Their bus ___________________ down.
big and expensive. (MIGHT)
3 The weather tomorrow is going to be 4 I’m not sure, but it’s possible that’s a
really bad so the journey to the airport puma over there.
_______________________________ That ___________________ a puma over
longer than usual. there. (MIGHT)

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5 I’m sure their holiday was amazing! A used to visit B would visit
Their holiday _____________________ C Both
amazing! (MUST) 6 I ___ to Russia once, a few years ago.
6 No, Amy didn’t go with them. It’s not A used to go B went
possible. C Both
Amy _________________________with 7 Sailing ___ as popular as it is now.
them. (HAVE) A didn’t use to be B wouldn’t be
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7 Choose the correct verb forms. 8 Going to the zoo ___ very little when I

Sometimes both verb forms are was a child.

possible. A used to cost B would cost

C Both
1 When I was child I ___ going on
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fishing trips with my dad.
A used to love B would love
C Both /40
2 The journey ___ much longer a few
years ago.
A used to be B would be C
Both
3 After climbing mountain, Alex _______
a small village below.
A used to see B saw
C Both
4 Ten years ago, elephants ___ to this
lake regularly.
A came B would come
C Both
5 I ___ my grandparents every summer.

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Vocabulary and Grammar
Grammar and Vocabulary
Reading safe. That’s much better than missing a flight
or arriving without your luggage.
3 Read the stories and match each B
sentence (1–5) to a story (A–C). You We decided to travel across Europe by train.
can choose each story more than once. Train travel always looks so romantic in films.
1 There were no delays. I imagined leisurely meals in the dining car
and meeting exotic people, followed by a
2 There wasn’t enough time to get to a
comfortable night’s sleep. Things started to go
planned connection. wrong before we had even left. The security
3 It was a good way to meet new and check-in for the train from London was
people. just like at an airport, except that the queues
4 There was no chance to meet other were longer. Then, when we got to Brussels,
passengers. we found that our night train was three hours
late and there was nowhere to leave our bags.
5 I have learnt an important lesson
After a very long and not very good meal at
about planning journeys. the station, it was finally time to get on the
1 night train. It was OK but the compartment
2 was too hot and when we opened the window,
3 it was too noisy to sleep. The beds were hard
and there was no dining car so everyone went
4
straight to their own compartments and didn’t
5
socialise at all. It wasn’t quite as I had
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imagined it!
TRAVELLERS’ TALES C
A We wanted to go to England but weren’t sure
We often travel by plane but we don’t use how to travel. We live a long way from an
budget airlines, even though they are cheaper airport and, anyway, none of us like flying. If
and often fly to the places we want to go. I’d we went by train, we would have to change
rather pay more for a bit more comfort. Last three times. In the end, we went by coach. It
Christmas, we wanted to spend the holidays left our home town at five o’clock in the
with family and friends and we had a change afternoon, as planned, and arrived in London,
of flight in Frankfurt, Germany. The time exactly on time, twenty-two hours later. I
between flights was 45 minutes and we soon wasn’t expecting to sleep well and it wasn’t as
realised that we weren’t going to make it. The comfortable as a bed but it was better than I
airline was good to us and the other passengers had imagined. The bus stopped every four
and gave us food and a comfortable hotel to hours for a rest and we all got out. Everyone
sleep in. We got a flight the next morning but, was very friendly and chatted and the
unfortunately, it meant that we missed a big atmosphere was almost like a party. Then, at
family party. I thought I’d been clever and about eleven o’clock, it all went quiet as
found a quick way to get to Canada but I was people tried to sleep. When I got out in
very wrong. Now I know that I need to leave at London, half asleep but happy, I felt as if I was
least two hours between flights if I want to be saying goodbye to old friends. I’m now
planning on doing more travelling by coach.

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