Cumulative Test 1

Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading

Group B
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____

Total: ___/60

1 Complete the sentences with the

correct form of the verbs in the box.
2 Complete the sentences with the
There are two extra verbs.
missing words. The first letters are
given. There is one space for each
missing letter.
fall get flinch have sharpen
recover swallow settle
Greg is such a b u l l y. He took Marta’s
bag at lunch time and wouldn’t give it
back. She was crying all morning.
It’s my dream to get a scholarship to study
in the Academy of Arts.
1 I used to be a f _ _ _ s _ _ _ _ _ and do

1 He didn’t even ______________ when the what I wanted, but I’ve got a job and

bee stung him. It’s like he doesn’t feel responsibilities now. Perhaps I need to

pain. make some changes in my life.

2 He’s so much better than the rest of us but

2 The children were very excited about the
you’d never know it. He’s very
holidays but finally they ______________
h _ _ _ _ _.
down to do some work.
3 I find Maths so boring but our teacher is so
3 The surgeon said it would take Justin
w _ _ _ _ that we are all laughing all the
several months to ______________ from
time. It makes the lessons enjoyable.
his injuries.
4 If we wait for someone to have
4 Be careful. You’ve ______________ for
a b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, we’ll never get started.
the wrong person before. Take your time
Once we start, the solution might become
and find someone who really cares about
obvious.
you.
5 The teacher spends an unfair amount of
5 The pill I was given was too big to
time with the g _ _ _ _ _ students. She
______________ it whole.
should help everyone, not only the
____/5
students with the best marks.
____/5

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3 Translate the phrases in brackets into
English
My sister went out with (spotykała się, była
4 Choose the correct option.
w związku z) her boyfriend for just over
a year.
1 To tell you the truth, it ________________
________________________ (pozostaje
zagadką) to me why anyone would want to
come here on holiday.
2 You’re so __________________________
(zarozumiały)! Why do you always think
you’re better than everyone else?
3 My best friend told me she was thinking
about ____________________________
(zerwaniu z) her boyfriend. I think she
should have done it a long time ago!
4 The council has _____________________
___________________ (przestał wierzyć
w, zrezygnował z) on the young people in
5 Complete the sentences with the
the neighbourhood. Now crime is rising as
there is nowhere for them to go.
5 We waited and waited and she’s finally
__________________________________
(obudziła się ze śpiączki). She’s expected
to make a full recovery.
____/5
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Test 1
Group B
GRAMMAR
We suggest that you wear / you wearing
sunscreen during the hottest months of the
year.
1 By the time we arrived in Australia, we had
travelled / had been travelling for over
twenty-four hours.
2 I don’t want to waste time to queue /
queuing for tickets.
3 We would live / used to live in Sheffield,
but now we’ve moved to Leeds.
4 My sister won’t let me borrow / to borrow
her clothes.
5 Sara was very negative when she was
younger. She was always complaining /
will always complain about everything!
____/5
correct form of the verbs in brackets.
I can’t imagine living (live) in a flat like that.
It’s tiny.
1 I can’t stand _______________ (be) late!
2 George was hot and sweaty because he
_________________ (run).
3 My teachers expect me ______________
(do) well at school.
4 Hannah’s parents make her ___________
(help) with the housework.
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Cumulative Test 1
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading

Group B
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____

5 There was a delay and they ___________

(not even / start) when we came.
____/5
6 Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
USE OF ENGLISH
One sentence is correct.
That’s the man who’s house burnt down.
7 Read the text and choose the correct
That’s the man whose house burnt down. answer, A, B, C or D.

1 The buildings destroying by the fire will all
be rebuilt.
__________________________________
__________________________________
2 My sister plays hockey, that is a very
exciting sport.
__________________________________
__________________________________
3 The man standing by the door is their
bodyguard.
__________________________________
__________________________________
4 The woman which works in the shop is
always very helpful.
Surviving the final year of school is no easy task,
and you don’t need a _____ imagination to
understand why. For the whole year you are up to
your 1 _____ in revision, exams and assignments
and many students suffer from stress. In order to
succeed there are a few things you can do.
Firstly, I’d advise 2 _____ a plan of how you will
spend your time. Not only about the work you
need to do, but what you will do when you have
a day off. A schedule will also help you avoid
putting things 3 _____ until the last moment. It’s
best to do things immediately. Finally, make sure
you keep your work space 4 _____. These tips
won’t guarantee you the best grades, but they will
definitely help you avoid 5 _____ time.
A vague B vivid

__________________________________ C clear D distant

__________________________________ 1 A head B nose

5 Some of my friends organised a party for C eyes D teeth
me, what was amazing! 2 A to make B you to make
__________________________________ C you making D making
__________________________________ 3 A behind B of
C off D away
____/5
4 A tidy and neat B neat and clean
C tidy and clean D neat and tidy
5 A wasting B to waste
C waste D to wasting

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8 Complete the text with one word in
each gap.
Can you help me? My sister, who is two years
older than me, has become very difficult recently.
When we were younger, we 1 __________ always
laughing and joking together, but now she seems
to be in a bad mood all the time.
Last night she shouted at me just because
I 2 __________ used some of her perfume without
asking. I’m sure she didn’t 3 __________ to be so
selfish with her things! We always did a lot of
things together, but now she won’t let me come
out with her and her friends because she says I’m
too young, and she doesn’t take any interest in
me, 4 __________ is very upsetting. Is this normal
adolescent behaviour? I’m going to 5 __________
talking to her one more time. Do you have any
more advice for me?
____/5
9 Think of one word which fits both
sentences in each pair.
Seeing the cat jogged my memory that
I needed to buy cat food.
I have a vivid memory of that day on the 10
beach. I almost feel like I am there now.
1 Do you ever feel the __________ to just
quit your job and go travelling? I know
I do.
I’d never __________ someone to do
something they were uncomfortable about
doing.
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Group B
2 The last thing I remember before I
__________ consciousness was the ball
flying towards my head.
We __________ the match which was
very disappointing, but we’ll come back
stronger next week.
3 She’s a larger-than-__________
character. The things she has achieved
are amazing.
The room was so quiet until he arrived. He
really is the __________ and soul of the
party.
4 We’ll never find a solution like this. We
need to be creative and think outside the
__________.
Can you put your assignments in the
__________ on my desk, please?
5 Unfortunately, you haven’t got a degree so
you don’t __________ the requirements
for this job.
Where did you __________ him? He
didn’t go to our school. ____/5
Complete the second sentence so that
it has a similar meaning to the first. Use
between two and five words including
the word in capitals. Do not change the
word given.
I always think about summer when I hear
that song. REMINDS
That song always reminds me of summer.
1 It is often rainy during autumn and winter.
TENDS
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The ______________________________
rainy during autumn and winter.
2 Did you have any pets when you were
younger? USE
Did ______________________________
any pets when you were younger?
3 When I realised a dog was eating my
sandwich it was too late. It was gone. HAD
A dog ____________________________
by the time I realised.
4 Jenna always asked to borrow money
from me. WAS
Jenna ____________________________
money from me.
5 The teacher has already reprimanded him
three times today . TOLD
He’s already _______________________
________________________ three times
today by the teacher.
____/5
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Test 1
Group B
READING
11 Read the text. For questions 1–5,
choose the correct answer, A, B, C
or D.
The power of personality
‘He has a great personality!’ That’s how Bill, who
later became my husband, was first described to
me by my best friend. What she was trying to tell
me in those five innocent words was that the man
I was about to meet was less than attractive. And
it’s true, you wouldn’t notice him in a crowd. But
he really does have a great personality. From the
first time we talked I was attracted to him, and
after a few short weeks we fell madly in love.
Our idyllic life together was shattered a few years
later when I almost lost Bill. In some sense I did
lose him. Bill was driving home from work when
he lost control of his car and crashed, leading to
months in hospital. When he finally regained
consciousness, the good-natured, affectionate Bill
I used to know had been replaced by a much
more self-critical and insecure version.
As a psychology student I’d studied theories on
what makes us who we are, whether we are a
product of nature or nurture and how far we can
choose our identity. I’d even read up on a few
cases where people had suffered catastrophic
events and seemingly woken up with whole new
personalities. It was only when I witnessed it first-
hand that I became fascinated.
The tendency to classify people into personality
types goes way back, even as far as the Ancient
Greeks. They believed people could be
categorised into four main humours, not dissimilar
to the more modern Myers-Briggs test which is
based on a wider range of sixteen personality
types. Another field of thought, professed by
Walter Mischel, was that behaviour was much
more dependent on the situation a person found
themselves in, rather than something present
from birth.
It’s now generally accepted that there are five
main personality types. These are
conscientiousness, which is connected to your
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goals and how sensitive you are towards them.
Agreeableness, whether a person is insecure and
seeks approval from others or trusts in their own
abilities. Extraversion, whether or not you enjoy
socialising. Neuroticism, how you respond to
threats, and finally openness, whether you are
daring when it comes to new experiences or
prefer to keep things the way they are.
Of these five traits, the one that seems easiest to
change is neuroticism. Research shows that over
time, everyone’s personality changes. It just
happens so gradually that we don’t notice. Since
neuroticism is linked to poor health and a reduced
lifespan, it’s the one that people are most likely to
seek help for, usually through therapy. When the
right help is given, rather than a gradual change,
such as the growth of a plant or the erosion of a
cliff, the changes in terms of neuroticism are far
easier to identify. Instead of thirty or forty years it
can take as little as a month.
With that in mind, Bill and I have been on a
mission to help him regain some of the identity he
had before his accident. Scientific papers state
that one way to change the mechanisms of
behaviour is to focus on strengths and resources
rather than problems, and finding ways these
strengths can help you. Since Bill has always
been very athletic, we found ways for him to
channel his anger through learning martial arts,
which he has gone on to compete in successfully.
We still have a long way to go, but there are more
and more glimpses of the old Bill showing
through, and I have no doubt that this will
continue as we keep working together.
1 The writer’s friend focussed on Bill’s personality
because
A he had a similar personality to the writer.
B it was the easiest way to identify him in a
crowd.
C she believed it was his most attractive
quality.
D she didn’t know what he looked like.
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Test 1
Group B
2 The writer became really interested in theories
about personality when
A she read cases about people whose
personalities had changed.
B she was studying psychology.
C she started working as a psychologist.
D she noticed changes in Bill.
3 Walter Mischel suggested that
A behaviour is fixed from birth.
B the way people behave is deeply affected
by the circumstances around them.
C people have the power to change their
situations.
D there are sixteen different personality
types.
4 Research shows that
A it takes up to forty years for personality to
change.
B poor health is linked to having therapy for
personality disorders.
C neuroticism is the trait that people most
commonly want to work on.
D it’s impossible to notice changes in your
own personality.
5 Bill is now
A focussing on his problems.
B returning to his hobby of martial arts.
C as confident as he was before the
accident.
D slowly returning to his only self.
____/10
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