UNIT TEST 5

Standard
Grammar
1 Circle the correct form of the past simple or past perfect in italics.

1 Kirstin didn’t realise I had called / called a taxi already, so two of them arrived!
2 Lola gave me back the books she had borrowed / borrowed in April.
3 Francis had been to Barcelona before, so he hadn’t wanted to / didn’t want to go sightseeing.
4 Stuart went / had gone to London last year and saw all the tourist attractions.
5 Mike was excited because he had never seen / never saw snow before.
6 When Elisa saw the sea for the first time she had been / was really excited.
7 Thankfully, when we arrived at the station, the train hadn’t left / didn’t leave yet.
8 We got there three minutes before the bus had arrived / arrived.
9 I applied for the job too late. The position had been filled / was filled already.
10 I loved the painting you got me for my birthday so I had hung / hung it in my room.

2 Complete the table with the past perfect and past perfect continuous when possible. Two past perfect
continuous forms are not possible.

Past perfect Past perfect continuous

make had made had been making

read (1) (2)

know (3) (4)
be (5) (6)

wait (7) (8)

go (9) (10)

3 Complete the paragraph with the past simple, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous forms of the
verbs in brackets.

I (1) (look) for a flat for what seemed like ages when I finally found this one. The day I visited it, I was
disappointed because I (2) (read) in the advert that it was on the top floor, and it wasn’t. The estate
agent (3) (apologise) as he realised he (4) (make) a mistake on the advert. People (5)
(complain) about it to him the whole day. As we were about to leave the building, we saw a couple who were
moving out of a flat. I imagine that they (6) (live) there for a long time because they had over 50 boxes!
The estate agent (7) (ask) them where their flat was, and it turned out that they were moving to France
and were moving out of a top floor flat. They (8) (not manage) to rent it out yet! The estate agent
signed them up with the agency then and there, he (9) (show) me the flat, and it was everything I
(10) ever (want)!

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UNIT TEST 5
Standard
Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases in the box.

couldn’t put it down best-selling heavy-going page-turner bedtime reading

flick through hooked have you in stitches from cover to cover novels

1 This is by far the author’s book. It has sold over 3 million copies.
2 I always a magazine at the hairdresser’s.
3 This book is a real . It’s so exciting!
4 I’m completely . This book is incredibly addictive.
5 I read the whole book in two days.
6 This comedian’s autobiography will from page one. It’s really funny.
7 The book you lent me makes for great . I’m reading a few chapters every night and I’m really
enjoying it.
8 I started his new book on the train and I just . I missed my stop and ended up in the next
city!
9 This book has a really complicated plot and is over 800 pages long. It’s really !
10 I enjoy reading more than non-fiction. I need to switch off and relax after work, so they’re
much better.

5 Complete the table with the adjectives in the box. There are eight positive adjectives and four negative
adjectives.

appealing average confusing delightful dense entertaining

gripping hilarious impressive informative predictable stunning

Good book (8) Bad book (4)

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Pronunciation UT5

6 Highlight eight of the underlined word endings which link to the beginning of the following word.
Then listen and check your answers.

The story is about a girl who wants to become an actress. She has a dream and has to work very hard, but at the
end she manages to become respected and famous.

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