UNIT TEST 4

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Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences using the correct form of travel, journey or trip.
1 Anna is away on a business at the moment.
2 How long does your from your office to school take?
3 When he finished school, Peter spent a year around Asia and then he got a job.
4 We went on a weekend to the seaside last month.
5 I don’t like to during the summer months because it’s too hot.
6 Our to work is awful because there’s so much traffic.
7 With the railway, between cities became very fast.
8 It’s a five-hour from my city to the village where my grandmother lives, so I always
take some music with me.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct building or place word. The first letter of each word is given.
1 There is a m in the town square to remind people of our national day.
2 How many books can you borrow from the l at any one time?
3 Why don’t we go to the m to buy food for this evening? Everything there is so fresh.
4 Lots of children jumped into the f because it was so hot in town.
5 I want to go to the a g to see the new exhibition.
6 Erica helps at the local y c because she enjoys working with teenagers.
7 I play volleyball at the s c every week.
8 Thousands of fans went to the s to watch the football match.
9 You can buy anything you want at the new d s .
10 I don’t like walking over the b when it’s windy because you can feel it moving!

3 Choose the correct word, A, B, C or D, for each space.

1 It’s so here in the evenings. There’s really nothing to do.
A deep B dirty C dull D flat
2 The river is so now, that you can actually see the fish.
A clean B flat C noisy D lively
3 Teenagers prefer spending their holidays in places with lots of clubs and beach activities.
A empty B expensive C lively D safe
4 This market is so , I’m afraid we might get lost. There are too many people here.
A narrow B wide C noisy D crowded
5 The bridge was quite , so there was only space for one car to drive over it.
A high B narrow C low D wide
6 The centre of town can be quite ………….. at night, so don’t go there alone.
A modern B high C old-fashioned D dangerous
7 The mountains in this country are very . That’s why there’s not much snow in winter.
A low B high C near D far
8 The factory is an extremely place and workers must protect their ears.
A crowded B safe C noisy D calm

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UNIT TEST 4
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Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. Add any extra words.
1 German grammar is much (difficult) the English grammar. I just can’t learn it.
2 Isn’t Tokyo (expensive) city in the world? Even a coffee costs a fortune.
3 I’m much (good) at maths than I am at chemistry because I enjoy it more.
4 We ordered (big) pizza on the menu because we were all really hungry.
5 I’m sure you’re not as (tall) me.
6 The train station is (far) from my house than the bus station so I usually go to school by bus.
7 With the internet, it’s a lot (easy) to do research than it used to be.
8 That was (bad) film I’ve ever seen. It was really terrible.
9 I’m sure Mount Everest is (high) Mount Kilimanjaro.
10 Prague is the (beautiful) city I have ever visited.

2 Complete the sentences with these adjectives and very or absolutely.

delicious surprised terrible fantastic cold enormous dirty interesting

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1 Our new shopping centre is . It takes ages to walk from one end to the other!
2 It’s in here. Could you close the window please?
3 I’d like another piece of that chocolate cake as it’s .
4 I didn’t want to use the shower in the hotel because it was . I don’t think anyone had cleaned
it after the last guests.
5 Our last holiday was . We had a brilliant time.
6 I think wildlife documentaries are because you can learn so much.
7 Those diamonds are but they cost millions.
8 I felt yesterday, but now I feel much better.
9 It’s here in the summer. It’s often above 35°C.
10 I was to hear that John and Julia were getting married. I guess they didn’t want anyone to know.

Pronunciation
UT4 Listen and underline the weak syllables in the comparative structures in bold.
1 You’re much louder than your brother.
2 Lions run much faster than humans.
3 Is the Pacific deeper than the Atlantic?
4 London is bigger than Madrid.
5 I feel safer here than in London.

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