Unit Language Test 3 | Group A

VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH

Name: _____________________ Class: ____

VOCABULARY
1 Complete the definitions with the missing
words. The first letters are given.
0 When you i n c i t e someone, you motivate
them into taking some kind of action.
1 A c _ _ _ _ _ person is devious and clever and
often gets their own way.
2 When you s _ _ _ _ _ someone, you entice and
persuade them to do something, sometimes
when they are reluctant.
3 A c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ person easily believes what
they see and is very trusting.
4 You s _ _ _ an argument when you make it
lean more heavily in one direction.
5 When you p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in something, you
keep going, standing firm and not giving up.
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2 Complete the sentences. Write one word in
each gap.
0 How much profit you make later on depends
very much on the initial investment you make.
1 A group of young entrepreneurs came up with
a unique ______________ concept that
changed the world of video games.
2 The amount on the ______________ tag was
wrong, but they let me buy it at that price
anyway because apparently this is what the law
says.
3 Examples of ______________ markets can be
shoes for vegan people or accessories for
people who like working from coffee shops.
4 If we could buy the notebooks in
______________ instead of two or three at
a time, they’d work out much cheaper because
the more you buy, the lower the cost.
5 Do you want to mooch ______________ the
shops for an hour or so while I’m at the
meeting?
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GRAMMAR
3 Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verbs in brackets.
0 I’m pleased to inform you that your parcel will
be delivered (deliver) on Friday morning.
1 More than a million cars are believed to
____________________ (sell) in China this
year.
2 The photos ____________________ (alter)
digitally before they published them.
3 He believed that personal values
____________________ (need / take) into
account as they motivated people’s actions.
4 Thousands of cars ____________________
(produce) by our company in the last ten years.
5 The goods ____________________ (ship) to
our warehouses in the Dockland of London as
we speak.
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4 Rewrite the sentences in two different ways.
0 Someone gave him a bike on his birthday.
He was given a  bike on his birthday.
A bike was given to him on his birthday.
1 The new boss will probably give Heidi or Greta
the new Uruguay project next month.
Heidi _________________________________
______________________________________
The new ______________________________
______________________________________
2 One of the mayor’s assistants is showing them
around the new office block right now.
They _________________________________
_____________________________________.
The new offices _________________________
_____________________________________.
3 The director of the Philharmonic orchestra had
promised me a front row seat at tomorrow’s
concert.
A front-row seat at ______________________
_____________________________________.
I _____________________________________
_____________________________________.
4 We believe that more than a thousand people
have bought a ticket for next year’s festival
already.
More than _____________________________
_____________________________________.
Tickets _______________________________
_____________________________________.
5 An internationally renowned French media
organisation is going to award us a prize for our
report.
We __________________________________
_____________________________________.
A prize for _____________________________
_____________________________________.
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 Unit Language Test 3 | Group A
VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR, USE OF ENGLISH
Name: _____________________ Class: ____

USE OF ENGLISH
5 Complete the text with the correct words 6 Complete the second sentence using the
formed from the words in bold. word in bold so that it means the same as
the first one. Do not change the word in
Thank you for the invitation to write a short
bold. Use no more than six words including
entry for your blog for teenagers. Your
0
the word in bold.
 tradename (NAME) has become known
0 The detectives working on the investigation
amongst students as the ‘go-to’ place to find
revealed that the money came from illegal
out exactly what they need to know about
activities.
their chosen career paths. I hope this post is
REVEALED
as useful as some of the others I’ve seen.
It was revealed that the money came from
I’ve decided to write a little bit about these
illegal activities.
new companies which are often set up by
1 I go out to buy or do something for my
young entrepreneurs to develop a product or
1
grandparents on Fridays.
 ______________ (SERVE) and sell it. Yes,
RUN
you’ve guessed correctly. This post is all
I ______________________________ for my
about how to create a 2 ______________
grandparents on Fridays.
(START). The first thing that you need to be
2 I’m planning to start my own business after
aware of is that you can’t really do anything
graduation.
at all in the world of business without money.
UP
Usually, the 3 ______________ (FRONT)
I’m planning to _________________________
investment needed for such a project in the
_____ after graduation.
initial stages comes from family and friends.
3 My mum spent lots of money and bought lots of
Another thing to consider is that before these
things just before Christmas.
young companies can make a profitable
SPREE
4
 ______________ (OVER), they need to
My mum ______________________________
raise a lot more investment to bring the
just before Christmas.
product to market. It’s common sense when
4 Their latest laptop is way too expensive. They
you think about it. In the initial stages of
will have to reduce its price by a lot to find
building the business, companies are,
customers willing to buy it.
usually under 5 ______________ (PRESS)
KNOCK
to prove the product is successful to attract
Their latest laptop is way too expensive. They
investment. so a carefully planned step-by-
will have to
step approach is crucial.
______________________________ to find
customers willing to buy it.
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not manage to persuade her classmates.
WIN
Although Julia had some good ideas, she
______________________________ her
classmates.
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