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Language Test 3B Unit 3

1 Choose the correct answers.

Sandra used to / would live in the city but now she lives in the country.

1 We were going / would go to Cornwall on holiday every year when I was a child.

2 Andy is always arriving / will always arrive late for work.

3 Breakfast is the most important meal for our family. We will sit / are sitting together for

ages eating breakfast at the weekend.

4 I would really / used to really hate him but recently I’ve started to get on with him much

better.

5 They are forever asking / will forever ask me to help them tidy the flat. It’s really

annoying.

6 I used to not / didn’t use to live in this town.

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2 Complete each sentence with the correct article (a/an, the) or leave the gap blank
when no article is needed.

I don’t think you know my sister. She’s a doctor.

1 Careful with that cup! _______ coffee is hot.

2 Is Monday _______ first day of the week?

3 I don’t like _______ buses. They’re so noisy and crowded.

4 I have to get up early to go to _______ school tomorrow.

5 I’d like to go to _______ restaurant this evening but I don’t know which one.

6 Do you see that man? Standing by _______ bus stop? He’s my uncle.

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3 Complete the missing words.

Can you change the c h a n n e l, please?

1 First you agree, then you disagree! You can’t change your _ _ n _ all the time!

2 These jeans are too long. I’ll have to _ l _ _ _ them.

3 My new boots have a hole in them but the shop won’t _ _ p _ _ c _ them!

4 You’re late for class and you don’t do your homework. If you don’t change your _ _ y _

you’ll have problems.

5 Why do you always wear black? You should _ _ r _ how you dress instead of wearing the

same things all the time.

6 Working in an office is different from studying at university. You’ll have to _ o _ _ f _

your behaviour or you’ll get into trouble.

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4 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. There is one extra word that you do
not need.

inspiring critically irrational world-famous severely talked granted determined

He was severely injured in the accident.

1 The coach spoke some _______ words before the team went out to play.

2 He never says ‘thank you’. He just takes me for _______ all the time.

3 I hate spiders! I’ve always had an _______ fear of them!

4 How can you trust her? She’s always _______ behind people’s backs.

5 His last film, a western, was _______ acclaimed as well as being extremely successful

commercially.

6 Stephanie Meyer is the _______ author of the Twilight series of novels.

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5 Rewrite the sentences using the word given to add emphasis.

Phil was clever. (such)

Phil was such a clever man.

1 He likes you, you know. (like)

He _____________________________ you, you know.

2 The music is my favourite thing about the club. (best)

What __________________________ the music.

3 I loved my teacher’s patience with us. (was)

It ______________________________ about my teacher.

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6 Match the idioms in bold to the correct explanations.

I told you, a leopard never changes its spots. d

1 She won? That was a real turn-up for the books! 

2 I’m telling you, the winds of change are blowing this year. 

3 Oh well, I suppose a change is as good as a rest. 

a something new is always refreshing.

b things are not staying how they used to be, in different areas.

c very surprising and unexpected.

d always the same person underneath.

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