WEEK 4

MINI TEST
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest.
1. A. mature B. picture C. furniture D. temperature
2. A. counselor B. houseproud C. lounge D. though
3. A. essential B. possession C. assistant D. depress
4. A. rises B. fixes C. dances D. passes
5. A. attendant B. guidance C. industrial D. skyscraper
II. Circle the correct answer to complete each sentence.
1. A …………………… usually has no stairs.
A. bungalow B. detached house C. mansion D. skyscraper
2. A ………… is responsible for giving students advice about classes and helping them with personal
problems.
A. guidance counselor B. school secretary
C. vice-principal D. custodian
3. …………………… is the study of cooking, sewing, and subjects relating to the management of a home.
A. Industrial arts B. Home economics
C. Business education D. Computer science
4. He's very shy and never makes …………………… contact.
A. head B. eye C. face D. body
5. I was just …………………… Robert on his wonderful food.
A. suggesting B. advising C. complimenting D. sharing
6. It's cool and quiet everywhere …………………… in the kitchen, where the kids are learning how to
cook.
A. or B. and C. except D. because
7. A person’s …………………… is a girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father
as them.
A. half-sister B. step-sister C. sister-in-law D. sister
8. They have …………………… over 60 children during the past ten years, and they ……………………
one of them last year.
A. adopted/ fostered B. adopted/ foster C. fostered/ adopt D. fostered/ adopted
9. Both her children are now married …………………… children of their own.
A. to B. for C. with D. by
10. She imagined herself sitting in her favourite …………………… back home.
A. sofa B. chair C. stool D. armchair
11. It was …………………… in the little cabin, so we decided to eat lunch outside.
A. quiet B. noisy C. tidy D. cramped
12. We were at school together. I haven't seen her for years, …………………….
A. but B. so C. though D. and
13. You'd better take the keys ……………………. I'm out.
A. so that B. in case C. in spite of D. rather than
14. I’m a terrible ……………………. of junk. I hate throwing things away.
A. hoarder B. flight attendant C. widow D. playwright
15. She lives in Africa; her parents live in England, so they ……………………. see her.
A. always B. frequently C. generally D. hardly ever
16. – I’m sorry we don’t have your size.
 – …………………….
A. What a pity! B. I hope so. C. I’ll take it. D. So am I.
17. – How long are you going to stay in Bangkok?
– …………………….
A. It took three weeks B. For the last three weeks
C. For another three weeks D. In three weeks
18. – See you tomorrow.
– …………………….
A. That’s all right B. Don’t be late C. I can’t see D. I’ll be there
19. – I don’t like this programme.
– …………………….
A. I’ll turn it on B. You didn’t take it off
C. I’ll take it off D. Let’s turn it off then
20. – Can I leave early?
– …………………….
A. Yes, that’s fine B. Before 4.30
C. Not at all D. I can’t, either.
III. Use the correct verb forms to complete the sentences below.
1. There are a lot of clouds! It (rain) ……………………… soon
2. Both of us (watch) ……………………… a horror film when the light went out.
3. Helen (wait) ……………………… for her boyfriend for two hours.
4. The Jones from Canada (visit) ……………………… us next month.
5. Why (you/always/talk) ……………………… like a baby at your age?
6. I will have a word with the manager before I (decide) ……………………… what to do next.
7. You can borrow my umbrella. I (not/need) ……………………… it at the moment.
8. How’s the cake? B: It (taste) ……………………………… funny.
9. A: Is Julie going to take the new job?
B: She (think) ……………………………… about it.
10. The suitcase looks quite heavy. I (help) ……………………………… you.
IV. Use the correct word forms to complete the sentences below.
1. The villa is surrounded by ………………………… gardens. (SPACE)
2. We believe that you have been ………………………… with us and that some of the
details on your CV are false. (HONEST)
3. I'd been waiting for half an hour and I was getting ………………………… (PATIENCE)
4. Don’t trust Jan – she’s too ………………………… (RELY)
5. She finally achieved her ………………………… to visit South America. (AMBITIOUS)
6. The shop assistant was rude and ………………………… (HELP)
 GRAMMAR FOCUS : COMPARATIVES
I. Put the adjectives or adverbs into the correct comparative forms.
large => ……………… happy ……………….. good ………………..
long => ………..….… friendly ……………….. bad ………………..
cheap =>……………. noisy ……………….. far ………………..
nice => …………… lazy ……………….. little ………………..
wet => …………… funny ……………….. many/much ………………..
thin =>…………….. pretty ……………….. clever ………………..
exciting => …………………… sunny ……………….. narrow ………………..
expensive => ……………….… slowly ……….………. simple ……….……….
dangerous => ………………. quickly ……………….. quiet ………………..
II. Clive is taking about his possessions. Complete what he says, using the comparative forms of the
adjectives in brackets:
0. My bike's quite slow and I want to get a (fast)......faster......... one.
1. I want to get a ................................. (expensive) camera than the one I've got.
2. I've got an old computer and I want one that's ................................... (modern).
3. My games console is OK but I want a....................... (good) one.
4. I'd really like to have a ......................... (nice) guitar.
5. My phone isn't very good and I want a........................... (advanced) one.
6. I need new exercise equipment because I want to get.......................... (fit).
7. My music system is getting ........................... (bad) and I need a new one.
8. I want a car that's .................................. (powerful) than the one I've got.
III. Alice and Brenda are discussing which film to see. Complete their conversation using the
comparative forms of the adj. in brackets. Sometimes you must use than:
ALICE I want to see Moonlight, I think it'll be ........................................ (exciting) Dark Woods.
BRENDA Yes, but it'll be .................... (scary). And you get...................... (frightened)
me in horror films, don't you?
ALICE That's true. You're .......................... (brave) me, and you're always ..................... (calm).
BRENDA I think we should see Dark Woods. The reviews say that it's ............................... (funny)
Moonlight.
ALICE Yes/ but Moonlight is.....................(popular), everyone's talking about it.
BRENDA I know, but it'll be ................ (easy) to get tickets for Dark Woods. ........... (Few) people
want to see it.
ALICE But I think Moonlight will be ................................ (entertaining).
BRENDA OK, we'll see Moonlight.
IV. Choose the best answer A or B
V. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the adjective/ adverb in brackets.
1. That house is too small for our family. We need something much …………………(big).
2. I can’t understand you. Could you speak a bit …………………………….(slowly), please?
3. This coffee is bitter. I prefer to drink it a little ……………………..(sweet).
4. That dress is very ……………………………(expensive). I can’t afford to buy it.
5. Fiona is by far …………………………(intelligent) girl in the class.
6. It was very cold yesterday, but it’s slightly ……………………….(warm) today.
7. I don’t go to that supermarket any more. This one is far …………………..(cheap).
8. I like living near the city. It’s a lot ……………………………….(convenient).
VI. Complete the conversation with the correct words and phrases from the box.
better easier further more expensive nicer worse

VII. Find the grammar mistakes in each sentence and correct them.

VIII. Complete each of the following sentences, using the structure comparative + and + comparative
with the word in brackets.
1. It is becoming --------------------------to find a job. (hard)
2. His visit to New York seemed to get -----------------------because he was very busy at work .(short)
3. Eating and travelling in this city is getting --------------------.(expensive).
4. As the day went to, the weather got--------------------------.(bad)
5. We had to shop the discussion because the question we becoming------------------,(complicated).
6. Your English is Ok now, your pronunciation has got ----------------------------.(good)
7. Little John is becoming ------------------------.(active)
IX. Complete each of the following sentences, using the structure: the + comparative, the +
comparative.
1. The warmer the weather, the ………………………….. I feel.
2. The more you practice your English, the …………………………………. you will learn.
3. The longer he waited, the………………….. impatient he because.
4. The………………………. electricity you see, the higher your bill will be.
5 The more expensive the hotel, the……………………………the service.
6 The more I got to know him, the……………………….I liked him.
7. The more you have, the……………………………………..you want.
8. The more you travel, the ………………………….you know.

VOCABULARY AND READING

I. Put the following words into three groups: shops/ stores, things that you usually find in towns, things that
you usually find in the countryside ( sometimes both).
cathedral City Hall hill stream butcher(’s) mountain palace museum forest mosque
bookstore temple valley jungle drugstore pagoda church skyscraper baker(’s) paddy field
pharmacy stadium stream river tractor footpath hedge wood park suburb greengrocer(’s)
commercial centre boutique factory newsagent bank department store amusement center arcade
railway station discotheque pub bar parking lot cinema clinic police station
Shops /stores Places / things in town Places /things in the countryside
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II. Label the signs with these words

escalator coffee shop bar car park telephone lift information cashpoint toilets restaurant

1…………………… 2. ……………………….. 3. ………………………. 4. …………………. 5. …………………………..

6…………………… 7. ……………………….. 8. ………………………. 9. ……………………. 10. …………………………..

III. Fill in the gap with one of the words below.

dirty new large spacious neat traditional expensive noisy tall modern
crowded messy bright empty beautiful
1. That restaurant must serve really good food. It’s 9. We didn’t eat at that restaurant because it wasn’t
really_____________. There are so many people there. clean. It was ________________!
2. There are lots of clothes and books and toys all over 10. There is a ________________ office building near
my son's bedroom. It’s very ________________. my home. It wasn’t there last year.
3. I really like my apartment. It isn’t dark. It has large 11. Our home is too small. We want to move to a more
windows, so it’s very ________________. ________________ apartment.
4. After my son cleaned his room it was ___________. 12. There is a small _______________ market in our
5. No one is in the classroom. It’s ________________. town. It’s the same as markets a hundred years ago.
6. That house costs a lot of money. It’s ___________. 13. I need a quiet place to study. This place is too
7. It’s not an ugly building. In fact, it’s really quite ________________.
___________. 14. It’s a _____________ building. It has 35 floors.
8. Sixty thousand people can sit in that football 15. That supermarket isn’t a traditional market. It’s
stadium. It’s not small, it’s ________________. very_____________.

IV. Read the leaflets and do the task below.

Find the adjectives in the leaflets that mean :

1. Very big = v…………………… 5. Well-known = f…………………...
2. Important in history = h……………………. 6. Fantastic = w…………………..
3. With a special feeling = a…………………… 7. Very interesting = f……………………
4. Very old = a…………………… 8. Very impressive = s……………………

V. Fill each space in this e-mail or letter about a film.

Hi Steve,
I went to the cinema with Jack last night. We saw the film “Moving Out”. It’s ………………… a young
man, Rashid, who goes to live in London. I’m not very (2) …………………on films about everyday life,
so I didn’t really want to go because I (3) …………………watching films like thrillers and space
adventures.
But now “Moving Out” is one of my (4) …………………films because it’s really (5) ………………… . I
laughed all the time. And it’s about ordinary young people, just (6) …………………you and me. The (7)
…………………part of the film is (8) …………………Rashid’s mum comes to visit him. He’s (9)
…………………got home from a party, and the flat’s very untidy. The (10) …………………aren’t well-
known, but they’re really good. Go and see it soon!
See you,
Sami
VI. Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question, circle the
correct letter A, B, C or D.
MY FIRST HOME
When my parents married, they rented a small house and they didn’t have a lot of money for furniture.
The kitchen had a (1) …………………for washing up and a cooker, but that was all. They (2)
…………………an old table and chairs from the market. They borrowed a sofa which was (3)
…………………old, but they (4) …………………it with modern materials so it was bright and cheerful.
Outside, there was a small garden (5) …………………the house, but in front of it there was only the
road. Luckily the road wasn’t busy, so I could cross it to (6) …………………the park on the (7)
…………………side. We lived there (8) …………………I was ten and we were very happy. We had to
(9) …………………house because it was too small when my twin sisters were born. We all (10)
…………………sad when we left.
1. A. basin B. cupboard C. sink D. bath
2. A. bought B. sold C. became D. brought
3. A. more B. also C. even D. little
4. A. placed B. put C. covered D. made
5. A. before B. through C. by D. behind
6. A. reach B. arrive C. go D. get
7. A. wrong B. opposite C. different D. facing
8. A. when B. after C. until D. to
9. A. move B. change C. leave D. close
10. A. spent B. thought C. had D. felt
VII. Rewrite each sentence using the given words, so that its meaning stays the same.
1. To keep fit, a friend of mine walks to work every Monday.
 To keep fit, a friend of mine goes…………………………………………………
2. That road is too dangerous for a woman to walk along at night.
 That road is not ……………………………………………………………………
3. My roommate takes pride in her talent for music. (PROUD)
 My roommate …………………………………………………………………….
4. How wide is the auditorium?
 What ………………………………………………………………………………
5. What is the distance between your new house and the airport?
 How ……………………………………………………………………………….
6. How heavy was a T-Rex?
 How ……………………………………………………………………………….
7. Paul usually spends three hours making a model airplane.
 It usually ………………………………………………………………………….
8. My little brother is interested in playing the guitar.
 My little brother is fond ………………………………………………………….
VIII. Make questions for the underlined parts:
1. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
- Students live and study abroad for between nine months and a year in this programme.
2. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
- Jenny takes a taxi to the city centre once or twice a month.
3. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
- Niall sometimes goes shopping with his mother at weekends.
4. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
- An elephant can drink about 50 gallons of water a day.
5. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
- The deepest point of the Nile is about 6000 feet deep.
6. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
- Will is forever stealing his cousin’s stuff when he drops in on her.
7. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
- The Smiths are flying to Paris on vacation next week.
8. ……………………………………………………………………………………?
- The dishwasher costs 1000 dollars.
IX. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences.
1. full/ I/ carry/ this/ too/ box/ it's/ because/ books/ heavy/ can't/ of/ big/ ./
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. come/ to/ have/ tomorrow/ Would/ with/ and/ you/ us/ dinner/ like/ ?/
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. potatoes/ every/ but/ My/ growing/ grow/ grandparents/ carrots/ year/ farm/ on/ year/ their/ are/
they/ this/ ,/ ./
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. some/ by/ his/ pictures/ most/ He/ money/ of/ selling/ valuable/ had/ one/ ./
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. have/ take/ when/ come/ room/ We/ always/ shoes/ we/ the/ our/ in/ to/ off.
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………
6. working/ volunteers/ Some/ homes/ are/ in/ people/ nursing/ as/ ./
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………