MID TERM TEST 4TH ADOL

STUDNETS’ NAME: _______________________________

LISTENING

1 Listen to five short extracts in which people are talking about different activities. For Unit 4 Listening
questions 1–5, choose from the list (A–H) what each speaker says about their activity. Use
the letters only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.

Speaker 1:

Speaker 2:

Speaker 3:

Speaker 4:

Speaker 5:

A People who enjoy relaxing probably won’t like this activity.

B I only took up this activity recently.

C It’s better to do this activity with other people.

D I do more than one activity at the same time.

E I would like to do this activity more often.

F My family weren’t keen for me to do this activity.

G I do this activity twice a day.

H This isn’t a suitable activity for everyone.

GRAMMAR

2 Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the sentences.

1 I can’t answer the phone because I have /am having a shower.

2 I like /am liking your new hairstyle. Which hairdresser do you use?
3 My favourite singer becomes /is becoming more and more popular.
4 What are you cooking? Mmm, it smells /is smelling delicious!
5 Jenny is often late; she almost never arrives /is arriving at school on time.
6 After three months in America, my pronunciation gets /is getting much better.
7 My brother is the one on the right. He’s got dark hair and he wears /is wearing black jeans.
8 Sam is in his room. I imagine he plays /is playing video games like he usually does.
9 I do believe /am believing that Nadal is going to win the match!
10 I’m putting on my jacket. It always is /is always cold in the evening at this time of year.
3 Complete the text using a word or phrase from the box. Some words or phrases may be used more than once.

didn’t never use use to used would

Life in Ancient Greece

Most people in Greece (1) to live in villages. Life was not easy because there didn’t (2) to be much
water or wood for building. As a result, some Greeks (3) travel to other countries to look for a better life. The
Greeks (4) to build their homes with a garden in the middle. There (5) use to be much furniture inside
the buildings, but richer people decorated the walls and floors with colourful paintings. Because many homes didn’t
(6) have a bathroom, people (7) use public baths.

Did children (8) go to school? Well, the boys did when they were seven, but teachers cost money so many sons
of poor families (9) went to school. Girls didn’t (10) go to school. They stayed at home where their
mothers would teach them how to cook and look after the house.

4 Choose the correct word or phrase to f ill each gap.

1 Patty to have a pet dog, but unfortunately it ran away.

2 When I was younger I often play with wooden bricks at home.
3 Brendan to clean the house, but now he tidies up every Saturday.
4 Jordi to like watching tennis, but now he does.
5 The Romans spend their time outside as much as possible.
6 When you were young, have your own bedroom?
7 I never visit my grandparents, but now I visit them often.
8 I remember my mother always read a story to me before I went to sleep.
9 Kevin sit at the table for meals, do you remember that? I think he does now.
10 kick your football over the hedge?

1 A used B would C use

2 A used B would C would to
3 A never use B didn’t used C never used
4 A used B didn’t used C didn’t use
5 A would to B used C used to
6 A did you use to B did you used to C would you
7 A use to B used to C used
8 A use to B would C used
9 A would never B used never to C didn’t used to
10 A Used you to B Would you used to C Did you ever use to

Score: / 10

5 Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the sentences.

1 We haven’t seen /didn’t see much of Berlin yet, but we really like it.
2 How many times have you stayed /been staying in the same hotel?
3 I’ve never been hearing /heard of a plane that can drive on a road before.
4 Belinda has written /been writing that postcard for half an hour!
5 Thomas is flying /has flown planes since he was 20 years old.
 6 Has Dad changed our money into the local currency yet /already? I need to buy a map.
7 I have been waiting for my luggage since /for two hours.
8 Bill hasn’t written his hotel review still /yet because there is no internet connection here.
9 My brother already /still hasn’t finished packing his suitcase.
10 I’ve never /ever been backpacking before.

6 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the present simple or present continuous.

1 Because my last class (finish) at 6 pm, it’s always difficult to get to hockey practice at 6:30.
2 I have to practise my dance steps because I (enter) a dance competition on Friday.
3 What time your favourite series (start)?
4 I’m running for my bus because it always (arrive) on time.
5 Alison is a bit nervous because she (see) the dentist tomorrow.
6 I (meet) my friend Paul for lunch at 2 pm. Would you like to join us?
7 This summer we (stay) in our own city because it’s cheaper.
8 The film (not / begin) until 7:30 pm so let’s buy some popcorn!
9 Hurry up, Zara. The post office (close) at 5 o’clock and we need to post these letters.
10 I (have) my third driving lesson tomorrow morning because I’m busy in the afternoon.

VOCABULARY

7 If a word or phrase in bold is correct, put a tick. If it’s incorrect, rewrite it correctly.

1 I couldn’t meet you yesterday because my dad made me to help him with the shopping.

2 What I have for dinner depends on how hungry I am.

3 Our teacher stopped us from climb the fence because he said it was dangerous.

4 We have to leave in three minutes. I don’t think it’s worth starting another game.

5 Mary isn’t very keen on sit on the balcony. She is afraid of heights.

8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

1 Julie’s room was so (tidy) that she was unable to see the floor.
2 It is (legal) to get on a train without a ticket.
3 What’s the problem Mr Jones? Are you (happy) with your room?
4 I don’t like waiting for buses. I’m too (patient). I usually start walking before the bus arrives.
 5 I think that camping is (popular) with adults because they prefer to sleep in a bed.
6 I tried to buy a ticket in France, but the man at the ticket office was very (helpful).
7 Jerry was sad because he was (able) to go to his favourite festival.
8 I am (certain) when we will arrive because our train is delayed.

9 Complete the sentences with the correct alternative.

1 John was more interested in /on visiting the shopping centre than going sightseeing.
2 Terry spent /passed more time taking selfies than looking at the monument.
3 Melissa was really looking forward in /to seeing her friend Tara in Ireland.
4 The tour guide prevented us from /to taking photos inside the art gallery.
5 When we entered the campsite they made us show /to show our identification.

10 Complete the sentences with the correct word f rom the box. You may use each word more than once.

in off out together up

1 Nuria is working at the gym to get stronger.

2 Sonia and Liz enjoy getting every Friday to talk about their week.
3 Chris didn’t stay late watching TV because he was going skiing the next day.
4 Alex loves going every Monday to meet her friends at the drama club.
5 Tomorrow is Saturday, so I’m going to sleep until 10 o’clock!
6 What was the last new hobby that you took ? Did you like it?
7 We are calling our skiing trip because there isn’t enough snow.

LANGUAGE IN USE

11 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the f irst sentence, using the word given. Do
not change the word given. You must use between two and f ive words, including the word given.
1 Although we didn’t have much money, we paid to enter the Escape Room.
We paid to enter the Escape Room much money. DESPITE

2 It was a new experience, but we answered the first question quickly.

We answered the first question quickly even a new THOUGH
experience.

3 Although I spent a lot of time on the number puzzle, I couldn’t solve it.
In a lot of time on the number puzzle, I couldn’t solve it. SPITE

4 Anna found the solution, in spite of being bad at maths.

Anna found the solution, despite at maths. GOOD

5 We had difficulty solving the word puzzle, but we didn’t ask for help.
We didn’t ask for help despite we had difficulty solving FACT
the word puzzle.
6 We didn’t get out in time, but we really enjoyed ourselves.
We really enjoyed ourselves in spite out in time. NOT

7 In spite of not being successful, we decided to try again.

We decided to try again, not successful. ALTHOUGH

8 We weren’t very hungry, but we decided to go to a café.

We decided to go to a café were not hungry. EVEN

9 The second Escape Room was more difficult, but we solved the puzzles.
We solved the puzzles second Escape Room being IN
more difficult.

10 Even though Anna found more clues than me, I solved more puzzles.
I solved more puzzles, in spite Anna found more clues THAT
than me.