Cumulative Vocabulary and Grammar Test

Units 1–10 Test A

Vocabulary
1 Choose the correct answers a, b or c.
1 India ___________ over 30 million tonnes of bananas per year and sells them to other countries.
a refrigerates b produces c eats
2 Take the things that you can reuse to the ___________ .
a rubbish dump b food miles c recycling centre
3 It’s usually my job to ___________ the washing machine in our house.
a make b lay c load
4 The criminal is ___________ in court today.
a appearing b punishing c spending
5 In schools where there is a lot of violence and crime, it’s ___________ to get a good education.
a irresponsible b impossible c immature
6 The hills weren’t pretty; they actually looked ___________ .
a green b blue c drab
7 It’s ___________ that Earth’s population will be over nine billion in 2050.
a estimated b increased c decreased
8 The ___________ appeared in all the national papers, but the product didn’t make a lot of
money.
a customer b advert c research
9 My friend, who moved to the US from Mexico, speaks English with a very strong Mexican
___________ .
a slang b dialect c accent
10 Kristin Duquette campaigned ___________ the rights of disabled people at her university.
a for b on c at
11 Jane isn’t afraid of public speaking – she’s got a lot of ___________ .
a brilliance b confidence c independence
12 Why don’t we read the ___________ before we choose a film?
a articles b gossip columns c reviews

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2 Complete each pair of sentences a and b with the same word.
1 a The streets in our city aren’t very ___________________ . People leave their rubbish
everywhere.
b Everyone in my family has to ___________________ the bath after they’ve used it.
2 a We can’t get anything to ___________________ in our garden because there’s no
sunlight.
b My mum always says that when I ___________________ up, I’ll be able to make my
own decisions; now I have to listen to her.
3 a We learn two foreign ___________________ in my school.
b How many official ___________________ are there in Belgium?
4 a Before you go on holiday, you should try to ___________________ out everything you
can about the place you’re visiting.
b Never give up and try to ___________________ a way to solve your problems.
5 a I like helping my parents with the chores, but I never ___________________ the ironing.
b My brother decided to go to Africa to help build a school because he wanted to
___________________ some good in life.
6 a There is a ___________________ you can calculate the estimated number of people in
the world in the future.
b Take a map with you, so that we don’t lose our ___________________ .

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3 Put the words in brackets into the correct noun, verb, adjective or adverb form.
1 Her ___________________ (brilliant) was evident when she was singing on stage.
2 Spraying graffiti on public buildings is ___________________ (legal).
3 When my computer broke down, I felt ___________________ (help).
4 You didn’t have to buy me a gift, but it’s so ___________________ (think) of you.
5 There’s too much ___________________ (advert) in newspapers and magazines these days.
6 Going on a rollercoaster ride was a ___________________ (frighten) experience for me.

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4 Answer the questions.
1 Which phrasal verb means to put on clothes and check if they fit? ___________________
2 What do you call a shop that sells things that are much cheaper than in other places?
___________________
3 What do you look at to find out how much it costs? ___________________
4 What is the antonym of powerful? ___________________
5 What is the synonym of conserve? ___________________
6 What do you call a group of people working on the production side of a film?
___________________
7 Which two of these can you gather: a problem / information / evidence / crime?
___________________ , ___________________
8 What do you call a newspaper with small pages and not very serious stories?
___________________
9 Which two of these verbs take the preposition for: praise / prepare / succeed / congratulate?
___________________ , ___________________
10 Which phrasal verb means to start a journey? ___________________
11 What is the strong form of cold? ___________________
12 What do you use to taste things? ___________________

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Grammar
5 Choose the correct answer a, b, or c to replace the underlined phrases.
1 They printed the first newspaper in Germany in 1605.
a The first newspaper printed
b The first newspaper was printed
c The first newspaper been printed
2 You’re going to the cinema, is that right?
a are you
b aren’t you
c aren’t you going
3 When I was younger, I went to tennis practice every day.
a used to go
b used to went
c used to going
4 We don’t have to go to school on Saturday.
a We mustn’t
b It’s not necessary for us to
c It’s not important for us to
5 She’ll definitely get married when she’s older.
a She’ll certainly
b She may
c She’ll probably
6 This jacket is not big enough for me.
a small enough
b too big
c too small

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6 Which sentence a–c has a similar meaning to the original sentence? Choose the correct
answer a, b or c.
1 We visited Halls Creek on our trip along Canning Stock Route.
a When we were in Canning Stock Route, we visited Halls Creek.
b While travelling along Canning Stock Route, we visited Halls Creek.
c We went to Halls Creek to travel along Canning Stock Route.
2 She told me she was completing the survey.
a ‘I was completing the survey.’
b ‘I completed the survey.’
c ‘I’m completing the survey.’
3 Don’t go there because you will slip.
a If you don’t go there, you will slip.
b If you go there, you will slip.
c If you will go there, you will slip.
4 When we got to the restaurant, they had already eaten.
a We got to the restaurant after they finished eating.
b We got to the restaurant before they started eating.
c We got to the restaurant when they started eating.
5 Regular breaks in school make students work better.
a If students have regular breaks at school, they will work better.
b If students have regular breaks at school, they work better.
c If students will have regular breaks at school, they work better.
6 You have to work harder, or you won’t get good grades.
a He said I have to work harder or I won’t get good grades.
b He said I had to work harder or I won’t get good grades.
c He said I had to work harder or I wouldn’t get good grades.

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7 There is one word missing in each sentence. Rewrite the sentences adding the word in the
correct place.
1 She told she was playing an online game.
________________________________________________________________________
2 There are more than a hundred channels in Britain, are there?
________________________________________________________________________
3 Safety pins invented by Walter Hunt in 1849.
________________________________________________________________________
4 When she got to the station, she noticed that she left the tickets at home.
________________________________________________________________________
5 When I was younger I didn’t use have long hair.
________________________________________________________________________
6 Parker Liautaud been to the North Pole several times, and hopes to go again.
________________________________________________________________________

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8 Choose the correct answers a, b or c.
Chasing dreams
Johnny Hunt 1________________ at six every day. He showers, gets dressed, has a quick snack and
by seven he’s already on the tennis court hitting one ball after another. He then spends six hours at
school and after all his lessons, he rushes back onto the court for more practice. Today is slightly
different because before he had his morning tennis lesson, he 2________________ 10 kilometres.
Johnny 3________________ in a big tournament at the weekend, so he needs 4________________
much harder. But Johnny hates all of this. So why does he do it? Well, Johnny has ‘pushy parents’.
‘Pushy parents’ think that if they 5________________ young again, they 6________________ things
differently. But because they can’t go back to how things 7________________ , they want their own
children to fulfil their failed dreams and ambitions. They see their children as an extension of
themselves, sometimes not realizing how unhappy they are. Unsurprisingly, a recent study
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________________ that the majority of parents who didn’t manage to achieve their own dreams,
want their children to succeed in those things. But 9________________ problem with this is that
these children lose their autonomy and never have their own dreams.
Back on the court, Johnny misses the last shot and loses the match. ‘If he 10________________ a bit
more, he 11________________ a champion,’ says his dad. But Johnny knows that this
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________________ the case …
1 a is getting up b gets up c got up
2 a ran b was running c had run
3 a will compete b competes c is going to compete
4 a to work b work c working
5 a are b were c will be
6 a would do b will do c do
7 a be b use to be c used to be
8 a has revealed b revealed c reveals
9 a more big b bigger c the biggest
10 a will practise b practises c would practise
11 a ’ll be b is c would be
12 a is never going to be b is never c will never be

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TOTAL MARKS: ___ / 60