Unit test 3A

1 Choose the correct verb form. A What 10 _______ (happen)?

Boy walks to school at three in the morning B He 11 _______ (walk) his dogs in the park, when the
An eight-year-old boy 1 was making / had made / made dogs 12 _______ (break) loose and attacked and
headlines yesterday as he 2 walked / was walking /had injured a young woman.
walked to school in the middle of the night in Germany A What did the owner say 13 _______ (take place)?
after waking up and mistaking the time. The boy 3 was B He said he 14 _______ (have) no idea why the dogs
being found / was found / had found and picked up by a suddenly 15 _______ (attack) the girl.
police car as he was walking back to his house through
deserted streets, clutching his school bag in Aachen
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at 3 a.m.
He told officers that he 4 had been / was going / had been
3 Complete the text with appropriate
going to school, but (obviously!) found it 5 was closed /
past tense forms of the verbs in
had closed / has closed and so decided to return home.
brackets.
His parents were still asleep when he arrived home and
had no idea the boy 6 had been leaving / was leaving / A 16-year-old teenager, who 1 was described by his
had left the house. The boy said he 7 had woken up / was mother as a ‘good lad’, pleaded guilty to stealing
waking up / has woken up, misread the time on his alarm thousands of pounds worth of goods from a department
clock, and thought he was late for school. Other children store in Southampton on Friday 10th November.
at the school 8 were delighted / were being delighted / He 2 _______ (leave) the building with jewellery,
delighted by the melodrama, not to mention the TV crews designer clothes and electronic goods.
and cameramen who turned up the next day at school!
The boy 3 _______ (questioned) by the police on
previous occasions for a number of other shoplifting
1 point for each correct answer 7 offences, though nothing on such a large scale as this
offence. The judge at Southampton Crown Court said
2 Complete the conversations with the teenager had chosen that particular shop because he 4
appropriate past tense forms of the _______ (think) it was an easy target.
verbs in brackets.
The prosecutor told the court that the robbery 5 _______
Conversation 1 (take place) at around midday on Friday 10 November,
A Why 1 were (be) the police chiefs in trouble yesterday? when the defendant 6 _______ (capture) on video
entering the store wearing a baggy black overcoat and
B They 2 _______ (gather) information secretly on the
chunky trainers. Security cameras 7 _______ (show) the
political activities of certain individuals.
boy taking items from the shelves. He then 8 _______
A What type of people 3 _______ the police _______ (conceal) them in his coat and bag. The boy initially
(spy) on? denied stealing any of the things, but later admitted what
B Various people who 4 _______ (involve) in peaceful he 9 _______ (do). His father then took him to a police
public protest. station, where he 10 _______ (confess), the court heard.
A How long 5 _______ the police _______ (monitor) The boy 11 _______ (leave) the store with his overcoat and
the activists for? one large holdall stuffed with stolen goods and then went
B For some time, and for periods of up to four or five home, and 12 _______ (continue) with his home life as if
years. And the information they gathered 6 _______ nothing 13 _______ (happen). A week or so later, when his
father 14 _______ (look) for something in his son’s room,
(record) on a secret database. Apparently the
surveillance operation 7 _______ (leaked) by a police he noticed the booty hidden under the boy’s bed. It was at
this point that he 15 _______ (contact) the police.
office.
Conversation 2 1 point for each correct answer 14
A Why 8 _______ the man _______ (jail) yesterday?
B He 9 _______ (accuse) of owning dangerous dogs.

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4 Rewrite the sentences in the passive. 6 Complete the sentences with the
1 We published the book after the author had died. correct form of a verb from the box.
Verbs are in their dictionary form.
The book was published after the author had died.
There are two extra verbs
2 I was making the film when the main star decided to
leave.
alight cling desert focus sack star stick
__________________________________________ stream tow treat vanish
3 They promoted the film in New York, London and
Tokyo. 1 She had been living alone in the house ever since she
had been deserted by her friend.
__________________________________________
2 Apparently, the man ______________ her badly for
4 The critics didn’t review the new novel very
quite some time before the incident occurred.
favourably.
3 We watched the sun as it ______________ on the
__________________________________________
horizon, changing the sky to magical tones of pink
5 The author had based the main character on a real and orange.
person. 4 Who ______________ in that terrible film we were
__________________________________________ watching the other night?
6 While they were making the film, they ran out of 5 He said goodbye, his eyes ______________ with tears,
money. which blinded him temporarily as he drove away.
__________________________________________ 6 She thinks that she won’t get the part because at the
audition yesterday she got ______________ in the
7 After they had found an actor for the role, they
middle of a long speech and couldn’t continue.
decided not to make the film.
7 ‘Where’s the car?’ ‘I think that it may ______________
__________________________________________
away. You’re parked in a restricted zone.’
8 How much money did they make from the film?
8 I don’t understand why this character ______________
__________________________________________ by his boss. He was only doing his job!
9 The detective inspector ______________ on the
1 point for each correct answer 7 wrong details of the case.

5 Are these sentences about a book (B), 1 point for each correct answer 8
a film (F), or could they be either (E)?
1 Each chapter ends on a cliffhanger. B 7 Translate the sentences.
2 I found the subtitles very annoying. ____ 1 After I had read a review of the story, I decided that I
definitely wanted to read the book.
3 It took a while to get into, but it was worth it. ____
2 That movie was so badly made that I wasn’t able to
4 It was awarded a top literary prize. ____
sit through it.
5 The plot combines drama and romance. ____
3 They were stuck at the airport for eight hours due to
6 The adaptation is loosely based on a short story. ____ unforeseen heavy fog which didn't clear.
7 It’s set in the 17th century. ____ 4 What type of films do you usually see at the cinema
8 I prefer arthouse titles – blockbusters are always the action films or more gentle stuff, like comedies or
same. ____ romances?
5 I wasn’t surprised at how the story played out – I
1 point for each correct answer 7 expected it to have a happy ending, and it was.
6 We have some news just in – the police have arrested
three men in connection with a bank robbery.

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7 The cameraman stopped filming and laughed the writer and director for getting the balance right
uncontrollably when he saw that the lead actor had between humour and pathos, sporting and romantic
fallen into the giant cream cake! action, not to mention negotiating the tricky business of
filming football with originality and finesse.
8 What’s the name of the author who wrote that
popular series of thrillers? 1 see red get very angry suddenly
2 _______ with bold resistance
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3 _______ allow something to happen
4 _______ not usual
8 Circle the correct word.
5 _______ difficult
1 Christopher loves showing off and being the centre
of attention, but his sister is quiet and sublime / 6 _______ lose enthusiasm
charismatic / modest. 7 _______ a quality which arouses pity or sadness
2 The village we were staying in was many miles from 8 _______ hold on to
anywhere – it was extremely remote / ultimate / 9 _______ happen at a specific time or in a specific place
deserted. 10 _______ attractive
3 The villain was so badly injured / haunting / violent 11 _______ handsome
in the car crash that he didn’t recover consciousness.
12 _______ care for
4 What did you think of Cristina Gomez as the
romantic / sensuous / maternal lead? I thought she
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and Justin Goodman had great chemistry together.
5 It’s clear that the hero was becoming mentally
10 Circle the correct phrase.
unbalanced / violent / sceptical towards the end of
1 I didn’t want to hurt him.
the film.
a Did you? b Didn’t you? c I hurt him?
6 He was cautious / sceptical / unwilling at first, but
gradually came to think that the house was haunted, 2 We’ve never seen such a bad movie.
too. a Such a bad movie? b Haven’t you?
c You never have.
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3 I’ve got something important to tell you.
a An important thing? What’s that?
9 Match the underlined words in the b Have you? What is it? c It’s important, isn’t it?
film review with the definitions below.
The definitions are given in their 4 He got a huge gas bill this month.
dictionary form. There are two extra a He got it this month? b Really? How come?
definitions. c A gas bill, really?

Bend it Like Beckham 5 She’d like to apologize.

Football’s uncommon ability to bring a nation together a Really? Why’s that? b Apologize to her?
is celebrated in this sweet, positive youth movie. Set in c I’d really like it.
London, the film tells the story of Jess, whose two
greatest loves in life are David Beckham and kicking a 6 We’re arriving at the airport now.
ball about. Unfortunately, her family cling to traditional a OK, have a good trip! b You’d better sit down.
Asian values, and while they’re willing to tolerate her c You’re really going to arrive?
fanaticism, the very idea of their daughter joining a local
girls’ team makes them see red. But, encouraged by her 7 I didn’t enjoy the book at all.
new best pal, Jules, and dishy Irish coach, Joe, she a Really? That’s interesting. b Didn’t you? I loved it.
defiantly signs on with the team. c Did you at all?

Actresses Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley both 1 point for each correct answer 6
have winning personalities, but credit should also go to

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11 Write appropriate replies to the news,

using a suitable form of the word given.
1 A The film was over three hours long.
B long Really? That's so long.
2 A We’ve sold our house.
B news ______________________________
3 A I saw Barack Obama walking down the street.
B kid ______________________________
4 A Imad’s got some good news.
B what ______________________________
5 A She didn’t get the job.
B shame ______________________________
6 A Did you hear about Ryan and Donna?
B happen ______________________________
7 A There’s been a terrible plane crash.
B how ______________________________
8 A I just dropped my phone in the bath.
B disaster ______________________________

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