Edited AHW3e - Level 05 - Stop and Check Test 1

Stop and check test 1
Adverb collocations
Simple and continuous tenses Complete the sentences with the correct adverb in
the box. You won’t use them all. There are some
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the extra options.
verb in parentheses. Sometimes more than one tense
is possible.
sure - bitterly - profusely - sorely - awfully - widely -
1 A What ____________ Dan ____________ (do) for shabbily - highly - eagerly - surely - mostly
a living?
B He’s an engineer, but he ____________ (think) 1 It’s ____________ believed that governments should
about changing career. He’d like to be a lawyer. be investing more in education.
2 A What ____________ you ____________ (do) after 2 Hugo had fallen on hard times and was often
finishing work yesterday? ____________ dressed.
B I went to the gym. I ____________ (try) to get in 3 They apologized ____________ for the mistake, but
shape now. were not forgiven.
3 A Jane ____________ (clean) the house for four 4 I ____________ drink coffee in the morning,
hours yesterday! She looked exhausted. although I sometimes have tea.
B I know. She ____________ (clean up) the house 5 His return to the country has been ____________
all week and she hasn’t finished yet. awaited by both friends and family.
4 A It’s a great day for oil companies on the Stock 6 ____________ you don’t consider their reaction to
Market. Oil prices ____________ (shoot up) all be unusual, given the circumstances?
morning. 7 Karen comes ____________ recommended for the
B I know! They ____________ (go up) by 10% this position and has an outstanding resume.
week and they’re still rising. 8 My friends thought the joke was ____________
funny, but I didn’t.
Perfect and non-perfect tenses 9 “Can you give me a hand carrying this table?”
“____________ , no problem.”
Choose the correct verb form.
10 I hate my job. I’m ____________ tempted to give it
1 His last novel was written / has been written a year up and start a new life.
before he died.
2 I have been feeling / am feeling sick all day. I think 1 point for each correct answer 10
I’m coming down with a cold.
3 Juan says he ’ll have cooked / ’ll cook dinner by the
time we get there.
Verb patterns
4 Didn’t you feel / Haven’t you felt sad when you Choose the correct option a, b, or c to complete each
heard their terrible news? sentence.
5 “Did you email / Have you emailed our supplier 1 He regretted _______ his temper and bought her
yet?” “No, not yet. I’ll do it in a minute.” some flowers to apologize.
a lose b to lose c losing
6 It was great to see Lisa again. I didn’t see / hadn’t
seen her since our graduation. 2 You must stop _______ about how unhappy you are
and do something about it!
7 The meeting will have finished / will finish by the
time you get here. a moaning b to moan c to moaning
8 Recent studies are carried out / have been carried 3 Their parents never let them _______ out later than
out which show that physical exercise keeps the 10 p.m.
brain healthy. a to stay b stay c staying
4 People are used _______ long hours nowadays.
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a to working b to work c working 2 Match headlines 1−8 with the descriptions of trends
5 If the government has the budget, they should spend a−d.
it on _______ the health system. 1 Youth unemployment rockets to 20% ______
a improve b to improve c improving 2 Housing prices continue to fluctuate ______
6 Gil is thinking of _______ pilates to get in shape. 3 Inflation plummets to all time low ______
a take up b to take up c taking up
4 Economy picks up in May ______
Vocabulary
5 Consumer confidence collapses ______
1 Complete the sentences with words and expressions
6 Oil prices soar again ______
in the box. Change the verb form if necessary. You
won’t use them all. There are some extra options. 7 Spending on medical research to plunge ______
8 College applications shoot up in 2015 ______
crawl - aches and pains - settle down cram - have a
pot belly - take a nap - get promoted -
a increase dramatically
have a tantrum
b fall dramatically
1 My grandmother is 90, but she doesn’t suffer from c go up and down
____________. d to improve / increase slightly
2 There’s no point in ____________ for that exam at
the last minute. It’s impossible to remember 1 point for each correct answer 8
everything.
3 Javier eats too much junk food and doesn’t exercise 3 Complete the sentences with up or down.
at all. He’s starting to ____________!
1 Her performance was so embarrassing. She’ll never
4 I usually ____________ after lunch. I find I work live it ______.
better after a little rest.
2 We got completely lost and wound ______ staying
5 They’d been going out together forever before they the night in a small village in the mountains.
____________ and got married last spring.
3 You’re always so careful with your money. Why
6 Lucas ____________ to senior manager last month don’t you live it ______ a little?
because his work is excellent.
4 Quiet ______! I can’t stand all this noise.
7 Watch out! The baby ____________ around the
room and she could have an accident any minute!
8 Pauline ____________ about in those high heels
1 point for each correct answer 8
every day. I don’t know how she doesn’t fall over!
9 Mark ____________ school last week, but he got
caught by a teacher in the shopping mall.
Total 100
10 Charlotte is such a difficult child − she was
____________ and wouldn’t stop crying.
1 point for each correct answer 10
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