QUICK TEST UNIT 10

As I told you, here you have two tests of Unit 10 to review.
Below each one you will find the key.

TEST 1

GRAMMAR

1 Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun where necessary.

1 They live in the house   where   I was born.

2 The best book                 I’ve ever read is The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver,                 won the Orange prize for it.

3 When I was a child, we had two dogs                 names were Prince and Lucky.

4 The first holiday                 we can remember taking together was to Paris.

5 One of my twin brothers,                 lives in the US, also has twin sons.

6 I only realised how late it was                 I saw the street lights come on.

2 Underline the correct alternative.

1  Walking  / Walked down the street, she was surprised to see her husband ran /  running  towards her.

2 The passengers involved / involving in the train crash were taken to hospital, hardly realising / realised what had happened.

3 Worrying / Worried by her reaction, he sat thought / thinking about what was wrong.

4 She stared at the house lain / lying in the valley, surrounding / surrounded by trees.

5 Having / Had forgotten his camera, he stood there, memorising / memorised the beauty of the building.

6 He rang her, feared / fearing the worst.

VOCABULARY

3 Complete the phrases.

1 The new production of Let’s face the Music was a s e l l  o u t   on Broadway.

2 His latest romantic comedy was dull,

p                              and a f          at the box office.

3 Her electrifying operatic performance in Tosca has received r          r                  .

4 I’ve given up m                            theatre in favour of a                               comedy.

5 The ground-breaking work of performance artist Sharon Alman has c                   a s          in the art world.

6 Despite the h         , the New Age ballet Step back in Manchester is still a m         -         for dance fans.

4 Match 1–11 with a)–k).

1 bits and                d           a) ready

2 now and                            b) bounds

3 sick and                             c) off

4 ups and                              d) pieces

5 peace and                         e) take

6 rough and                          f) then

7 through and                      g) cons

8 on and                               h) tired

9 leaps and                           i) quiet

10 give and                          j) downs

11 pros and                          k) through

PRONUNCIATION

5 Match the words 1–6 with the stress patterns a)–f).

1 brilliant                e            a) Oo

2 unforgettable                    b) oOoo

3 horrific                               c) ooOoo

4 electrifying                        d) oOo

5 alternative                         e) Ooo

6 thickened                          f) oOooo

FUNCTIONS

6 Put the letters in brackets in the correct order to complete the text.

Our next stop in the Wye Valley will be Tintern Abbey which is ¹(esatitud)   situated   on the banks of the River Wye. ²(upeSplyosd)                      one of the most spectacular ruins in the country, it’s well ³(rtohw)                      seeing. ⁴(uFndode)                      by the Lord of Chepstow in 1131, the remains you’ll see in a few minutes were built, ⁵(eveebli)                      it or not, between 1136 and 1536. As you may ⁶(wkno)                     , Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church in the 1530s, and Tintern Abbey was closed down. ⁷(erIntstinygel)                     , however, the ruins were fashionable in the 18th century when the Abbey ruins became a must-see landmark. ⁸(pAypaenrtl)                      inspired by its romantic location, the English poets, Wordsworth and Tennyson, wrote about it. Ah, we’ve arrived. ⁹(llSah)                      we get off the bus and ¹⁰(dhea)                      over to the Abbey? After our visit, we’ll retrace our ¹¹(sptse)                      and have tea in the village.

KEY

1:       2 – (that / which) / who

          3 whose

          4 – (that / which)

          5 who

          6 when

2:       2 involved / realising

          3 Worried / thinking

          4 lying / surrounded

          5 Having / memorising

          6 fearing

3:       2 predictable / flop

          3 rave reviews

          4 mainstream / alternative

          5 created / stir

          6 hype / must-see

4:       2f  3h  4j  5i  6a  7k  8c  9b  10e 11g

5:       2c  3d  4f  5b  6a

6:       2 Supposedly  3 worth  4 Founded

          5 believe  6 know  7 Interestingly

          8 Apparently  9 Shall  10 head  11 steps

TEST 2

GRAMMAR

1 Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun where necessary.

1 That woman lives in the house   where   I was born.

2 One of my classmates,                 father is our teacher, never does her homework.

3 She only realised the depth of the pool                 she’d jumped in.

4 They had two cats                 both lived until they were over twenty years old.

5 The first holiday                 we ever took together was our honeymoon in Italy,                 we now have a holiday home.

2 Underline the correct alternative. 

1  Walking  / Walked down the street, she was surprised to see her husband ran /   running   towards her.

2 Having forgotten / forgetting his phone, he stood there, wondering / wondered how he was going to get home.

3 Do you know the two women sat / sitting over there, wearing / worn awful hats?

4 Surprised / Surprising by his violent reaction, she stood, frightened / frightening about what would happen next.

5 He looked at the presents under the tree, hoped / hoping the big one was his, but suspecting / suspected it wasn’t.

6 Suddenly heard / hearing a loud bang, he ran out of the house, putting / put on his coat as he went.

VOCABULARY 

3 Complete the phrases.

1 The new production of Let’s face the Music was a s e l l  o u t  on Broadway.

2 The ground-breaking work of choreographer Stuart Barnes has c                   a s          in the dance world.

3 Despite the h         , the New Age ballet Step back in Manchester is still a m         -         for dance fans.

4 Jason Burke’s latest thriller was dull,

p                               and a real l                  .

5 The actors’ electrifying performances in The Tempest have received r          r                  .

6 He’s given up m                            films in favour of a                               cinema.

4 Match 1–11 with a)–k).

1 bits and                i            a) ready

2 through and                      b) cons

3 on and                               c) tired

4 leaps and                           d) quiet

5 give and                             e) downs

6 pros and                            f) through

7 now and                            g) bounds

8 sick and                             h) off

9 ups and                              i) pieces

10 peace and                       j) take

11 rough and                       k) then

PRONUNCIATION 

5 Match the words 1–6 with the stress patterns a)–f).

1 brilliant                c            a) Oo

2 unforgettable                    b) oOooo

3 horrific                               c) Ooo

4 electrifying                        d) oOoo

5 alternative                         e) ooOoo

6 widened                             f) oOo

FUNCTIONS 

6 Put the letters in brackets in the correct order to complete the text.

Our next stop in the Wye Valley will be Tintern Abbey which is ¹(esatitud)   situated   on the banks of the River Wye. It is ²(lelw)                 worth ³(ienseg)                 as I’m sure you will agree. ⁴(upeSplyosd)                 one of the most spectacular ruins in the country, it’s just outside the pretty village of Tintern. It was ⁵(dfunode)                 by the Lord of Chepstow in 1131 and the remains were built, ⁶(ebveeli)                 it or not, between 1136 and 1536. As you may ⁷(wkon)                , Henry VIII broke away from the Catholic Church in the 1530s, bringing 400 years of life at the Abbey to an end. ⁸(erIntstinygel)                , however, ruins became fashionable in the 18th century, making the Tintern ruins a must-see place to go to. ⁹(pAypaenrtl)                 inspired by its romantic location, the renowned English painter J.M.W. Turner, painted watercolours of it. Ah, we’ve arrived. Let’s get off the bus and head ¹⁰(evro)                 to the Abbey, shall we? Afterwards, we’ll ¹¹(areerct)                 our steps and have tea in the village.

KEY

1:       2 whose

          3 when

          4 which / that

          5 – (that / which) / where

2:       2 forgotten / wondering

          3 sitting / wearing

          4 Surprised / frightened

          5 hoping / suspecting

          6 hearing / putting

3:       2 created / stir

          3 hype / must-see

          4 predictable / letdown

          5 rave reviews

          6 mainstream / alternative

4:       2f  3h  4g  5j  6b  7k  8c  9e  10d  11a

5:       2e  3f  4b  5d  6a

6:       2 well  3 seeing  4 Supposedly

          5 founded  6 believe  7 know

          8 Interestingly  9 Apparently  10 over

            11 retrace