Unit 3 Test B

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Grammar 3 Choose the correct alternatives to

complete the sentences.
1 Complete the affirmative, negative 1 My dad’s new car is ___ the garage.
and question forms of the sentences. A under
1 Affirmative: __________ three bedrooms in the B on
house. C in
Negative: __________ three bedrooms in the 2 Where are my books? They aren’t ___ the desk.
house. A near
Question: __________ three bedrooms in the B behind
house?
C on
2 Affirmative: __________ two dogs in the
garden. 3 A: I can’t find the coffee.
Negative: __________ two dogs in the garden. B: It’s ___ the sugar.
Question: __________ two dogs in the garden? A in
B on
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4 Is your new house ___ the school?
2 Complete the sentences with the A above
correct form of the verbs given. B near
1 Joe and Peter often __________ (go) to the C under
cinema in town. 5 Don’t worry! Your dinner is ___ the
2 At the moment, I __________ (read) a microwave.
magazine about sports. A on
3 We __________ (watch) a film now. Can I B near
phone you later?
C in
4 I __________ (not have) maths lessons on
Thursdays.
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5 __________ Kim __________ (like) your new
house?
Vocabulary
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4 Complete the sentences with the
correct places.
1 I play on the computer in my b__________.
2 We sometimes play football in the
g__________.
3 Mum prepares the meals in the k__________.
4 We usually eat in the d__________.
5 I keep my bike in the g__________ with the
cars.

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5 Choose the correct alternatives to

complete the sentences. Reading
1 Are my CDs on the toilet/desk?
2 Mum often uses the radiator/microwave for 7 Read the text. Decide if the
cooking. statements are true (T), false (F) or
not mentioned (NM).
3 Three people can sit on this armchair/sofa.
4 We can watch the film on the DVD Jason lives in a big house near the sea. Now,
player/radiator. that’s not really unusual, is it? A lot of people live
5 Is Mary in the fridge/shower? in big houses. But Jason’s house is very big! There
are 20 bedrooms, two kitchens, a big dining room
for forty people and a swimming pool too! I’m
/5 sure you’re thinking Jason has got a very big
family. But you’re wrong! Jason lives in a hotel.
6 Match the verbs (1–5) with the nouns
Jason’s mum and dad are the owners of The
(A–E) to make phrases.
Jackson Star Hotel in the lovely seaside town of
1 feed ___ Barnaby. A lot of people go there in the summer
2 cut ___ for their holidays. And a lot of them stay at Jason’s
hotel. It’s very popular! Jason’s family live in a
3 take ___
small flat at the top of the hotel. Every day Jason
4 make ___ gets the bus to school. His mum and dad work in
5 lay ___ the hotel.
So, do you think Jason likes living in a big
A the bed hotel? Here is what he says:
B the rubbish out Jason: Yes, I like my room. It’s very high up,
and from one window I can see all over the town
C the grass
and from the other window I can see the sea.
D the cat That’s great. It’s also good for my friends. They
E the table like staying here because the bedrooms are nice
and comfortable, and we get very, very good food!
/5 I like the people too. A lot of them come from
different places in the world, and it’s interesting to
talk to them.
But is there anything he doesn’t like?
Jason: Sometimes, in the winter, there aren’t a
lot of people here. Then I sometimes get frightened
at night. It’s big and empty and it’s like a horror
film!!

1 Jason usually eats in the hotel dining T/F/NM

room.
2 Jason’s mum and dad live and T/F/NM
work in the same place.
3 Jason lives in one of the main hotel T/F/NM
bedrooms.
4 Sometimes his friends stay in the T/F/NM
hotel.
5 The hotel is always busy. T/F/NM

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Listening (Tests CD, Track 3) Use of English

8 You are going to hear a phone 9 Complete the email with one word in
conversation. Listen and choose the each gap.
correct alternatives to complete the Hi Ben,
sentences. I’m writing this from sunny Spain! We (1) ___
1 The boy’s new house is here on holiday and we’re staying in a lovely small
A quite old. house near the beach. (2) ___ are only two rooms,
so I’m sleeping in the same room as Brad, my
B new. brother! He is so untidy! I tidy (3) ___ the room
C near other houses. every day, but then in the morning, it’s the same!
2 The boy says the garden We (4) ___ eat here because there isn’t a big
A is very big. kitchen. We can make coffee and breakfast, but for
dinner we go to a nice restaurant about five
B is pretty.
minutes from our house. The meals are amazing!
C has lots of trees in it. Mum is learning how to cook them! Every day we
3 The boy invites the girl to go swimming, and the water is lovely and warm.
A do some shopping. What a great holiday! I don’t want to come home!
How’s school? (5) ___ you got lots of homework?!
B meet his friends.
I’m sure you’re working very hard.
C take the dog for a walk.
Love,
4 The girl can get the boy’s address
Angela
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C at school.

/4 Writing
10 Your school website wants students to
write about their favourite holiday
hotel.

Write 35–50 words.

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