Unit 4 Progress Test

Grammar

1 Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct second conditional or comparative form of the
words in brackets.

Tom This is the nicest restaurant in Oxford.

Mum I know. We 1_______________________ (come) here more often if it

Joshua Maths is my 3_______________________ (less favourite) subject. And I wish

I 4_______________________ (not have to) sit at home and do my maths homework today. I want
to go out for a walk.

Mary Well, the sky is getting 5_______________________ (dark / dark) outside, so it might rain soon
anyway.

Petrov This house is much 6_______________________ (old-fashioned) inside than our place. I think
it’s really depressing.

Liliana I know, but don’t say anything to Tom’s parents. They think it’s 7_______________________
(good) house in the street!

Mehmet We 8_______________________ (finish) the housework much

OyaI 11_______________________ (do) that if I my back 12_______________________ (not hurt)

2 Write the sentences. Use comparative forms or the second conditional.

1 if we / repair / the windows / rain water / not come / into the house.

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2 this / be / unusual / house / I / ever / visit.

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3 I / not / eat / this much food / if / I / not / be / so hungry.

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4 the / big / the house / be / the / long / it / take / to clean it.

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5 Max / tell / the teacher / if / you / try / to cheat in the exam.

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6 Grandad / can / see / the TV / more / easy / with his glasses on.
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7 the garden / look great / if / you / plant / some flower beds.

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3 Tick (✓) the two correct sentences and rewrite the other sentences, correcting 1−2 words.

1 This is the less spacious bedroom in the house, but it’s still quite big.

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2 Fewer people went to the shopping centre after some of the best shops closed.

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3 If you could live anywhere in the world, did you stay in the UK or go to a different country?

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4 Could you play your music more quiet, please? I want to sleep.

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5 We wouldn’t move house if my dad didn’t want a bigger garden.

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6 You arrived early than I expected, but please come in.

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7 If you exercise more often, you would be healthier.

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Vocabulary

4 Complete the email with the words below.

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Hi Brad,

Sorry I haven’t written for ages, but I’ve been really busy because we’ve just moved to our

new house in Pacific Heights. Last week, we had to put everything into boxes and say

goodbye to our old house in Oakland.

The new place is a 1___________ house, so we’ve got neighbours on both sides. It’s got

three bedrooms. It’s a little smaller than our old place, but it isn’t 2___________ , and it’s got a

nice garden with a green 3___________ and flower beds. You can walk

through 4___________ to get to the garden from the living room. We also have a small glass

conservatory with a few chairs and a 5___________ table in it, so we can sit in there when it’s
raining. A big two-metre tall hedge goes all around the garden, so it’s very private, too.

My room is quite small, but it’s nice too. There are some shelves to put my novels on, and a

bedside table with a lamp on it. The best thing about my bedroom is the

spectacular 6___________ − from my bedroom window, you can see all the way to the Pacific!

Bye for now!

Georgia

5 Match the quotes with the words below.

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1 Put this on the bed tonight, and you won’t feel cold. ________________ 2 I only close them at
night − I don’t want the room to be dark in the day. ________________ 3 Tom sleeps on the bottom,
and his sister sleeps on the top. ________________ 4 It’s very small in here. The sofa, bed and
kitchen are all in one room. ________________ 5 Put the plates in that one, and the cups over here
in this one. ________________ 6 I’m not sure that I want to live here. The neighbours have lots of
parties. ________________

6 Match the parts of the sentences.

1 That man saw you when you dropped rubbish in the street, but he decided to ⬜

2 The teacher was looking for you. He wants to ⬜

3 Are you carrying all those boxes upstairs? I can ⬜

4 There was nothing to eat in the fridge, so we ⬜

5 Your project isn’t perfect, but I know that ⬜

6 The neighbours are making a lot of noise. I ⬜

7 I’d really like to come to your party, but we ⬜

8 You don’t need to email Claire about the party ⬜

A can’t take it any more!

B have a word about something.

C give you a hand if you want.

D turn a blind eye.

E because I’ve already done it.

F you did your best.

H had to make do with a snack.

Use of English

7 Complete the dialogue with one word in each gap.

George 1__________ photo A shows a houseboat, there is a flat in photo B overlooking a river. Claire
Would you prefer to live on the houseboat in photo A or in the flat in photo B?

George I suppose the 2__________ is, it depends on whether you prefer living in a city or in the
countryside. From the point of view of location, I’d much rather live on the houseboat.

Claire Does the houseboat have any other advantages?

George It would be cheaper 3__________ living in the flat and it looks very cosy to live in.

Claire But don’t you think it would get very cold in winter?

George Oh, yes. I suppose it would be extremely difficult to look after all year round. And it could get
quite lonely. All 4__________ considered, it would probably be better to live in the flat.

Claire Can you give any other reasons?

George 5__________ about it, life in the flat would be much easier than living on a boat because
you’d be closer to everything you need.

Claire Would there be any disadvantages to living in that flat?

George Let me 6__________. It looks like it’s near a busy road so it wouldn’t be 7__________
healthy as living in the countryside. 8__________ else? Well, it would be noisier too.

Claire You could always rent a boat when the weather’s nice.

George That’s a good 9__________ .Actually, now I come to 10__________ about it, although the
houseboat looks lovely, I wouldn’t want to live on it all year. Maybe just for holidays.