Module 3 Test B
Grammar
Use the words in the box to make compound words and match them with their definitions
skin / heart / off / orient / head / mind / sufficient /mind
1 People who don’t socialise or mix with other people are _______________.
2 A _______________ person is someone who can get by without the help of others.
3 People who stay calm and don’t get over-excited by things are _______________.
4 Someone who thinks about their profession a lot is _______________.
5 Someone who is good to other people, helping where possible is _______________.
6 Someone who often forgets things is _______________.
7 If you pursue your goals and don’t get distracted by anything, you are _______________.
8 If you don’t get upset by criticism, you are _______________.
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Correct the mistake in each sentence
9 Voting the president for a second term, he put more of his policies into practice.
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10 Without say anything, he got up and left.
11 Since get the new job he has been much happier.
12 After to finish the meal, they went to a club.
13 In spite of not be a great player he won the tournament.
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Complete the sentences with the verb in the correct form
14 Before he came to Belfast, he ____________________(work) in France for a month.
15 She thought it was a new place for us but I ____________________(be) there already.
16 We ____________________(stand) in the queue when we heard the explosion.
17 We got to the court, got changed and ____________________(start) to play.
18 He ____________________(work) for IBM last year.
19 It was a beautiful day. The sun ____________________(shine) and the kids were happy.
20 He was tired because he ____________________(work) all day.
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Correct the mistake(s) in each sentence
21 Before he was retiring he’d been working there for seventeen years.
22 We had arrived at the meeting, had met the directors and had started the negotiations. _____________________________________________________________________________
23 I’d working on the project for a few hours before the rest of the team arrived.
24 We had travelled to Paris last spring.
25 I cycled down the street when the accident was happening.
Vocabulary
Write the words beside the definitions
26 Tom and Jerry is a __________
27 bizarre (very strange) humour: __________
28 saying something is much more than it is, sometimes for comic effect: __________
29 a series of things go wrong, and the situation gets funnier and funnier: __________
30 jokes about death and other serious issues: __________
Complete the sentences
31 It has a nice, easy style. It’s a page-__________.
32 I couldn’t stop reading it. I was absolutely __________.
33 I read anything I can get my hands on. I’m a real book__________.
34 When I was reading it I felt like crying. It was so __________.
35 It was really interesting. I couldn’t put it __________.
36 His latest book is __________ on a true story.
37 I found the characters to be one-__________ – they didn’t really come alive for me.
Replace the underlined words with other words with the same meaning
38 I thought it was a very complicated hoax. __________
39 They made a weak excuse for not doing their homework. __________
40 You can’t trust her. She’s always spreading stories about other people. __________
41 They were fooled by the TV programme and thought it had really happened. ___________
42 You can’t tell with him, he’s very good at hiding the truth. __________
43 She’s a lovely person, really friendly with a hot personality.
44 I think he’s ambitious. He has his views set on the manager’s job.
45 As a couple, they had a windy relationship – they were always arguing.
46 Jane’s feeling a bit under the rain at the moment – she’s got a slight cold.
47 She followed in her father’s footprints and held all the positions he had had.
48 When I was in charge I called all the fires.
49 Her career had never really taken up until that moment.
50 They weren’t so impressed by my proposal. They gave me a snowy reception.
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