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Module 6 Test A

Grammar

Complete the sentences

1 __________ hearing the results I ran straight home.

2 __________ he’s overweight, he’s very good at tennis.

3 In __________ of not liking his music, I thought the concert was ok.

4 __________ as I love the city, I need to get away for a few weeks.

5 __________ as she tried, she couldn’t think of the answer.

6 I got to the party at 10.30, by __________ time most people had already arrived.

7 __________ had I got in the door when my wife gave me the news.

8 No __________ had she crossed the finishing line than she collapsed.

Correct the mistake in each sentence

9 He plays keyboards in the group.

10 I love living in Paris and being able to walk along the banks of River Seine.

11 John is teacher and works in the local primary school.

12 Robert De Niro is actor I like the most.

13 They live on the second street on the right, it’s the Strand Street.

14 I’ve never had any pets in the house and I hate the dogs.

15 The new bill to combat crime was proposed by Conservative party.

Complete the second sentences so that they have the same meaning as the first

16 It doesn’t matter what you say. I know it was you who broke the window.

_________________________, I know it was you who broke the window.

17 It doesn’t make any difference when you do your homework.

Do your homework _________________________ to.

18 No matter how you come home, don’t get a lift with him.

_________________________ home, don’t get a lift with him.

19 You can invite anyone you like but don’t invite her.

_________________________, don’t invite her.

20 You can go where you like but try and stay away from the building site.

_________________________, try and stay away from the building site.

Complete the sentences with a/an, the or – (no article)

21 He was paid 10,000 euros __________ day for acting in that film.

22 Apparently __________ Romans reached this spot thousands of years ago.

23 “Ladies and gentlemen, the President of __________ United States.”

24 She’s worked as __________ accountant for the last five years.

25 __________ Spain is the country with the least rainfall in the EU.

Vocabulary

Replace the underlined expressions with a phrasal verb in the correct form

26 That game is really fashionable at the moment.

27 The match starts at 6.00 pm.

28 The kids always focus their attention on the ice-cream.

29 Those trousers are unfashionable at the moment.

30 This all happened because the children wanted more free time.

31 The new trainers became popular and fashionable with all my classmates.

32 What’s going to happen in the near future in the gallery?

Use the parts of the body to complete the idioms in the sentences

33 She won’t have time to talk to you. She’s rushed off her __________.

34 My __________ sank when I saw I hadn’t won.

35 I can see you’ve got your __________ full with the children.

36 It’s going to be difficult but I think it’s time for you to __________ the music.

37 He knows it all by this stage – he’s an old __________.

38 She’s so lucky! She always seems to land on her __________.

39 I don’t think he did it to hurt you. He’s got your best interests at __________.

40 John could help you with the accounts. He’s got a good __________ for business.

Match the words with their definitions

Complete the spaces

And here are the headlines: The government has given (46)__________ powers to the police in an attempt to stop the unrest in the capital. Work due to start on the new underground airport train has been put off because of (47)__________ reasons. “There just isn’t the money.” said town councillor Richard Jones today. The ex-king of Swaziland has died. He (48)__________ to power in 1996 and ruled the country until he became ill last year. A new study has shown that there are now more women in (49)__________ of power in top businesses than ever before – a report later. And in sports, the (50)__________-hungry boxing mogul Tom Queen has signed British boxer Audrey Smith in a deal worth millions.