Pre-Intermediate Short Test Unit 3 Test A
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Test 1
Grammar
1 Complete the sentences. Use some or any.
1 There isn’t ________ sugar left.
2 Are there ________ good restaurants in your town?
3 Would you like dessert? There’s ________ ice cream in the freezer.
4 Look! There are ________ children playing on the beach.
5 I can’t see ________ litter in the park. It’s a very clean place.
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2 Choose the correct words.
1 There isn’t much / many / a few traffic today.
2 Would you like a few / a little / much biscuits with your tea?
3 How much / some / many cats has your neighbour got?
4 We saw a little / much / a lot of stars last night.
5 The garden is so dry. We need a few / a little / much rain for the flowers.
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Vocabulary
3 Complete each sentence with one word from A and one word from B.
A billboard bus stop footpath gate traffic lights B across end onto right straight
1 Turn ____________ and go through the ____________ . Remember to shut it behind you!
2 Walk ____________ the field and then follow the ____________ to the village.
3 When the ____________ turn green, you can go ____________ on into the old part of town.
4 Go to the ____________ of the street. You’ll see a(n) ____________ with a car advert on it.
5 Get off the bus at the ____________ in the middle of the village. Cross the road and turn left
____________ High Street.
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4 Complete the text with the correct word from the three options.
People now know that smoking can seriously break / damage / trouble1 your health. In 2007 in the UK the
government made a new advice / custom / law 2. They made it illegal / out-dated / unnecessary3 to smoke
in public buildings like restaurants and shopping centres. Some people were worried that it might be bad for
the economy / environment / income4, but in fact, businesses didn’t lose money. It seems that people like to
be in a smoke-free place, so more people visit shopping centres and restaurants. Some people want the
government to ban / cancel / reject 5 smoking in cars too.
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Pre-Intermediate Short Test Unit 3 Test A
Test 2
Grammar
1 Complete the text. Use a/an, the or – (no article).
There aren’t many restaurants in our town. There’s 1______ fantastic pizzeria and 2______ Indian restaurant.
Last weekend 3______ pizzeria was really busy and we didn’t have a reservation, so we went to 4______
Indian restaurant. I love 5______ curry, but my dad doesn’t really like 6______ hot food. He ordered something
really boring. I think 7______ chef made 8______ mistake, though. When Dad tasted his food, I could see
there was 9______ problem. His face went red and his eyes started watering. I gave him a glass of water
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quickly! I don’t think we’ll go back to ______ Indian restaurant next weekend.
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Vocabulary
2 Read the sentences. If the word in bold is incorrect, write the correct one next to the sentence. If there
is no mistake, write ‘correct’.
1 I love watching the chickens in the land. __________
2 The farmer grows vegetables on his farmyard. __________
3 There is no rain and the seeds are dying. __________
4 This farm grows wheat for bread. __________
5 I bought a packet of tomato crops. I’m going to grow them in a box on the balcony. __________
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3 Complete the text with the words below. There are two words you do not need.
behind foreground front imagine right see show
In this photo we can 1____________ a farmhouse in the countryside. In the 2____________ there’s a farmyard
with some chickens and a dog. In 3____________ of the house there’s a tractor. 4____________ the house
there are big fields of wheat. I can’t see any people. I 5____________ they’re working, or maybe it’s lunchtime.
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