Unit 4 Test B

1 Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct second conditional or comparative form
of the words in brackets.
Chloe This room is 1the least attractive (less attractive) room in the house. It’s really
dark in here!
Sam I know, but it’s also 2quieter (quiet) than the other rooms. That’s why I
sometimes sleep in here.

Harry Your neighbour drives 3the most amazing (amazing) car I’ve ever seen. Is it a
1940s American car?
Jack Yes, it is. It looks nice, but it 4would be (be) a really great car if it 5went (go)
much 6faster (fast)! It takes my neighbour ages to drive to the end of this road!

Beth That’s 7the nicest-looking (nice-looking) dress I’ve seen for a long time.
Elaine I know, I 8would buy (buy) it if I had enough money, but it’s too expensive.

Hannah It’s getting 9noisier (noisy / noisy) in this street all the time. I wish we 10didn`t
live (not live) in the city centre.
Luke But it’s lively in the city centre, and you like going out. If you 11moved (move) to a
quieter place, you 12wouldn`t like (not like) it there.
2 Write the sentences. Use comparative forms or the second conditional.
1 Jess / play / her music / more / quiet / in the evenings.
Jess plays her music more quietly in the evenings.
2 we / miss / living in this apartment / if / we / sell it.
We would miss living in this apartment if we sold it.
3 Claire / work / hard / than / anyone else in the class.
Claire works harder than anyone else in the class.
4 Kelly / give / a lot of money to her friends / if / she / win / the lottery.
Kelly would give a lot of money to her friends if she won the lottery.
5 I / not / go / to bed this early / if / I / not / be really tired.
I wouldn't go to bed this early if I weren't really tired.
6 the near / a / house / be / to the city centre / the / expensive / it / be to buy.
The nearer a house is to the city centre, the more expensive it is to buy.
7 if / we / build / an extension on this house / we / lose / half of the garden.
If we built an extension on this house, we would lose half of the garden.
3 Tick () the two correct sentences and rewrite the other sentences, correcting 1−2
words.
1 Tanya made the fewer mistakes in the test, so she got the best mark.
Tanya made the fewest mistakes in the test, so she got the best mark.
 2 What did you do if a burglar got into your house?
What would you do if a burglar got into your house?
3 We finished our homework more quickly than we expected.

4 It’ll cost us lesser money to buy the concert tickets on the internet.
It’ll cost us less money to buy the concert tickets on the internet.
5 If we knew Jack’s phone number, we’d call and invite him to the party.

6 Please drive more slower, Uncle Frank.
Please drive more slowly, Uncle Frank.
7 I wouldn’t live in this tiny bedsit if I earn more money.
I wouldn’t live in this tiny bedsit if I earned more money.

4 Complete the email with the words below.

bookcase patio peaceful solar panels spacious stairs

Hi Brittany,
We’ve finally arrived in our new house! It took us ages to put all our
things into boxes before the removals van arrived, and even longer to
drive to our new place. So we’re all really tired, but happy. It’s really
quiet and 1 peaceful here because our new place is a farmhouse in
the countryside − from my bedroom window I can see horses in a field!
The house is big and 2 spacious too − there are six bedrooms on
three floors, so you have to climb a lot of 3 stairs!
Our new house has got a really big garden outside, with a green lawn,
a stone 4 patio and beautiful flower beds with lots of flowers in them.
The house is old, but it was renovated a few years ago, so now it’s
very modern inside. There are even 5 solar panels on the roof to
make our electricity.
I’ve got a really nice big room. I don’t want to put lots of furniture in it,
but I’ve got a desk, a wardrobe for my clothes and a tall 6 bookcase
for all my novels and DVDs. Anyway, I must go now. I’m still tidying my
room, and it looks a mess!
Rudy

5 Match the quotes with the words below.

fridge lamp pillow rubbish dump shipping containers skyscraper

1 Can you give me one of those to put my head on?

 pillow
2 We don’t need any of this stuff and it’s old and broken.
rubbish dump
3 I can’t see anything in the dark − can you switch it on again?
lamp
4 I’ve just had a look inside, and there’s no milk.
fridge
5 Look − that’s the tallest building in New York.
skyscraper
6 People used to transport products in these, but now we’re using them to make a house.
shipping containers
6 Match the parts of the sentences.
1 Are you going to Paris on holiday? You’ll C
2 Has anyone got Jason’s phone number? I F
3 We haven’t finished painting the house yet, but we’re G
4 I’ve worked very hard this week, so this weekend I’m A
5 Stop laughing and help me to pack these boxes. You E
6 Kathy’s quite good at judo. She D
7 I’m sorry, but you can’t just walk in and see the doctor. You H
8 Before we left our old house for the last time, B

A going to take it easy.

B my dad took some photographs to remember it.
C have the time of your life there.
D did it for a few years, but she’s stopped now.
E don’t take anything seriously.
F want to get in touch with him.
G going to make a big effort to do it this weekend.
H have to make an appointment.

7 Complete the dialogue with one word in each gap.

Josie Photo A is of a houseboat, 1while photo B shows a flat besides a river.
Mary Would you prefer to live on the houseboat or in the flat?
Josie Hmm. 2Let me see. From the point of view of location, I’d much rather live on the
houseboat.
Mary Does it have any other advantages?
Josie It would be cheaper than living in the flat.
Mary Any other reasons?
Josie What 3else? Well, it looks very cosy to live in.
 Mary But don’t you think it would get very cold in winter?
Josie That’s a good 4point It would probably be very difficult to look after all year
round. Actually, now I come to 5think about it, living in the flat would probably be
better.
Mary Can you say why?
Josie Well, it wouldn’t be 6as much fun as living on a houseboat, but thinking 7about it,
living in a flat would be much easier.
Mary Would there be any disadvantages to living in that flat?
Josie It looks like it’s near a busy road so it would be 8less healthy than living in the
countryside. I suppose the 9problem is, it might not be easy to get a job if you
live in the countryside.
Mary It depends on the job. You could find a houseboat in a city.
Josie Hmmm. All things 10considered, I’d prefer to live in a flat. Although the
houseboat looks lovely, I wouldn’t want to live on it all year. Maybe just for
holidays.

8 Read the texts and match them with statements 1−5. There is one text which matches
two statements.

A Girl On the Move, by Sally Coldwell

Girl On the Move is an emotional novel about the life of Destiny Jones.
Destiny and her parents live in a mobile home, and they move around
the country, looking for work. But many people don’t want ‘travellers’
to move into their village or onto their farm. One day, Destiny meets a
boy, and for the first time, she begins to question her life on the road.
What would it be like if she could stay in one place? Soon, Destiny
begins to dream of a better, more ordinary life. But her parents and a
local farmer have different ideas.
B Home Maker: All the Secrets, by Fiona and Scott Bradley
Following the highly-successful TV series Home Maker, husband and
wife team Fiona and Scott Bradley have found time to produce a great
book. Just like the TV series, the book is full of useful, easy-to-follow
ideas, and simple building projects. Learn how to repair and decorate
old furniture, how to change your garage into the brightest, most
comfortable room in your house and many more great ideas. So if you
would like a home to be proud of, this is the book for you.
C The History of your Home, by Michael Fossepath
The History of your Home is full of interesting – and sometimes crazy
– facts about houses in Britain. Did you know that a thousand years
ago, most houses in Britain had only one room? People cooked, ate
and slept in it. There was no privacy at all, and no bathroom either. If
you wanted to wash, you went to a bath house in the city – or jumped
in the local river! Fossepath’s amusing book also looks at how houses
have changed the English language. For example, we say ‘full board’
 to talk about a hotel room with meals because the earliest dining
tables were actually ‘boards’ − pieces of wood to put on your knees.
D The House of Broken Lives, by Tamara Vale
When Josh and Katie Alder see a beautiful house for sale in Pacific
Grove, they buy it immediately. It might be a little dilapidated, but it
would look much better if they painted it and tidied the garden. And
after all, it’s a big house with a great view, at a very good price. But
soon after buying the house, they learn the shocking truth about what
happened there one hot August night in 1992. They also begin to hear
strange sounds upstairs. Someone − or something − is living in their
house. And it wishes they would leave.

In this book, you can read about

1 easy ways to make things. B
2 how some words entered the English language. C
3 frightening events in a house. D
4 the life of a teenage girl. A
5 how to change a place in your home. B

Writing

9 You recently visited a historic house in your country. Write an email to a friend
describing your visit. Follow the instructions below and write your email.
 Say when the house was built, and who lived there at the time. Say whether anyone
lives there today, or whether it is now a museum.
 Describe the location of the house and garden, and how big it is.
 Describe two rooms in the house that you found interesting or impressive. Mention two
disadvantages of living in such a house.
 Ask your friend to tell you about a similar visit to a historic house in their country.
10. Turn to page 144 in Student’s Book and do the photo comparison task. Unit 4.
You are going to study in the UK. You are looking for a flat to rent with a friend.
Compare and contrast the photo above and write which flat you would choose and why.