Unit 4 test

Listening 4 Complete the words. (5 marks)

1 s_ _ll_n _ _kl_
1  Listen to author Nina Banks talking about her 2 _l_ _ _g_c r_ _ct_ _ _
new book. Why did Nina write it? (2 marks) 3 d_s_ _c_t_d sh_ _ _ _ _ _
A because she was unhappy with her lifestyle 4 a_ _ing _ _s_l_s
B because she lost her job 5 st_f_ n_c_

2  Listen again. Are the sentences true, false or 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs. (10 marks)
doesn’t say? Write T, F or DS. (8 marks)
1 The talk takes place in a sports centre. __ chill cut face open slow
2 Nina didn’t use to eat badly. __ 1 Jack really __________ up to me about his
3 Nina worked in a bank. __ problems last night.
4 Nina didn’t enjoy the cooking class. __ 2 You need to __________ down and take things
5 Nina got help writing the book. __ easy!
6 Nina enjoyed trying different sports. __ 3 Let’s __________ out this weekend. I don’t want
7 She decided to take up running. __ to do anything stressful.
8 She is working on a second book. __ 4 Sarah has to __________ up to the fact that she
needs to do more exercise.
Vocabulary 5 I have __________ down on the amount of
sugar I eat since I saw that TV programme.
3 Label the pictures with words from A and B.
(5 marks)
Practical English
A back knee leg skin wrist
B broken bruised itchy sprained sore 6 Number the dialogue in the correct order.
(10 marks)
1 2
___ I don’t know how to cycle and I don’t have a
bike.
___ Can I ask your advice? I feel tired all the time.
I need to do more exercise, but I’m so busy.
What do you think I should do?
___ OK. Not cycling then. What about running?
___ Well if I were you, I would make some time to
b_______ _____ s_____ ______ do exercise. It’s important for your health.
___ No, but make sure you wear the right shoes.
3 4 ___ You don’t have to join a gym. My advice would
be to find a sport you enjoy. Have you thought
about cycling?
___ That’s a good idea. Do I need to buy
anything?
___ I know it is … . Would you suggest joining a
gym?
i______ _______ s__________ ________ ___ Great! Maybe I’ll come running with you.
___ It’s OK, I have some good trainers.
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b_________ _______

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Unit 4 test
Grammar Cumulative Review
7 Choose the correct option. (10 marks) 10 Choose the correct option. (10 marks)
1 If / Unless we don’t hurry, we will miss the bus.
Keeping fit (1) ____ always been important to my
2 I’ll go for a run if you come / came with me.
family. So when my parents’ friends asked us to join
3 If I had known you were ill, I won’t / wouldn’t
them on a skiing holiday in Switzerland, my parents
have asked you to help me.
were very excited. At the time I was feeling quite
4 We’ll go to the beach tomorrow if / unless the
low because I was stressed about my exam results.
weather is bad.
My parents said that a holiday would cheer me
5 If only I had studied / study harder for the
(2) ____. The holiday started out well. The great
exam.
thing about skiing is that if you (3) ____ a few
8 Match 1–5 to A–E to form sentences. (10 marks) lessons, you learn the basics very quickly. Skiing is
a really good work out, although after spending a
1 If I lie in the sun too long, __
day on the snow I started to get (4) ____ muscles.
2 When you heat water __
On day three of the holiday disaster struck. I
3 If Karen had spoken Spanish, __
(5) _____ back to the hotel when I crashed into a
4 I wish __
tree and broke my leg. The holiday was over. I’m
5 If we’d known you were arriving today, __
OK now but I keep thinking that I wouldn’t have
broken my leg if I had stayed at home!
A it boils.
B I get sunburnt.
1 a have b has c to have d having
C she would have got the job.
2 a through b over c up d in
D I had done more sport at school.
3 a had b to have c having d have
E we would have cooked a nice meal.
4 a sprained b dislocated c itchy d aching
9 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the 5 a have been skiing b was skiing
conditional forms in brackets. (10 marks) c went skiing d ’m going to ski
1 What ________ you ____________ (do) if you
____________ (win) the lottery? (third conditional)
2 Do you __________ (feel) tired when you don’t
do enough exercise? (zero conditional)
3 We ____________________ (not meet) if I
____________ (not move) to London. (third
conditional)
4 I ____________ (eat) more vegetables if I
________ (like) them. (second conditional)
5 If only we ____________ (buy) that apartment
when we had the money. (if only)

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Unit 4 test
Reading I also had a very entertaining roommate in the
hospital. He was a young man called Ian and he was
11 Read the text. What did Duncan do every time he around my age. He had broken both his legs and
had a negative thought? (2 marks) dislocated his shoulder in a motorcycle accident.
_______________________________________ Despite what he was going through, he never lost
his sense of humour. He really helped me get
through those months in hospital.
www.thepositivityplace.co.gb
How I beat my negative thoughts Everyone knows that exercise is good for well-
by Duncan Ashworth being, but after my accident I couldn’t work out in
the gym like I used to. Instead, I did gentle
On 7 July 2012 I was in a car accident. I injured my exercises, stretches and practised walking very
back. As a result I was in hospital for six months. slowly. The fact that I was doing something helped
Before my accident I was a really active person, I improve my mood. After six months I was almost
played tennis and I went swimming every week. I fully recovered. I went home and eventually back
had a busy social life and a job as a lawyer. All that to my job. But something had changed inside me. I
changed after my accident. I had to learn to walk felt stronger as a person. I felt more able to cope
again. The one thing I could still do was use my with difficulties and challenges. I believe that if I
laptop. So I started to write a diary and reflect on hadn’t been in that accident, I wouldn’t have learnt
my feelings and what I should do. I discovered so much about myself and about how we must
there were quite a few things I could do to cheer keep positive even in very difficult circumstances.
myself up.
12 Read the text again. Then answer the questions.
(8 marks)
One of the things that really made me feel bad
were my thoughts about the past and the future. I 1 What activities did Duncan do before the
used to think, ‘If I hadn’t been in the accident, I accident?
wouldn’t be stuck in this hospital bed. If my back
_______________________________________
doesn’t get better, I’ll never walk again. If only I
_______________________________________
hadn’t driven to work that day.’ These thoughts
2 What did he do on his computer while he was in
brought my mood down. So I decided that every
hospital?
time I had a thought like that I would instantly
_______________________________________
replace it with something positive. I also focused on
_______________________________________
the present moment rather than the past or the
3 What particular thing did he learn to control in
future. I used a meditation technique that I
order to help him reduce his stress levels?
learned. It involved focusing on my breathing for a
few minutes, then making an assessment about _______________________________________
how I was feeling and what thoughts were going _______________________________________
through my mind at that moment. If I felt stressed I 4 Who was Ian? What were his injuries?
would check my body to find out exactly where I
felt stressed; for example, a tightness in my chest, _______________________________________
or a pain in my stomach, or tension in my neck. I _______________________________________
would then breathe into this area and try to
imagine it was relaxing and all the stress and
tension was flowing out of my body. This technique
helped me a lot.

Another thing that helped me a lot was laughter. I

watched a lot of comedy films that made me laugh.

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Unit 4 test
Writing Day 3: Talk about another experience you had
while doing this activity. What have you learned
13 Write a blog about an activity you have recently from doing this activity? What objectives are
taken up. You can invent one. Use the questions associated with it? What is your overall opinion of
and prompts to help you. Use informal English. these objectives? Do you think continuing with this
(10 marks)
activity will achieve them?
Day 1: Tell readers what activity you have taken up. Today I … We made / did …
Where and when do you do it? What was your first I’ve learned that …
experience of the activity like? The organization who run the classes / sessions
I’ve just / recently taken up … I do it at … / times a believe that …
week. I agree / disagree with this because ...
I spent the first day / class / session …
Day 2: Give more details about what you do when
you are taking part in this activity. What reaction
does it produce in you and other people? How do
you feel when you finish the activity? What changes
do you think it might produce in you in the future?
The experience really … Other people are …
I always feel … I think doing this will make me …

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Listening _____ / 10 Vocabulary _____ / 20 Practical English _____ / 10

Grammar _____ / 30 Cumulative Review _____ /10 Reading _____ / 10
Writing _____ / 10 TOTAL __________ / 100

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