Cumulative Test 1

Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading

Group B
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____
Total: ___/60

2 Complete the sentences with the

1 Complete the sentences with the
missing words. The first letters are
correct form of the verbs in the box.
given. There is one space for each
There are two extra verbs.
missing letter.

fall get flinch have sharpen Greg is such a b u l l y. He took Marta’s

recover swallow settle bag at lunch time and wouldn’t give it
back. She was crying all morning.

It’s my dream to get a scholarship to study 1 I used to be a f _ _ _ s _ _ _ _ _ and do

in the Academy of Arts.
what I wanted, but I’ve got a job and
responsibilities now. Perhaps I need to
1 He didn’t even ______________ when the
make some changes in my life.
bee stung him. It’s like he doesn’t feel
2 He’s so much better than the rest of us but
pain.
you’d never know it. He’s very
2 The children were very excited about the h _ _ _ _ _.
holidays but finally they ______________
3 I find Maths so boring but our teacher is so
down to do some work.
w _ _ _ _ that we are all laughing all the
3 The surgeon said it would take Justin time. It makes the lessons enjoyable.
several months to ______________ from
4 If we wait for someone to have
his injuries.
a b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, we’ll never get started.
4 Be careful. You’ve ______________ for Once we start, the solution might become
the wrong person before. Take your time obvious.
and find someone who really cares about
5 The teacher spends an unfair amount of
you.
time with the g _ _ _ _ _ students. She
5 The pill I was given was too big to should help everyone, not only the
______________ it whole. students with the best marks.
____/5 ____/5

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Cumulative Test 1
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
Group B
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____

3 Translate the phrases in brackets into GRAMMAR

English
4 Choose the correct option.
My sister went out with (spotykała się, była We suggest that you wear / you wearing
w związku z) her boyfriend for just over sunscreen during the hottest months of the
a year. year.

1 To tell you the truth, it ________________ 1 By the time we arrived in Australia, we had
________________________ (pozostaje travelled / had been travelling for over
zagadką) to me why anyone would want to twenty-four hours.
come here on holiday. 2 I don’t want to waste time to queue /

2 You’re so __________________________ queuing for tickets.

(zarozumiały)! Why do you always think 3 We would live / used to live in Sheffield,

you’re better than everyone else? but now we’ve moved to Leeds.
4 My sister won’t let me borrow / to borrow
3 My best friend told me she was thinking
her clothes.
about ____________________________
5 Sara was very negative when she was
(zerwaniu z) her boyfriend. I think she
younger. She was always complaining /
should have done it a long time ago!
will always complain about everything!
4 The council has _____________________
____/5
___________________ (przestał wierzyć
w, zrezygnował z) on the young people in 5 Complete the sentences with the
correct form of the verbs in brackets.
the neighbourhood. Now crime is rising as
there is nowhere for them to go. I can’t imagine living (live) in a flat like that.
It’s tiny.
5 We waited and waited and she’s finally
__________________________________ 1 I can’t stand _______________ (be) late!
(obudziła się ze śpiączki). She’s expected 2 George was hot and sweaty because he
to make a full recovery. _________________ (run).

____/5 3 My teachers expect me ______________

(do) well at school.
4 Hannah’s parents make her ___________
(help) with the housework.
5 There was a delay and they ___________
(not even / start) when we came.
____/5
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Cumulative Test 1
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
Group B
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____

6 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. USE OF ENGLISH

One sentence is correct.
That’s the man who’s house burnt down. 7 Read the text and choose the correct
answer, A, B, C or D.
That’s the man whose house burnt down.

Surviving the final year of school is no easy task,

1 The buildings destroying by the fire will all and you don’t need a _____ imagination to
be rebuilt. understand why. For the whole year you are up to
__________________________________ your 1 _____ in revision, exams and assignments
and many students suffer from stress. In order to
__________________________________ succeed there are a few things you can do.
2 My sister plays hockey, that is a very Firstly, I’d advise 2 _____ a plan of how you will
exciting sport. spend your time. Not only about the work you
need to do, but what you will do when you have
__________________________________
a day off. A schedule will also help you avoid
__________________________________ putting things 3 _____ until the last moment. It’s
3 The man standing by the door is their best to do things immediately. Finally, make sure
bodyguard. you keep your work space 4 _____. These tips
won’t guarantee you the best grades, but they will
__________________________________
definitely help you avoid 5 _____ time.
__________________________________
4 The woman which works in the shop is
always very helpful. A vague B vivid
C clear D distant
__________________________________
1 A head B nose
__________________________________
C eyes D teeth
5 Some of my friends organised a party for
me, what was amazing! 2 A to make B you to make
C you making D making
__________________________________
3 A behind B of
__________________________________
C off D away
____/5 4 A tidy and neat B neat and clean
C tidy and clean D neat and tidy
5 A wasting B to waste
C waste D to wasting

____/5

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Cumulative Test 1
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
Group B
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____

8 Complete the text with one word in We __________ the match which was
each gap. very disappointing, but we’ll come back
stronger next week.
Can you help me? My sister, who is two years
older than me, has become very difficult recently. 3 She’s a larger-than-__________
When we were younger, we 1 __________ always character. The things she has achieved
laughing and joking together, but now she seems are amazing.
to be in a bad mood all the time. The room was so quiet until he arrived. He
Last night she shouted at me just because really is the __________ and soul of the
I 2 __________ used some of her perfume without party.
asking. I’m sure she didn’t 3 __________ to be so
selfish with her things! We always did a lot of 4 We’ll never find a solution like this. We
need to be creative and think outside the
things together, but now she won’t let me come
__________.
out with her and her friends because she says I’m
too young, and she doesn’t take any interest in Can you put your assignments in the
me, 4 __________ is very upsetting. Is this normal __________ on my desk, please?
adolescent behaviour? I’m going to 5 __________
talking to her one more time. Do you have any 5 Unfortunately, you haven’t got a degree so
more advice for me? you don’t __________ the requirements
____/5 for this job.

Where did you __________ him? He

9 Think of one word which fits both
didn’t go to our school. ____/5
sentences in each pair.

Seeing the cat jogged my memory that

I needed to buy cat food. 10 Complete the second sentence so that
it has a similar meaning to the first. Use
I have a vivid memory of that day on the between two and five words including
beach. I almost feel like I am there now. the word in capitals. Do not change the
word given.
1 Do you ever feel the __________ to just
quit your job and go travelling? I know
I do. I always think about summer when I hear
that song. REMINDS
I’d never __________ someone to do That song always reminds me of summer.
something they were uncomfortable about
doing. 1 It is often rainy during autumn and winter.
TENDS
2 The last thing I remember before I
The ______________________________
__________ consciousness was the ball
flying towards my head. rainy during autumn and winter.

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Cumulative Test 1
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
Group B
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____

2 Did you have any pets when you were READING

younger? USE
11 Read the text. For questions 1–5,
Did ______________________________ choose the correct answer, A, B, C
any pets when you were younger? or D.

3 When I realised a dog was eating my

The power of personality
sandwich it was too late. It was gone. HAD
A dog ____________________________ ‘He has a great personality!’ That’s how Bill, who
later became my husband, was first described to
by the time I realised. me by my best friend. What she was trying to tell
4 Jenna always asked to borrow money me in those five innocent words was that the man
I was about to meet was less than attractive. And
from me. WAS it’s true, you wouldn’t notice him in a crowd. But
he really does have a great personality. From the
Jenna ____________________________
first time we talked I was attracted to him, and
money from me. after a few short weeks we fell madly in love.
Our idyllic life together was shattered a few years
5 The teacher has already reprimanded him later when I almost lost Bill. In some sense I did
three times today . TOLD lose him. Bill was driving home from work when
he lost control of his car and crashed, leading to
He’s already _______________________ months in hospital. When he finally regained
________________________ three times consciousness, the good-natured, affectionate Bill
I used to know had been replaced by a much
today by the teacher. more self-critical and insecure version.
As a psychology student I’d studied theories on
____/5 what makes us who we are, whether we are a
product of nature or nurture and how far we can
____/50 choose our identity. I’d even read up on a few
cases where people had suffered catastrophic
events and seemingly woken up with whole new
personalities. It was only when I witnessed it first-
hand that I became fascinated.
The tendency to classify people into personality
types goes way back, even as far as the Ancient
Greeks. They believed people could be
categorised into four main humours, not dissimilar
to the more modern Myers-Briggs test which is
based on a wider range of sixteen personality
types. Another field of thought, professed by
Walter Mischel, was that behaviour was much
more dependent on the situation a person found
themselves in, rather than something present
from birth.
It’s now generally accepted that there are five
main personality types. These are
conscientiousness, which is connected to your
goals and how sensitive you are towards them.
Agreeableness, whether a person is insecure and

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Cumulative Test 1
Vocabulary, Grammar, Use of English and Reading
Group B
Name: ______________________________________ Class: ____

seeks approval from others or trusts in their own 2 The writer became really interested in theories
abilities. Extraversion, whether or not you enjoy about personality when
socialising. Neuroticism, how you respond to
A she read cases about people whose
threats, and finally openness, whether you are
daring when it comes to new experiences or personalities had changed.
prefer to keep things the way they are. B she was studying psychology.
Of these five traits, the one that seems easiest to C she started working as a psychologist.
change is neuroticism. Research shows that over D she noticed changes in Bill.
time, everyone’s personality changes. It just
happens so gradually that we don’t notice. Since
neuroticism is linked to poor health and a reduced 3 Walter Mischel suggested that
lifespan, it’s the one that people are most likely to A behaviour is fixed from birth.
seek help for, usually through therapy. When the B the way people behave is deeply affected
right help is given, rather than a gradual change, by the circumstances around them.
such as the growth of a plant or the erosion of a
cliff, the changes in terms of neuroticism are far C people have the power to change their
easier to identify. Instead of thirty or forty years it situations.
can take as little as a month. D there are sixteen different personality
With that in mind, Bill and I have been on a types.
mission to help him regain some of the identity he
had before his accident. Scientific papers state
that one way to change the mechanisms of 4 Research shows that
behaviour is to focus on strengths and resources A it takes up to forty years for personality to
rather than problems, and finding ways these change.
strengths can help you. Since Bill has always B poor health is linked to having therapy for
been very athletic, we found ways for him to
personality disorders.
channel his anger through learning martial arts,
which he has gone on to compete in successfully. C neuroticism is the trait that people most
We still have a long way to go, but there are more commonly want to work on.
and more glimpses of the old Bill showing D it’s impossible to notice changes in your
through, and I have no doubt that this will own personality.
continue as we keep working together.
5 Bill is now
1 The writer’s friend focussed on Bill’s personality A focussing on his problems.
because B returning to his hobby of martial arts.
A he had a similar personality to the writer. C as confident as he was before the
B it was the easiest way to identify him in a accident.
crowd. D slowly returning to his only self.
C she believed it was his most attractive
quality. ____/10
D she didn’t know what he looked like.

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