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Unit 10 Test B Date: _______________

• Vocabulary
1 Rewrite the sentences using had better (not) or would rather (not).
1 You shouldn’t call Jim now. He’s busy.
__________________________________________________________________________
2 Would Matt prefer to go to university or do a gap year?
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3 We really ought to apologise to Pat.
__________________________________________________________________________
4 In my opinion, it’s nicer to walk than to take the bus.
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5 They’d prefer to have a smaller house.
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2 Complete the text with the correct option from the word pairs below.

Thepays/paid taxed/taxes
cost of a university donor/donate
education poverty/incomes
today is higher than ever, and many young
people are now graduating with huge 1
__, after 2
__ large sums
of money from the bank to pay for their college fees. In the past, the government
3
__ for your studies, especially for those people whose families were on
low 4
__, but now the days of free higher education are over, unless you
can rely on a generous 5
__, such as a 6
__ uncle or
grandparent. Many people are furious and believe that the 7
__ we pay to
the government should cover these educational fees. Now, when graduates start
work, it takes them a long time to pay back the money 8
__ to them by
banks. As a result, they are rarely able to 9
__ their own home or 10

__ any money for their future.

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for Schools
Class: _______________
Unit 10 Test B Date: _______________

• Grammar
3 Complete the sentences with too or enough and the words below.

1 hard
If you people sweet____________________
have received many much gifts, you should give some away to
charity.
2 Frank didn’t study ____________________ to pass the exam. He’ll have to retake
it.
3 This cake is far ____________________! Why did you put all that sugar in it?
4 Without the volunteers, we wouldn’t have had ____________________ to
complete all the work.
5 That fire is giving off ____________________ heat. It’s boiling in here.
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4 Choose the best alternative.

1 When/If you start now, you are/will be able to finish before lunch.
2 As soon as/Unless I hear from Lily and John, I –/will tell you what they’ve
decided.
3 When/Unless it rains, the grass will get/gets wet.
4 I’d like him more if/when he were/is more polite.
5 Unless/As soon as the weather improves, they won’t/wouldn’t come.
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5 Complete the sentences using the 1st or 2nd conditional and the verbs
below.

1 give
If youdonate pay become
____________________ save
Jimmy some money, I’m sure he
____________________ you back.
2 If someone ____________________ us a million pounds, we ____________________ a
house in the country.

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3 People ____________________ (definitely) if he ____________________ the

president.
4 If you ____________________ the lottery, ____________________ (you) any of the
money to charity?
5 Unless they ____________________ up for another six months, they
____________________ able to buy a new car.
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• Fluency
6 Your school has €1,000 to spend on a student-based project. Write a
report in 150–190 words on how the money could be used. Include:
• two ways the money could be spent and what would happen if the money
were used in these ways
• your recommendation and if the money is too much or too little.
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7 Write questions using the prompts. Then answer the questions in 20–
30 words.
1 what/you/do/if/you/receive/a gift/you/already have?
2 you/give up on/a friend/if/he or she/take/you/for granted?
3 if/you/inherit/a large sum of money/what/you/do?
4 what/you/do/if/a restaurant/charge/you/too much/for the bill?
5 if/your parents/give/you/money/you/waste or save/it?
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