Unit 3 Short Test 2B

Grammar
1 Complete the text with the words below. Use each word once.
can’t might must needn’t should

School vandalised
Over the weekend, vandals broke into Rivermead School. The police arrived promptly, as did
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the fire brigade, although they ___________ have come as there was no fire! At a press
conference, the police were critical of school security. They said that since there was no sign
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of any break-in, they were certain that somebody at the school ___________ have left a door
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or window open. ‘The security guard ___________ have checked everything was locked
before going home,’ said a police officer. ‘It was a poor decision to leave the school without
proper security.’ When asked, the police officer said he didn’t know who had carried out the
break-in. ‘It 4___________ have been students, or ex-students, or just local people who knew
the school well,’ said the officer. ‘I don’t know for sure. However, it 5___________ have been
somebody who didn’t know the school because IT equipment that had been hidden away was
taken. The criminals were people who knew where things were.’

Mark: ___ / 5

2 Complete the sentences. Use a modal verb or be supposed to and the correct form of the verbs in
brackets. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.
1 You _______________________ (tell) me that Jo was coming over this evening. I would have cooked more food.
2 You _______________________ (bring) me flowers. I already have lots and lots. But, thank you, anyway. They’re
lovely.
3 How _______________________ (I / stop) them fighting? My sister’s always fighting with her friends, and she’s bigger
than me!
4 Andy only started painting the bedrooms yesterday, so he _______________________ (finish) painting them yet.
Nobody works that fast.
5 So, you left the dog in the room with the chocolate. There’s only one possible explanation, you know. The dog
_______________________ (eat) the chocolate.

Mark: ___ / 5

Vocabulary
3 Replace the bold British words in the text with American words.

A Brit in New York

New York is incredibly exciting, but so different from cities in England. Firstly, the buildings are
so high – huge skyscrapers with 1lifts ___________ that go up a hundred floors, and fabulous
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cinemas, or theaters as they call them here, which show films ___________ all day long.
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The chocolate bars and sweets ___________ they sell are different here too, as are the
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biscuits ___________ . One thing that is very different is the restaurant culture. In a New
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York restaurant, when you pay the bill ___________ , you have to remember to include a
really good tip – waiters get upset unless you tip as much as 20%!

Mark: ___ / 5

Solutions Third Edition Upper-Intermediate Tests 1 Unit 3 Short Test 2B

4 Complete the compound adjectives with the words below. There are two extra words.
deep far home house long low thin

1 I think the thief I saw had ___________-set ears. You know, they seemed to be way down near the bottom of his face.
2 She has lost a lot of weight and because of her ___________-boned frame, she looks far too skinny.
3 I prefer baking my own ___________made cakes to buying them from a supermarket.
4 In the 1970s, there were a lot of ___________haired men. Then, in the 1980s, people started wearing it short.
5 ___________-throated laughter was coming from the hallway. I knew my grandfather had arrived.

Mark: ___ / 5

Total: ___ / 20

Solutions Third Edition Upper-Intermediate Tests 2 Unit 3 Short Test 2B