Unit 2 Short Test 2A

Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the prompts below. Use inversion.
I / not know I / seldom / enjoy in no way / you / be we / be / so surprised you / arrive

1 ________________________________________ Mexican food so much. That was delicious!

2 ________________________________________ to see Jonathan after all this time that we couldn’t believe it was
him at first.
3 ________________________________________ that Amelia was making a joke, I would have been quite angry
about what she said.
4 ________________________________________ before we get home, ask our next-door neighbour for a key to
the house.
5 ________________________________________ to blame for the accident. It could happen to anyone.

Mark: ___ / 5

2 Match the sentence halves. Then complete them with the words and phrases below.
not for one moment not only not until nowhere under no circumstances

1 _________________________ did I suspect _____

2 _________________________ can anyone _____
3 _________________________ I had read the article several times _____
4 We searched the entire house, but _________________________ _____
5 I don’t like Toby. _________________________ has he got bad manners, _____

A but he’s also arrogant.

B take a knife onto a plane. It’s forbidden.
C did I begin to understand it.
D you of stealing anything. I know you’re honest.
E could we find the concert tickets.

Mark: ___ / 5

Solutions Gold Advanced Tests 1 Unit 2 Short Test 2A

Vocabulary
3 Rewrite the sentences, replacing the underlined words with compounds formed from the words below.
Make any other necessary changes.
easy life make middle tip

1 Sue is in her 50s, but she runs every day and plays tennis twice a week.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
2 I wish you’d be a bit more relaxed about things sometimes.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
3 The police caught the gang after acting on a piece of information from the public.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
4 I’ve been in some very dangerous situations in my job as a war correspondent.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
5 Some women don’t like going out without wearing mascara, lipstick and eye-shadow.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________

Mark: ___ / 5

4 Complete the texts with compounds formed from the words in brackets.

After a few 1_________________________ (minute) delays, scientists and NASA engineers

were relieved when the 2_________________________ (lift) of the brand new space
telescope eventually took place without any hitches. Scientists
3
_________________________ (world) are hoping that the new telescope will answer some
fundamental questions about the universe.

Based on a 4_________________________ (selling) novel and featuring world-famous actor

Ben Affleck, Gone Girl is one of the best movies of recent years. It tells the tale of an
apparently 5_________________________ (heart) and sensitive young woman who suddenly
goes missing, leaving her husband as the prime suspect in her disappearance.

Mark: ___ / 5

Total: ___ / 20

Solutions Gold Advanced Tests 2 Unit 2 Short Test 2A