First Certificate Skills: Use of English

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Unit Test 3

1 Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.

Use only one word in each space

The first kiss

I’m going (1) .......………..…. a difficult time at the moment – my mother says it

happens to all teenagers. Anyway, there’s this girl who moved into my block of

flats (2) .......………..…. year – she’s a couple of years older than me but the truth

is I’ve wanted to kiss Samantha ever (3) .......………..…. I met her and last week I

finally (4) .......………..…. up my mind that I was (5) .......………..…. to do it. On

Friday I was coming up the stairs (6) .......………..…. I saw her walking down

carrying two huge boxes.

‘(7) .......………..…. I help you with those?’ I asked.

‘Thanks – they’re really heavy, I think I’m (8) .......………..…. to collapse.’

I carried them to the entrance, and put the boxes down for a moment

(9) .......………..…. she opened the front door. This was my opportunity – I had

been wanting to do it for months and now I was really going (10) .......………..….

kiss her.

‘I just can’t put into (11) .......………..…. how I feel about you,’ I stammered. ‘So I

thought I’d show you instead.’

I leant over and was (12) .......………..…. about to kiss her when my neighbour

came through the door. As (13) .......………..…. as she had gone, Samantha turned

to me, grabbed the boxes and said, ‘Let me give you a (14) .......………..…. of advice

– stick to girls your own age!’

So that’s it for me – I think I’ve gone (15) .......………..…. girls completely for the

moment.

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First Certificate Skills: Use of English

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2 Underline the correct future form for 1–9.

1 Will /Shall you pass me the sugar, please?

2 The school term will finish /finishes next Friday.

3 By next month I will have been living /will be living here for exactly three years.

4 By the time I get home, the programme is starting /will have started.

5 The match is about to /due to start at 3 o’clock.

6 Don’t forget, I ’m taking /going to take you out for dinner tomorrow at 8.

7 I ’ ll help /’m going to help you fix the car, if you like.

8 Did you see the weather forecast? – it’s going to /will rain all weekend.

9 Don will /was going to drive to the shops but then he decided to walk.

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3 Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

advantage aspect pleasure point progress

reward secret story surprise

1 I’ll keep your ........……….…................ – I promise I won’t tell anyone.

2 It came as a ........……….…................ to everybody when Sheila failed her exams.

3 My grandfather began to tell us another ........……….…................ about his childhood.

4 You need to work much harder if you want to make ........……….…................ in this course.

5 It gave great ........……….…................ to their parents when John and Sue got married.

6 First of all I want to focus on the most important ........……….…................ of this problem.

7 He banged the desk to emphasize the ........……….…................ he was trying to make.

8 The ........……….…................ of air travel is the speed of the journey.

9 I would like to see some financial ........……….…................ for all my hard work.

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4 Add the correct particles to complete the phrasal verbs.

1 find by accident; find when not actually looking for come ........……….….

2 produce an idea come ........……….….

3 become available (e.g. a new product) come ........……….….

4 happen unexpectedly come ........……….….

5 experience a bad period, suffer go ........……….….

6 stop liking something go ........……….….

7 leave home/office, etc. for a short time go ........……….….

8 go to another town/country, etc. for more than one day go ........……….….

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