English Plus 4 Test 7

1. Write adjectives and nouns describing personality and attributes from the word stems. (10 marks)Example: pessimis- pessimistic, pessimism 1. mood- moody, moodiness2. genero- generous, generosity3. anxi- anxious, anxiety4. confide- confident, confidence5. frustrat- frustrated, frustration 2. Write the correct verb, noun or adjective form of the words. (10 marks)Example: This film is really interesting. (interest) 1. I hate chess. I think it’s boring. (bore)2. My mum often worries about us. (worry)3. We feel relaxed on Sundays. (relax)4. The horror film was frightening. (frighten)5. My dad started singing in the restaurant! My face went red from embarrassment. (embarrass) 3. Complete the sentences. Use the adjective or the adverb form of the words in brackets. (8 marks)Example: I work hard. (hard) The rain got worse. (bad) 1. Did you sleep well? (good)2. Speak respectfully to customers. (respectful)3. I waited optimistically for the results of the tests. (optimistic)4. I was anxious about the test. (anxious) 4. Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative adjective or adverb forms of the words in brackets. Use more / less and the most / the least. (8 marks)Example: The person who performs the least well will come last. (good) 1. Slow down! Walk less quickly. (quick)2. This exam is much more difficult than the French exam. I can’t do it! (difficult)3. He’s the least generous person I know. He never spends any money! (generous)4. She sang the most beautifully, so she won the competition. (beautiful) 5. Complete the third conditional sentences using the correct form of the pairs of verbs.(10 marks)be / speak not lose / not meet go / not have work / not miss read / turn 1. If I hadn't lost my keys, I wouldn't have met you.2. Lucas would have read the email if he had turned on his computer.3. If he had been born in Brazil, he would have spoken Portuguese.4. Lucy would have gone to school if she hadn't had a cold.5. If the alarm clock had worked, she wouldn't have missed the bus. 6. Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun. Are they defining (D) or non-defining (ND)? (6 marks)Example: That ’s the boy that I like. D 1. Warsaw, where I live, is a big city. ND2. This is the book which I told you about. D3. Mary, whose dad’s an artist, is good at art. ND 7. Combine the two sentences to make one sentence. Use non-defining relative clauses. (8 marks)Example:Jay is very clever. He speaks five languages.Jay, who is very clever, speaks five languages. 1. Paris is beautiful. I went there last year.Paris, where I went last year, is beautiful.2. The film was very long. It was terrible.The film, which was very long, was terrible.3. A vet is a kind of doctor. Vets treat animals.A vet, who is a kind of a doctor, treats animals.4. Tim’s mum is Canadian. He speaks French.Tim, whose mum is Canadian, speaks French. 8. Read the text. Then match sentences a–g with gaps 1–6. There is one extra sentence you donot need. (10 marks)HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLEEvery year there are around 2,000 self-help bookspublished. (1) … Some of these include becomingmore optimistic, achieving goals, and reducinganxiety.How to win friends and influence people is thegrandfather of self-help books. (2) … The book was anovernight sensation, rapidly becoming a bestseller. Itadvises the reader on how to make friends quicklyand easily.The author concentrates on the importance ofcommunication skills. (3) … He gives lots of examplesto support his argument.The author believes that you should always berespectful, and you should make people feelimportant. (4) … For example, if you want to makesomeone agree with you, you should let them thinkthat they had the original idea.Most self-help books encourage their readers toconcentrate on being positive, and to try not to havenegative thoughts. Many people often think this is thekey to happiness. (5) …Recent research has shown that this approach doesn’talways work. A group of people who wanted to feelmore optimistic about themselves actually felt worseafter they had written a list of positive sentences. (6) …When they were allowed to write a list of negative aswell as positive things about themselves, they feltbetter than before. a) What’s more, there is a lot of disagreement on the topic. extrab) It was first published in 1937. 2c) But are they right? 5d) Many share similar topics. 1e) They didn’t believe them! 6f) He recommends some basic strategies to achieve this. 4g) He believes that these are more important for success than knowledge. 3 9. Order the words to make sentences. There is one extra word you do not need. (5 marks)better / I / much / best / feel I feel much better. 1. slightly / fitter / I / got / mostI got slightly fitter.2. than / looks / a / bit / taller / sheShe looks a bit taller.3. faster / they / a / lot / were / reallyThey were a lot faster.4. he / least / was / more / much / optimisticHe was much more optimistic.5. most / much / my life / less / stressful / becameMy life became much less stressful. 10. Complete the expressions for sympathizing. (5 marks) 1. At least you didn’t get hurt.2. It isn’t the end of the world.3. Don’t take it too badly.4. Look at it this way. It could be worse!5. Sorry to hear that.