PERSUASION TEST LEVEL 3

Name:

1 Complete the information from Chapter One.

Name: Sir Walter 1

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Home: in Somerset, England.
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Wife:

Children: three 4
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Sir Walter looks:

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Sir Walter is: and only approves of people from
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2 For each question choose the correct answer, A (Anne), B (Elizabeth) or C (Mary).
1 Who could not find a rich husband? A B C
2 Who was beautiful and vain? A B C
3 Who was bored with her life? A B C
4 Who was kind, gentle and intelligent? A B C
5 Who was married with two children? A B C
6 Who was not interested in important families? A B C
7 Who was the youngest daughter? A B C

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3 Read the questions about Chapter Two. Choose the best answers (a, b or c).
1 Who was Anne in love with?
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a Edward Wentworth
b Frederick Wentworth
c Edward and Frederick Wentworth

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2 Which of these sentences is true?

a Anne and Edward became engaged
b Edward asked Anne to marry him, but she said no
c Frederick was a captain in the Navy
3 Why did Anne not marry?
a Because her father did not approve
b Because her friend, Lady Russell did not approve
c Because her sister, Elizabeth did not approve
4 Who did Charles Musgrove want to marry?
a Anne
b Elizabeth
c Mary
5 Why did Sir Walter agree to rent his house to Admiral and Mrs Croft?
a Because he thought that Admiral Croft was very handsome
b Because he thought that Admiral and Mrs Croft were very important people
c Because he thought that Mrs Croft was very beautiful
6 What did Anne decide to do?
a To go to Bath
b To go to her sister Mary’s home
c To stay with Lady Russell

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4 Tick the six true sentences about Anne’s life at Uppercross Cottage in Chapter Two.
1 Charles’s parents lived near Uppercross Cottage.
2 They had two daughters living with them.
3 Henrietta was always happy and laughing, but Louisa was not.
4 Anne liked the two sisters and their warm, friendly relationship.
5 Anne did not enjoy her time at Upercross Cottage very much.
6 She spent her time helping Mary and playing with Mary’s two little boys.
7 Everybody liked Anne because she listened to their problems.
8 The Musgroves did not have lots of friends.
9 Both Henrietta and Louisa loved dancing.
10 Anne did not want to play the piano for the dancers.

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5 Complete the sentences. Choose names from the box.

Fredrick Anne the Admiral Edward Mrs Croft Charles

1 had dark eyes and a friendly face.

2 talked to Mary and played with her two little boys.
3 “I mean that my older brother, , is married.’’
4 “My younger brother, , has been abroad with the Navy.”
5 Charles and Mary’s little son, , fell and hurt his back.
6 was very happy to stay at home. She felt embarrassed about meeting
Frederick again.

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6 Complete the sentences from Chapter Three. Use one, two, three or four words.
1 The Musgroves often invited young people for dancing
and parties.
2 Henrietta and Louisa Captain Wentworth very much.
3 A young man called Mr Hayter was , and she liked him
very much, too.
4 But in Uppercross, Mr Hayter became worried.
5 Walter climbed and put his arms around her neck.
6 Anne felt take Walter away from her back.

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7 Match the two parts of the sentences from Chapter Four. Draw lines between them.
1 Mr Hayter did not visit the Musgroves a to get into the carriage.
2 Mr and Mrs Musgrove invited him to dinner b they decided to come, too.
at the Great House, c then they climbed a high hill.
3 When Charles and Captain Wentworth heard d for three days.
about the walk, e but he did not come.
4 They walked across the fields, f Anne started to feel very tired.
5 On the way back to Uppercross,
6 Captain Wentworth helped Anne
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8 List three things we learn about Captain Benwick from Chapter Four.

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9 Read these sentences about Chapter Five. Write T (true) or F ( false) or DS (does not say).
1 Louisa fell down the steps and hit her head.
2 She lay at the bottom of the steps and did not move.
3 When Captain Wentworth took her in his arms, she was very light.
4 They took Louisa to Captain Harville’s house.
5 Mary wanted to go home to her children.
6 Captain Wentworth drove Anne and Henrietta home very quickly in his carriage.

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10 Complete the text with the missing words.

A1 weeks after Christmas, Anne went to Bath with Lady Russell.

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they drove through the streets of the city, Anne felt sad. She did not like
Bath. It was not a happy town 3 her. She remembered the good times with her
friends at Kellynch Hall and Uppercross. They were very different places from Bath.
Sir Walter was renting a house in Camden Place. Lady Russell took Anne 4 ,
then she drove away. She was staying in another part of town. Sir Walter, Elizabeth and Mrs Clay
were happy to see Anne. Anne was very surprised because her father and sister usually ignored
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. But Sir Walter and Elizabeth did not 6 to hear
Anne’s stories about Uppercross, or Lyme, or Kellynch Hall. They only wanted to talk about Bath
and Mr William Elliot.

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11 Correct the sentences about Chapter Six.

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1 Miss Hamilton was not very kind to Anne at that sad time.

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2 When Miss Hamilton left school, she married a poor man called Mr Smith.

3 Later her husband lost all his money and left her.

4 Mrs Smith was now a poor widow, and she was not very happy either.

5 She was living in a much richer part of Bath than Camden Place.

6 But Anne did not enjoy visiting her and talking to her about the past.

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12 Read the letter from Chapter Six. Choose the correct description (a, b or c).

Dear Anne,
I have some surprising news. Yesterday, Louisa arrived back in Uppercross from Lyme. So in the
evening, Charles and I went to visit her at the Great House, and we learned that she is engaged to
Captain Benwick! We thought that she and Captain Wentworth might get engaged. So you see, Anne,
Charles was quite wrong about you. Captain Benwick was never interested in you.
Love, Mary

a Mary is surprised because she thought that Captain Benwick was interested in Anne.
b Mary is not surprised that Louisa is engaged to Captain Benwick as she always knew he liked her.
c Mary is surprised that Louisa is not engaged to Captain Wentworth.

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13 Complete the text from Chapter Seven. Choose the correct words (a, b, c or d).
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One morning, a few days later, Anne had a wonderful 1 a surprise . She 2 a walk in
b surprised b walked
c surprising c was walking
d surprisingly d were walking

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the town with William Elliot, Elizabeth and Mrs Clay. It started 3 a rain , so they went into
b rained
c rains
d to rain

a shop. Suddenly, Anne looked 4 a from of the window and saw Captain Wentworth. A few
b in
c on
d out

minutes later, he came into the shop.

Anne felt excited and confused, but she tried 5 a not show her feelings. When Captain
b not to show
c showing not
d to show not

Wentworth saw her, his face turned red and he looked confused, 6 a so . He came in and
b too
c more
d also

started talking to her about Lyme and Uppercross, and the Musgroves and Louisa.

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14 Circle the correct prepositions.

1 “My husband became very worried about / of / to his money problems.”
2 “Later, I blamed William Elliot very much at / for / with that.”
3 “William Elliot is interested from / in / on only one thing: money.”
4 “He wasn’t kind at / to / with his wife, and they weren’t happy together.”
5 Mrs Smith went and got a box from / of / to her bedroom.
6 She opened it and took in / out / under a letter.

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15 Complete the text from Chapter Eight. Choose one word for each gap.
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The next day, Anne went back to 1 White Hart Hotel. Mary and Henrietta were
out, but Mrs Croft was there visiting Mrs Musgrove. Captain Harville and Captain Wentworth were
also there. Suddenly, Captain Wentworth said, “I 2 write a letter to Benwick.”
He sat down at a desk and began to write.

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Captain Harville was sitting by the window. He smiled at Anne and she went and sat
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to him.
“I’m happy that Benwick is getting married,” said Captain Harville, “but I’m also sorry about my
dear sister, Fanny. She died only a few months ago. He’s 4 her very quickly.”
“Maybe men and women have different feelings,” said Anne. “Maybe men forget women more
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. But women feel things for a longer time than men. When a woman really
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loves a man, she never forget him.”
Suddenly, Captain Wentworth dropped his pen on the floor.

1 a an the
2 can have must
3 by next opposite
4 forgotten forgot forgetting
5 easy easily easier
6 will won’t would

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16 Rewrite the two sentences as one. Use “that”.

1 “You didn’t love me any more. I was sure.”

2 “You were in love with Louisa Musgrove. I thought.”

3 “I was wrong. I’m so happy.”

4 William Elliot and Mrs Clay had a secret relationship. Everybody was shocked.

5 She could never really be happy again. Anne thought.

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17 Complete the sentences with the correct present perfect form of the verbs
in brackets.
1 “I (find) an excellent tenant. His name is Admiral Croft.”
2 “I (hear) about Admiral Croft,” said Anne.

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3 “ you (not see) your children?” asked Anne.

4 “Captain Wentworth thinks that you (change) a lot.”
5 “Our cousin, William Elliot, is in Bath. He (visit) us three times,”
wrote Elizabeth.
6 “But the concert (not finish),” said Anne.

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18 Circle the correct verbs.

1 “I’m going to jump / will jump down the steps,” she said. “Catch me, Captain Wentworth!”
2 “It’s wonderful that Frederick isn’t going to marry / won’t marry Louisa!” she thought.
3 “She’s going to be / will be upset. She likes him very much, but she was wrong about him.”
4 “I hope that he’s going to be / ’ll be at the concert.”
5 When a woman really loves a man, she’s never going to forget / will never forget him.”
6 “If Charles comes with me, I’m not going to be able / won’t be able to find Frederick quickly.”

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19 Rewrite the sentences. Choose the correct words to replace the underlined words.
Use the correct tense.

take away fall in love look after care about

1 “I’m sure that they will do things for Kellynch Hall very well.”

2 “But I’m sure that he doesn’t have feelings for me now.”

3 Just then, Anne felt strong hands move Walter from her back.

4 Frederick Wentworth and Anne quickly started to love one another.

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20 Read the definitions. Choose the correct words from the box. There are two extra words.

trust lawyer engaged rent approve vain heir

1 A person who helps people understand the right and wrong things to do in a country.

2 This person gets your money, house, things, etc. when you die.

3 If you think that you are very beautiful or special, then you are this.

4 To pay money to live in someone’s house.

5 You think that a person is good or right, or that they do good or right things.

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