EXAM UNITS 4,5 C1 NAME:

DATE:
Vocabulary

1. Complete the text with the words and phrases below.

minds | undecided | reconsider | advice | doubt | unsure about | pros and cons |
decision

Recently I had to make an important decision. I was 1____________________

whether I should take a job as manager of a local teashop or refuse it in the hope
that a job I was more interested in would come along. The reason I was in two
2____________________ about it was that I was hoping to do something in the field

of media. The owner of the teashop said she would give me a few days to come to a
3____________________. As well as thinking it through carefully, I sought
4____________________ from several people who worked in hospitality and a few

who had jobs in media. The night before I was due to give my answer to the owner, I
was still 5____________________. I had weighed up the 6____________________.
The job was fairly well paid, but I was in 7____________________ about whether I
would enjoy the work. Finally, my parents said they would support me if I wanted to
get some unpaid work experience at a local advertising company. The teashop
owner was quite disappointed and asked me to 8____________________, but I said
I couldn’t.

2. Choose the correct option.

1. Caleb followed / sat his exams.

2. My sister did / set an apprenticeship in hairdressing.

3. Which university did you graduate from / pass?

4. Olivia is planning to follow / accept a place at catering college.

5. What career path / job are you planning to follow?

6. Going off to college is a huge / large step.

7. Lots of students in the UK accept / take a gap year between school and university.

8. I really can’t decide which path to choose / do.

3. Choose an adjective from list A and a noun from list B to complete the
sentences. You will need to use one word from list A twice. You must use all
the words at least once. There may be more than one possible answer.

List A: mixed | clear | major | immediate | big | strong | deciding

List B: understanding | role | feelings | future | factor | changes | decision |

influence

1. I have __________________________ about my course. It is really interesting,

but I don’t know if it will help me get a job.

2. We don’t plan to make any changes in the __________________________, but

we might increase the number of staff in a couple of years’ time.

3. My grandmother had a __________________________ on my decision to

become a nurse.

4. I was unsure whether to go to university or do an apprenticeship, but the

__________________________ was money. I didn’t want to end up with a huge
student loan.

5. Getting married is a __________________________ so it is important to be

absolutely sure it’s what you want to do.

6. By the end of the lesson, all the students had a __________________________ of

the uses of the present perfect tense.

7. There need to be some __________________________ around here. For a start,

all of you are going to tidy your rooms and help me with the housework.

8. Young people have a __________________________ to play in protecting the

environment.

4. Match the words and phrases to the definitions.

1. the forward movement of something, or an

a. launch
improvement or development in something

2. an important discovery or event that helps to improve a

b. obsolete
situation or provide an answer to a problem

3. the first example of something, such as a machine or other

c. cutting edge
industrial product, from which all later forms are developed

4. to begin something such as a plan, or introduce something

d. market
new such as a product

5. to make goods available to buyers in a planned way that

encourages people to buy more of them, for example by e. prototype
advertising

6. to cause something to start f. advance

7. very modern and with all the newest features g. trigger

8. not in use any more, having been replaced by something

h. breakthrough
newer and better or more fashionable

5. Choose the correct option.

1. Moving away from home is a big step so you shouldn’t rush into / do away with it.

2. There used to be trams in our city, but the council decided to cater for / do away
with them.

3. Does your van check out / run on petrol or diesel?

4. We have done everything to prepare for what rushes into / lies ahead.

5. We need to find a restaurant that catches on / caters for large groups.

6. It’s strange to think that in the 1980s, people didn’t think mobile phones would
catch on / lie ahead and now we can’t live without them.

7. I run on / look upon Laura as more than a friend – she is more like a sister to me.

8. I’m going to check out / look upon that new café in town. Do you want to come?

6. Complete the sentences with an adjective from list A and a preposition from
list B. You will need to use some prepositions more than once.

List A: vulnerable | notorious | inferior | conscious | apparent | hostile | toxic |

appropriate

List B: to | towards | for | of

1. David was ______________________ someone standing behind him, but he was

afraid to turn around.

2. Some of our everyday foods like chocolate and grapes are

______________________ pets and can even kill them.

3. That company is ______________________ not paying their staff on time.

4. It quickly became ______________________ everyone that they were wasting

their time.

5. Tourists walking around late at night are ______________________ pickpockets.

6. I don’t think that film is ______________________ young children – it’s too violent.

7. The locals can be ______________________ outsiders so be very careful.

8. The kids at my new school tried to make me feel ______________________

them, but I knew I was as good as they were.

Grammar

7. Choose the correct past tense form of the sentence.

1. I must buy some stamps.

A I had to buy some stamps B I must’ve bought some stamps.

2. That can’t be his brother. They look completely different.

A That couldn’t be his brother. They looked completely different.
B That can’t have been his brother. They looked completely different.

3. Patrick should apologise for his behaviour.

A Patrick should apologised for his behaviour.
B Patrick should have apologised for his behaviour.
4. Students may eat their lunch outside in the summer.
A Students were allowed to eat their lunch outside in the summer.
B Students may have eaten their lunch outside in the summer.

5. Katie can’t ride a bicycle.

A Katie couldn’t have ridden a bicycle. B Katie couldn’t ride a bicycle.

6. It must be fun to travel all over the world.

A It had to be fun to travel all over the world.
B It must have been fun to travel all over the world.

7. There might be some places on the course.

A There might have been some places on the course.
B There were might be some places on the course.

8. Locals don’t have to pay to visit the museum.

A Locals didn’t have to pay to visit the museum.
B Locals have to have paid to visit the museum.

8. Find the TWO correct sentences and correct the errors in the others.

1. I can’t find my glasses. I must have left them at Sarah’s house.

2. We thought we would have to fill out lots of forms, but in the end, we mustn’t.

3. Charlie ought to not have spent all his money in one go.

4. The phone lines were busy, but luckily I could get through.

5. I asked my parents about the party, but they said I may not have gone.

6. Teri could swim when she was five, but her brother couldn’t swim until he was ten.

7. There might not been any damage to their car – we’ll have to check.

8. The teacher didn’t allowed us to play outside.

9. Rewrite the sentences in the past tense.

1. I must buy some stamps.

____________________________________________________________

2. That can’t be his brother. They look completely different.

____________________________________________________________

3. Patrick should apologise for his behaviour.

____________________________________________________________

4. Students may eat their lunch outside in the summer.

____________________________________________________________
5. Katie can’t ride a bicycle now.

____________________________________________________________

6. It must be fun to travel all over the world.

____________________________________________________________

7. There might be some places on the course.

____________________________________________________________

8. Locals don’t have to pay to visit the museum.

____________________________________________________________

10. Choose the INCORRECT way of completing the sentences.

1. Aaron was convinced he was going to win / would win / is about to win the
competition.

2. This time next week I’ll be skiing / will ski / will have skied up in the mountains.

3. By the end of the year, the company will grow / will have grown / will be growing
enough to take on another member of staff.

4. Oh, no! I think those two cats are going to fight / are about to fight / will be fighting.

5. I was about to / was going to / would give up when suddenly I found a solution.

6. The class starts / will start / was about to start every day at 10am.

7. It looks like Rangers would win / are going to win / will win.

8. When were you going to tell / were you about to tell / will you be telling me you had
decided to resign?

11. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1. I’ll meet you near the fountain. I ____________ a red coat and a black hat. (wear)

2. I expect the meeting ____________ before you arrive. (finish)

3. Henry ____________ you, but he forgot. (tell)

4. Look at those black clouds. I think it ____________. (rain)

5. Vicky has gone to the shop, but I expect she ____________ back soon. (be)

6. I hoped Luis ____________ us, but he has been called away. (join)

7. Experts predict that oil reserves ____________ by 2052. (run out)

8. The boys ____________ to Paris for the weekend, but the flights were full. (go)