Modular Test -3 for Spotlight 9, Module 3

TEST 3 A

A Match the words:

1. violent a) imagination

2. That’s b) creatures

3. vivid с) nightmare

4. What d) the matter?

5. play e) whirlpool

6. brain f) a thought!

7. mythical g) closer

8. horrible h) tricks

9. look i) a coincidence!

10.What’s j) surgeon 5 points

B Choose the correct word:

1. Many people believe that dreams are a way for our subconscious brain/head/mind to express our deeper thoughts and fears.

2.This may/must/can’t be her house. I can see her car in the garage.

3. It’s not polite to glance/spot/stare at people like that, don’t do that.

4. I haven’t heard about/from/of the White Onion Restaurant.

5. I hope you can come across/up with/over/down with a better plan than this.

6. He didn’t shout, he just glanced/glared/stared at me silently. 

7. I feel a little nervous about/for/of starting a new job.

8. When Sam saw the shade/shadow/reflection of a strange animal in the bushes, he started shaking like a leaf.

9. He came across/up with/out/down with  a nasty virus after his trip to Asia.

10.Are you coming to the prom party with us? - I may/must/can’t come. I haven’t decided yet. 10 points

C. Put the verbs in brackets in their correct past forms:

1. Martha _____ (study) French for two years before she moved to Paris.

2. When ___ (Mary/graduate) from university?

3,4.As I ____ (look) out of the window, I ____ (see) a car crash into a tree.

5,6,7. ___ (the girls/help) you with the housework yesterday? – Oh, yes! While Pam ___ (sweep) the floor, Mary ___ (clean) the windows.

8. Melissa ____ (cook) dinner by the time we got home.

9,10.Simon ___ (bump) into an old friend of his while he ___ (jog) in the park.

11,12,13,14.When she ___ (come) home, she ___ (feed) her cat, ___ (make) dinner and ___ (watch) some TV.

15.Josh ___ (never/hear) about the Loch Ness Monster before he went to Scotland.

15 points

TEST 3 B

A Match the words:

1. That’s a) mind

2. recorded b) squid

3. look с) happened?

4. subconscious d) by chance

5. What’s e) sightings

6. giant f) chilling

7. optical g) ape

8. spine- h) a relief!

9. extinct i) the same

10. find j) illusions 5 points

B Choose the correct word:

1. Is that a fruit or vegetable? – I’m not sure, I think it may/must/can’t be a fruit.

2. The child glares/glances/stares at his mother because she didn’t buy a new toy.

3. Betty’s come across/up with/out/down with a terrible sore throat.

4.The moon was so bright that Boe could see his shade/shadow/reflection in the lake.

5. Boe is going to be a brain/head/mind surgeon so he’s been studying very hard to enter the university he wants.

6. Whose is this coat? It may/must/can’t be Paul’s. It’s way too small for him.

7. Don’t glance/spot/stare at people like that, it’s rude.

8. Have you heard about/from/of Bigfoot?

9. I want to do something that I like, and succeed about/in/of life.

10.He couldn’t come across/up with/over/down with any excuse when I asked him why he was late.  10 points

C. Put the verbs in brackets in their correct past forms:

1.We ___ (not/finish) decorating our Christmas tree by the time the guests arrived.

2,3. I’m on foot today because as I ____ (drive) home yesterday, my car _____ (break) down.

4,5,6,7.Mary ___ (wake) up, ___ (make) a cup of coffee, ___ (sit) at the desk and ___ (start) making phone calls.

8. Martha and Eric ____ (skate) for two years before they won their first tournament.

9.When ___ (they/get married)?

10,11.In 1912, the Titanic ___ (hit) the iceberg and ___ (sink) in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

12.Tom ___ (work) as a sales assistant for eight years before he became an actor.

13,14,15.I ___ (watch) a thriller when the electricity ___ (go) off. All of a sudden my heart ___ (start) pounding. That was so horrible!

15 points