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Grammar: Life, Pre-Intermediate, Unit 3 Test

The document contains an English grammar and vocabulary test related to different modes of transportation. It includes questions about comparative and superlative adjectives applied to transportation as well as matching compound nouns related to transportation. There are also exercises involving verbs used with transportation and completing conversations at a train ticket office.

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Grammar: Life, Pre-Intermediate, Unit 3 Test

The document contains an English grammar and vocabulary test related to different modes of transportation. It includes questions about comparative and superlative adjectives applied to transportation as well as matching compound nouns related to transportation. There are also exercises involving verbs used with transportation and completing conversations at a train ticket office.

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Micaela Tambo
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Life, Pre-intermediate, Unit 3 Test

Grammar
1 Complete these sentences with the correct comparative form of the adjective in brackets.
1 I always feel ___________ when I am travelling somewhere. (happy)
2 Cars are ___________ than bicycles. (expensive)
3 Those ships are much ___________ than these boats. (big)
4 It’s ___________ to go by train than by plane. (interesting)
5 For me, travelling by boat is___________ than by plane. (bad)
6 Electric cars are so much ___________ for the environment. (good)
(12 points)

2 Circle the correct form (a, b or c) of the superlative in these sentences.


1 Planes are___________ type of transport
a the noisyest b noisiest c the noisiest
2 Those are ___________ ships you can see.
a the fastest b the fasttest c the most fast
3 Your motorbike is ___________ in town!
a the goodest b the best c best
4 Bicycles are ___________ form of transport.
a the cheappest b cheapest c the cheapest
5 He has ___________ car I know.
a the interestingest b the most interesting c most interesting
6 Travelling by train is ___________ thing to do.
a baddest b the worst c the worstest
7 Taxis are ___________ form of transport.
a most expensive b the most expensive c the expensivest
8 Going by car is ___________ way to travel.
a the easiest b the easyest c the most easy
(8 points)
3 Complete the sentences using as … as or not as … as and the adjectives in brackets.
1 Paul’s bike is 1 week old. My bike is 3 years old. (new)
My bike is ____________________________________________.
2 Motorists drive fast on the roads. Cyclists ride fast on the pavements. (dangerous)
Cyclists are ____________________________________________.
3 Buses make a lots of noise. Lorries make a lot of noise. (noisy)
Lorries are ____________________________________________.
4 This car costs £15,000. That motorbike costs £8,000. (cheap)
This car is ____________________________________________.
5 Cars pollute the air. Bicycles don’t pollute the air. (green)
Cars are ____________________________________________.
(10 points)

Vocabulary
4 Match the words 1–5 with words a–e to form compound nouns.
1 rush a works
2 traffic b hour
3 road c limit
4 petrol d jam
5 speed e station
(10 points)

5 Unscramble the words for types of transport.


1 ileccby ______________
2 sbu ______________
3 rac ______________
4 ryref ______________
5 royrl ______________
6 nelpa ______________
7 rokebomit ______________
8 pish ______________
9 ixat ______________
10 ranit ______________
(10 points)

6 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box

1 Could you __________ me __________ at 8?


2 If you hurry you might __________ the next train.
3 Quick! __________ the bus before it leaves.
4 Remember to __________ the bus at the station.
5 __________ a taxi from the airport to the hotel.
6 He __________ the last bus and had to walk home.
7 I came with John. He just __________ me __________ outside.
8 I don’t like buses, I prefer to __________ train.
9 I have to __________ Amy __________ from the party.
10 I usually __________ the bus outside my house.
(10 points)

Functions
7 Complete the sentences with a suitable phrase.
1 To a taxi driver
I’d ____________________ to the station, please.
2 To a bus driver
Do ____________________ at the railway station?
3 At the ticket office
Can ____________________ by credit card?
4 At the ticket office
A return ____________________ London, please.
5 At the airport
I have two bags to ____________________, please.
(10 points)

Writing
8 Complete the description of a typical journey to work with the comparative or superlative form of the
adjectives.
I live in a small village but I work in the city centre about 10 kilometers away. I go to work by train
because it’s the (1)__________ (fast) form of transport. It’s much (2)__________ (good) than going by
car. There are often traffic jams in the city centre, so the journey by car is much (3)__________ (slow).
Car parking in town is also very poor – a day’s car parking is (4)__________ (expensive) than a train
ticket! The bus is cheaper than the train, but it is not as comfortable or as fast. The train only takes 10
minutes and my office is five minutes’ walk from the station. Unfortunately, the train is also the
(5)__________ (popular) form of transport so there are always a lot of people on the trains!
(5 points)

9 Write 100 words about how you commute to work or college, and what transport is like in your town. Use
comparative and superlative forms and as … as.
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
(15 points)
Speaking
10 Work with a partner. One of you is a passenger, and the other is the person who works in the ticket office.
Use the information to have a conversation.

Passenger: You want to travel to London, today, at around 11 o’clock.


Ask how long the journey takes, how much the ticket costs, and if you can pay by credit card.

Ticket office clerk: Listen to the passenger. Sell him a ticket and give him the information he needs.

Train times: 10.30 or 12.00


Journey time: 2 hours
Prices vary: 10.30 = £27.50, 12.00 = £ 35.
You can only take cash not credit cards.
(10 points)

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