Name _______________________________________

B2 Unit test 12A

1 Listen to a young fashion designer talking 3 Complete the extract from an autobiography
about her work. Complete the text with the with the correct form of the verbs from the box.
phrases you hear.
be close be devoted bring up care
Well, I’ve been interested in fashion and design since I get on look up to spoil by
was a kid. I always 1 ________________ knew I take after tell off turn to
wanted to work with clothes when I grew up. I used to
love dressing up and was always getting my mum to My childhood wasn’t an ordinary one. When I was just
adjust my clothes in some way … you know, like a baby and my sister was two years old, our father got
sewing new buttons on, painting on new designs a new job which meant he had to spend long periods
2
________________. So I guess I’ve always been abroad. Because she had two young children, my
3
________________ creative! Nowadays I go to mother decided to go back and live with her parents.
vintage clothing shops and 4 ________________ to get As a result, my sister and I were 1_____________
inspiration for my new designs. There were some partly by my mother’s parents, so that she could go out
really great ideas around in those days. I just love the to work. My grandparents 2_____________ to us and
fashions and 5 ________________ from the 50s and did the best they could for us. We had a great
60s. relationship, but we certainly weren’t 3_____________
them and we were 4_____________ whenever we
2 points for the correct answer 10 behaved badly. It was tough for my grandmother
because as well as looking after us, she had to
2 Look at following list of expressions and choose 5
_____________ for her own mother, who was elderly
five which are examples of vague language. Put a
at the time. My grandmother has often told me that I
tick () beside those expressions. 6
_____________ my mother, that I’m like her in so
sort of many ways, and that’s comforting to know.
to be precise I was lucky in that I had a very good relationship with
and that type of thing my sister. When I was growing up, I always
and stuff like that 7
_____________ her, admiring everything she did.
if so And I 8_____________ to her to this very day. She
and so on feels the same and, in fact, she 9_____________ me
as if before anyone else when she needs a second opinion
or whatever on something or just wants to express her hopes and
fears about things. It’s a lovely bond to have and it
2 points for each correct answer 10 really 10_____________ my nerves when I hear people
complaining about their brothers and sisters. Enjoy the
time you have together, I say!

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B2 Unit test 12A

4 Read the dialogue between two friends reflecting 5 Complete the sentences with compound
on some of their life choices. Complete their adjectives. Choose one word from A and one
conversation with phrases from the box. There word from B. There are two extra words in each
are two phrases that you don’t need. box that you don’t need.

be forever grateful fortunate to have A

it was a good call kick myself about it now
no point in crying so glad with hindsight brand eco high home last
run sugar tight
Paul It’s funny how things turn out sometimes,
isn’t it? B

Ava What do you mean? down free fitting friendly

Paul Well, who’d have thought that I’d have gone heeled made minute new
back to university after dropping out at the
end of the first year? I’m 1 We decided against moving to the Redwoods area
1 because it was rather ___________ and had few
____________________ I decided to give it
another go. facilities.
2 I generally prefer eating ___________ food to
Ava Yes, and I’ll bet you’ll
2 dining out in restaurants.
____________________ to your sister. I
3 That ___________ lemon cake I made at the
mean, she was the one that made you see
weekend turned out to be surprisingly sweet!
sense.
4 Nowadays many people are choosing ___________
Paul Exactly! I wish I’d never dropped out. I forms of energy such as solar power.
3
____________________. 5 How on earth can that actor breathe properly in
such a ___________ costume?
Ava Well there’s 4 ____________________ over
6 To be honest, I hadn’t planned on coming tonight.
spilt milk. The important thing is that you did
It was a ___________ decision.
go back and got a useful degree.
Paul Yeah … otherwise I’d never have got such a
great job. 2 points for each correct answer 12

Ava You know, we’re 5 ____________________

a second chance in life sometimes.
Paul You’re absolutely right!

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B2 Unit test 12A

6 For each pair of sentences a and b, tick () the 7 Complete the second sentence so that it has a
sentence which does not contain a mistake. similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given. Use
1 a I wish people would stop complaining about the between two and five words, including the word
weather. There’s nothing we can do about it! given.
b I wish people complained about the weather.
There’s nothing we can do about it! EXAMPLE:
2 a Karl wishes he had fallen out with his friend
I was too worn out to go to the concert.
because he misses him now.
THAT
b Karl wishes he hadn’t fallen out with his friend
I was so worn out that I couldn’t go to the concert.
because he misses him now.
3 a If only she hadn’t lost that lottery ticket.
1 There’s no point asking Luke to help us as he’s
b If only she had lost that lottery ticket.
really busy.
4 a I wish you’d consider coming with us. It’ll be
WASTE
fun!
It’s ______________________________ asking
b I wish you wouldn’t consider coming with us.
Luke to help as he’s really busy.
It’ll be fun!
2 We demanded to see the receipt to check the prices.
5 a They wish they’d gone to that holiday resort.
INSISTED
They’ve had nothing but problems.
We ______________________________ the
b They wish they’d never gone to that holiday
receipt to check the prices.
resort. They’ve had nothing but problems.
3 Because of the heavy snow last night, the motorway
6 a If only I were taller, I could reach that shelf.
is closed today.
b If only I had been taller, I could reach that shelf.
DUE
7 a I wish our teacher doesn’t give us quite so much
The motorway is closed today
homework.
______________________________ that there was
b I wish our teacher didn’t give us quite so much
heavy snow last night.
homework.
4 I don’t care what my cousin does tomorrow.
8 a Maria wishes she had never accepted the
CONCERNED
invitation.
As ______________________________, my
b Maria wishes she would never accept the
cousin can do what he likes tomorrow.
invitation.
5 Although the music was loud, we had a great
9 a Greg wished he had gone for a more expensive
evening.
tablet.
SPITE
b Greg wished he went for a more expensive
We had a great evening
tablet.
______________________________ the loud
10 a I wish you saved some money.
music.
b I wish you would save some money.
2 points for each correct answer 10
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B2 Unit test 12A

8 Complete the blog entry. Use one word in each 10 For each situation write a conditional sentence
space. to say how the situation could be or could have
been different. There may be more than one
I wish I had 1__________ some of the things I know possible answer.
now when I was a teenager. My life would
2
__________ been very different. If only I’d EXAMPLE:
3
__________ to the advice my parents and teachers A I missed the bus, so I was late for work.
gave me, I might be following a much 4__________
rewarding career today. I don’t get much job B If I hadn’t missed the bus, I wouldn’t have been late
satisfaction in my current role as an office for work.
administrator. But I know it’s not 5__________ late to
retrain, so I’m planning to go back to university and do 1 A We can’t go out tonight because we spent all our
an engineering degree. money.
B ______________________________________
2 points for each correct answer 10 2 A I haven’t got his email address, so I couldn’t
send him the details.
9 Complete the sentences with the correct word.
B ______________________________________
The first letter of each word has been given.
3 A Laura wasn’t listening to the instructions so she
1 My boss admits that one of her biggest career doesn’t understand how to set up her computer.
r__________ is not moving to the New York office B ______________________________________
when she had the chance. 4 A Sanjay was available to help, so we knew what
2 Buying p __________ can certainly be a good to do.
investment, but you need to know about the local B ______________________________________
market. 5 A You’re hungry now because you skipped
3 As children we were always taught to s__________ breakfast this morning.
up for ourselves if other students were giving us a B ______________________________________
hard time.
2 points for each correct answer 10
4 I switched my phone off and shut my laptop down.
I didn’t want anything to interfere with the
q__________ time I was having with my kids.
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before s__________ down with a partner.
6 Sara and Josh didn’t speak to each other for months
after their argument about money. They finally
m__________ up at New Year.
7 I’m fortunate to enjoy my work as a teacher and
I’m sure that I chose the right career p__________.
8 There’s nothing kind about Stefan. In fact, he’s one
of the m__________ people I’ve ever met!

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