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Test 5: A city break

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A mixed grammar and vocabulary test about a short holiday in a city: choose the right word, write missing words and build new words.

Part 1: Multiple-choice gaps

Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.

  1. We ___ a room at a small hotel near the old town.
    • a) ordered
    • b) booked
    • c) bought
    • d) borrowed
  2. On the first day, we went ___ a guided tour of the castle.
    • a) in
    • b) at
    • c) on
    • d) by
  3. We stayed in the city for three nights and went ___ every day.
    • a) visiting
    • b) watching
    • c) seeing
    • d) sightseeing
  4. From the top of the tower, there is a wonderful ___ of the whole city.
    • a) view
    • b) sight
    • c) look
    • d) scene
  5. Public transport was cheap, so we bought a three-day ___ for the buses and trams.
    • a) licence
    • b) permit
    • c) receipt
    • d) pass
  6. We ___ have taken a taxi from the airport; the train was quicker and cheaper.
    • a) couldn't
    • b) shouldn't
    • c) mustn't
    • d) wouldn't
  7. Our flight was delayed, so we didn't ___ at the hotel until midnight.
    • a) check in
    • b) check out
    • c) check up
    • d) check over
  8. We got lost twice, ___ having a map on my phone.
    • a) although
    • b) even though
    • c) in spite of
    • d) however

Part 2: Open gaps

Type one word in each gap.

  1. The hotel was only a five-minute walk ___ the main square.
  2. If we ___ known about the festival, we would have stayed longer.
  3. The staff in the restaurant were very friendly, and the food was delicious ___ well.
  4. We visited a market ___ local farmers sell cheese and fresh bread.
  5. It was raining, so we spent the afternoon ___ a cosy café.
  6. This was the most beautiful city I had ___ visited.
  7. We ran out ___ money on the last day, so we had a picnic in the park.
  8. The bridge, ___ was built over five hundred years ago, is still used every day.

Part 3: Word formation

Use the word in CAPITALS at the end of each sentence to form a word that fits the gap. Type one word.

  1. The old town is full of ___ buildings from the sixteenth century. (HISTORY)
  2. Our hotel room was small but very ___. (COMFORT)
  3. The ___ between the old and new parts of the city is amazing. (DIFFERENT)
  4. We were ___ by how cheap the food was. (SURPRISE)
  5. The ___ of the city has doubled in the last thirty years. (POPULATE)
  6. Walking around at night felt completely ___, because the streets were busy and well lit. (SAFETY)
  7. The city has an ___ number of parks and gardens. (IMPRESS)
  8. The castle is the city's most famous tourist ___. (ATTRACT)

Answer key

Part 1: Multiple-choice gaps

  1. b) bookedWe book a hotel room. We order food and buy things in shops.
  2. c) onWe go on a tour, a trip or an excursion.
  3. d) sightseeingGo sightseeing means visit the famous places in a city.
  4. a) viewA view is everything you can see from a high place.
  5. d) passA travel pass lets you use public transport as often as you like for a period of time.
  6. b) shouldn'tShouldn't have + past participle shows that something in the past was a mistake.
  7. a) check inCheck in means arrive at a hotel and get your key. Check out is when you leave.
  8. c) in spite ofIn spite of is followed by a noun or -ing form (having). Although and even though need a full clause.

Part 2: Open gaps

  1. from / toA five-minute walk from or to a place tells us how far it is. Both prepositions are correct here.
  2. hadThis is the third conditional: if + past perfect (had known), would have + past participle.
  3. asAs well means too or also.
  4. whereWhere introduces a relative clause about a place.
  5. in / atBoth in a café and at a café are correct.
  6. everAfter a superlative, we often use ever with the perfect: the most beautiful I had ever visited.
  7. ofRun out of means have no more of something.
  8. whichThis relative clause gives extra information between commas, so we use which. That is not used after a comma.

Part 3: Word formation

  1. historic / historicalBefore the noun buildings we need an adjective. Historic and historical are both used here.
  2. comfortableAfter very we need an adjective. Comfort + -able gives comfortable.
  3. differenceAfter the we need a noun. The noun from different is difference.
  4. surprisedWe had the feeling, so we use the -ed adjective: surprised by.
  5. populationWe need a noun: the population is the number of people who live in a place.
  6. safeAfter felt we need an adjective. Busy, well-lit streets make the meaning positive: safe.
  7. impressiveBefore the noun number we need an adjective. Impressive starts with a vowel sound, so it follows an.
  8. attractionWe need a noun: a tourist attraction is a place that visitors want to see.

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