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Test 3: A festival weekend

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A mixed grammar and vocabulary test about a weekend at a music festival: 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. The festival ___ place every August in a park near the river.
    • a) takes
    • b) makes
    • c) holds
    • d) has
  2. Tickets for the whole weekend ___ out in less than an hour.
    • a) made
    • b) put
    • c) sold
    • d) took
  3. We put up our ___ in the camping area and then went to see the first band.
    • a) hut
    • b) tent
    • c) cottage
    • d) flat
  4. The ___ was enormous: more than twenty thousand people stood in front of the main stage.
    • a) public
    • b) team
    • c) staff
    • d) crowd
  5. ___ the heavy rain on Saturday, everyone had a great time.
    • a) Although
    • b) However
    • c) Despite
    • d) Even
  6. I'd never heard of the band before, but they ___ out to be the best act of the weekend.
    • a) came
    • b) turned
    • c) went
    • d) made
  7. If it ___ again tomorrow, we'll stay in the tent and play cards.
    • a) will rain
    • b) rained
    • c) would rain
    • d) rains
  8. There was a wide ___ of food stalls selling dishes from all over the world.
    • a) range
    • b) line
    • c) scale
    • d) level

Part 2: Open gaps

Type one word in each gap.

  1. We arrived at the campsite ___ the morning of the first day.
  2. My favourite singer was performing ___ the same time as my brother's favourite band.
  3. It was the first time I ___ ever been to a music festival.
  4. The security staff told us ___ to leave any rubbish on the grass.
  5. Take some warm clothes ___ case the nights get cold.
  6. The queue for food was ___ long that we waited for forty minutes.
  7. Mina lost her phone, but luckily someone found it and gave ___ back to her.
  8. We had ___ an amazing time that we have already booked tickets for next year.

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 festival offers ___ for all ages, including music, theatre and dance. (ENTERTAIN)
  2. The atmosphere was ___: everyone was singing and dancing. (FANTASY)
  3. All the ___ on the main stage came from different countries. (PERFORM)
  4. We were ___ tired after dancing all night. (EXTREME)
  5. The only ___ of the festival is that the tickets are very expensive. (ADVANTAGE)
  6. Children under sixteen need ___ from a parent to camp at the festival. (PERMIT)
  7. The organisers made an ___ that the last concert would start an hour late. (ANNOUNCE)
  8. Thanks to the ___ weather on Sunday, we sat on the grass all day. (SUN)

Answer key

Part 1: Multiple-choice gaps

  1. a) takesTake place means happen. An event takes place somewhere.
  2. c) soldSell out means all the tickets were bought, so there are none left.
  3. b) tentYou put up a tent when you go camping. Huts, cottages and flats are buildings.
  4. d) crowdA crowd is a large group of people in one place.
  5. c) DespiteDespite is followed by a noun (the heavy rain). Although needs a full clause.
  6. b) turnedTurn out to be means that you discover something in the end, often something you did not expect.
  7. d) rainsIn the first conditional we use the present simple after if and will in the other part.
  8. a) rangeA wide range of means many different kinds of something.

Part 2: Open gaps

  1. onWe use on with a particular morning, afternoon or evening, such as on the morning of the first day.
  2. atThe fixed phrase is at the same time.
  3. hadAfter it was the first time we use the past perfect: had been.
  4. notA negative instruction in reported speech is tell somebody not to do something.
  5. inIn case means because something might happen.
  6. soSo + adjective + that shows the result: so long that.
  7. itThe pronoun it refers to the phone.
  8. suchSuch + a/an + adjective + noun is followed by that to show the result.

Part 3: Word formation

  1. entertainmentAfter offers we need a noun. Entertain + -ment gives entertainment.
  2. fantasticAfter was we need an adjective. Fantastic means very good.
  3. performersAfter all the we need a plural noun for people: performers.
  4. extremelyWe need an adverb before the adjective tired: extremely.
  5. disadvantageExpensive tickets are a bad point, so we need the negative noun: disadvantage.
  6. permissionAfter need, without an article, we need the uncountable noun permission.
  7. announcementAfter made an we need a noun. Announce + -ment gives announcement.
  8. sunnyBefore the noun weather we need an adjective. Sun doubles the n before -y: sunny.

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