Prime Time 3 / module 3 test

What does “climate change” mean?

If the sky is cloudy, it might ____ rain.

A natural ____ is when water, wind or ice wears away rocks.

If people plant more trees, oxygen ____ increase.

The desert is ____ than the rainforest.

A hurricane is a kind of ____ weather.

If we don’t reduce pollution, the planet ____ badly.

The ice caps ____ melt if Earth warms more.

If the temperature drops any further, the lake ................. freeze.

If I ................. you, I would wear a helmet when you go mountain biking.

If you had listened to me, this ................. happened.

If you finish your homework before 7.00, we ................. out for dinner.

What would your parents say if you ................. bungee jumping without asking them first?

1 The bomb was set to go     [off, up] at 8:00, but the police managed to stop it.

2 Maria helps to look        [for, after] her great-grandmother by doing her shopping for her.

3 The flight takes     [up, off]at 9:15, so we should be at the airport by 8:00 at the latest.

4 Lewis put     [off, on] a thick winter coat because it was snowing outside.

5 Make sure you keep away      [for, from]coyotes and bobcats because they can be dangerous.

6 It’s freezing! Please can we turn    [to, up] the heat?

7 This milk smells awful! I think it has gone     [off, up].

8 I’m looking     [up, for]my sunglasses – have you seen them?

9 Susie is really looking         [up, forward]o starting her aqua aerobics classes.

10 I’ve lost the electrician’s number. Please pass me the phone book so that I can look it      [over, up]

Choose the correct word.

1 If the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica ever         [heat up, melt] completely, sea levels will rise by about 60 m.

2 When we burn fossil fuels, the gas they produce           [traps, surrounds] the Earth like a thick blanket.

3 In Rome, temperatures hardly ever       [drop, rise]below zero in the winter.

4 We can cycle or walk to school if we want to help         [reduce, vanish]the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

5 It took Emily some time to        [adjust, adapt]to life in another country.

6 We need to save the Siberian tiger. It is one of the most             [extinct, endangered]species.

7 In the Antarctic the sun doesn’t       [raise, rise]at all in the winter.

8 These days, we never know what to expect with the weather. It’s so                [incredible, unpredictable.]

Fill in: valley, scenery, top, paths, offer, hut, way, piles.

1 We were lost, but a friendly hiker showed us the     back to the trail.

2 Kevin took nearly 700 photographs of the mountains, forests and other stunning         .

3 While out walking, we came across several       of stones, called ‘cairns’, that had been put there by other hikers.

4 There are many rocky       leading down the mountain to the campsite.

5 The mountain     is so high that it is sometimes hidden by clouds.

6 To get to the town, you need to follow the river which passes through the        , between the two hills.

7 We stayed in a wooden     for the night. It didn’t have any furniture, but it was dry and warm.

8 Emily got a special       on her accommodation – she only paid £15 a night instead of £20.

Dear Mum,

I feel really unhappy! I wish I 1                 [hadn't accepted, didn't accept] this job. If only I 2              [had listened, would listen, listened] to you before I made the decision to come here. The people here are unfriendly. l wish they 3          [had been, would be]more friendly. And I don't even have breaks! If only I 4           [had, have had, had would]longer breaks.

Looking at a computer screen all day is tiring; I wish my computer 5would explode ! And I wish my boss 6                    [had stop, would have stopped, stopped]yelling at me all the time. He's always in a bad mood. It's so annoying! Also, I wish there 7          [had been, were, would be] someone here I could talk to, but there is no one I can talk to. I haven't made any friends. If only I 8                 [would have made, had made, made]some friends when I arrived here, but meeting new people is very difficult. I wish you 9            [would live, had lived, lived]nearer to me. If only I 1could see you more often!

Please write soon. I miss you!

Love,
Mary5