Term Test 1

Vocabulary >> 20 points

1.

Complete the charts with the words below. (12 x 0.5 = 6 points)

skyscraper childminder curtains miserable bowling alley

lightning company director scooter annoyed lamp van stormy

2.

Emotions

Jobs

Places

Transport

The House

Weather

Complete the sentences with the phrases below. (8 x 0.5 = 4 points)

do research go abroad win an award Ive got no idea

start a business No wonder help him out make friends
1. Actors usually make more money after they .
2. Tim and Sue are not shy. They both easily.
3. Scientists often on animals.
4. John doesnt want to work for someone else. He wants to .
5. Dad doesnt know how to use the new dishwasher. Can you ?
6. youre exhausted. Youve been working since 6.00 am.
7. where the train station is.
8. Dad has to on business next week. Hell be in Berlin and Frankfurt.

3.

The words in bold are in the wrong sentences. Write them next to the correct sentences.
(8 x 0.5 = 4 points)
1. Alan was delighted because he didnt understand his maths homework.
2. You cant be a square unless you swim well.
3. I was disgusted when I heard that no one was hurt in the accident.
4. The theatre flies from Europe to the United States twice a week.
5. Have you bought tickets for the lifeguard yet?
6. Sue is frustrated because shes going abroad this summer.
7. Mum was relieved when she saw a mouse in the kitchen cupboard.
8. Theres a nice caf in the city pilot. Lets meet there.

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4.

Choose the correct answer. (6 x 1 = 6 points)

Hi Heather,
You wont believe this! Mr Jones has sold his

1.

office / farm / power station. No more cows

and chickens in Glenview. I know that he wasnt

2.

making money / making a difference /

making a discovery in the past few years and that he wanted to sell it, but I never thought it would
happen. Im a little 3. ashamed / horrified / disappointed. When I was younger, I sometimes visited
Mr Jones and helped him out. He was always so nice to me. Ill miss him. According to my mum, the city
is going to build a 4. university / residential neighbourhood / playground on his land. There will be
more than 100 new houses there. Her best friend is 5. a shop assistant / an engineer / a surgeon
and shes working on the plan. I just hope there will be a

6.

bus station / tennis court / concert hall

there. In my neighbourhood, weve only got a basketball court.

Write soon!
Tracy

Grammar >> 30 points

1.

Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple, Past Simple,
Present Continuous or Past Continuous. (5 x 1 = 5 points)
1. Sue fell while she (play) tennis.
2. The helicopter is right in front of you. you (see) it now?
3. Janice never (go) diving in winter.
4. In the 19th century, most girls (not finish) school.
5. The pilot (fly) to Paris right now.

2.

Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Present Perfect Simple or the Present
Perfect Continuous. (5 x 1 = 5 points)

watch lie study not hear be

1. Frank ill since Monday. He should see a doctor.
2. Terry for a history test all day.
3. You television for hours. Why dont you do something else?
4. We from Sally since she moved to England. She hasnt written even once.
5. Valerie is asleep on the sofa. How long she there?

3.

Choose the correct verbs in brackets to complete the sentences. Use the Past Perfect Simple or
Past Simple. (3 x 2 = 6 points)
1. By the time Bill university, his older sister already
her degree. (get, start)
2. the children their room before they to sleep? (tidy,
go)

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3. Dave lunch with us because he an hour earlier. (eat, not have)

4.

Choose the correct answers. (4 x 1 = 4 points)

1. Its cold outside. I think I am wearing / will wear / wear a coat.
2. Is Eric going to meet / Will Eric meet / Does Eric meet his friends in the shopping centre
tomorrow?
3. Hurry! The bus will leave / leaving / leaves in five minutes.
4. We will take / are taking / take the 3.00 train to Rome tomorrow.

5.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (5 x 1 = 5 points)
1. Keith (start) a business last year.
2. Her son is so rude! Why she (put up) with it?
3. We (meet) at the library after school tomorrow.
4. That artist just (sell) a painting to a museum.
5. The owner was furious because someone (steal) money from the shop.

6.

Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (5 x 1 = 5 points)
Engineers 1. (plan) skyscrapers since the middle of the 19th century. Before that,
most buildings werent very tall because people had to walk up stairs. But by the 1860s, Elisha Otis

2.

(invent) the lift, so people could reach flats and offices in taller buildings. Modern
skyscrapers are hundreds of metres tall and they 3. (look) more interesting than in
the past. The city of Dubai 4. recently (finish) building an 828-metre
skyscraper called the Burj Khalifa. They hope it 5. (attract) many tourists.

Writing >> 10 points

Write a post on a Web Forum in answer to the following question:
Some people prefer to live in a big city while others prefer to live in a small town. Which do you prefer
and why?