REWARD PRE-INTERMEDIATE

Short test 2
Time allowed: 30 minutes
Lessons 6 - 10
1. Complete the sentences with a suitable verb in the past simple. (5 marks)
write
know
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

buy
leave

choose
meet

give up
see

go
take off

We __________ to the theatre last night.

We __________ some very interesting people at the dinner party.
He __________ smoking last winter.
She did some shopping. She __________ a dress and some shoes.
I __________ him when I was at school.
Who __________ that book? It's very good.
They __________ home at seven o'clock.
I __________ a good film at the Odeon last night.
They __________ to travel by train because he doesn't like driving long distances.
The plane __________ on time.

2 Write questions with who, what, or where about the underlined words.
(5 marks)
1___________________________________________________________________?
Steven Spielberg made the film Jurassic Park.
2___________________________________________________________________?
My parents travelled around the world on a three month package tour.
3___________________________________________________________________?
We stayed at the Continental Hotel in the centre of town.
4___________________________________________________________________?
We took a tent on holiday.
5___________________________________________________________________?
I met Albert Einstein when I was a student.
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Complete with so or because. (5 marks)

1
2
3
4
5

The flight was late __________ there was a lot of traffic that morning.
The main hotel was full __________ we took a taxi to a small hotel on the edge of
town.
We didn't stay in the city very long __________ it was noisy and dirty.
We checked out of the hotel __________ our friends invited us to stay with them.
Our flat was too small __________ we are looking for a bigger one.

Complete the passage with correct words from the box. (5 marks)

climate

beaches

expensive

tourists

room

I live in a small town by the sea. It's a pretty town and the ___1___ are beautiful. I
love living here in the autumn and winter but in the summer it's very busy with
___2___. In fact, there are so many people in August that there's not enough
___3___ for them all. It's quite ___3___ to live here because there aren't any
supermarkets. The ___4___ is very pleasant because the winters aren't very cold.

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Answer Key
1.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

went
met
gave up
bought
knew
wrote
left
saw
chose
took off

2.

1
2
3
4
5

Who made (the film) Jurassic Park?

Who travelled around the world on a three month package tour?
Where did you stay (in the centre of town)?
What did you take on holiday?
Who did you meet when you were a student?

3.

1
2
3
4
5

because
so
because
because
so

4.

1
2
3
4
5

beaches
tourists
room
expensive
climate

Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2003

Taken from the Free Resources area in www.onestopenglish.com