PREPARATION FOR THE TEST

9TH FORM

ANSWER KEY
GROUP I
VOCABULARY SKILLS
A.
–cruise: picture 6 - adventure holiday: 5
- summer camp: 4 - package holiday: 1
- interRail journey: 2 - - foregn tour: 3

B.
City Seaside Mountain Countryside
monuments beach adventure bike riding
museum getting a tan orienteering picnicking
sightseeing tour sun cream sightseeing sightseeing
water sports bird watching bike riding
sea rafting bird watching
sunbathing cliff nature walks
mountaineering horse riding

C. 1. d. 2. f. 3. a. 4. c 5. f 6. b 7. e

GROUP II
READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS

A) Find antonyms for the following words.

! 1) enjoying! ! 2) the sun is shining! ! 3) having a break
! 4) sitting!! ! 5) lovely!! ! ! 6) difficult

B) Mark the sentences TRUE, FALSE, and correct the false ones.
1) True
2) False - This is the first letter.
3) False - While heʼs writing the letter, his friends are listening to music, playing cards, phoning home or just
relaxing.
4) False - Heʼs feeling very tired with all the physical exercise.
5) True

C) Answer the following questions according to the information in the text.

1. Jack spent his summer holidays at Calshot Activities Centre.
2. He is writing to his parents because he promised to write.
3. Heʼs exploring the forest on Saturday.
4. Kitesurfing wasnʼt very difficult for him because he is a surfer.
5. He loves it there because the weather is great, heʼs doing extreme sports and the instructors are nice and friendly.

GROUP III
LANGUAGE SKILLS

PAST SIMPLE EXERCISES

A) Write the following verbs in the Past Simple.
S Regular verbs S Irregular verbs
Try tried See saw
Enjoy enjoyed Know knew
Look Looked Make Made
Record recorded Feel Felt
Study Studied Go Went
Hug Hugged Sing Sang
Compose Composed Think Thought
Refer Referred Sell Sold
Change Changed Write Wrote
Watch Watched Be Was
Wash washed Do Did
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B) Complete these sentences with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
1) organised ! 2) sold! ! 3) were / bought! ! 4) made
5) was / died!! 6) wrote

C) Write these sentences in the negative.

1) Sally didnʼt enjoy her last holidays.
2) Henry didnʼt visit an Art Gallery in Berlin.
3) We didnʼt like the visit to the Gulbenkian Foundation.
4) My parents didnʼt let me go to the beach alone.

D) Write questions for the underlined answers.

1) My brother was born in 1997. When was your brother born?
2) My brother was born in Liverpool. Where was your brother born?
3) Yes, we liked the concert very much. Did you like the concert?
4) They gave the computer game to Susan. Who did they give the computer to?

PAST CONTINUOUS EXERCISES

A) Write the verbs in brackets in the past continuous.

1) The tourists were waiting for the bus.
2) Was she writing a postcard?
3) They werenʼt listening to the guideʼs explanations. They were admiring the old buildings.
4) She was walking in Hyde Park.
5) Were they watching the last Leonardo diCaprio film?
6) My brother wasnʼt studying when I arrived.

B) Complete the sentences using the past simple or the past continuous.
1) I was buying a ticket for the movie when she left.
2) What were you talking about when I came in?
3) When I last saw Paul, he was taking a taxi to the railway station.
4) Paul was buying a ticket when I met him.
5) Mary was dreaming when her mother woke her up.
6) While William was eating his lunch, someone knocked at the door.

USED TO
Complete with used to and the word(s) given in brackets.
1) used to go! ! 2) did you use to play! 3) didnʼt use to like! 4) used to be! 5) didnʼt use to know
6) used to go

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