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Make up test 2019 Course : 3rd year
Book: Laser B1 
GRAMMAR

1 Complete the sentences. Put the verb in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous.
1 It _______________ (not snow) when I went to bed.
2 When _______________ she _______________ (pass) her driving test?
3 Donna _______________ (not come) to the theatre with us last night.
4 What _______________ you _______________ (do) at six o’clock last night?
5 I _______________ (not study) when you rang.
6 Last year they _______________ (buy) a new house.

2 Complete the email. Put the verb in brackets in the past simple or past perfect.

Hi Leon
_______________ (you / have) a good New Year’s Eve? Jenny and I 1_______________ (go) to Edinburgh.
We 2_______________ (not be) there before. When we 3_______________ (arrive) everything was white
because it 4_______________ (snow) earlier in the day. It 5_______________ (take) three hours to find
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somewhere to stay, because we _______________ (not book) a hotel.
We 7
_______________ (spend) New Year’s Eve with some of Jenny’s friends.
She 8_______________ (not see) them for a long time so they had a lot to talk about!
Happy New Year!
Mike

3 Complete the sentences with the correct past form of the verb in brackets.
1 We _______________ (cook) dinner when the electricity suddenly went off.
2 When I opened the document, I saw that I _________________ (forget) to save yesterday’s work!
3 I ________ (not come) swimming because Sheila hadn’t told me about it.
4 When we got to the ski resort it ________ (snow) so heavily that we couldn’t ski.
5 We _____________ (not sit) in the garden when you called, we were in the kitchen.
6 The bus ________ (come) as soon as I got to the bus stop.

4 Complete the sentences with the correct word or phrase.

1 Suzi works _______________ Dan. Dan has too many breaks!
as hard as more hard than harder than
2 My shoes were _______________ than yours. I got mine in the sale.
lesser less expensive as expensive
3 This test isn’t _______________ difficult as last week’s test.
as more too
4 I drive _______________ than my father.
carefuller more carefully as carefully
5 Chelsea didn’t play _______________ Real Madrid last night.
well than as well as so good than

5 Write the superlative form of the adjective in brackets.

1 Who’s _______________ (good) teacher you’ve ever had?
2 Alan’s _______________ (friendly) boy I know. He talks to everybody!
3 Is Russia _______________ (big) country in the world?
4 This is _______________ (exciting) game I’ve ever played. I can’t stop playing it!
5 _______________ (far) we’ve ever been is Hong Kong.
6 Complete the sentences with will, won’t, or shall and a verb.

not drive not forget go have make open

1 _______________ I ________________ you a cup of coffee?

2 We _______________ to Glasgow; we’ll take the bus.
3 ‘It’s hot in here.’ ‘I _______________ the window.’
4 I’ll ring you tomorrow – I _______________!
5 ‘How will you get to Lyon?’ ‘I _______________ by train.’
6 _______________ we _______________ some juice with our sandwiches?

7 Complete the sentences. Use the correct future form of the verb in brackets.
1 _______________ Ned _______________ (travel) abroad?
2 Cathy _______________ (stay) with us on Monday.
3 I promise I _______________ (not be) late.
4 ______________I _______________(prepare) something to eat?
5 Henry _______________ (look) for a job when he finishes university.
6 I _______________ (see) the dentist tomorrow morning – I’ve got an appointment.

8 Complete the sentences with used to, didn’t use to, or Did … use to.
1 _______________ you _______________ have long hair?
2 I _______________ be slim, but I lost weight.
3 Lizzy _______________ play basketball, but now she plays squash.
4 Where _______________ Ivan _______________ go to school?
5 They _______________ have a car, but now they do.

9 Complete the sentences with the present perfect simple or continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Karen ________ (not post) much on Facebook recently.
2 I ________ (never / see) you wearing a tie!
3 We’re exhausted because we ________ (garden) all day.
4 How many years ________ (your parents / have) this house?
5 How long ________ (you / learn) to drive?
6 This is the first time I ________ (hear) Lara sing. She’s brilliant!
7 We ________ (know) Ed since we first came to Liverpool.
8 My internet connection ________ (go) on and off a lot today.

5. Complete with a/an, the or if no article is needed put –.

1 I am going to go to _____ university when I finish school.

2 I am listening to ________radio!
3 I finally bought _____ shoes I saw in the city center.
4 It's true! I saw it on _____ TV!
5 Would you like to go to _____ cinema this weekend?
6 I have to go _____ work tomorrow.
VOCABULARY

1 Circle the correct words.

As Keith was coming back home one night after an evening out with his friends, he (1) noticed / gazed something
really (2) weird / natural. He had taken a (3) short cut / way to get home faster, but it seems there was a problem now.
In the middle of the street, there was an (4) awful / enormous dog. He looked as big as a tiger, Keith said later. Keith
very wisely decided not to go near it, but he still needed to get back home and the dog stood in the way. He thought
he'd wait until the dog was (5) wide awake / fast asleep and then try to go round it. However, he waited for a long (6)
hour / time, but the dog showed no signs of getting tired. Keith was (7) excited / scared that if he moved fast he'd be
in (8) big problem / trouble, so he decided to go back where he'd come from.

2 Circle the correct answer (A, B or C).

1 She's very ill today. She has a _____ temperature and a sore throat.
A) big B) tall C) high

2 The car behind us just managed to stop in time. It was a _____ escape!
A) wide B) narrow C) weird

3 Have you heard about the bizarre _____ of a UFO sighting last night?
A) accident B) event C) incident

4 The two students _____ because they didn’t want the teacher to hear them.
A) whispered B) shouted C) screamed

5 Did you watch Lady Gaga's _____? It was on TV last night.

A) interview B) article C) premiere

6 Madonna has been a very _____ pop star for more than twenty years!
A) popular B) unpopular C) possible

7 I prefer getting information from _____ rather than the traditional media.
A) journalists B) interviews C) websites

8 The police are conducting an _____ into the murder.

A) discovery B) research C) investigation

9 Do you need to have special _____ to climb to the top of Mount Everest?
A) equipment B) machine C) engine

10 Becoming an astronaut _____ years of very tough training.

A) prevents B) involves C) detects

11 The _____ in my mobile phone's flat. Can I use yours?

A) engine B) battery C) electricity

12 One of the most important missions NASA has is to _____ asteroids from reaching the Earth's atmosphere.
A) destroy B) collide C) prevent

3 Circle the correct word.

1 As soon as she went / got off the bus, she was arrested.
2 Why was Karen placed under / in arrest? What did she do?
3 If you break / cut the law, you have to pay for it!
4 He was lucky, he was let / made off with just a warning because it was his first offence.
5 Have schools in your country found a way to deal with exclusion / bullying?
6 It is illegal / legal to drive a car without a driving licence.

4 Write the words in the correct spaces. There are some extra words!!!!

burglary shoplifting smuggling murder hijacking kidnapping theft robbery

1 __________Gretchen looked right and left and without being noticed slipped the CD into her bag.
2 __________The victim was found in his living room with a gunshot through the heart.
3 __________'And what is all this jewellery in your suitcase, Miss?' the customs officer enquired.
4 __________The parents of the child are asking anyone who has information about the whereabouts of their daughter
to give the information to the police.
5 __________Quiet as a mouse, he broke into the house under cover of darkness. He was very good so the alarm
didn’t go off.
5 Unscramble the letters and write the correct word.

1 Dennis was very __________ when his pet fish died. uaynhpp
2 My sister buys Celebrity __________ because she likes to learn about the lives of famous people. aaiemgzn
3 Lying to me, your best friend, was extremely __________! I'll never trust you again! dshnstioe
4 All of my friends were looking forward to the __________ of the last Harry Potter film, but I didn’t care. prmreiee
5 Many people feel that they can't trust the __________ for their information. mdeia
6 In my opinion the best actress ever is Meryl Streep. She's won so many __________ for best performance! wrdsaa

6 Circle the correct words.

1 Before leaving the spaceship / spacesuit / asteroid, you need to prepare well.
2 The telescopes didn’t have enough time to destroy / detect / investigate the asteroids before they got into orbit
around the planet.
3 What do you think will happen if an asteroid destroys / prevents / collides with our spaceship?
4 Our scientists have just discovered / invented / developed a new planet near Andromeda.
5 I don’t understand why more people don’t use the sun to produce batteries / electricity / solar.
6 The police search / investigation / research hasn’t revealed who committed the crime yet.
7 Solar / Global / Confident energy is clean and cheap.
8 The machine / equipment / engine he built was so complicated that nobody understood how it worked or what it
was used for!