NAME: _______________________________ DATE: 16th October

TEST PAPER

2. Here is some information that Henry Higgins wrote down later about Eliza Doolittle. Some of it is wrong. Change it to
make it right. (1 p)
When I met Eliza she was selling vegetables at a street market at Opera Garden. She was about twenty-five or thirty years old,
and she was very good-looking. She was wearing a big, clean, pink hat, a clean white blouse, a new skirt and new shoes. Her
hair was clean and her teeth were perfect. She spoke very politely and did not have a London accent. She was from east
London.

3. Match and finish the sentences. (1 p)

a Freddy Eynsford-Hill is a … . b Henry Higgins is a … . c Colonel Pickering is a … .
1 writer of books on Indian languages
2 professor who studies phonetics
3 rich young man, about twenty years old

4. Choose the right words and put them in the right places. (1 p)
all down go more my things tonight
Bed! Bed! I couldn’t …………… to bed! My head’s too light to try to set it ……………! Sleep! Sleep! I couldn’t sleep
……………! Not for …………… the jewels in the crown! I could have danced all night!
I could have danced all night! And still have begged for …………… I could have spread …………… wings And done a
thousand …………… I’ve never done before.

5. Put the words from the box in the right places. (1 p)

happen hurricanes plain rain Spain

The ………………… in ………………… stays mainly in the …………………, but in Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire,
……………… hardly ever …………………
 6. Fill in the correct tense: (1, 5p)
Herbie loves trains ! He first __________________ (1. SEE) a train when he was five years old and he __________________ (2.BE)
absolutely fascinated. He __________________ (3. GO) to a different train station every week and _________________ (4.WRITE)
down the engine number of every train he sees. He ____________________ (5. DO) this since he was seven. By the time he left
school he _____________________ (6.COLLECT) over 5000 different engine numbers from all over the world. At one time, while he
__________________ (7.STAND) at a station he _____________ (8.SEE) something very strange. He __________________
(9.WAIT) for a train for an hour when he suddenly __________________ (10.SEE) an old steam locomotive coming down the tracks.
It __________________ (11.NOT STOP) at the station and when it __________________ (12.PASS) Herbie saw that all the
passengers __________________ (13.WEAR) old-fashioned clothes. He told the station manager about this, but the manager said that
no steam locomotive ___________________ (14. PASS) through the station for years, and that the last one __________________ (15.
CRASH) , killing everyone on board.

7. Write a letter to your English speaking friend about a film that you are planning to watch. Please say (in 100-120 words)

 What is special about this film?

 How is it related to your friend?
 Suggest an arrangement to see this film together

Herbie loves trains ! He first SAW (SEE) a train when he was five years old and he WAS (BE)
absolutely fascinated. He GOES (GO) to a different train station every week and WRITES (WRITE) down the engine
number of every train he sees. He HAS BEEN DOING (DO) this since he was seven. By the time he left school he HAD
COLLECTED (COLLECT) over 5000 different engine numbers from all over the world. At one time, while he WAS
STANDING (STAND) at a station he SAW (SEE) something very strange. He HAD BEEN WAITING (WAIT) for a
train for an hour when he suddenly SAW (SEE) an old steam locomotive coming down the tracks. It DID NOT STOP
(NOT STOP) at the station and when it PASSED (PASS) Herbie saw that all the passengers WERE WEARING
(WEAR) old-fashioned clothes. He told the station manager about this, but the manager said that no steam locomotive
HAD PASSED (PASS) through the station for years, and that the last one HAD CRASHED (CRASH) , killing everyone
on board.