Stop and check 1 Units 1–4

Tenses Present tenses

Correct the underlined mistakes.
1 I listen to the radio last night.
2 I prepare for my driving test at the
moment.
3 My brother finish work at 6 p.m.
4 I have long hair when I was child.
5 She didn’t born in England.
6 You don’t call me yesterday.
7 They not come to my last party.
8 My sister going to study economics.
9 We going to Bath this weekend.
Complete the sentences with the Present
listened Simple or Present Continuous form of the verbs
in brackets.
1 Are you enjoying (enjoy) your new job?
2 We ________ (not play) in the World Cup
this year.
3 This is Kasia. She _______ (come) from
Warsaw.
4 We _______ (have) a barbecue tonight.
5 I ________ (wait) for an important parcel to
arrive.
6 He _______ (not like) wearing a tie.

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7 ______ she ______ (have) a very busy social
life?

Questions 8 Why _____ he _____ (wear) sunglasses

indoors today?
Make questions about the missing information.
9 He ______ (study) French for about 15
1 Where does she live?
hours a week.
She lives in … .
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Laura can speak … languages. (Two?
Three?) have/have got
3 _______________________________ Underline the correct forms.
The gym costs … a month. 1 Does she got / Has she got any children?
4 _______________________________ 2 He doesn’t have / doesn’t have got a girlfriend.
We drove … car. (Joe’s? Sue’s?) 3 I have / have got a shower at 7.30 a.m.
5 _______________________________ 4 She hasn’t / hasn’t got a car.
We have German classes … . (Once or twice 5 Do you have got / Have you got a dog?
a week?) 6 He often has / has often got breakfast at work.
6 _______________________________ 7 He’s / He has two brothers.
She went to the police station because … .
7 _______________________________ 1 point for each correct answer 6
I’m going to buy Andy a … for his birthday.
Irregular past forms
1 point for each correct answer 6 Write the Past Simple form of these irregular
verbs.
1 leave left 7 make
________
2 can ________ 8 become ________
3 tell ________ 9 give ________
4 begin ________ 10 think ________
5 take ________ 11 go ________
6 fall ________

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1 point for each correct answer 10 Past tenses

Complete the sentences with the Past Simple
or the Past Continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.
1 It wasn’t raining (not rain) when we left the
house.
2 When I saw Kevin on Saturday, he _______
(buy) some clothes.
3 When ______ you ________ (get) back from
your holiday?
4 She _______ (graduate) from Yale University
in 2011.
5 I ______ just ______ (put) in my contact
lenses when you phoned.
6 He _______ (get) excellent marks in his law
exam.
7 She _______ (forget) to send me a birthday
card.
8 I _______ (work) in New York when I met
Tom.
9 We were quiet because the baby ______
(sleep).

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Expressions of quantity
1 Complete the sentences with some or any.
1 We had some delicious fish for dinner.
2 I’d like _____ tea, but I don’t want _____
biscuits.
3 Is there _____ sugar? I can’t see _____ .
4 I bought _____ bread yesterday.
5 I didn’t buy _____ coffee, because I
thought we had _____ .
6 We need _____ milk. I’ll get it later.

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2 Find one mistake in each sentence and

correct it.
1 I’ve got a few of magazines for you. a few
2 How many money have you got?
3 I’ll have only a little potatoes.
4 I don’t have many time, so I can’t help

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you. Sorry. 6 The children have _____ breakfast at _____

5 In the summer there are a lot tourists. school.
6 We haven’t got many petrol left. 7 She lives in _____ old apartment block.
7 It’s a small class, there aren’t some
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students.
8 Can I have any salad, please?
9 He speaks only little German.

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something, everywhere, etc.

Choose the correct words.
1 Did you go anywhere / anyone nice on
holiday?
2 We couldn’t find a good restaurant
nowhere / anywhere.
3 I’m bored. I want someone / something
interesting to talk to.
4 She’s so popular, everybody / everything
likes her.
5 I’m a vegetarian and there was anything /
nothing I could eat at the party.
6 Close your eyes. I’ve got anything /
something for you.
7 John lives anywhere / somewhere near
York.
8 Somebody / Nobody told me you’re
getting married.
Is it true?
9 The security guard didn’t find nothing /
anything unusual in her bag.

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Articles
Complete the sentences with a, an, the, or
nothing (—).
1 My dad’s an optician.
2 Marina is ____ youngest student in _____
class.
3 I usually come to ____ school by _____ bus.
4 Do you like _____ Thai food?
5 She comes from _____ village in _____ south
of Italy.

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The right words TRANSLATE

Choose the correct words. Translate the sentences into your language.
1 Does she go / play running every day. Translate the ideas, not word by word.
2 How many hours of homework do you 1 ‘Hi, how are you?’ ‘I’m fine, thanks.’
make / do? __________________________________________
3 Does he talk / speak Spanish? __________________________________________
4 He’s the highest / tallest child in the class. 2 ‘Can I help you?’ ‘No, thank you. I’m just
5 We’re all crazy for / about rugby in our looking.’
family. __________________________________________
6 Would you like to go for / to a walk? __________________________________________
7 What subjects is she good with / at? 3 ‘I’m sorry. I can’t come tonight.’ ‘Never
8 We had very heavy / heavily rain all week. mind. Perhaps another time.’
9 Please be a bit more patient / patiently. __________________________________________
10 She’s always at the office. She works too __________________________________________
hard / hardly. 4 ‘What are you doing tonight?’ ‘Nothing
11 My new Internet connection works really special. What about you?’
faster / fast. __________________________________________
12 Can I have a piece / loaf of bread and __________________________________________
butter?
5 ‘Did you watch the football last night?’
13 Are there any packets / cans of Coke in the ‘No, I didn’t. I missed it.’
fridge?
__________________________________________
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6 ‘What’s the date today?’ ‘It’s the
Verb phrases nineteenth of August.’
Write a phrase from the box with each of the __________________________________________
verbs. __________________________________________
films a lie-in music online to gigs texts 7 ‘When did you last have a holiday?’ ‘About
friends for a drink magazines for a meal eighteen months ago.’
__________________________________________
1 listen to music 6 meet ____________
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2 shop ____________ 7 send ____________
8 ‘This is delicious. Would you mind giving
3 download ____________ 8 have
me the recipe?’ ‘No, not at all. I’ll give you
____________
the website.’
4 read ____________ 9 go ____________
__________________________________________
5 go out ____________
__________________________________________
1 point for each correct answer 8 9 ‘Could you lend me €20, please?’ ‘I can
lend you ten, but not twenty.’
Total 100
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10 ‘Can I have some apple juice, please?’
‘Sorry, we haven’t got any apple juice. Will
orange juice do?’
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