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Unit 1/2 Test A
Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the correct present
form of these verbs-Present
Simple/Continuous.
go work have speak stay study
1 Our family __________ dinner together every
evening. I think it’s important.
2 I _________ with my best friend in the
countryside for a couple of days.
3 At the moment, my cousin __________ at a
college in England. He is having a great time.
4 We __________ on holiday to Spain twice a
year. We love hot countries!
5 My dad __________ in a bank in the city
centre. He drives in every day.
6 My brother Mike __________ both English and
French, but he prefers Spanish.
2 Make sentences with the prompts.
1 you/know/my friend Susie?
2 Jack/not work/on his computer/right now.
3 We/study/the present tenses/this week.
4 I’m afraid I/not understand/this homework.
5 your grandmother/stay/with you/at the
moment?
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3 Make questions with the prompts-Past Simple.
1 What/you/do/last night?
2 Where/you/go on holiday/last year?
3 Who/you/meet/at the club yesterday?
4 Why/you/get home/late/on Friday night?
4 Answer the questions from 3 using the words
given.
1 Last night I ____________________________
(watch a new film on TV).
2 Last year we ___________________________
(not go).
3 ____________________________ (meet
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4 ____________________________ (go to a
party).
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5 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the
sentences.
1 My sister has a baby, but she isn’t married. It’s
a single/one-parent family.
2 My mum married again and my new
husband/stepfather is very nice.
3 Helen is a single/an only child and she doesn’t
like it.
4 Brett and Beth aren’t very happy together. I
think they’re going to get single/divorced soon.
5 My uncle has two children who are the same
age as me and I really like playing with my
sons/cousins.
6 My niece is 17 and her brother, my
uncle/nephew, is nearly 20.
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