Test Paper

Rephrase the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one:(3 x 10= 30
points)

1) It started to rain at two o'clock.

It has......................................................................................................................
2) Six years ago we started writing to each other.
We have.................................................................................................................
3) When did you start working here?
How long................................................................................................................
4)I have never been to the ballet before.
It's...........................................................................................................................
5) It's two years since I had a puncture.
I.................................................................................................................................................

6) It's two months since he earned any money.

He.............................................................................................................................................

7) He hasn’t fixed the garage door yet.

He is .........................................................................................................................................
8) She has never been to Paris before.
It’s .............................................................................................................................................
9) When did you first meet your best friend?
How long .................................................................................................................................
10) I started doing this project a week ago.
I have........................................................................................................................................
Put the words in the correct form: (2x10 = 20 points)

1. There's no ...........................................between these two paintings. They DIFFER

look the same.
2. Will you ......................................leave the room while I'm taking off my KIND
clothes?
3. Our school theatre is giving a public .....................................of Romeo PERFORM
and Juliet tomorrow. I'm playing the part of Romeo.
4. The negotiations will continue until a mutual ......................................is AGREE
reached.
5. Deborah spent all her ........................................years at her grandparents' CHILD
in the countryside.
6. We didn't like our stay in the hotel. The service were very ......................... FRIEND
toward us. Almost rude.
7. 'What shall I do with these ...............................old paint brushes?' 'Throw them away. USE
8. You didn't get a point because your answer was .............................. CORRECT
9. There is every .....................................that the north road will be jammed. POSSIBLE
We advise you to take the M5'.
10. The management's decision to lower the wages caused a lot of ......................... ANGRY
among the factory workers.
c. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Continuous tense: (1x10= 10
points)
1. Mary usually (learn) …………….languages very quickly but she (not seem) …………………..able
to learn modern Greek.
2 I always (buy)…………….. lottery tickets but I never (win) ………………………anything.
3 …………You ………………(like) this necklace? I…………….. (give) it to my daughter for her
birthday tomorrow.
4. I won't tell you my secret unless you ………………………….(promise) not to tell anyone. -
I …………………………(promise).
5. The milk……………….. (smell) sour. ………………You ………………..(keep) milk a long time?

d) Put the verbs into the Past Simple or Present Perfect: ( 2x10= 20 points)
1. I (buy) ……………….a new house last year, but I (not sell) ………………………my old house
yet, so at the moment I have two houses.
2. When Ann (be) ……………….on her way to the station it (begin)…………………… to rain. Ann
(run) …………………………back to her flat for her umbrella, but this (make)
……………………….. her late for her train.
3. She (catch)………………….. the next train but it (not get)…………………….. in till 9.00, so she
(arrive)…………………………….. at her office ten minutes late.
4. Her boss (look)………………….. up as she (come) ……………………….in. ……………'You
…………………(be) late every morning this week,'.
5. At 7 a.m. Charles (ring) ………………..Peter and (say)………………………, 'I'm going fishing,
Peter. Would you like to come?'
'But it's so early,' (say) …………….Peter. I (not have) …………………..breakfast yet. Why
…………..you ………………..(not tell) me last night?'
6. Ann (go)………………. to Canada six months ago. She (work) …………………..in Canada for a
while and then (go) ……………………to the United States.
e) Put the verbs into Future Simple or Future with Going to: (2x5=10 points)G
1 ……………You……………….. (open) the door for me, please? ~
Yes, certainly.
2................... You ………………(do) the washing-up tonight? ~
No, I think it can wait till tomorrow.
3 I'm looking for my easel. ~
.....................You …………………(paint) someone's portrait?
4 'You …………………….(read) this passage aloud, please,' said the examiner.
5......................... You ………………..(eat) any more of this, or shall I tell the waiter to take it away?