Test

Grade I /Group I
Name & Surname __________________________________________________

I. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Simple, Present Continuous or

Past Simple, Past Continuous: 12 /

1. They (build) were building_________________ that bridge when I (be) ______was______________

here last year.
2. Mr. Jones usually (sell) ___sells__________ only newspapers, but this week he (sell) ___is
selling_________________ magazines as well.
3. While the guests (dance) _________________ thieves (brake) ____broke_________ into the house and
(steal) _stole____________ a lot of coats.
4. __Do__________ you (understand) _understand_____________ what the teacher is saying? ~No,I
(not understand) __don’t understand___________________ him at all.
5. When I (see) __saw______________ James, he (paint) _____was
painting________________________
a portrait of his wife. ~__Did ____________ you (like) ___like____________ it?

II. Make the sentences negative, then give the right information. 4 / 0

1. Shakespeare wrote stories.

___Did Shakespeare write stories?______________________________________________________
2. Beethoven came from France.
_________________________________________________________

III. Write questions. 2 /

1. Jessica learned Spanish. __________________________________?

2. Val drove a Mercedes. ___________________________________?

IV. Put the necessary preposition (in, on, to, by, about, over, for, at, from,) into each gap. Sometimes
no preposition is necessary. 10 /
1. It always gets cold here __________ the evening.
2. She always goes to visit her old aunt __________ Saturday.
3. The family were all gathering again ___________Christmas.
4. The house should be finished _________ next month.
5. What are you doing _________ this evening?
6. Do you want to speak _________ me __________ anything?
7. Many parcels fly _________ the Atlantic nowadays.
8. I must look _________ the postcard I got ________my teacher last week.

V. Put A, AN, THE or /, into each gap. 6 /

1. __________ Andes go through ___________ South America.
2. I’ve been waiting for him ________ hour and _________ half.
3. She is studying at ________ University.
4. Vienna is ____________ capital of Austria.

VI. Write these sentences again together by using who, whose or which : 6 /

ex. Tom’s father goes swimming every day. Tom’s father is 78.
- Tom’s father, who is 78, goes swimming every day.

1. George is not well. You met his mother.

__________________________________________________________
2. The postman was late this morning. The postman is nearly always on time.
__________________________________________________________
3. She gave me one of her books. I put the book into my bag.
__________________________________________________________

VII. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words. 6 /

1. Lisa was very _____________________ when I failed my exams. (SYMPATHY)

2. Can we have a discussion without you being _________________? ( ARGUE)
3. I’m not ready for ___________________ yet. I’m too young. (MARRY)
4. Many pupils complain about ______________ during the summer holiday.(BORE)
5. Mobile phones are one of the most popular forms of _______________ (COMMUNICATE)
6. It was really ___________________ when my dad started dancing at my party.
( EMBARRASS)

VIII. Replace the underlined words with these phrasal verbs in the correct form : ( hold back,
make up, look up to, grow apart, stick up for ) 4/

1. We had an argument, but then we forgave each other. _________________

2. Good friends always support each other. _________________
3. He was too embarrassed to cry, so he hid his emotions. _________________
4. It’s a shame when people stop being friends over time. _________________

Total _______ / 50 Mark _______________ Teacher: ______________________________