Test – Ms.L.

Fenech Part I - Language

 Tenses
Fill in each blank with the correct form of the verb. The first one has been done for you. 5 marks

Last night Maria (0) was walking her dog Trixie across the park when she noticed Julia and her friend
Paul, (1)________________ (run) to the pond and (2)________________ (lean) on the ice around it
as they (3)________________ (try) to reach a ball. Suddenly, the ice started to crack and Julia
(4)_______________ (fall) into the freezing water. Maria grabbed a broken branch and tried to pull
Julia out but the girl was too far into the pond. So Maria started to wade into the icy water. While
Maria (5)________________ (struggle) to pull Julia to safety, more people (6)_______________
(come) to give a helping hand. Julia’s mother, Mrs Sarah Wilson, said last night, “I
(7)________________ always________________ (warn) Julia about the danger of playing near the
water but she’s mad about that ball. If she (8)________________ (not listen) to my warning, I
(9)_________________ (stop) her from going to the park.” The local council (10)________________
just________________ (put) a notice near the pond saying that children cannot play there.

 Pronouns

Read the paragraph below and fill in the blanks with words from the box. Each word can be used more
than once. 5 marks

Ann was on the phone in the reception area and I was waiting for 1 ____________. Ralph was in a hurry so I
asked 2 ____________ to show 3 ____________ the way. He gave 4 _____________ a map and lots of
directions. I listened to 5 ___________ carefully. “It’s easy to find the shop. You can’t miss 6 ___________,’’
Ralph said. But Ann and I got lost, so we asked a police officer to help 7 ___________. After she had told us
the way, we thanked 8 ___________ and ran to the shop. All our friends were waiting for 9 ___________ and
we were very pleased to see 10 __________.

 Linking words
Fill in the blanks with a linking word from the box. The first one (0) has been done for you. Not all
linking words are to be used. 5 marks

Tommy and Carol Link were left speechless (0) when they won £3 million in the lottery. They have lots of
plans. (1) _____________________, they want to buy a new house, (2) _____________________, they want
to buy a car and (3)_____________________, they want to donate some money to charity. (4)
_____________________ they want a new home, it has to be close to the British Legion club (5)
_____________________ they enjoy bingo. The couple met in Swansea in 1963 (6)
__________________________ got married a year later. (7) _____________________ they are proud
grandparents, they plan to spoil their grandchildren with lots of presents. (8) _____________________
winning so much money, the couple have no plans to stop working. This surprised their neighbours (9)
_____________________ many thought Tommy hated working as a postman. (10) _____________________,
Carol had often talked about taking early retirement.
  Make and Do
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of MAKE or DO. The first one (0) has been worked out for you.
5 marks

Jane has a lot of chores to (0) do at home. She has to (1) ___________________ the beds, (2)
___________________ the laundry, (3) ___________________ supper, and (4) ___________________ the
shopping. She also has to (5) ___________________ sure that she leaves time to (6) ___________________
her homework as she studies at the local university. Jane also works part time for a company. She (7)
___________________ plans for the company. Her boss often tells her that she is (8) ___________________ a
good job and she rarely (9) ___________________ mistakes. Unfortunately, she doesn’t (10)
___________________ a lot of money at this job

 Countable / Uncountable nouns

Use a, an, the, some or any to fill in the blanks of the text below. The first one has been done for you.
5 marks

 Reported Speech
Read the dialogue and report it in the sentences below. The first one (0) has been done for you. 10 marks

0. Matt: I read a really good biography recently.

1. Emma: I don’t like biographies. I’m reading a detective story.
2. Matt: I like detective stories too. I read part of “Murder on the Orient Express” in the Easter
holidays. My brother gave it to me for my lucky birthday.
3. Emma: I didn’t enjoy that story.
4. Matt: Really? I think it’s brilliant.
5. Emma: The ending isn’t very good.
6. Matt: I don’t want to know about the ending.
7. Emma: I’m not going to tell you.

0. Matt said that he had read a good biography recently.

1. Emma said that ___________________________________________________. She also said that

_________________________________________________.
2. Matt said that ____________________________________________________. He also said that
__________________________________________________. He added that
____________________________________________________.
3. Emma said that ___________________________________________________.
4. Matt said that _______________________________________________________________________________.
5. Emma said that ______________________________________________________________________________.
6. Matt said that _______________________________________________________________________________.
7. Emma replied that ___________________________________________________________________________.

 Prepositions
Fill in the blanks with one of the prepositions in the box. You may use each preposition more than
once. The first one has been done for you. 5 marks

 Word Formation

Fill in the blanks with a word formed from the one in brackets. The first one (0) has been
done for you. 5 marks [ ]

The book “The Change” is about a very (0) unpopular (POPULAR) boy who does not have any friends. This is
because he is (1) ___________________ (SENSITIVE) to other people’s feelings. He is (2) ___________________
(KIND) to everyone and criticizes everything his friends do. He is also quite (3) ___________________ (MATURE)
for his age and his behaviour is (4) ___________________ (TOLERABLE). At school he is very (5)
___________________ (HAPPY). His writing is (6) ___________________ (LEGIBLE), his homework is often (7)
___________________ (CORRECT) and so his teachers often punish him. One day he finds an injured dog and his
life changes. He stops being (8) ___________________ (RESPONSIBLE). He realises that although the world is (9)
___________________ (PERFECT) and sometimes (10) ___________________ (JUST), things can get better.

 Cloze
Fill in each blank space with a suitable word. 5 marks [ ]

Nobody really knows how the (1) ___________________ of basketball was invented. Some say that some
ancient Greek vases show (2) ___________________ playing this game. It is thought, however, that the game
began in the United States (3) ___________________ recently. Somebody thought of the game in a youth (4)
___________________. Nobody can (5) ___________________ this of course, so perhaps it began earlier.
Wherever people first played the game, basketball has now become very (6) ___________________ and many (7)
___________________ of people play it. Basketball can be played either (8) ___________________ or outdoors.
Many supporters follow this game on (9) ___________________ especially when an (10) ___________________
game is being aired