SELF-CHECK UNIT TEST  1

Answer on a separate sheet of paper. Then check your answers. Follow the examples.

American Framework 4 Self-Check Unit Tests  D.R. © Richmond Publishing, S.A. de C.V. 2007
GRAMMAR
-TO & -ING (10 points)
1 Put the verbs in the right form.
I like (play) football.
I like playing football.
1 I want (learn) English (travel).
2 Are you ready (leave) now?
3 We’re planning (get) married soon.
4 Would you like (go) to the movies
tomorrow?
5 (Smoke) is really a bad habit.
6 I’m looking forward to (hear) from you
soon.
7 Are you thinking about (move) to a new
house?
8 I’ve always found it very easy (use)
computers.
9 Remember (close) the door when you leave.
10 Would you mind (tell) me the time?
AUXILIARY VERBS (10 points)
2 Make questions and answers from the
prompts.
What / she / do? She / be / lawyer.
What does she do? She’s a lawyer.
1 Where / be / you / three o’clock /
yesterday?
I / be / home / family.
2 He / be / English? No, he / be / Spanish.
3 You / do / anything / tonight?
Yes / I / watch / movie.
4 What / sports / you / usually / play?
I / normally / not play / sports.
5 He / ever / try / Indian food?
Yes / he / eat / Indian food / often.
6 What / she / do / when / I / call / her /
yesterday night? She / take/ shower.
7 How long / you / live / Miami / before / you
/ move / Los Angeles / last year?
I / live / there / three years.
8 What time / you / get / home / yesterday
morning? I / arrive / home / about one.
9 You / buy / new car / if / you / win /
lottery / next / Christmas?
No / I / travel / around the world.
10 You / like / eat out / tonight?
Yes / I / love / to.
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LESS DIRECT QUESTIONS (4 points)
3 Make less direct questions using the verbs
in parentheses.
How much do you earn? (tell).
Could you please tell me how much do
you earn?
1 Are you faithful to your husband?
(mind ).
2 Are you happy in your marriage? (ask).
3 Do you believe in God? (wonder).
4 Do you take drugs? (think ).
VOCABULARY
IDENTITIES (5 points)
1 Match the words and the definitions.
family / clothes / work / nationality /
religion / gender / food / language / beliefs /
hobbies / race
Your parents, brothers, children, etc. =
family
1 What people usually wear.
2 What people do in their free time.
3 Employment.
4 Belief in one particular faith and God.
5 Being a citizen of a particular nation.
6 Being male or female.
7 This is usually determined by the color of
your skin.
8 Something accepted as true or real.
9 What people eat.
10 A particular system of words used by
some particular country or people.
CLOTHES (4 points) COMPOUND ADJECTIVES (7.5 points)
2 Put the clothes in the right columns. 5 Match the words in the columns.

gloves / dress / tie/ torn denim / suit / high- 1 out a) going

heeled shoes / surgical greens / black leather / 2 easy b) fashioned
helmet 3 money c) eyed
4 well d) shouldered
doctor lawyer tango biker 5 old e) destructive
dancer 6 open f) going
gloves 7 long g) making
8 blue h) built
LEISURE ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS 9 self i) term
(2 points) 10 high j) minded
11 broad k) heeled
3 Checkmark (√) or cross () the hobbies you
6 Provide an adjective for each definition.
like / don’t like.
1 Shirt with short sleeves.
1 Knitting.
2 Person with a lot of money.
2 Snorkeling.
3 Person with a bad behavior.
3 Salsa dancing.
4 Person who normally uses his / her left
4 Chess.
hand.
5 Crafts.
5 Something or somebody popular and
6 Bungee jumping.
famous.
7 Collecting stamps.
8 Competitive sports. ERROR ANALYSIS (2.5 points)
Find and correct the mistakes
STARS IN THEIR EYES (5 points)
I’d like playing to play football tomorrow.
4 Complete with the right word. 1 Would you mind open the door, please?
2 I study English for to meet people.
actors / beautiful people / look-a-likes / star /
3 I don’t like play chess. It’s boring.
role / acting career / box office / sex appeal /
4 I’ve managed pass all my exams this year.
appearance of strength / movie business /
5 The steak’s badly-cook. I’d like another
success
one.
Sean Connery is one of the best actors in
history. TOTAL POINTS: ________ / 50
1 Steven Spielberg means … in Hollywood.
2 The jet-set are also called … .
3 Professional … are people who work as
doubles of famous actors.
4 Hollywood is the most famous … in the
world.
5 … has really helped many people in their
….
6 Did George Clooney … in the Matrix? No, it
was Keanu Reeves.
7 What’s Harrison Ford’s most famous …? I
think it’s Indiana Jones.
8 Shall we meet at the … before going into the
movie theater?
9 Actors like Silvester Stallone have based
their careers on … .
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 ANSWER KEY
GRAMMAR
1 1 to learn / to travel 2 to leave 3 to get 4 to go 5 smoking 6 hearing 7 moving 8 to use 9 to close
10 telling
2 1 Where were you at three o’clock yesterday? I was at home with my family.
2 Is he English? No, he isn’t. He’s Spanish.
3 Are you doing anything tonight? Yes, I’m watching a movie.
4 What sports do you usually play? I don’t normally play sports.
5 Has he ever tried Indian food? Yes, he’s eaten Indian food often.
6 What was she doing when I called her yesterday night? She was taking a shower.
7 How long had you lived in Miami before you moved to Los Angeles last year? I had lived there
for three years.
8 What time did you get home yesterday morning? I arrived home at about one.
9 Will you buy a new car if you win the lottery next Christmas? No, I’ll travel around the world.
9 Would you like to eat out tonight? Yes, I’d love to.
3 1 Would you mind telling me if you are faithful to your husband?
2 Could I ask you if you are happy in your marriage?
3 I wonder if you could tell me if you believe in God.
4 Do you think you could tell me if you take drugs?
VOCABULARY
1 1 clothes 2 hobbies 3 work 4 religion 5 nationality 6 gender 7 race 8 beliefs 9 food 10 language.
2 doctor: surgical greens.
Lawyer: shirt and tie
tango dancer: dress, high-heeled shoes.
biker: torn denim, black leather, helmet.
3 Answers may vary.
4 1 success 2 beautiful people 3 look-a-likes 4 movie business 5 sex appeal / acting career 6 star 7
role 8 box office 9 appearance of strength
5 2-e, 3-g, 4-h, 5-b, 6-j, 7-i, 8-c, 9-e, 10-k, 11-d
6 1 short-sleeved 2 well off 3 badly-behaved 4 left-handed 5 well known
ERROR ANALYSIS
1 Would you mind opening the door, please?
I study English to meet people.
I don’t like playing chess. It’s boring.
I’ve managed to pass all my exams this year.
The steak’s badly-cooked. I’d like another one.

American Framework 4 Self-Check Unit Tests  D.R. © Richmond Publishing, S.A. de C.V. 2007