EXAM

LISTENING
A. Listen and say whether the following sentences are True or False.
1. Ben needs someone to help with the cooking.
2. The show is going to take place in the park.
3. Kathy likes Graham's jokes.
4. Somebody from Kathy's family has already volunteered to help.
5. Ben doesn't think Kathy's card tricks will work.
6. Kathy can't dance very well.
7. Kathy can't participate because she is helping Susan.

GRAMMAR
Simple past and past continuous
B. Complete the following text using the past tense of the verbs in brackets.
Anna's holiday ____________ (be) great last summer. She _______________ (stay) in a college in England for two
weeks. She ________________ (have) classes in the mornings and in the afternoons she ________________ (do)
some sports like swimming or tennis. In the evenings she often __________________ (go) dancing or
________________ (watch) films with her new friends. At weekends they __________________ (drive) to some
interesting places. Once they __________________ (visit) Marwell Zoo where they _______________ (see) some
beautiful animals. Anna ____________________ (not like) the food at the college but that _____________________
(not be) a problem. She ____________________ (meet) a lot of people and ____________________ (learn) some
English. All the students in her class ________________ (be) sorry to go home. They all _________________
(promise) to come back next summer.

C. Correct the mistake in the sentence.

1. She didn’t saw my grandma.
2. The police catched them.
3. Many people dieed in the earthquake.
4. Did she walked alone?
5. Celia and I was best friends.

D. Choose the correct options.

1. I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this fantastic song.
2. When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I still tried / was still trying to finish the last question.
3. I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke / was breaking my elbow.
4. Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was calling him for lunch.

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5. I looked / was looking for a file on my memory stick when I noticed / was noticing there was a virus.
6. Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while he surfed / was surfing the internet.
7. My mum had / was having breakfast near the computer when she spilled / was spilling her cup of coffee on the
keyboard.
8. When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going to school, I went / was going to the doctor’s
– I felt terrible.
9. How many pictures did you take / were you taking while you travelled / were travelling around Ireland?
10. Why did you chat / were you chatting to Philip while I tried / was trying to tell you something really important?

Present simple and past continuous

E. Fill in the blanks with the Present Simple or Present Continuous:
1. Ted ____________ (take) a shower right now.
2. What ____________ (we / have) for dinner tonight?
3. My brother __________________ (have) a daughter and a son.
4. I __________________ (not / solve) some math problems at the moment.
5. My grandfather often _________________ (come) over for dinner at the weekends.
6. My school _________________ (begin) at nine every day.
7. What time ________________ (you / wake up) on weekdays?
8. What ________________ (you / do) tomorrow night?
9. I usually ____________ (not / work) on Sundays but today I _______________ (work).
10. She _______________ (not / sleep) now, she _______________ (study).

Comparatives and superlatives

F. Look at the charts comparing three laptop computers. Then complete the sentences with the comparative.
Write 4 superlative sentences of your own.

1. (large / small) The screen of the T400 is ____________ than the A-50’s, but it is _______________________ than
the XJ7’s.
2. (light / heavy) The XJ7 is _______________________ the A-50, but it is _______________________the T400.
3. (new / old) The A-50 is _______________________ the T400, but it is _______________________ the XJ7.
4. (cheap / expensive) The T400 is _______________________the XJ7, but it is _______________________ the A-50.

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 READING

G. Read each statement. Circle T for true and F for false.

1. Everyone agrees that consumer products improve their lives. T F
2. These days, consumer goods are hard to find. T F
3. Many people want luxury products these days. T F
4. Consumer societies help the environment. T F
WRITING
H. Compare you now when you were 5. Use adjectives of personality
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