UNIT 1,2

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GRAMMAR

1 Complete the text with a, an, the or 0 (no article).

My Uncle Paul is (1) artist. He was born in (2) UK but now he lives in (3) Paris with my aunt who’s
French. T hey’ve got (4) son called Pierre. Uncle Paul paints pictures of monuments like (5) Eiffel T ower and
he sells them to tourists.

Score: /5

2 Complete the sentences with the correct present simple or present continuous f orm of these verbs. T here are
two extra verbs.

cry go have listen sit study talk

1 T hat’s my brother. He on the sofa talking to a friend.

2 I really like Olivia but she a lot. She never lets me speak!
3 My mum to the gym two or three times a week.
4 I can’t come out now – I my dinner.
5 He loves Titanic but it makes him really sad. He every time he sees it.

Score: /5

3 Complete the sentences with the correct past simple or past continuous f orm of the verbs given.

see walk get not have drive be run arrive chat start

1 When I them, they along the river.

2 When we to the airport, I realised that I my passport.
3 As they to school, there an accident on the road.
4 I downstairs when they
5 While we , she to feel unwell.

Score: /5

4 Complete the text with the correct past simple or past continuous f orm of the verbs given.

T he other day I (1) (check) my emails when I (2) (see) one from a clothes shop. It said,
‘You (3) (can) be the winner of a special prize!’ and it asked me to give my address and telephone
number. I (4) (type) in my details when my sister came in. She saw what I was doing and shouted ‘Stop!’
She said it was a fraud and it wasn’t really a clothes shop. I’m so happy I (5) (not give) them my details.

Score: /5
VOCABULARY

5 Complete the text with the correct noun f orm of the words given.

(1) (adolescent) can be a difficult time for many young people. We usually do everything with our
parents during childhood and generally both parents and (2) (child) like that. But when we become
teenagers, we need some (3) (independent) and parents don’t always understand that. T his means that
parents and teenagers often have (4) (argue) instead of sensible (5) (discuss) .

Score: /5

6 Choose the best answer (A, B or C) to complete the text.

When the police (1) a case, they normally look for evidence. If there’s no evidence, they can’t (2)
anyone of the crime. T hey analyse the evidence carefully and when they are ready, they question the (3)
. T hey only (4) that person when they think they can (5) the case.

1 A suspect B accuse C investigate

2 A charge B accuse C collect

3 A boss B detective C suspect

4 A charge B analyse C collect

5 A investigate B question C prove

Score: /5

7 Complete the text with the correct noun f orm of the words given.

I saw an interesting (1) (discuss) about crime on T V last night. T he presenter was saying that nowadays
there is less serious crime like (2) (burgle) . However, things like (3) (vandal) and
(4) (pirate) are more common. She said that they are all crimes and that there is no (5)
(different) between them. T he other people on the programme didn’t agree with her.

Score: /5

USE OF ENGLISH

8 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

Family life (1) changing a lot these days. In some countries, all (2) members of a family
(3) in the same place, sometimes in the same home. However, in other countries, people often have to move
away (4) their home town to find a job when they are ready to start work. T hey get married and start
(5) family away from their parents, and then their children do exactly the same thing. Grandparents
sometimes live hundreds of miles away from their grandchildren. Sometimes they are even in (6) different
country! T his can cause a lot of problems when people (7) older. Sons and (8) can’t help their
parents when they are ill and they have to go into hospital or special homes. T he grandparents are (9) there
to help with the grandchildren when they are young and some parents have to send them to special schools at a young
age if they need to go to work. In many countries, this problem is getting worse (10) people are worried
that family life is never going to be the same again.

Score: / 10
9 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the f irst. Use no more than three words.

1 I discovered that Mary and Roy are getting married.

I Mary and Roy are getting married.
2 I walked through the park and saw your cat.
While I through the park, I saw your cat.
3 T he police had no idea who stole the money.
T he police couldn’t who stole the money.
4 T hey’re arresting that old man for stealing money from a bank.
T hey’re arresting that old man because he a bank.
5 My teacher is investigating the possibility of a trip to the science museum.
My teacher the possibility of a trip to the science museum.
6 We were in the middle of a computer game and Jackie called.
Jackie called while we playing a computer game.
7 After searching for an hour, Jane came across her wallet in the car.
After searching for an hour, Jane her wallet in the car.
8 T hey drove home and stopped at the supermarket on the way.
T hey stopped at the supermarket when they home.
9 While the detective was looking at the evidence, he made a surprising discovery.
T he detective made a surprising discovery, when he the evidence.
10 We looked everywhere for the watch but we didn’t find it.
We looked everywhere for the watch but it up.

Score: / 10