In The Name Of God, The Compassionate, The Merciful.

American English File 3-A (Units 1 & 2) ; Total Score: 40

Part I: Grammar

A: Choose the correct form.

1. I don’t usually have / I’m not usually having dessert but I’ll have one tonight.

2. Jack tries / is trying to get in shape for the diving competition next month.

3. How long has your brother been working / does your brother work in Seattle?

4. Don’t worry. I haven’t been crying / cried. I have a cold.

B: Fill in the blanks. Use the perfect past or simple past of the verbs in the parentheses.

1. I ……………. cooking when Jill offered to help. (finish / already )

2. As soon as I arrived, we ………… the meal. Everyone had waited for me. (order)

3. Last week, the boss …………… he would give me a raise because I had worked so hard. (say)

C. Complete the conversation using the tenses of present perfect or simple past with verbs in the
parentheses.

1. Andy: Hello, could I speak to Mrs. Jackson, please?

Beth: I’m sorry, he …………… for the day. (leave / already )

2. A: ………………. anyone your car? (you /lend / ever )

B: Yes, I lent it to my brother once, but I would never do it again.

D. Write the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives.

1. I think this design is ……………… than that one. (interesting)

2. That was probably …………… we’ve ever had in this restaurant. (meal / bad )

3. My new office is …………… as my last one. (tiny)

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 Part II: Vocabulary

A: Guess the synonyms.

1. very angry = …………….

2. very …………. = starving

3. very ………… = freezing

4. very dirty = …………….

B: Fill in the blanks with the proper word(s).

1. Please have your b …………. p …….. and passport ready to show before you board the plane.

2. In Australia, it is the law for cyclists to wear a h ………..

3. I bought some shares in the telephone company. I ……..... some money.

C: Select the word which has different category.

1. A) spicy B) shrimp C) sweet D) fresh

2. A) grilled B) baked C) boiled D) raw

3. A) appetizer B) main course C) napkin D) dessert

4. A) knife B) fork C) glass D) spoon

D: Choose the correct word.

1. Some people are ……… because they think about themselves and not about other people.

A) charming B) independent C) selfish

2. In sports, boys are often more …………… than girls. They just want to win.

A) bossy B) competitive C) reliable

3. She’s Just …………… because you got a higher grade on the test yesterday.

A) ambitious B) spoiled C) jealous

4. You’re too ………….. . Please let me pay this time

A) generous B) honest C) stingy

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 Part III: Reading

Craig Flatman is every nutritionist’s nightmare a Read the article and mark the sentence T (true), F
fifteen-year-old who never eats anything except (false), or DS (doesn’t say).
bread and jam but, unbelievable, is perfectly healthy!
Although his diet contains hardly any protein and is
60 kilos, and his parents say he has never been 1. Craig doesn’t eat any protein. ( )
seriously ill apart from typical childhood illnesses.
2. He eats ten jam sandwiches a day. ( )
Crag or “Jam Boy” as his friends have nicknamed
3. The only other things he eats are chocolate
him rejects any form of meat, fish, fresh fruit, or
cereal and cake. ( )
vegetables. The only time he doesn’t eat bread and
jam is for breakfast, when he has chocolate cereal, 4. His obsession with jam sandwiches started when
and for snacks, when he occasionally has a slice of he was eleven. ( )
chocolate cake. He also drinks two pints of low-fat
milk a day.

Craig’s strange diet started when e was four years

old. As a baby he had refused to eat solid food, and Guess what the highlighted words mean.
rejected everything until his father gave him a sugar
sandwich when he was nine months old. He also ate 1. (……………………………..)
chocolate spread sandwiches, and this, with milk,
2. (………………………………)
was his diet until he was four, when he asked to try
jam and started an eleven-year obsession. 3. (………………………………)

Part IV: Pronunciation

Underline the word with a different sound.

1 / r/ afford board card enormous

2 /І/ tiny pick up traffic ticket

3 /ʃ/ crash station rush charge

4 /k/ coin check cyclist car GOOD LUCK