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UNIT 7A ACHIEVEMENT TEST

Part 1. Listen to the conversation. Then choose the correct answer for each question. (Track 7 – Unit 7)

Example: Where did Alan go on vacation? 3. When did Alan get back?
a. Germany a. last night
[b. Greece] b. last week
c. Atlanta c. this morning

1. How was Alan’s trip? 4. Alan thinks that the food he ate on his vacation
a. kind of nice was
b. pretty pleasant a. strange.
c. really wonderful b. very good.
c. too expensive.
2. How long was Alan’s trip?
a. three days 5. Alan’s flight home was
b. five days a. late.
c. ten days b. bumpy.
c. scary.

Part 2. Complete the information questions, using the past tense of be.

Example: A: (How many) How many days were you on vacation? B: We were on vacation for six days.

6. A: (How) ____________________________________? B: The food on the flight was excellent!

7. A: (Where) ___________________________________? B: My sisters were in Rome.

8. A: (When) ___________________________________? B: Kyle and Susan? They were at our house last

week.

9. A: (Who) ____________________________________? B: The actress Angelina Jolie was on my flight!

10. A: (How long) ________________________________? B: The flight to London was six hours.

Part 3. Choose the word from the box that best matches each definition. Not all the words from the box will be
used.
bumpy – scary – scenic – comfortable – boring – relaxing – exciting – unusual – cold
Example: not common; strange. 13. making you feel calm and peaceful
_______unusual________                                            

11. causing you to feel afraid.                                   14. pretty; interesting to see.                                     

12. unfriendly.                                             15. not interesting                                             

Part 4. Complete each statement in the simple past tense.

We (Example: fly) flew to London for the beginning of our European vacation. On the first day, we (16. see)

__________ the Millennium Wheel, and we (17. visit) _________________ the Tower of London. On the

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second day, we (18. go) _________________ shopping at Harrod’s Department Store. On the third day,

we (19. take) ___________the train to Paris and (20. eat) _______________some wonderful food there. On

the fourth day, we (21. meet) ______________ our friends Alain and Marie-Claire at the Versailles Palace in

the afternoon, but we (22. not / have) __________________ time for the tour. So we (23. have) ____________

dinner together. It was so nice!

Part 5. Complete each sentence with the correct past tense of be. Use contractions when possible.

Example: How long ____was____ the concert?

24. How                                   the meals you had while you were gone?

25. No one went with me. I                                   by myself the whole time.

26. Where                                   you when I stopped by your house?

Part 6. Read the paragraphs. Then check ( ✓ ) True, False, or No information for each one.

True False No information

Example: The Smiths liked their hotel. (✓) ( ) ( )

27. The Smiths spent two weeks in Egypt. ( ) ( ) ( )

28. The Smiths and Brian stayed at the ( ) ( ) ( )

same hotel.

29..Brian was in Egypt for two months. ( ) ( ) ( )

30. Brian Winters often goes on trips to ( ) ( ) ( )

interesting places.

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