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Unit test 9B Beginner THIRD EDITION

1 Complete the sentences with was, wasn’t, were, or weren’t. 4 Gandhi / 1865?
1 When   was your father born?
2 ‘ Pete and Clare at work yesterday?’ 
‘Yes, they  .’ 5 John Lennon / American?
3 No, they American.
4 No, I at the beach yesterday.
5 ‘ Sam at home yesterday?’  ‘No, he  .’ 6 Che Guevara / Argentinian?
6 Beethoven a scientist.
7 Gandhi a politician.
8 Yes, I in Dublin in 1999.
9 When your parents born? 3 points for each correct question and answer  15

2 points for each correct answer  20 4 Look at the table in exercise 3 again. Write negative
sentences.
2 Write the years in words. 1 Gandhi / Chinese
1 1840   eighteen forty   Gandhi wasn’t Chinese.
2 1442 2 John Lennon / 1950
3 2007
4 1955 3 Pablo Picasso / 1830
5 1979
6 1762 4 Che Guevara and Pablo Picasso / American

1 point for each correct answer  5
5 Michael Jackson and Bruce Lee / British

3 Look at the table. Write questions and answers.

Name Nationality Born
Gandhi Indian 1869
Pablo Picasso Spanish 1881
Che Guevara Argentinian 1928
5 Complete the sentences.  Circle  the correct letter.
Bruce Lee Chinese/American 1940
John Lennon British 1940
Michael Jackson American 1958
1 Pablo Picasso / 1818?
  Was Pablo Picasso born in 1818?
  No, he wasn’t.
2 Bruce Lee / 1940?
3 Michael Jackson / American?
6 Che Guevara / 1830
2 points for each correct answer  10
1 Last week I __________ shopping in London.
a  goes  b  were  c  go  d  went
2 Pamela __________ a film yesterday evening.
a  see  b  sees  c  saw  d  saws
3 Pamela __________ the film was very good.
a  said  b  saids  c  is says  d  say
4 Frank and Betty __________ a beautiful painting.
a  be  b  were  c  buy  d  bought
5 They __________ the painting to an expert.
a  took  b  tell  c  went  d  take
6 I __________ to see my grandparents last Wednesday.
a  were  b  went  c  go  d  goes
2 points for each correct answer  10

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Unit test 9B  Continued Beginner THIRD EDITION

6 Write questions. 9 Write answers. Use the word(s) in brackets.

1 We went to London. 1 When did you go to Taiwan?
Where   did you go  ? (last year)
2 I took my dog for a walk yesterday.   I went last year.
When  ? 2 What did they have for dinner yesterday evening?
(steak)
3 He said ‘Good morning’.
  They had steak.
What  ?
3 Where did they go shopping for clothes?
4 They bought a painting.
(at the shopping centre)
What  ?

5 They saw their old friends.
4 What time did he have dinner today?
Who  ? (8.30)
6 She was born in 1984.
When  ? 5 Did you have a shower or a bath this morning?
(bath)
2 points for each correct answer  10

7 Write the dates. 6 Where did they go on holiday this summer?
1 15/01   January 15th (Jamaica)

2 27/05

3 30/11 7 Did she do yoga or aerobics this weekend?

(aerobics)
4 20/09

5 06/04
6 03/07 3 points for each correct answer  15

1 point for each correct answer  5 10 Complete the sentences.

1 Christmas is on the 25th of D ecember  .
8 Look at the information about Charles Dickens and
complete the text. 2 New Year’s Day is on the 1 st of January.
3 I was born on the 1  of November.
NAME Charles Dickens 4 The Day of the Dead in Mexico is on the 2nd of
BORN 1812 N   .
JOB writer 5 Americans celebrate US Independence Day on the
TOWN AND COUNTRY Portsmouth, England 4  of July.
WIFE’S NAME Catherine 6 There are usually 28 days in F   .
7 ‘When’s Chinese New Year?’  ‘It’s on the 3  of
Charles Dickens was a (1)  . He February this year.’
(2) (3) in 1812.
He (4) in Portsmouth in England. 1 point for each correct answer  5
His wife’s name (5) Catherine. Total 100
1 point for each correct answer  5

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