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Unit 11: Grammar and vocabulary test A Level 1

Grammar C Correct the mistake in each of the

A Rewrite the sentences, replacing the following sentences.
underlined words and phrases with the 0 Sally was happy when she gets her new
correct pronouns. computer yesterday.
Sally was happy when she got her new computer
0 I saw my English teacher in town yesterday. I saw
my English teacher in a café. yesterday.
I saw her in a café.
00 I saw she with it on her way home.
1 My sister lost her umbrella yesterday. My sister left I saw her with it on her way home.
her umbrella on a train.
11 When she takes it home, her son played games
for hours.
2 John married a woman from the US. John married
the woman in 1985. .

12 Sally tells him to go to bed at ten.
3 My cousin and I met some friends in a café. .
My cousin and I met the friends at lunchtime.
13 When he gets up this morning, he played
games again.
4 I spoke to Helen. I told Helen about the problem.
.

5 I gave my dad some chocolate. I gave my dad 14 Sally and her son are good friends. I saw they
the chocolate for his birthday. this morning.
.

B Order the words to make sentences that

include when clauses. 15 My parents give me a puppy when I was ten.
0 when my / born, the / mother was / family moved to .
Boston /.
16 My puppy’s name was Button. She came to bed with
When my mother was born, the family moved
I every night.
to Boston.
.
6 came / three we / when I was / to Florida / .
17 When Button was five, she has two puppies.
.
7 30 when / she was / her first baby / she had / .
18 Us named them Bread and Butter.
8 loved swimming / when I / a child I / was / . .

19 I played a lot with they.
9 my first / I got / bike when / I was six / . .

20 Them lived with us for many years.
10 I was / he told me / his age. / amazed when / .
.

Score / 20

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Vocabulary C Choose the correct words.

A Match the statements with the meanings. 0 William Shakespeare wrote / invented Romeo and
0 He got a job. a Juliet between 1594 and 1595.

1 He grew up. 11 Vasco da Gama explored / invented India in the

fifteenth century.
2 He graduated.
12 Sir Isaac Newton discovered / won gravity nearly
3 He got married. three centuries ago.
4 He was born. 13 Mozart composed / discovered the opera Don
5 He retired. Giovanni in 1787.
14 They fought / built the battle for over three days.
a He started to work.
15 The Wright brothers invented / explored the first
b He came out of his mother’s body as a baby.
flying machine.
c He completed his studies at a college.
D Complete the sentences with the words
d He became an adult.
in the box. There is one extra option.
e He stopped working because he was old.
died  ​
wrote  ​explored  ​got married  ​grew up  ​had
f He became someone’s husband.

B Complete the sentences with the words Heather (16) in England in the
in the box. There is one extra option. 17th century, but she came to Argentina when she
(17) . Her husband was Argentinian.
built  ​got  ​
enjoyed  ​grew up  ​retired  ​
was born  ​discovered They (18) six children and they
(19) Argentina with their family.
My father (0) was born in England, but he She (20) when she was 98 years old.
(6) in New York City. His father
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(7) a job in New York when my father
was a baby. My grandfather (8)
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a big building in Manhattan. When my grandfather
(9) last year, my father took him to
see the building again. My grandfather
(10) it a lot.

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