Language Test 1A*

Grammar 9 She (not drive)

1 Choose the correct options.
1 At six o’clock yesterday evening,
I watched / was watching TV in
the living room.
2 She didn’t hear / wasn’t hearing
anything last night.
3 They had / were having dinner
when the phone rang.
4 He woke up / was waking up and
had / having a shower. Then he
got / was getting dressed.
5 It was a beautiful day. The birds
sang / were singing and the sun
shone / was shining.
6 Mum burned / was burning her
hand while she was cooking.
7 While we slept / were sleeping,
there was an earthquake.
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2 Complete the sentences with the
correct form of used to and the
verbs in brackets.
1 My family and I
(live) in a village. It was boring.
2 Anna (not have)
short hair, but she cut it last
month.
3 ‘He doesn’t play football any
more.’ ‘ (he / play) for
the school team?’
4 Where (they / go) for
their holidays every year?
5 I (hate) Maths, but this
year it’s my favourite subject.
6 Dad (not work) at
weekends, but now he does.
7 ‘Mary (have) her
own shop.’ ‘Really? What
(she / sell)?’
8 The children (love)
eating sweets, but now they
prefer fruit.
because she didn’t have a car.
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Vocabulary
3 Complete the sentences with
compound nouns.
1 The fishermen in their boats
could see the old
l_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on the rocks.
2 The c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ keeps the
place very clean.
3 It was winter, so they went to
town on their s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _s.
4 The s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _s of New
York are the most beautiful
buildings in the world.
5 They want to go out tonight, but
they can’t find a
b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for the
children.
6 The s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ left the
Earth’s atmosphere and travelled
towards the Moon.
7 Jack is my c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. He
sits behind me at school.
8 The s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _s come near
to the beach, and it’s dangerous
to swim here.
9 Most b_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
have an office, but they don’t all
make a lot of money!
10 Our teachers give us a lot of
h_ _ _ _ _ _ _.
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4 Match the sentence beginnings
(1–10) to the sentences endings
(a–j).
1 My granny looked
2 Mum and Dad want to go
3 She set
4 Have you got a pen? I want Dialogue 2
to fill
if It’s so
5 At the weekend the kids usually
so such
hang
6 She tried to solve the puzzle, Judy I love that song! It’s
but she gave 6 great!
7 I looked on the internet to Jim Great? I don’t think
find 7 ! It’s my sister’s
8 The little boy ran favourite song and she
9 My sister and I got plays it all the time.
10 I’m looking 8 so annoying!
Judy Doesn’t she use
a after us when we were children. headphones?
b out with their friends at the park. Jim As 9 ! She’s 10
c away from home because he was a selfish person!
unhappy.
d away on holiday this summer. ___/10 marks
e back home at 11 o’clock.
f for my glasses, but I can’t find Total: ___/50 marks
them.
g in this form.
h out some information about the
subject.
i up a new business last year.
j up because it was so difficult.

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Speaking
5 Complete the dialogues with the
words in the box.

Dialogue 1
as really so
so tidy
Jane I love your new house,
Amy. And your bedroom
is 1 cool!
Amy Thanks, Jane. Yes, it’s
nicer than my old room.
That was 2 small.
Jane And it’s so 3 ! What
about your brother’s
room? Is it neat, too?
Amy 4 if! He’s 5
messy! There are clothes
and DVDs all over the
place!