Practice Pack 5SL (1st test)

Tenses
1. Mrs Cooper __________ in the restaurant every Sunday. (eat)
2. I only __________ (buy) this jumper last year but yesterday my baby sister
__________ (cut) a hole in it.
3. Our cat never __________ on the kitchen table. (jump)
4. I usually __________ (not like) Indian curries, but this one __________ (taste)
delicious.
5. The baby __________ (start) to cry when she __________ (do) the washing up.
6. Look! The men __________ blue uniforms. (wear)
7. Last night I __________ (help) to peel the potatoes when Mary __________
(come) in.
8. The sun __________ (rise) when we finally __________ (reach) the hill yesterday.
9. This morning, father __________ (smoke) his pipe while mother __________
(read) a book.
10. The alarm __________ at seven o'clock every morning. (ring)
11. She __________ a red pullover and black jeans today. (wear)
12. Last week, we __________ (talk) about the movie while we __________ (walk)
home.
13. First, Sandra __________ (catch) the mouse in her flat and then she __________
(put) it outside.
14. You __________ (teach) me better than to believe anything I hear.

Word Order
1. have / lunch / fish / seldom / for / we

2. at home / in the afternoon / always / stays / my friend

3. never / is / late / for work / Henry / late

4. will / buy / probably / her boyfriend / some flowers / her

5. definitely / to / my uncle / soon / is / moving / Stockholm

6. Ireland / liked / much / in / was / month / very / I / and / last / there / it / I

7. news, / phoned / immediately / when / I / heard / her / the / I

8. garden / last / played / in / the / girls / the / night

9. touch / told / woman / anything / museum / to / me / the / not / the / in

10. two / yesterday / nest / a / birds / busily / saw / building / I

Questions and Negations

1. _______________________________ well last night? (you/ sleep)

2. _______________________________ mum every day? (she/ help)
3. Tim _______________________________ that picture yesterday. (not/ draw)
4. The students _______________________________ the test right now. (not/
write)
5. He _______________________________ the car by the shop on Sundays.
(not/ park)
6. Look! That lady _______________________________ her uniform. (not/ wear)
7. What _______________________________ in our garden all night? (the man/
do)
8. _______________________________ in the pool right now? (the boys/ swim)
9. He _______________________________ chocolate too much. (not/ like)
10. _______________________________ that picture of your sister last year or
was it me? (you/ take)

Language in Use

https://www.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Langu
age_(ESL)/Friendship/Friends_Word_Formation_FCE_xi2831184ca (A2)

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf044-
sentences.htm (A2)

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/testing-
students.htm (B1)

Reading

https://www.examenglish.com/A2/A2_reading_daily_routine.htm (A2)

https://www.examenglish.com/A2/A2_reading_free_time.htm (A2)

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/b1-reading/social-media-
influencers (B1)
Writing

Sarah, your friend at your English partner school in Cambridge, has asked you
to tell him about your favourite movie/ TV show character. You have decided
to send her an email.
In your email you should:
 describe your favourite movie/ TV show character’s personality
 describe the character’s favourite activities
 explain a scene in which this character did something you found
entertaining or impressive

Write around 200 words.

Solutions

Tenses

1. eats
2. bought / cut
3. jumps
4. don’t like / tastes
5. started/ was doing
6. are wearing
7. was helping/ came
8. was rising/ reached
9. was smoking/ was reading
10. rings
11. is wearing
12. were talking/ were walking
13. caught/ put
14. taught

Word Order

1. We seldom have lunch for dinner. (frequency)

2. My friend always stays at home in the afternoon.
3. Henry is never late for work.
4. Her boyfriend will probably buy her some flowers.
5. My uncle is definitely moving to Stockholm soon.
6. I was in Ireland last month and I liked it very much there.
7. When I heard the news, I phoned her immediately.
8. The girls played in the garden last night
9. The woman told me not to touch anything in the museum.
10. Yesterday, I saw two birds busily building a nest.

Questions and Negations

1. Did you sleep well last night?

2. Does she help mum every day?
3. Tim did not draw that picture yesterday.
4. The students are not writing the test right now.
5. He does not park the car by the shop on Sundays.
6. Look! That lady is not wearing her uniform.
7. What was the man doing in our garden all night?
8. Are the boys swimming in the pool right now?
9. He doesn’t like chocolate too much.
10. Did you take that picture of your sister last year or was it me?