Units 1 and 2 practice

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Date Score

GRAMMAR

1 Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the sentences.

1 I can’t answer the phone because I have /am having a shower.

2 I like /am liking your new hairstyle. Which hairdresser do you use?
3 My favourite singer becomes /is becoming more and more popular.
4 What are you cooking? Mmm, it smells /is smelling delicious!
5 Jenny is often late; she almost never arrives /is arriving at school on time.
6 After three months in America, my pronunciation gets /is getting much better.
7 My brother is the one on the right. He’s got dark hair and he wears /is wearing black jeans.
8 Sam is in his room. I imagine he plays /is playing video games like he usually does.
9 I do believe /am believing that Nadal is going to win the match!
10 I’m putting on my jacket. It always is /is always cold in the evening at this time of year.

Score: / 10

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous.

1 I (drop) my mobile while I (cross) the road and a car drove over it!
2 While we (study) history yesterday, I (read) that most Roman houses were made
of wood.
3 Last week we (buy) some new furniture. When they brought it to the flat we
(realise) it was too big to go through the door!
4 Steve (have) his lunch when the doorbell (ring).
5 It’s very annoying. I (play) my new DVD and then it suddenly (stop).

Score: / 10

VOCABULARY

3 Complete the sentences with words f rom the box. T here are two words which you do not need to use.

creative curious dependable friendly generous polite shy unreliable

1 My sister is more than me. She can draw and make her own birthday cards.
2 It’s to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ in English, but it isn’t necessary in other languages.
3 I’m sure David will save the penalty because he is a very goalkeeper.
4 Don is quite . He often gets to class late and sometimes forgets his books.
5 People think I am sociable and confident, but in many situations I am very .
6 I am usually afraid of dogs, but yours is so and always happy to see me.

Score: /6

4 Complete the sentences with the correct alternative.

1 We can’t see our neighbour’s garden because they have a very tall roof /hedge.
2 We keep my old toys up in the attic /ceiling, but I don’t often go up there because of the spiders!
3 My parents’ bedroom has a small hedge /balcony. T hey use it in the summer.
4 My dad doesn’t like us eating our dinner on the sofa and watching T V in the living /dining room.
5 Jane has posters on the roof /ceiling of her bedroom so she can look up at her favourite singer from her bed.
6 When his dad’s car isn’t there, Dave plays table tennis in the garage /basement.
7 I prefer to do my homework in the balcony /study because it is quieter than the living room.
8 My grandparents’ house has a tall attic /chimney on the roof.

Score: /8