Name _____________________________

Class ____________________________

Unit test 3B

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the Past Simple or
Past Perfect.
1 She (recognize) recognized me because we (meet) had met at her art gallery some years
earlier.
2 The film (start) ________ before I (get) ________ to the cinema, so I missed the
beginning.
3 I (not write) ________ my report because my boss (not ask) ________ for it.
4 When I (see) ________ him, he was sweaty because he (go) ________ running.
5 It (be) ________ cold in February, but January (be) ________ even colder.
6 They (quarrel) ________ before they (come) ________ here.

2 points for each correct answer 10

2 Choose the correct forms of the verbs.

Conversation 1
A (1) Did you go / Had you gone / Were you going into town at lunchtime?
B (2) Yes, I had gone / went / were going to the bank.
A And (3) did you get / were you getting / had you got any money out for the party this
evening?
B No. I (4) wanted / were wanting / have wanted to, but then I (5) remembered / had
remembered / were remembering that I (6) didn’t have / hadn’t had / wasn’t having my
bank card with me.
Conversation 2
A What are you doing here? Nicole rang on her mobile to say she (7) waited / was waited /
was waiting for you at the airport all afternoon.
B I (8) was going / was gone / went to the airport at two, but I (9) didn’t find / hadn’t found
/ wasn’t finding her.
A But she was there for hours! (10) Hadn’t she told / Wasn’t she telling / Wasn’t she told
you where to meet her there?
B I think she (11) had told / was telling / was told me, but I forgot!
A Well, it’s your fault that she (12) had to / used to / was to take a taxi.

1 point for each correct answer 10

3 Complete the sentences with the correct Past Simple form of the verb, active
or passive.
1 Peggy (dismiss) was dismissed from her job due to missing deadlines.
2 (record) ________ the incident ________ in history books?
3 Many famous American novels (write) ________ in the 1920s.
4 Van Gogh (move) ________ voluntarily into an asylum for the insane.
5 His self-portrait (sell) ________ for more than $70 million.
6 The dictionary (use) ________ to keep the kitchen door open.
7 Professor Olsen (meet) ________ at the station by the driver.
8 When I was young, I (work) ________ at McDonald’s at the weekends.
9 They (bury) ________ the painter in Auvers-sur-Oise.
10 The baby (not wake) ________ up by the doorbell.
Name _____________________________
Class ____________________________

Unit test 3B

11 Our previous neighbours (quarrel) ________ a lot about housework.

1 point for each correct answer 10

4 Complete the sentences with the correct past form of the appropriate verb.
1 F Scott Fitzgerald met Zelda Sayer while he was training with the US Army. (train /
meet)
2 She ________ her first novel in 2003. It ________ two years later. (publish / write)
3 After they ________, they ________ the problem very quickly. (forget / quarrel)
4 When Juliet ________ her dead husband, she ________ suicide. (commit / see)
5 I ________ in love with my wife instantly when I ________ her at a party. (fall / see)
6 She ________ the suggestion that I ________ earlier. (make / reject)

1 point for each correct answer 10

5 Correct the mistake in the sentences. Tick the three correct sentences.
1 When I was just a little boy, I was asking my father: ‘What will I be?’ asked
2 A lot of things happened when they met for the first time. ____
3 Last week I used to visit my cousin. ____
4 I used to have long hair as a child. I haven’t got much hair these days. ____
5 The Prince banished Romeo from the city after he’d heard of the deaths. ____
6 I wasn’t paid attention when you explained the plan for tomorrow. ____
7 It was already 10 a.m. when I was waking up. ____
8 After the storm was destroying it, the place looked horrible. ____
9 Last Saturday I had gone cycling with my brother. ____
10 He was wearing a white jacket when I had seen him last month. ____
11 Vivaldi’s concertos had become more popular after he died. ____

1 point for each correct answer 10

6 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs.

Gertrude Stein was born in 1874 in the USA, and, in her childhood, her family (1 live) lived in
Europe. Before Stein (2 move) ________ back to Europe as a young woman, she (3 be)
________ a student of psychology and medicine in California. It was while she (4 study)
________ at the medical university that she (5 decide) ________ to return to Paris to
become a writer.
During the 1920s and 30s, her home (6 become) ________ a centre for creative people.
Although Stein’s career (7 involve) ________ writing her own books, she was better known
as a friend of some of the 20th century’s most famous artists and writers. She (8 write)
________ a lot of novels, including Three Lives, which (9 publish) ________ in 1909. Her
best-known book, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, (10 be) ________ mainly about
herself, and not really about Alice B. Toklas, her life-long partner. Gertrude Stein (11 die)
________ in 1946.

1 point for each correct answer 10

Name _____________________________
Class ____________________________

Unit test 3B

7 Change the underlined incorrect word to the correct word that sounds the
same.
1 I quite like pairs, but I don’t like apples. pears
2 You’re my best friend in the hole world. ________
3 Please read this allowed to the class. ________
4 I hope you’re not weighting for me in the rain! ________
5 I’ve got two daughters and a sun. ________
6 He arrived at the party in a white shirt and blew jeans. ________
7 Pleased to meat you. ________
8 They fought for years before they made piece. ________
9 I go week at the knees when I meet her. ________
10 She court a cold, so she couldn’t go to work. ________
11 In my teenage years I used to where black clothes. ________

1 point for each correct answer 10

8 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

as beloved despite down motion on

pretended sense to uninvited used

1 I would like to find a boyfriend with a sense of humour.

2 He saw the Chinese vase fall as if in slow ________ .
3 Of course you can’t read this sign! It’s upside ________ .
4 The accident happened at 9.25, according ________ the police officer.
5 Unfortunately, he had an accident, but now he’s ________ the mend.
6 I still love her, ________ all the problems we had.
7 Van Gogh was recognized ________ a genius after his death.
8 I ________ to be quite slim as a child. Now I’m just average.
9 We ________ to agree with the suggestion, but we didn’t mean it.
10 She said farewell to her ________ children and got on the train.
11 We decided to go to the party ________ .

1 point for each correct answer 10

9 Complete the statements with question tags.

1 That new reality show on TV was boring, wasn’t it?
2 We get on very well, ________ ?
3 You’ve always fancied me, ________ ?
4 She’s really jealous, ________ ?
5 It’s a horrible morning, ________ ?
6 You really don’t like modern art, ________ ?

1 point for each correct answer 5

Name _____________________________
Class ____________________________

Unit test 3B

10 Put the words in order to make a conversation.

A (1) showed / had written / new / the / poem / Sheila / that / last month / she / Yesterday /
me .
Yesterday Sheila showed me the new poem that she had written last month.
B Oh! (2) of / you / it / did / think / What / ?
__________________________________
A I really liked it. (3) just / poems / amazing / are / Her / !
__________________________________
B Yes. (4) her / horrible / But / clothes / they / are / aren’t / absolutely / ?
__________________________________
A (5) all / that’s / not / at / Actually, / true / . She’s got great taste!
__________________________________
B (6) you / have / But / always / her / fancied / you / haven’t / ?
__________________________________

1 point for each correct answer 5

11 Translate the sentences into your language.

1 Jess and Daniel are a really lovely couple, aren’t they?
__________________________________
2 We didn’t do much. We just talked for a bit.
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3 Do you think opposites attract?
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4 I don’t think he’s the one for her.
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5 He would never leave her side.
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6 I had an early night.
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7 They get on well together, don’t they?
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8 She’s head over heels in love with him.
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9 His genius was unrecognized in his lifetime.
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10 I did some stuff on the computer.
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1 point for each correct answer 10

TOTAL 100