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Level: INTERMEDIATE 2

LESSON 18: REVIEW TEST

I. Choose the correct answer
1. No sooner ______ down than the phone rang.
A. I had sat B. do I sit
C. had I sat D. was I sitting
2. Never ______ a greater day in the history of mankind.
A. did there be B. was there
C. there was D. there has been
3. Little ______ that I knew his secret.
A. did John know B. John did know
C. was John know D. John knew
4. Seldom ______ such a rude person!
A. have I met B. I have met
C. did I met D. am I meeting
5. Only after doing his chores ______ to go to meet his friends.
A. Jason was allowed B. did Jason allow
C. was allowed Jason D. was Jason allowed
6. If it ______ for the heavy storm, the accident would not have happened.
A. isn’t B. hadn’t been C. were D. weren’t
7. The temperature ______ takes place varies widely from material to material.
A. which melting C. at which melting
B. which they melt D. at which they melt
8. Why don’t you get a doctor _________ at your arm?
A. to look B. looks C. look D. be looking

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9. My teeth were a little yellow so I _________ by the dentist.

A. had cleaned them B. have them cleaned
C. was cleaned them D. had them cleaned
10. Mum and Dad didn’t fancy cooking, so they got a pizza _________.
A. be delivered B. to be delivered C. delivered D. Deliver
11. We pay for the tickets as Josie won them in a competition.
A. mustn't B. didn't have to C. couldn't D. hadn't to
12. You really…………………..make such a mountain out of a molehill!
A. can't B. won't C. mightn't D. shouldn't
13. They said they couldn’t come to my party, …………….. me a little bit disappointed.
A. who B. which C. what D. that
14. The police have found the picture ……………………. last month.
A. which stole B. was stolen C. stolen D. being stolen
15. If he had been promoted last week, he ……………… very happy now.
A. would have felt B. would feel C. feels D. is feeling

II. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. I found the whole experience absolutely _____________________. (EMBARRASS)
2. Since _____________________ has been so poor the class is being closed. (ATTEND)
3. It’s hard to imagine the ____________________ of hand phones nowadays. (POPULAR)
4. He gets angry if you _____________________ with his idea. (AGREE)
5. Some designers have _____________________ the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on
it. (MODERN)

III. Complete the news article by putting in the correct active or passive form of the verb
in brackets. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.
Noisier and noisier
For the last ten years, engineers (►) ___have been measuring___ (measure) noise
levels in Britain’s cities. The study (►) ____has just been completed___ (just / complete),
and it (1)_________ (show) that there is more noise than ever before. More and more
people (2)_________ (drive) mad by the sounds of the city. Complaints about noise (3)
_________ (increase) constantly over the last twenty years. Last year almost 300,000
complaints (4)_________ (make). The least favorite sources of noise (5) _________ (include)
loud music, barking dogs, mobile phones, car alarms and home improvements. We are all

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familiar with the problems. How is it that a car alarm (6) _________ (can / hear) by
everyone except the owner of the car? Why (7) _________ electric drills _________ (have to
/ use) early on Sunday morning? Why (8) _________ arguments _________ (carry) on with
the windows wide open? “Noise (9)_________ (still / increase),” said a member of the
research group. These days, traffic (10)_________ (start) earlier in the morning, and shops
and clubs (11) _________ (stay) open later. The problem must be tackled. People (12)
_________ (can / drive) to commit suicide because of noise. So why (13) _________ nothing
_________ (do) about the problem? Up to now the government (14) _________(pay) little
attention to it, but now action is needed. We all hope that the results of our study (15)
_________ (not / ignore).

IV. Reading: Choose the best answers

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being
corrected all the time: If corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times
a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit
by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people. In the same
way, children learning to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught to walk,
run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle compare their own performances with those of more skilled
people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to
find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we
thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it
unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let
him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the
answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

If it is a matter or right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer
book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should our teachers waste time on such routine
work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find the way to get the
right answer. Let’s end all this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out,
and let the children learn what all educated persons must some days learn, how to measure
their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.

Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as
school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at
school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense in a world as complicated as rapidly

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changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, but suppose they fail to learn something
essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.

Question 1: What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things?
A. by copying what other people do
B. by asking a great many questions
C. by listening to explanations from skilled people
D. by making mistakes and having them corrected
Question 2: What does the author think teachers do which they should not do?
A. They allow children to mark their own work.
B. They encourage children to copy from one another.
C. They point out children’s mistakes to them.
D. They give children correct answers.
Question 3: The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are
________.
A. basically different from learning adult skills
B. not really important skills
C. basically the same as learning other skills
D. more important than other skills
Question 4: Exams, grades and marks should be abolished because children’s progress
should only be estimated by ________.
A. the children themselves B. educated persons
C. teachers D. parents
Question 5: The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are ________.
A. unable to use basic skills B. too independent of others
C. too critical of themselves D. unable to think for themselves

V. Writing
Rewrite each sentence beginning as shown, so that the meaning remains the same
Example: He wrote the letter in two hours.
It took him two hours to write the letter.
1. People think the restaurant closes at 3 pm every day.
It ________________________________________________________________
2. We got lost because we didn't have a map.

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If we ___________________________________________________________________
3. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
The man is ______________________________________________________________.
4. I last saw him when I was a student.
I haven't ________________________________________________________________
5. John was too excited to sleep.
John was _______________________________________________________________
6. Robert has not had a job for two years.
Robert has been __________________________________________________________
7. She will complete the work only she is paid extra.
She will not ______________________________________________________________
8. The only way you can become a good athlete is by training hard every day.
9. Only by ______________________________________________________________
The snowfall was so heavy that all the trains had to be cancelled.
So ____________________________________________________________________
10. The bus driver cannot be blamed for the accident in any way.
In ____________________________________________________________________

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Level: INTERMEDIATE 2
LESSON 13: REVIEW TEST
Teacher’s Notes and Answers
I. Choose the correct answer
1. No sooner ______ down than the phone rang.
A. I had sat B. do I sit
C. had I sat D. was I sitting
2. Never ______ a greater day in the history of mankind.
A. did there be B. was there
C. there was D. there has been
3. Little ______ that I knew his secret.
A. did John know B. John did know
C. was John know D. John knew
4. Seldom ______ such a rude person!
A. have I met B. I have met
C. did I met D. am I meeting
5. Only after doing his chores ______ to go to meet his friends.
A. Jason was allowed B. did Jason allow
C. was allowed Jason D. was Jason allowed
6. If it ______ for the heavy storm, the accident would not have happened.
A. isn’t B. hadn’t been C. were D. weren’t
7. The temperature ______ takes place varies widely from material to material.
A. which melting C. at which melting
B. which they melt D. at which they melt
8. Why don’t you get a doctor _________ at your arm?
A. to look B. looks C. look D. be looking
9. My teeth were a little yellow so I _________ by the dentist.
A. had cleaned them B. have them cleaned
C. was cleaned them D. had them cleaned
10. Mum and Dad didn’t fancy cooking, so they got a pizza _______

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A. be delivered B. to be delivered C. delivered D. Deliver

11. We pay for the tickets as Josie won them in a competition.
A. mustn't B. didn't have to C. couldn't D. hadn't to
12. You really…………………..make such a mountain out of a molehill!
A. can't B. won't C. mightn't D. shouldn't
13. They said they couldn’t come to my party, …………….. me a little bit disappointed.
A. who B. which C. what D. that
14. The police has found the picture ……………………. last month.
A. which stole B. was stolen C. stolen D. being stolen
15. If he had been promoted last week, he ……………… very happy now.
A. would have felt B. would feel C. feels D. is feeling

II. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.

1. I found the whole experience absolutely ___embarrassing___. (EMBARRASS)
2. Since ___attendance___ has been so poor the class is being closed. (ATTEND)
3. It’s hard to imagine the ___popularity___ of hand phones nowadays. (POPULAR)
4. He gets angry if you __disagree__ with his idea. (AGREE)
5. Some designers have __modernized___ the Ao dai by printing lines of poetry on it.
(MODERN)

III. Complete the news article by putting in the correct active or passive form of the verb
in brackets. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.
Noisier and noisier
For the last ten years, engineers (►) ….have been measuring…. (measure) noise levels in
Britain’s cities. The study (►)….has just been completed…. (just / complete), and it (1)
……………shows / has shown………… (show) that there is more noise than ever before. More
and more people (2) ………are being driven / are driven………… (drive) mad by the sounds of
the city. Complaints about noise (3) ………have been increasing / have increased…………
(increase) constantly over the last twenty years. Last year almost 300,000 complaints (4)
…………were made………… (make). The least favorite sources of noise (5) ………include /
included/ have included………… (include) loud music, barking dogs, mobile phones, car
alarms and home improvements. We are all familiar with the problems. How is it that a car
alarm (6) ……can be heard……… (can / hear) by everyone except the owner of the car? Why

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(7) ……… do……… electric drills ………have to be used……… (have to / use) early on Sunday
morning? Why (8) ………are…… arguments ………carried…… (carry) on with the windows wide
open? “Noise (9) …………is still increasing……… (still / increase),” said a member of the
research group. These days traffic (10) …………starts / is starting……… (start) earlier in the
morning, and shops and clubs (11) ………stay / are staying……… (stay) open later. The
problem must be tackled. People (12) ………can be driven……… (can / drive) to commit
suicide because of noise. So why (13) ……is / is / has…… nothing ………done / being done /
been done……… (do) about the problem? Up to now the government (14) ……has paid……
(pay) little attention to it, but now action is needed. We all hope that the results of our study
(15) ……will not be ignored / are not ignored………(not / ignore).

IV. Reading
Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being
corrected all the time: If corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times
a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit
by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people. In the same
way, children learning to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught to walk,
run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle compare their own performances with those of more skilled
people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to
find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we
thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it
unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let
him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the
answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

If it is a matter or right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer
book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should our teachers waste time on such routine
work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can't find the way to get the
right answer. Let’s end all this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out,
and let the children learn what all educated persons must some days learn, how to measure
their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.

Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as
school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at
school and used for the rest of one’s life is nonsense in a world as complicated as rapidly

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changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, but suppose they fail to learn something
essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.
Question 1: What does the author think is the best way for children to learn things?
A. by copying what other people do
B. by asking a great many questions
C. by listening to explanations from skilled people
D. by making mistakes and having them corrected
Question 2: What does the author think teachers do which they should not do?
A. They allow children to mark their own work.
B. They encourage children to copy from one another.
C. They point out children’s mistakes to them.
D. They give children correct answers.
Question 3: The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are
________.
A. basically different from learning adult skills
B. not really important skills
C. basically the same as learning other skills
D. more important than other skills
Question 4: Exams, grades and marks should be abolished because children’s progress
should only be estimated by ________.
A. the children themselves B. educated persons
C. teachers D. parents
Question 5: The author fears that children will grow up into adults who are ________.
A. unable to use basic skills B. too independent of others
C. too critical of themselves D. unable to think for themselves

V. Writing:
Rewrite each sentence beginning as shown, so that the meaning remains the same.
Example: He wrote the letter in two hours.
It took him two hours to write the letter.
1. People think the restaurant closes at 3 pm every day.
It is thought that the restaurant closedat 3 pm every day.

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2. We got lost because we didn't have a map.

If we ______ had had a map, we wouldn't have got lost _______
3. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car.
The man is believed to have escaped in a stolen car.
4. I last saw him when I was a student.
I haven't _____ seen him since I was a student.____
5. John was too excited to sleep.
John was ____ so excited that she couldn't sleep.____
6. Robert has not had a job for two years.
Robert has been ____ out of job/ jobless/ unemployed for two years.___
7. She will complete the work only she is paid extra.
She will not complete the work unless she is paid extra/ if she is not paid extra.
8. The only way you can become a good athlete is by training hard every day.
Only by training hard every day can you become a good athlete.
9. The snowfall was so heavy that all the trains had to be cancelled.
So heavy was the snowfall that all the trains had to be cancelled.
10. The bus driver cannot be blamed for the accident in any way.
In no way can the bus driver be blamed for the accident.

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