End-of-the-book_TestA_Units_1-14.doc

END-OF-THE-BOOK TEST UNITS 1-14   TEST A

1              Circle the correct words.

0              I enjoy be / being here.

1              This aeroplane seems being / to be very old.

2              We have never lied / didn’t never lie to you.

3              I’ve forgot / forgotten what I was saying.

4              We were gave / given this clock by my uncle.

5              Most thieves steal / are stolen at night.

6              When I was young, I’ve been / I went to a private school.

7              A               ‘I was outside the cinema at 6 o’clock’

              B               What did he say?

              C               He said he has / had been outside the    cinema at 6 o’clock.

8              If you were / would be rich, what would you buy?

9              You don’t have to / mustn’t wear a suit. You can wear anything you want.

10              She loves Tim, isn’t / doesn’t she?

2              Five of these sentences have mistakes. Find and correct them. Tick (V) those sentences that are correct.

0              We offered driving them, but they said ‘No’.                                                          to drive .   

1              He stopped reading and cooked dinner.                                                        _______

2              I haven’t ate curry before. It’s delicious.                                                        _______

3              Have you ever done anything stupid?                                                                      _______

4              We were won the match easily.                                                                      _______

5              John’s pen has been stolen. Who did it?                                                        _______

6              Peter told me that he had got lost on holiday in London.                            _______

7              I saw Trevor last week. He had just came back from Russia.                            _______

8              If I would work harder, I would do better at school.                                          _______

9              You’re ill. You must to stay in bed.                                                                      _______

10              They don’t want to watch this, do they?                                                        _______

3              Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

0              I miss (have)     having    lots of friends.

1              I prefer (be) _______________ early to being late.

2              (You ever write) _______________anything for a newspaper?

3              I (not take) _______________ any photos yet.

4              Did you know that this programme (watch) _______________ by 10 million people last week?

5              We (not give) _______________ any homework by Mr Smith yet.

6              When I met Tom he (be) _______________ a teacher for 6 years.

7              If you (can) _______________ meet anybody in the world who would you want to meet?

8              Do you fancy (go) _______________ for a walk in the park?

9              She (eat) _______________ meet, doesn’t she?

10              The hotel (be) _______________ nice, won’t it?

4              Complete the text. Use the correct forms of the words in capital letters.

Last week, I went to our library.

I hadn’t (0)     been    there before.                            BE

I didn’t know where things were

but the (1) _______________ was                            LIBRARY

very helpful. She showed me the

books and also a reading room.

It was very quiet so I took a

newspaper and started reading.

The main stories were about

crime, murders, (2) _______________              THIEF

and (3) _______________. It also said              BURGLE

that there had been an increase

in (4) _______________.  It was too                            VANDAL

depressing so I read an article

about a (5) _______________                            JOURNAL

who had investigated some of

the (6) _______________ who work                            POLITICS

in our (7) _______________. It said                            GOVERN

that they had (8) _______________ over               STEAL

$1 million. The rest of the paper

was gossip about the winner of

a (9) _______________ TV show.                            REAL

It was boring and very

(10) _______________ so I stopped                              PREDICT

reading, chose a book and went home.

5              Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in capital letters. Do not change the meaning of the original sentences.

0              I like watching films more than soap operas.
TO
I     prefer watching films to    watching soap operas.

1              I hate reading gossip columns.
STAND
I ________________________________________________ gossip columns.

2              What time did Larry come to work today?
UP
What time did Larry ________________________________________________ work today?

3              The last time I went to the zoo was in 2003.
BEEN
I ________________________________________________ the zoo since 2003.

4              I started living here 2 years ago.
FOR
I ________________________________________________ two years.

5              Why can’t you be nice to your brother?
GET
Why can’t you ________________________________________________ your brother?

6              Our teacher has told us we have to work harder if we want to pass our exams.
HAVE
________________________________________________ by our teacher that we have to work harder if we want to pass our exams.

7              All the students were given prizes by the teacher.
ALL
The teacher ________________________________________________ the students prizes.

8              Beth said that she couldn’t do her homework.
MY
‘I ________________________________________________ ...