Test – Units 1 & 2 (30 pts) (your name and surname and the time you got up today)
1. Auxiliaries in questions ( __/ 2)
Add appropriate forms of “be”, “do” or “have”
1 What ……… I doing here?
2 Where ……… your brother work?
3 How long ……you had this car?
4 ……… she written the report yet?
2. Subject and object questions ( __/ 2.5)
The sentences below are incorrect. Correct them.
1 Where she usually goes for holiday?
2 How many people did see this accident?
3 Why you are writing this letter?
4 Which author did sell most books last year?
5 Who he met in the park yesterday?
3. Questions with prepositions ( __/ 1.5) Add appropriate prepositions.
1 Who are you writing this letter _____ ? 2 Who does she usually confide _____?
3 What are you going to spend this money ____?
4. Vocabulary – friendship ( __/ 4)
Complete the text
(words to choose from: up – on – away – off – separate – there – drifted – got – became – fell – common)
I first met Tina when I was at university. I must say we clicked ………(1) and soon
…………(2) close friends. We got ……… (3) well until the day when we …………(4) out about one of our friends. After that argument, we ended ……… (5) not talking to one another for weeks. Then, we went our ………(6) ways and have never met again Although it was so long ago, I still like her and regret that we …………(7) apart like that. It would be good if we could still be ………….. (8) for each other.
5. Adverbs of frequency ( __/ 3)
Put the adverbs into an appropriate place in the sentence.
1 She visits me. (from time to time) 2 He brings her flowers. (usually) 3 They are on time at school. (seldom) 4 I read books. (once in a blue moon)
5 I have dreamed of living in the USA (always) 6 He forgets to do his homework. (now and again)
6. Extreme adjectives: (__/2)
Rewrite the sentences using extreme adjectives instead the underlined forms:
1. Suddenly, I heard a very scary noise outside.
……… ………
2. I think I'll go to bed now – the day has been very tiring.
……… ………
3. Sending him an invitation was a very good idea.
………
4. I enjoyed the movie – it was very funny.
……… ………
7. Past Simple, Past Continuous and Present Perfect – Choose the correct tense. (__/7)
The most interesting adventure I ………… (ever experience) was when I ……… (go) to Spain for holiday. My friends and I ………… (stay) in a small hotel in the seaside. One evening, we
………… (decide) to go and take a walk on the beach. We ……… (walk) along the beach when we ………… (see) a huge shape which ………… (lie) a mile or so away. When we ………
(come) closer, the shape ... (turn out) to be a shark which had been cast upon the shore.
For several minutes, we ... (not know) what to do, but finally we ... (phone) the beach police. It ……… (take) them half an hour to push the shark back to the water. In the meantime, we ……… (watch and take) photos. This was the only time I ………
(see) a shark from such a small distance in my life.
8. Comparatives and superlatives (__/2,5)
Complete the sentences using the adjectives in brackets and any other necessary words.
1. Luckily, the disease wasn't ... as the doctors feared (dangerous).
2. She's definitely ……… in our school. (pretty)
3. I thought he could help me about it, but he was actually ... me (helpless) 4. This is ... food I've ever eaten (delicious)
5. The new hotel was ……… I thought, but the higher price was worth the comfort we had. (expensive)
9. Modifiers of comparatives and adjectives (__/1.5) In sentences in ex. 8, find best place for:
a) “slightly” b) “by far” c) “just”
10. QUICK OR TRICK (__/2)
Decide if the following sentences are true (Y) or false (N) 1) You need a scuba to do snorkeling _____
2) People have fun at a funeral _____
3) You put a plaster on a broken arm _____
4) Blisters can be painful _____
11.Choose one word from the box to complete the following sentences (__/6)
1. I had a ____________ of beer at a local pub last night.
2. Your ____________ to your classmates is really unacceptable. You should behave better than that.
3. She hadn’t tidied the shed for several months, so it was totally ____________.
4. I will never tell anyone what you have just told me – pinky ____________!
5. He wanted to talk to me about his problems, but I had to ____________ to work because I was already late.
6. My cat got me scared like hell when he brushed ____________ my face in the middle of the night.
Thirty-fiver: 12/30
