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Unit
test 3B
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1 Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 We were talking (talk) to our friends when a plane ______ (fly) noisily overhead.
2 One day I ______ (lie) in my hammock when suddenly a snake ______ (bite) me.
3 De Palma ______ (start) his journey in Russia and ______ (finish) it two years later in China.
4 ______ (you, go) out last night or ______ (you, stay) at home?
5 A man suddenly______ (come) running down the mountain while I ______ (climb) up.
6 What were the natives ______ (do) when he ______ (arrive) at the village?
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2 Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1 The strike brought (bring) the country to a stop.
2 Manchester United ______ (beat) Chelsea in the FA Cup Final.
3 He______ (cut) his finger with a knife.
4 The journey______ (take) three months.
5 The injured police officer ______ (bleed) a lot.
6 She ______ (go) into a dangerous part of the forest.
7 We ______ (drive) from the east coast of the USA to the west.
8 The soldiers ______ (fight) bravely but many died.
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3 Write the questions for the sentences in exercise 2 with the question words from the box. You can use a question word more than once.
What Where How long How Who
1 What brought the country to a stop?
2 ____________________________
3 ____________________________
4 ____________________________
5 ____________________________
6 ____________________________
7 ____________________________
8 ____________________________
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4 Write the Past Simple form of these regular verbs in the correct group.
mend live explode
die walk want refuse
stop watch
laugh listen injure record star work
decide
/d/ injured ______________________________
/t/ watched ______________________________
/ɪd/ exploded ______________________________
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5 Choose the correct options.
It was Saturday afternoon and there were lots of people in the gallery. Some (1) looked / were looking at the paintings, and some (2) talked / were talking on their mobiles. Can it really be true that nobody (3) saw / was seeing the well-dressed woman who (4) took / was taking a £1,000,000 Matisse picture? It seems incredible, but the cameras in the gallery (5) recorded / were recording all day, and (6) didn’t show / were not showing a thing!
The thief (7) stole / was stealing the valuable picture from a London gallery yesterday. Then she (8) got / was getting into a cab and she (9) drove / was driving away. The woman, who (10) wore / was wearing a black coat and (11) had / was having a large hat on, (12) took / was taking the drawing without anyone noticing, the London Voice (13) reported / was reporting.
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6 Read the answers. Then use the notes to write the questions.
1 what / you / do / last night?
What did you do last night?
We watched the football.
2 why / you / go / Shanghai?
______________________
I went on business.
3 when / they / plant / the bomb?
______________________
Around seven o’clock, I think.
4 how / you / break / arm?
______________________
I was skate boarding and I fell badly.
5 why / you / not listen?
______________________
I wasn’t listening because I was tired.
6 who / be / on strike?
______________________
The train workers were.
7 he / pay / a fine?
______________________
Yes. It was $100.
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7 Rewrite the sentences with the adverbs in brackets.
1 He spoke. (often, slowly)
He often spoke slowly.
2 My son is thirty years old and he lives at home. (already, still)
________________________
3 Do you win when you play tennis with your dad? (always, easily)
________________________
4 She checked her emails, she started work. (first, then)
________________________
5 Check your work for mistakes. (always, carefully)
________________________
6 Does he speak Hindi? (really, fluently)
________________________
7 We work and we party. (hard, hard, too)
________________________
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8 Write the dates in two ways.
1 11/01 the eleventh of January
January the eleventh
2 27/12 ________________________
________________________
3 05/07 ________________________
________________________
4 31/10 ________________________
________________________
5 02/01 ________________________
________________________
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9 Write the dates in words.
1 What date is US Independence Day?
the fourth of July
2 What’s the date in five years’ time?
_______________________
3 What’s the date tomorrow?
_______________________
4 When’s your birthday?
_______________________
5 What year were you born?
_______________________
6 What year was your father born?
_______________________
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10 Choose the correct options.
1 We almost / almostly died!
2 The gunfire hurt me bad / badly.
3 The answer was complete / completely wrong.
4 The train was fastly / fast but travelled smoothly.
5 Did you always get up late / lately when you were a student?
6 The dentist told me to clean my teeth regular / regularly.
7 We’re just / justly in time to catch the bus.
8 Were they getting on well / good when you saw them?
9 Please go in quietly / quiet. The film began ten minutes ago.
10 Did you pass your piano exam easily / easy?
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11 Complete the sentences with the adverb form of the adjectives in the box.
careful
fluent brave heavy
patient passionate
1 I checked the damage to my car carefully .
2 The native spoke ______ to the adventurers in Spanish.
3 She kissed him goodbye ______ .
4 Snow fell ______ and soon covered everything.
5 We ______ agreed to run a marathon for charity!
6 He waited ______ until it was his turn to speak.
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12 Translate the sentences.
1 Why did you refuse to go down the chute?
2 Do you think Bob Dylan is a folk hero?
3 I didn’t sleep in the hammock last night because it was cold.
4 When did you last cook a meal for your friends?
5 What’s the date of your parents’ anniversary?
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13 Write the preposition. Some sentences don’t need a preposition.
1 She arrived at the party at eleven o’clock.
2 Shall we go out to dinner __ Thursday evening?
3 I can’t believe we were on holiday __ a week ago!
4 Are you doing anything special __ tonight?
5 Our anniversary is __ 11 November.
6 __ winter we always go skiing in Norway.
7 We went to Trafalgar Square __ 2000 to celebrate New Year.
1 point for each correct answer |
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