tests Pre-intermediate 4th edition / tests Pre-intermediate 4th edition / hwy_pre_int_unittests_3b

1Complete 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.

2One day I ______ (lie) in my hammock when suddenly a snake ______ (bite) me.

3De 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?

5A man suddenly______ (come) running down the mountain while I ______ (climb) up.

6What were the natives ______ (do) when he ______

(arrive) at the village?

2Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1 The strike brought (bring) the country to a stop.

2Manchester United______ (beat) Chelsea in the FA Cup Final.

3He______ (cut) his finger with a knife.

4The journey______ (take) three months.

5The injured police officer ______ (bleed) a lot.

6She ______ (go) into a dangerous part of the forest.

7We ______ (drive) from the east coast of the USA to the west.

8The soldiers ______ (fight) bravely but many died.

3Write 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

1What brought the country to a stop?

2____________________________

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4Write the Past Simple form of these regular verbs in the correct group.

5Choose 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.

6Read 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.

2why / you / go / Shanghai?

______________________

I went on business.

3when / they / plant / the bomb?

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Around seven o’clock, I think.

4how / you / break / arm?

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I was skate boarding and I fell badly.

5why / you / not listen?

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I wasn’t listening because I was tired.

6who / be / on strike?

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The train workers were.

7he / pay / a fine?

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Yes. It was $100.

7 Rewrite the sentences with the adverbs in brackets.

1He spoke. (often, slowly)

He often spoke slowly.

2My son is thirty years old and he lives at home. (already, still)

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3Do you win when you play tennis with your dad? (always, easily)

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4She checked her emails, she started work. (first, then)

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5Check your work for mistakes. (always, carefully)

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6Does he speak Hindi? (really, fluently)

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7We work and we party. (hard, hard, too)

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8 Write the dates in two ways.

the eleventh of January

January the eleventh

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9 Write the dates in words.

1 What date is US Independence Day? the fourth of July.

2What’s the date in five years’ time?

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3What’s the date tomorrow?

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4When’s your birthday?

_______________________

5What year were you born?

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6What year was your father born?

_______________________

10Choose 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?

9Please go in quietly / quiet. The film began ten minutes ago.

10Did you pass your piano exam easily / easy?

11Complete the sentences with the adverb form of the adjectives in the box.

2The native spoke ______ to the adventurers in Spanish.

3She kissed him goodbye ______ .

4Snow fell ______ and soon covered everything.

5We ______ agreed to run a marathon for charity!

6He waited ______ until it was his turn to speak.

12Translate 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?

13Write the preposition. Some sentences don’t need a preposition.

1 She arrived at the party at eleven o’clock.

2Shall we go out to dinner __ Thursday evening?

3I can’t believe we were on holiday __ a week ago!

4Are you doing anything special __ tonight?

5Our anniversary is __ 11 November.

6__ winter we always go skiing in Norway.

7We went to Trafalgar Square __ 2000 to celebrate New Year.