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Unit test 7A Continued

1 Choose the correct options.

1 How long have you lived / did you live here? You haven’t unpacked yet!

2 Did / Have you ever been married?

3 We have lived / lived here for five years and we’re very happy here.

4 What have you done / did you do at the weekend?

5 She moved / has moved to Barcelona in 2001.

6 I haven’t seen / didn’t see you for months! How are you?

7 They got / have got back from their holiday last night.

8 What did he do / has he done before he became a politician?

9 When have you inherited / did you inherit the house?

10 How long have you known / did you know the Duke and Duchess? They’re charming!

11 My great-grandmother died / has died last year.

1 point for each correct answer

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2 Complete the conversations with the Present Simple, Present Perfect, or Past Simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Conversation 1

A (1 do) What do you do?

B (2 be) I 'm a foreign correspondent for The Times.

A (3 work) Where ______ you ______?

B All over the world.

A (4 work) How long ______ you ______ as a correspondent?

B (5 leave) Since I ______ school.

Conversation 2

A (6 meet) Where ______ you ______ Anya?

B At a tennis match at Wimbledon.

A (7 know) How long ______ you ______ each other?

B About ten years.

A (8 talk) What ______ you ______ about at the match?

B (9 talk) We ______ about our passion for tennis!

Conversation 3

A (10 have) ______ you ______ an iPad?

B Yes, I do.

A (11 cost) How much ______ it ______ ?

B (12 pay) My dad ______ for it. So I don’t know exactly.

1 point for each correct answer

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3 Complete the text with an appropriate form of the verbs in the box.

enjoy move be (x2) grow write finish have begin use

Erica Luetzow (1) has worked as an interpreter for twenty years and (2) _______ fluent in Spanish. At present she runs a freelance translation and interpretation business in Raleigh, North Carolina.

‘While I was in college on a language course in Mexico, I (3) _______ the opportunity to train as a conference interpreter,’ says Erica. ‘The course (4) _______ and I (5) _______ back to the USA. I (6) _______ working as a volunteer interpreter.’

‘As the demand for translation and interpretation services (7) _______ in my hometown of Raleigh,’ she continues, ‘I (8) _______ my bilingual skills to start my own translation and interpretation business.’

Erica (9) _______ the variety of jobs, people and opportunities that her interpretation job includes. ‘I (10) ______ never ______ bored so far,’ she says. ‘I (11) ______ even ______ a book about interpreting!’

1 point for each correct answer

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4 Complete the sentences with for or since.

1 I’ve had this laptop for years.

2 The lawyers have been in that meeting ______ ten o’clock.

3 I haven’t seen Sam ______ we were at school together.

4 He studied at Oxford University ______ three years.

5 We’ve been married ______ fifty years.

6 I haven’t been anywhere on holiday ______ I was in Kenya.

7 She worked as a journalist ______ ten years.

8 I’ve become interested in my family history ______ I talked to my grandmother about it.

9 We haven’t had a break ______ ages.

10 He hasn’t seen his parents ______ the beginning of the year.

11 They’ve been in the cinema ______ a couple of hours.

1 point for each correct answer

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5 Read the interview answers and write the questions.

David Romney-Phillips is a celebrity chef. We talked to him about his passion for food.

A (1) How long have you cooked ?

B I’ve cooked ever since I can remember.

A (2) ________________________________ ?

B My granny and my mum taught me to cook.

A (3) ________________________________ ?

B No, I’ve never won any prizes!

A (4) ________________________________ ?

B Yes, I have watched some cookery programmes on TV.

A (5) ________________________________ ?

B No, I’ve never thought of moving to the USA. I’m very English!

A (6) ________________________________ ?

B I can’t tell you how much money I’ve made. But my books and TV programmes have done well …

2 points for each correct answer

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6 Use the endings in the box to complete the sentences. There are some spelling changes.

-ian -or -ant -ian -er -ist

1 The library ian helped me find a few books I needed.

2 I’m a press photograph__ . I’ve worked for The Daily News for five years.

3 Has your mother always worked as an account__ ?

4 He’s a fantastic decorate__ – he has repainted our house in only two days!

5 What’s the name of that act__ ? He’s been in lots of films.

6 My husband is a computer science__ .

7 Do you know a good electric__ ?

8 Alice studied law at university but then decided not to be a law__ .

9 Could you ask the reception__ to bring us coffee?

10 My great-grandfather was a farm__ . He kept dairy cows.

11 That politics__ is awful. He’s talked for over an hour and hasn’t answered a single question!

1 point for each correct answer

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7 Complete the table.

Noun Verb Noun Adjective

competition (1) compete ambition (6) _______

(2) _______ invite (7) _______ helpful

behaviour (3) _______ (8) _______ critical

explanation (4) _______ danger (9) _______

(5) _______ inherit success (10) _______

1 point for each correct answer

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8 Complete the sentences with words from exercise 7.

1 I’ve been enormously successful in my business.

2 Have you ever been in a poker _______ ?

3 Who did you _______ to your party?

4 Does Marcos _______ badly at school?

5 Don’t touch that – it’s _______ !

6 One _______ made some charming comments about my new book!

7 Did you _______ a lot of money when your grandmother died?

8 Excuse me – I need some _______ . Could you carry this please?

1 point for each correct answer

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9 Underline the stressed syllable.

1 famous 5 compete

2 behave 6 employ

3 kindness 7 discussion

4 danger 8 collection

1 point for each correct answer

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10 Read 1–6. Match them with a reply and comment.

1 Our dog is huge, isn’t he? 11   c.

2 Your mum married young, didn’t she? ___ ___

3 You’ve got ten grandchildren already, ___ ___ haven’t you?

4 My poker playing has improved, hasn’t it? ___ ___

5 He’s visited Chatsworth House, hasn’t he? ___ ___

6 Leo loves playing computer games, ___ ___ doesn’t he?

Reply

7 No, he doesn’t.

8 No, we haven’t.

9 Yes, she did.

10 Yes, it has.

11 Yes, he is.

12 Yes, he has.

Comment

a You’ll be winning major competitions in no time!

b We’ve got eleven – six boys and five girls.

c And he’s still a puppy!

d It’s Sophie who really loves them.

e She was only twenty.

f It’s the one with acres of parkland, isn’t it?

1 point for each correct answer

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11 Translate the sentences.

1 Have you ever entered a writing competition?

2 She worked for a famous newspaper for ten years.

3 How long have you been in Singapore for?

4 I’ve had this book since I was a child.

5 We moved to Australia two years ago.

6 How much did you get paid for taking photographs?

7 Has she worked with that actor before?

1 point for each correct answer

7

Total

100

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