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Unit test 3A
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the Past Simple or Past Perfect.
1 I (recognize) recognized him because I (meet) had met him at an exhibition earlier this year.
2 It (be) ________ hot in September, but August (be) ________ even hotter.
3 When I (see) ________ her, her hair was wet because she (go) ________ swimming.
4 I’m sure they (have) ________ an argument before they (arrive) ________ .
5 They (start) ________ the meeting without me when I (get) ________ to work.
6 My manager (not tell) ________ me to finish the report yesterday, so I (not complete) ________ it.
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2 Choose the correct forms of the verbs.
Conversation 1
A (1) Were you going / Did you go / Had you gone on holiday recently?
B Yes, we (2) had gone / were going / went to London a couple of weeks ago.
A And (3) did you visit / were you visiting / had you visited Oxford as well?
B No. We really (4) wanted / were wanting / have wanted to, but then we (5) had realized / were realizing / realized that we (6) hadn’t had / weren’t having / didn’t have enough time.
Conversation 2
A Where’s James? He phoned to say he (7) was waiting / was waited / waited at the cinema all evening.
B Well, I (8) had gone / was going / went to the cinema at six, but I (9) didn’t see / hadn’t seen / wasn’t seeing him.
A But he was there for hours! (10) Wasn’t he telling / Wasn’t he told / Hadn’t he told you where to meet him?
B Of course, he (11) had told / was telling / was told me, but I’ve forgotten what he said!
A Well, thanks to you, he (12) had to / used to / was to wait in the rain.
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3 Complete the sentences with the correct Past Simple form of the verb, active or passive.
1 Jonathan (dismiss) was dismissed from his job because he’d been rude to his boss.
2 President Thompson (meet) ________ at the airport by the ambassador.
3 When he was young, Rod Stewart (work) ________ at a cemetery.
4 They (not wake) ________ up by the terrible storm.
5 The two artists (quarrel) ________ a lot about art.
6 (record) ________ the story ________ for the radio?
7 The painter (bury) ________ in Auvers-sur-Oise.
8 His palace (use) ________ to hold lavish receptions.
9 Van Gogh (move) ________ voluntarily into an asylum for the insane.
10 His first painting (sell) ________ for 400 francs.
11 Many famous symphonies (write) ________ in the 19th century.
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4 Complete the sentences with the correct past form of the appropriate verb.
1 Ernest Hemingway met Gertrude Stein while he was living in Paris. (live / meet)
2 Romeo ________ Juliet and ________ in love with her instantly. (fall / see)
3 When Romeo ________ his dead wife, he ________ the poison. (drink / see)
4 They ________ very quickly that they ________ before. (forget / quarrel)
5 We ________ the suggestion that she ________ earlier. (make / reject)
6 My friend ________ poems at school and his book ________ last year. (publish / write)
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5 Correct the mistake in the sentences. Tick the three correct sentences.
1 When
I was just a little girl, I was
asking my mother: ‘What
will I be?’ asked
2 Bach’s music become more popular after his death. ________
3 After the Prince had heard of the deaths, he banished Romeo from Verona. ________
4 When I was waking up, it was still dark. ________
5 Last weekend I have gone shopping with my friends. ________
6 We don’t know what happened when they first met. ________
7 I used to visit my grandmother last week. ________
8 John and I used to be friends in school. We’re not so close these days. ________
9 The teacher gave us our homework but we weren’t paid attention. ________
10 The city looked horrible after the hurricane was destroying it. ________
11 When I had seen her on Tuesday, she was wearing a black dress. ________
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6 Complete the text with the correct form of the verb.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St Paul, Minnesota, and, like his friend Ernest Hemingway, he (1 live) lived in Paris in the 1920s. Before Fitzgerald (2 move) ________ to Paris, he (3 be) ________ a student at Princeton University and a member of the US Army. It was while he (4 train) ________ with the army that he (5 meet) ________ and married Zelda Sayer.
During the 1920s, the Fitzgeralds’ home (6 become) ________ the centre for a lively group of writers and artists in Paris. Their lifestyle (7 involve) ________ lots of parties, so some people were surprised to find he had real talent. He (8 write) ________ many great novels, but perhaps his most famous book is The Great Gatsby which (9 publish) ________ in 1925. Zelda Fitzgerald (10 be) ________ also an author, and her autobiographical novel, Save Me the Waltz, (11 come) ________ out in the early 1930s.
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7 Change the underlined incorrect word to the correct word that sounds the same.
1 I made a fruit salad with apples and pairs. pears
2 Piece finally arrived at the end of the war. ________
3 She looked great in blew jeans and a black T-shirt. ________
4 When I was a child, I used to where a pink hat. ________
5 Read a book while you’re weighting for the doctor. ________
6 The hole world thinks you’re funny. ________
7 When I see him, I go week at the knees. ________
8 You’re not aloud to shout in the library. ________
9 We didn’t meat them yesterday. ________
10 When I woke up, the son was shining. ________
11 Everyone in the family court the flu. ________
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8 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
as
beloved despite down motion on pretended sense
to uninvited used
1 The person I want to marry must have a sense of humour.
2 As a child, I ________ to enjoy painting, but I don’t paint any more.
3 The man was identified ________ the person who caused the accident.
4 The two artists became friends, ________ their different opinions on art.
5 The young woman ________ to agree, but secretly she didn’t.
6 His ________ wife died young, which caused his depression.
7 According ________ the experts, the silver case was made in the 18th century.
8 I went to the party ________ , but nobody realized.
9 I had the flu last week, but I’m ________ the mend now.
10 We were watching the robbery as if in slow ________ .
11 He was holding the book upside ________ , so I knew he wasn’t reading it.
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9 Complete the statements with question tags.
1 The performance last night was excellent, wasn’t it ?
2 You really love chocolate, ________ ?
3 She’s always fancied Brad Pitt, ________ ?
4 They don’t get on very well, ________ ?
5 You’re just jealous, ________ ?
6 It’s a fabulous day today, ________ ?
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10 Put the words in order to make a conversation.
A (1) showed / had worked / new / the / painting / James / that / last month / he / Yesterday / on / me / .
Yesterday James showed me the new painting that he had worked on last month.
B Oh! (2) of / you / it / did / think / What / ?
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A I really liked it. (3) just / paintings / amazing / are / His / !
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B Yes. (4) his / horrible / But / clothes / they / are / aren’t / absolutely / ?
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A (5) all / that’s / not / at / Actually, / true / . He’s got great taste!
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B (6) you / have / But / always / him, / fancied / you / haven’t / ?
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11 Translate the sentences into your language.
1 Jess and Daniel are a really lovely couple, aren’t they?
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2 We didn’t do much. We just talked for a bit.
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3 Do you think opposites attract?
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4 I don’t think he’s the one for her.
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5 He would never leave her side.
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6 I had an early night.
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7 They get on well together, don’t they?
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8 She’s head over heels in love with him.
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9 His genius was unrecognized in his lifetime.
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10 I did some stuff on the computer.
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