LANGUAGE LEADER ELEMENTARY UNIT TEST A
UNIT 8
A Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
location entrance population unusual
trade ago old painting furniture
0 This man was very important three hundred years _ago_.
1 The __________ is about 200,000 people.
2 The __________ was very beautiful. I really liked the chairs.
3 The toilets are next to the __________ of the museum.
4 There is a lot of __________ between France and Germany.
5 The __________ on the wall is very famous.
6 I don’t know the __________ of the old town but Peter knows where it is.
7 The garden is about 400 years __________.
8 Maya always wears pink. She is very __________.
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B Complete the sentences with a positive, negative or question form of the verb to be.
0 I liked the film. It _was_ very exciting.
1 The statue _____ 2,000 years old.
2 I _____ at the theatre yesterday but Magnus was.
3 _____ there any exams last week?
4 Where _____ the new office?
5 The park _____ very peaceful yesterday. There were a lot of noisy children.
6 Paulo _____ in Germany last year at the university in Berlin.
7 The weather _____ fine today. It’s raining.
8 There _____ any people on the bus yesterday.
C Complete the sentences using can, can’t, could or couldn’t.
0 What _could_ you do when you were 18?
1 I __________ sail the boat in summer but not in winter.
2 __________ you find the book in the library. No, it wasn’t there.
3 Albert __________ drive a car when he was a child but he __________ now.
4 Helena __________ go to school yesterday because she was ill.
5 People __________ fly but birds can.
6 Romans __________ build great houses but they __________ ride motorbikes.
D Cross out the incorrect preposition in these sentences. Write the correct preposition in the gap.
0 You should never talk on strangers _to_
1 They will go in holiday next week. __________
2 Why don’t you stay with our house? __________
3 Sarah loves to chat at her colleagues. __________
4 I would like to move on in the next topic. __________
5 You need to talk by your teacher. __________
6 You read with people in biographies. __________
7 The new company is focusing at technology. __________
8 U2 are at tour in Germany now. __________
E Complete the conversation with the words and phrases in the box.
can’t do welcome like to go could you tell us
can I help me see course would you like
a: Excuse me.
b: Yes, sir. How (0)_can I help_ you?
a: We’d (1)_________________________ to the Eiffel Tower today. Could you (2)_________________________ the way?
b: Let (3)_________________________. It’s a long way, sir. It’s about 3 kilometres.
a: (4)_________________________ show us the nearest bus stop on the map?
b: I’m afraid I (5)_________________________ that, sir.
a: Oh. Can you phone for a taxi?
b: Of (6)_________________________. What (7)_________________________ to do at the Eiffel Tower?
a: Take some pictures and have a coffee. Thank you for your help.
b: You’re (8)_________________________, sir.
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