LANGUAGE AND SKILLS TEST 2 A Units 3-4
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1 Complete the text. Use the correct forms of the words in capital letters.
Last week I went to a very (0)interesting talk about a trip to the INTERESTHimalayas. Some of the photos were (1) ____________. The speaker AMAZEsaid that he was really (2) ____________ TERRIFYby the little rope bridges high above the ground. The most(3) ____________ part of the EXCITEtalk was when he describedthe last day. They were so(4) ____________ that they nearly TIREfell but, finally, they made it to the top of K2. One thing I was (5) ____________ by was a really ANNOY(6) ____________ man who sat next BOREto me and kept on talking to me during the talk.
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2 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
My father is a famous musician. He started (0) going to music school (1) ______________ he was 6 years old, that’s 42 years (2) ______________. In 1985, he was sitting at home when he suddenly came (3) ______________ with a tune which he wrote (4) ______________ before he forgot it. After that, he didn’t think about it. At the same time, a TV producer was looking (5) ______________ the problems that new musicians had in getting their music played. It turned (6) ______________ that he and my dad were at school together and he used my dad’s tune in the programme. It became popular and my father became famous.
3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
0 Last week I (go) went to the cinema to see the new James Bond film.
1 I (paint) ______________ the living room ceiling when I (drop) ______________ my brush onto the TV.
2 I (not do) ______________ my homework last night, I forgot.
3 Where (be) ______________ you yesterday?
4 I (not come) ______________ to see you yesterday because I (sleep) ______________ all evening.
4 Circle the correct answers: a, b or c.
Last week, I (0) __________ a book on local history. It’s fascinating. The phone rang while I (1) __________ but I (2) __________ it. I couldn’t stop (3) __________. In the book it says that a man called John Collins built our house over 200 years ago in 1796. He was a soldier and died fighting when he was 38 years old. He (4) __________ his horse when some soldiers (5) __________ him and shot him. It’s funny, at school I never (6) __________ history but now it’s my favourite subject!
0 a) was starting reading b) used to start reading c) started reading
1 a) used to read b) was reading c) read
2 a) wasn’t answering b) didn’t answer c) didn’t use to answer
3 a) to read b) read c) reading
4 a) was riding b) rode c) used to ride
5 a) were seeing b) used to see c) saw
6 a) used to like b) didn’t like c) was liking
5 Complete the questions and answers.
A (0) Did you go to the party last night?
B No, I (1) ________________. I went to bed early.
A (2) What ________________ at eleven o’clock yesterday morning?
B I was cooking dinner.
A (3) ________________ scared when you saw those dogs?
B Yes, (4) ________________. They were really frightening.
A (5) ________________ watch cartoons when you were young?
B Yes, (6) ________________. I used to watch them all the time.
LISTENING SKILLS
CD Track 3
1 Listen to Professor Sykes talking about George Orwell. Circle the correct answers: a, b or c.
1 Professor Sykes works a) at Oxford University.b) as a writer. c) for the radio station.
2 George Orwell came back from India
a) when he was three b) in 1903. c) when he was four.
3 Orwell’s familya) paid a lot of money for his school. b) paid a lot of money for his university. c) didn’t pay for his education.
4 After school he became aa) writer.b) student.c) policeman.
5 In Paris Orwella) wrote a book.b) had a number of poor jobs.c) couldn’t find work.
6 The Road to Wigan Pier is abouta) real people’s lives.b) Orwell’s time in Paris.c) the war in Spain.
7 Animal Farm and 1984a) were true 60 years ago but not now.b) are his most famous two books.c) are true stories.
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READING SKILLS
1 Read the texts about five important events in recent British history. Match the headings (A-F) to the correct texts (1-5). There is one extra heading.
5 Events That Changed Britain
1 The Great Train Robbery
In 1963 a gang of 13 men carri...
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