Name:______________________________ Total: ______ / 68
GRAMMAR
1 Underline the correct word.
Example: That phone is my / mine! Why are you using it?
1 This isn’t our suitcase; it’s their / theirs.
2 Why didn’t Sylvia answer my / mine email?
3 The teacher parked his / hers car in the car park.
4 Is this pen yours / your or your sister’s?
5 Have you seen hers / her new laptop?
6 Carol and John have got a cat. Its / Their name is Webbley. Marks:__/6
2 Make first conditional sentences.
Example: If we / not leave / now / we / miss / the last bus
If we don’t leave now, we’ll miss the last bus.
1 If it / snow / the children / not be able / to go to school
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2 Our teacher / be / angry / if we / miss / the lesson
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3 You / get / wet / if you / not take / an umbrella
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4 They / get / to Leeds at 2.30/ if they / catch / the 12.15 train
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5 If it / rain / we / not swim / in the sea
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6 We / tell you / if Valeria / phone / us
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7 If Anita / not pass / her driving test / she / be / unhappy
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8 If you / take / the bus / you / arrive / on time
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3 Complete the sentences. Put the verb in brackets in the present perfect or the past simple.
Example: Did you go (go) to any museums when you were on holiday?
1 I __________ (not see) Brian since we left school in 1999.
2 My dad __________ (not study) French at school.
3 Karen __________ (live) in her house for three years. She loves it.
4 Lucas __________ (not say) hello to me yesterday.
5 What time __________ Sheila __________ (arrive) at work this morning?
6 Annette and Gary __________ (buy) a house in France last year.
7 ‘How long __________ they __________ (work) here?’ ‘Since May.’ Marks: ___/7
4 Complete the sentences with for or since.
Example: Elias and Adi have been married for eight years.
1 We’ve known each other __________ we were children.
2 Dave’s been a teacher __________ 1997.
3 The animals haven’t eaten __________ three days.
4 Sam’s been in Paris __________ Wednesday.
5 Mrs Smith has owned that house __________ a long time. Marks: ____/5
VOCABULARY
5 Complete the sentences with an adverb made from the adjective in brackets.
Example: Can you speak slowly? I can’t understand you. (slow)
1 I never drive __________. (dangerous)
2 The woman shouted __________ at the children. (angry)
3 Maggie smiled __________ when she saw her grandparents. (happy)
4 Charles understands French very __________. (good)
5 The children sang __________. (beautiful)
6 Sit __________ and don’t move. (quiet) Marks:___/6
6 Complete the sentences with the correct phrase. There are three extra phrases.
get presents, get better, get a job, get emails , get married, get home, get nervous, get on well with,
get up, get fit, get divorced, get a ticket
Example: I get emails from my friends every day.
1 Keith and Jane decided to __________ in the church in their village.
2 The only way to __________ is to do exercise.
3 If you __________ late, you won’t have time for breakfast.
4 He’s very ill. The doctors don’t know if he will __________.
5 You have to __________ before you get on the train.
6 I always __________ before exams.
7 If we leave now, we’ll __________ by ten o’clock.
8 I __________ everyone in my family. Marks: ____/8
7 Complete the life events with the correct verb. You can use some verbs more than once.
be, fall, get, go, have, retire, start
Example: go to university
1 _________ in love
2 _________ married
3 _________ divorced
4 _________ work
5 _________ to secondary school
6 _________ from work
7 _________ born
8 _________ children Marks:____/8
8 READING Example: Linda went to New Zealand after she got
______.
1 Read the article and underline A, B, or C. A ill ■ B divorced ■ C married ■
Survivors 1 The earthquake struck when Linda was _____.
A leaving the airport ■ B going into the hotel ■ C on the
This month our travel editor interviewed
last day of her trip ■
three people who survived a natural
2 She stayed in New Zealand for two weeks and _____.
disaster. Here are their stories.
A three days ■ B two days ■ C four days ■
Linda Burrows, age 31 3 She finds it very difficult to _____.
‘I got divorced last year and decided to A talk about what happened ■ B watch TV
buy a ticket to New Zealand. It was an programmes about New Zealand ■ C think about the
impulse, but I just wanted to go for it and future ■
enjoy this once in a lifetime trip. I spent 4 Klaus and his wife were _____ when the tsunami
two fantastic weeks there. At the end of happened.
my trip, I was leaving the hotel to go back A sunbathing ■ B in the water ■ C running ■
to the airport when the earthquake struck. 5 They could see that something _____ was happening.
I was very frightened and I saw some A surprising ■ B frightening ■ C unusual ■
terrible things. I stayed there for three 6 They escaped by going into a _____.
more days. The situation was desperate. I A beach house ■ B tall building ■ C hotel ■
realized I was very lucky to get home 7 Andy’s brother’s job is _____.
safely. If I ever see New Zealand on the
A in the army ■ B to fly planes ■ C a banker ■
TV, I immediately have to watch
8 Andy’s brother bought him _____.
something different. I hope things will get
A flying lessons ■ B a holiday ■ C a flight to Canada
better for me in the future.’
■
Klaus Roski, age 21 9 _____ helped to put the forest fires out.
‘My wife and I were on our honeymoon in A Andy’s brother ■ B Andy and his brother ■ C
Thailand when the tsunami happened. We Andy ■
were swimming in the sea and then
everyone was running to the beach. We 2 Read the article again and answer the questions.
followed them, because we could see that 1 What did Linda see after the disaster struck?
something strange was happening. We ___________________________________________
climbed some stairs and went into a tall 2 What is Linda’s hope for the future?
building behind the beach. We did the ___________________________________________
3 How long have Klaus and his wife been together?
right thing and for some reason we were
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lucky; other people were not. We’ve been
4 If Klaus and his wife talk about the tsunami, what
together for eight years now. If we talk does it help them to do?
about the tsunami, it helps us to ___________________________________________
understand our feelings about it.’ 5 How did Andy’s brother help to put the forest fires
out?
Andy Peters, age 26 ___________________________________________
‘My brother works as a pilot in Canada 6 How did Andy feel when his brother left to help?
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and earns a lot of money. Last year he
sent me a ticket to Vancouver. So I went
there to visit him. We were having a great
holiday until we saw the news on TV one
night. There were big forest fires near us
and there was a lot of smoke. My brother
got a phone call and went to fly a military
plane to put water on the fires. I was
really worried about him, but he arrived
back safely. And I got home safely, too.’
Marks: ______/15
Writing Marks: _____/5
Write about your life. (100-150 words)