END-OF-THE-BOOK TEST UNITS 1-14 TEST B

1 Circle the correct words.

0 I don't mind do / doing hard work.

1 They have flown / flew in a plane twice.

2 When she met Paul he had / have already started work.

3 Do you know who a / the President of Poland is?

4 `I'm a singer'. She said that she was / has been a singer.

5 If we have / had more money, we would go on holiday.

6 They must to work / work harder.

7 We haven't been to Cairo yet, have / did we?

8 This painting was bought / buy for a million dollars.

9 This is the first time I have / have been taken an exam this year.

10 We've been here for / since 5 o'clock.

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2 Five of these sentences have mistakes. Find and correct them. Tick (V) those sentences that are correct.

0 What did he decide doing? to do .

1 If we have a party, who would you invite? _________

2 Over 5000 cars make here every year. ________

3 I've already seen this film twice. ________

4 If we went by plane it would be better. ________

5 Do you fancy having a drink? ________

6 They promised to not tell anybody. ________

7 I'm not invited, aren't I? ________

8 The competition has already been won. ________

9 Have you washed your hands yet? ________

10 What did you used to do on Saturdays when you were young? ________

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets.

0 The sun (shine) was shining when we started our walk.

1 This book is much (easy) ______________ to understand than the old one.

2 You need to practise (sing) ______________ if you want to get better.

3 (you ever eat) ______________ real Polish bigos?

4 I (not finish) ______________ reading my book yet.

5 If the government (not do) ______________ something soon, there will be a lot of problems.

6 I would be very frightened if I (do) ______________ a bungee jump.

7 She loves dancing, (do) ______________ she?

8 I (never be) ______________ to Egypt before last year.

9 Where was that picture (take) ______________?

10 How about (do) ______________ something different this evening?

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4 Complete the text. Use the correct forms of the words in capital letters.

Last week I (0) saw a special SEE

film at the cinema. It was a

documentary about criminals and

what makes people like

(1) ____________________ break POLITICS

the law and become

(2) ____________________. I had read that it HONEST

was a very (3) ____________________ CONTROVERSY

film and, as I sat in the

(4) ____________________, I was excited DARK

about what I would see. However, after a few

minutes, I realised it wasn't as good as I had

hoped. Yes, it was (5) ____________________ EDUCATION

and I learned something new but

it was a very (6) ____________________ IMAGINE

film. The director was

(7) ____________________ and the film AMBITION

soon became boring and

completely (8) ____________________. FORGET

After the film had finished,

there was a (9) ____________________ DISCUSS

in the cinema. I said that it was

(10) ____________________ to charge ten MORAL

pounds to see such a terrible film.

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5 Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in capital letters. Do not change the meaning of the original sentences.

0 I asked my father to help me and he said yes.
TO
My father agreed to help me.

1 I think we should stay here tonight.
MY
____________________________________________________ we should stay here tonight.

2 My family often drove to France in the summer when I was a child.
DRIVE
My family often ___________________________________________________ France in the summer when I was a child.

3 `The weather will be cold' said the man on the TV.
WEATHER
The man on the TV said that ______________________________________________ cold.

4 This university teaches about 5000 students every year.
ARE
About 5000 students a year _______________________________________________ this university.

5 I'm still writing my project.
FINISHED
I _______________________________________________ project yet.

6 Let's have a game of tennis this afternoon.
HAVING
Do _____________________________________________ a game of tennis this afternoon?

7 I'm not going out because I have got too much work to do.
HAVE
If ______________________________________________ so much work to do, I would go out.

8 Sue told Dave that she didn't want to go out with him anymore.
UP
Sue _______________________________________________ Dave.

9 The police took our fingerprints after the robbery.
WERE
Our fingerprints ______________________________________________ after the robbery.

10 `I don't like living here' she said.
SHE
She said that ________________________________________________ living here.

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6 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

I'm (0) a journalist for a local newspaper. I've been a journalist (1) __________ about
6 years. It's not a great job but, (2) __________ the other hand, there are lots of worse jobs.
In my job , I have (3) __________ write about crimes in our town. When somebody
(4) __________ a crime and they (5) __________ arrested, the police telephone my office. I then go to the police station and talk to the police officers (6) __________ arrested the criminal and find (7) __________ exactly what happened. Then I go to the court and listen to (8) __________ judge and see what sentence he gives. Sometimes, it is quite boring. However , there have
(9) __________ some very exciting days with police and journalists coming to our little town. I'd like (10) __________ get a job as a TV reporter and travel all over the world. Maybe one day....

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7 Circle the correct answers: a, b or c.

If you want to see a good film about (0) __________ you should see Twelve Angry Men
(1) Henry Fonda. The (2) __________ is very simple. A man has been (3) __________
of murder and the twelve angry men are the jury, the people who have to decide if he is
(4) __________ or guilty. Eleven of them say he is guilty but one, Henry Fonda's character, doesn't (5) __________. Slowly he makes the other eleven change their minds. Some people might think that the film is boring because the whole film takes place in one room. There are no special-
(6) __________ and not much action but it is really (7) __________. It was (8) __________ by Sidney Lumet (9) __________ is famous for films like Serpico and Dog Day Afternoon. He was born in 1924 and he is still making films. I think the government should make a (10) __________ saying that everybody must see this film!

0 a) criminal b) crime c) thief d) court

1 a) acting b) actor c) character d) starring

2 a) soundtrack b) plot c) dialogue d) director

3 a) guilty b) arrested c) accused d) commit

4 a) arrogant b) innocent c) criminal d) modest

5 a) agree b) opinion c) argue d) disagree

6 a) actions b) plots c) effects d) dialogues

7 a) uninteresting b) predictable c) unambitious d) unforgettable

8 a) director b) direct c) direction d) directed

9 a) which b) who c) whose d) what

10 a) treaty b) border c) law d) member

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