Test 7 A

Units 16-17 [Total 80 marks]

Grammar

1 Complete the sentences with was, were, wasn't or weren't. [5 marks]

KEY: ✓ = positive ✗ = negative

Dave and Helen ___weren't____________ at the disco. (✗)

1 Mr and Mrs Jones _______________ in the car next to the bank. (✓)

2 Neil _______________ at work in the morning. (✗)

3 We _______________ at school on Sunday. (✗)

4 Imogen and Tristan _______________ at the restaurant. (✗)

5 Tracy and I _______________ in the café at 7.15. (✓)

2 Read the question and write short answers. [5 marks]

Was Jon at his uncle's house yesterday?

Yes, he ______was______.

1 Were the children in bed at 7.00?

No, they _______________.

2 Was I at that party?

Yes, you _______________.

3 Were we late on Sunday?

Yes, you _______________.

4 Were you at home last night?

No, I _______________.

5 Was Aunt Frances with her sister?

No, she _______________.

3 Complete the dialogues with the past simple form of the verb be. [5 marks]

A Who ______was______ Billie Holliday?

B She ______was______ an American blues singer.

1 A How _______________ your lessons today?

B Maths _______________ great but English was boring.

2 A Who _______________ Jonas Salk?

B He _______________ an American scientist.

3 A Where _______________ you on Monday evening?

B I _______________ at my sister's house.

4 A Who _______________ Janis Joplin?

B She _______________ a rock singer in the 1960s.

5 A Who _______________ Laurel and Hardy?

B They _______________ comedians.

4 Choose the correct answers. [5 marks]

They ____invited____ all their friends to the disco last night.

a) invites b) are inviting c) invited

1 He _______________ about music and school.

a) talk b) talked c) don't talk

2 Jake and Nancy _______________in New York last year.

a) aren't staying b) stays c) didn't stay

3 I _______________ all the food to our class picnic.

a) carried b) aren't carrying c) carries

4 _______________ Erica and Bob _______________ their dance last night?

a) do / practise b) did / practise c) are / practising

5 No, they _______________

a) do b) doesn't c) didn't

5 Write past tense sentences and questions. [5 marks]

I tidy / my room / last Saturday

_I tidied my room last Saturday._______________________

She go / to the disco / on Friday?

_Did she go to the disco on Friday?_____________________

1 I watch TV / yesterday evening

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

2 she visit / her friends / last weekend

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

3 Noel not wash / his hair / last week

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

4 they talk / yesterday?

__________________________________________________

5 we travel / with them?

__________________________________________________

6 Complete the sentences with the correct past tense form of the verbs in brackets. [5 marks]

We _didn't go____ (not go) because it was hot.

1 She ______________ (travel) by plane to Paris.

2 Did the police ______________ (stop) the car?

3 Tony's dad ______________ (play) in a pop group in the 1980s.

4 They really ______________ (enjoy) their holiday in Jamaica.

5 We ______________ (not work) last night - we were at the disco!

Vocabulary

7 Match the words in Columns A and B to make the names of drinks. [5 marks]

A	B
a cup of	juice
a mineral	chocolate
an orange	coffee
a hot	water
a glass of	tea
an iced	milk

_a cup of coffee__________________________________

1 __________________________________________________

2 __________________________________________________

3 __________________________________________________

4 __________________________________________________

5 __________________________________________________

8 Look at Ella's diary. Complete the sentences with past time adverbials. [5 marks]

Saturday 24th	Brighton
Sunday 25th	Brighton
Monday 26th	grandparents
Tuesday 27th	9.15 a.m. English lesson 3.15 p.m. homework 7.00 p.m. cinema
Wednesday 28^th	10.00 a.m. swimming

last weekend. / the day before yesterday / this morning. / yesterday afternoon. / yesterday evening. / yesterday morning.

She was at an English lesson

yesterday morning_________________________________

1 She was in Brighton

__________________________________________________

2 She was with her grandparents

__________________________________________________

3 She was doing her homework

__________________________________________________

4 She was at the cinema

__________________________________________________

5 She was swimming

__________________________________________________

9 Arrange the adjectives in two columns (A) positive and (B) negative. [5 marks]

awful / bad / boring / brilliant / great / interesting / rubbish / silly / funny

A	B
Great	silly

10 Use the personality adjectives in the box to complete the sentences. [5 marks]

healthy / helpful / serious / shy / sociable / studious

Her parents like museums and classical music. They are ___serious____.

1 He's ______________ - he doesn't like going to parties and he goes red in class.

2 We like to go to parties and see our friends at the weekends. We're ______________.

3 They tidy their bedroom at the weekend and wash up every day! They are ______________.

4 She does her homework every evening and gets 95% in all her exams. She's ______________.

5 I eat a lot of fresh fruit and do a lot of sport. I'm ______________.

Communication

11 Tick the correct answers. [5 marks]

1 Would you like a drink?

a) Yes, thanks. *

b) No, please. *

c) No, thanks. *

2 What would you like?

a) I like tea, please. *

b) I'd like tea, please. *

c) I can drink tea. *

3 With milk and sugar?

a) Just milk, please. *

b) No, please. *

c) No, not. *

4 Would you like cream in your coffee?

a) Yes, please. *

b) Just. *

c) I like. *

5 Would you like a mineral water?

a) No, don't like. I'd like a hot chocolate. *

b) No, thanks. I'd like a Coke. *

c) No, please. I'd like an orange juice. *

12 Put the questions in the correct places. There is one extra question. [5 marks]

What did you think of it?

What did you watch?

Why was it funny?

What did you do last night?

Did you watch it?

Was it good?

A (1) ________________________________________

B I watched TV.

A (2) ________________________________________

B I watched South Park.

A (3) ________________________________________

B It was funny. (4) _____________________________

A No, I didn't. I watched Ally McBeal.

B (5) ________________________________________

A It was OK - not brilliant.

Reading

13 Read and answer the questions. [10 marks]

A Renée Zellweger was the star of the successful 2001 film, Bridget Jones's Diary. Her co-stars were the famous British actors, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. Many people think that Renée is British too because she's got a perfect English accent in the film but she's from the USA.

B Renée Zellweger was born in the south of the United States but her parents were from Europe. Her father was an engineer and her mother was a nurse. Renée has got one older brother but she hasn't got any sisters. At school in Texas she was a good gymnast and a member of the theatre club. She was a student at a university in Texas before she became an actress. Her first big film was Jerry Maguire with Tom Cruise in 1996.

a) Choose the correct answers.

1 This is about _______________

a) a film star. b) a film.

2 Bridget Jones is _______________.

a) British. b) American.

3 Renée Zellweger is _______________

a) British. b) American.

b) Answer the questions. Use short answers where appropriate or Yes, she / he was or No, she / he wasn't.

1 Where was Renée Zellweger born? _______________

2 Was she the star of Bridget Jones's Diary?

____________________________________________

3 Why do people think that Renée is British?

____________________________________________

4 Was Hugh Grant in Jerry Maguire? _______________

5 Was Renée Zellweger an actress at school?

____________________________________________

6 Where did she go to university? __________________

7 Was Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire? _______________

Writing

14 Look at the information about Russell Crowe. Write five sentences in your notebook. [10 marks]

• name: Russell Crowe

• star of: 2000, Gladiator

• born: 1964, New Zealand

• moved: Sydney, Australia, 1968

• at high school: in a rock group

• returned: New Zealand, 1978

• first big film: 1990, Prisoners of the Sun

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