MIDDLE-OF-THE-BOOK TEST UNITS 1-7 TEST B

1 Circle the correct words.

0 I'm sorry, but I'm not agreeing / I don't agree with you.

1 My English is much better now. Are you / Is it?

2 Are you camping / going camping next week?

3 Last Saturday, I didn't go / used to go to the cinema. I was too busy.

4 I always used to get / got high marks at school.

5 What were you doing when the lights went out? I was reading / read.

6 I was having / had a bath when my friend phoned.

7 My friend is taller than me but I'm as strong like / as he is.

8 Here are my holiday photos. This one is the house where / which we stayed.

9 There are a lot of potatoes but there is only a few / little bread.

10 What will you do if your plane is / will be late?

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

0 What are you wanting to do now? do you want .

1 Could you tell me how much does a ticket cost? ___________

2 I used to be good at Maths but I can't remember anything now. ___________

3 When John came to see me, I was doing my homework. ___________

4 We've only got a little eggs left. ___________

5 I'm not enough clever to be a doctor. ___________

6 What will you do if you don't go on holiday? ___________

7 There aren't much things to do here. ___________

8 It's too late to go out. Let's watch TV. ___________

9 Is that the boy whose friend is in our class? ___________

10 We're not as worse as they are. ___________

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

0 When my Spanish friend speaks very quickly I (not understand) don't understand her.

1 Where (you go) __________________ last night?

2 My father (not want) ________________ to be a teacher when he was young. He wanted to be a rock singer.

3 I (not used like) ___________________ walking in the mountains but now I love it.

4 They (play) ________________ tennis when it started snowing.

5 He's (intelligent) ________________ than he looks.

6 If you (not drive) ________________ more carefully, you'll have an accident.

7 Hello? Sorry, I can't talk now. I (have) ________________ dinner.

8 Oh no! I (not give) ________________ Anna a present for her birthday yesterday.

9 She (not pass) ________________ her exams if she doesn't work harder.

10 Do you think cars (fly) ________________ in the future?

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

Last week my friends and I decided

to go to an Indian restaurant for

dinner. We live in a multi-(0) cultural CULTURE

city and the Indian part of town

is very colourful and (1) _________________. MYSTERY

We (2) _________________ a guide book BUY

and the restaurant we chose was the

(3) _________________ away from our FAR

house. We chose it because they are

very good for (4) _________________ ABLE

people and one of our friends can't

walk. We (5) _________________ by bus TRAVEL

and were very excited thinking about

what to eat. When we got inside, it

was a bit of a shock. The restaurant

was very (6) _________________ with room SPACE

for about 100 people but there was

nobody there. We sat down and

ordered but we were very

(7) _________________. The waiters DISAPPOINT

were rude and the food was

(8) _________________ and greasy. We came TASTE

out feeling very (9) _________________ HEALTH

and sick. On the way home, we saw a

much nicer place. It was very

(10) _________________ , full of people and LIVE

with a beautiful smell of food coming

from the door. Next time, we will go there.

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

0 My brother is very confident and talkative at parties.
ISN'T
My brother isn't shy at parties.

1 I have a different opinion to you.
AGREE
I _____________________________________________________ you.

2 What time is the bus to Berlin?
BUS
Could you tell me what time _____________________________________________________?

3 `Could you tell me what this word means?'
DOES
What _____________________________________________________?

4 I only started liking opera when I was 20.
USE
When I was young I _____________________________________________________ opera.

5 I thought the film was very frightening.
WAS
I ___________________________________________________ when I was watching the film.

6 Is it OK if I sit here?
MIND
_____________________________________________________ I sit here?

7 I thought of an idea for a story when I was on the bus.
CAME
I _____________________________________________________ an idea for a story when I was on the bus.

8 My pay is too low.
HIGH
My pay ________________________________________________________.

9 My brother and I are both 1m 75cm tall.
AS
I am _____________________________________________________ my brother.

10 I'll go for a swim if it is sunny tomorrow.
GO
If it isn't sunny tomorrow, I ________________________________________________ a swim.

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6 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

I (0) was watching TV last night and there was an old programme on about `Life in the future'. I read that there (1) ___________ to be a lot of programmes like that in the 1960's. The things they talked about were the house of the future. Some of the ideas were really funny but I don't think (2) ___________ of them are now real. The TV came up from the floor but it wasn't colour and it wasn't as big (3) ___________ the TVs we have now. In the kitchen
(4) ___________ were robots and people (5) ___________ eating strange food from silver, plastic boxes but I (6) ___________ not see a microwave cooker. There were computers
(7) ___________ controlled the lights and heating but nobody had a computer to play games on or send e-mails and of course, telephones were still big and black and not mobile. So, when people ask me what I think (8) ___________ happen in the future, I have to say, I
(9) ___________ not know. (10) ___________ we don't all die because of the greenhouse effect, there will be inventions and ideas that we can't begin to imagine.

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

Last year, I went on holiday to Greece (0) ______________ plane. The flight was
(1) ______________ by 24 hours and the travel company gave us a room in a bed and
(2) ______________ near the airport. The hotel had a TV in the room which was showing old films. I didn't have (3) ______________ else to do so I started watching. They were showing old Ealing comedies. These were films made in England in the 1940's and 1950's. My parents
(4) ______________ to love them. They show a wonderful world where everyone is
(5) ______________ and friendly to each other except for the (6) ______________ officials who want to change their way of life. The film I saw was called Passport to Pimlico. It is about a group of people (7) ______________ discover that the place they live in isn't part of Britain but is an independent country. The (8) ______________ tries to stop them but ordinary people help them. It was a great film. It made me forget that I wasn't (9) ______________ on a beach in Greece but was stuck in a tiny, (10) ______________ room in a hotel in England.

0 a) on b) by c) to d) in

1 a) strike b) later c) delayed d) cancelled

2 a) breakfast b) dinner c) tea d) lunch

3 a) nothing b) something c) everything d) anything

4 a) did b) use c) were d) used

5 a) polite b) modest c) easy-going d) tolerant

6 a) cosy b) arrogant c) delicious d) greasy

7 a) which b) where c) who d) whose

8 a) party b) government c) politics d) election

9 a) sightseeing b) travelling c) sunbathing d) camping

10 a) spacious b) tasty c) spicy d) uncomfortable

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