Quick 01-05B

1 Underline the correct linking words to complete the sentences.

0 When | While you arrive at the airport you should show your passport and tickets.

1 After | Then you should check in your baggage.

2 Before | When you go to passport control, you should get your boarding cards.

3 When | After you go through passport control, you have to show your passport.

4 While | When your flight is called, you can get on the plane.

5 After | Before you have sat down and fastened your seat belts, the plane will take off.

(10 marks)

2 Underline the most suitable future form in these sentences.

0 Harry | is being | will be | is going to be | 30 in three years from now.

1 The teacher said there was a holiday on Thursday so we | won't | aren't going to | aren't | have any lessons.

2 Mandy said she didn't love me and she didn't want to go on holiday with me. I don't know what I | `m going to do | `ll do|'m doing |.

3 I | 'll meet | `m meeting | 'm going to meet | Francesco outside his school at ten past four.

4 It's started to rain so we | 're staying | 'll stay | 're going to stay | at home.

5 Don't worry. I've got my mobile. I | 'll call | 'm calling | 'm going to call | you if I have any problems.

6 What | are you studying | will you study | are you going to study | at univeristy next year? Have you decided yet?

7 Oxford have won the race 46 times in 60 years and they have the better team this year so I'm sure they | are winning | are going to win | will win |.

8 Scientists say the earth | is getting | is going to get | will get | warmer and warmer.

9 I know my brother | will try | is going to try | tries | to become a poltician after he leaves university.

10 Sorry I can't come this evening, I |'m having |'m going to have |'ll have | my hair cut.

(10 marks)

3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.

0 You look miserable. Why are you _____unhappy_____? (HAPPY)

1 My leg was so bad I was ________________ to complete the journey. (ABLE)

2 She had three ________________ years as an oboe player. (SUCCESS)

3 There was a lot of ________________ after the old Queen died. (SAD)

4 I need to see your passport or some other form of ________________. (IDENTITY)

5 Xavier did a wonderful ________________ of an old French poem. (TRANSLATE)

6 Where is your ________________? On your left leg or your right? (INJURE)

7 The body in the snow was completely ________________. (FREEZE)

8 Used cars might be quite old and not very ________________. (EXPENSE)

9 I can't play the piano at all but my brother plays very ________________. (GOOD)

10 My test results were bad but his results were even ________________. (BAD)

(10 marks)

4 Underline the correct verb form in these sentences.

0 I ____________ for you for two hours!

a) am waiting b) have been waiting c) wait

1 She ____________ to London every Monday.

a) is going b) goes c) has gone

2 Please stop the noise. You ____________ those drums for two hours.

a) `ve played b) `ve been playing c) were playing

3 She ____________ more than twenty books before she died.

a) has written b) wrote c) was writing

4 David ____________ John when he was travelling to London.

a) has seen b) was seen c) saw

5 The rich man ____________ his portrait by a famous artist.

a) had / painted b) has / paints c) was / painting

6 I can't tell you about their new house because I ____________ it

a) `ve never seen b) 'd never seen c) was never see

7 I ____________ in a small flat before I got married.

a) used to live b) would live c) am living

8 Before I got married I ____________ every evening with my friends at the pub.

a) have spent b) would spend c) am spending

9 Hamlet ____________ by William Shakespeare.

a) wrote b) had written c) was written

10 The tests ____________ by the teacher.

a) was marked b) have marked c) were marked

(10 marks)

5 Complete the sentences with words from the box below.

planet	desert	bungee jumping
archaeology	biography	thriller
character	burglar	foggy
underground	documentary

0 I think ____bungee jumping____ is a dangerous sport.

1 Go and see the old Saxon jewellery in the museum of ___________________.

2 The camels were filmed in the ___________________ in North Africa.

3 Saturn is the only ___________________ which has rings around it.

4 I like Brad Pitt but I didn't like the ___________________ he played in Fight Club.

5 I've just read the ___________________ of Charlie Chaplin. He had a fascinating life!

6 Last night I saw a ___________________about motor racing on TV.

7 Did the ___________________ take anything valuable from your house?

8 Don't take the bus, it's faster by ___________________!

9 I couldn't see the church on the hill because it was very ___________________.

10 My girlfriend wanted to see a romantic film but I wanted to see a ___________________.

(10 marks)

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