short test
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Test 1
Grammar
1 Find twelve mistakes with the structures for talking about habitual behaviour in the text and correct them.
When I was a child the fair was coming to our village 1
every spring. It was the highlight of the season!
The men were parking their fantastic colourful 2
caravans in the field and then they were building 3
these wonderful machines. I was loving watching 4
them. I was asking them always questions about 5
their lives and they must have got pretty fed up
with me! Then, when the fair would open  it was 6
magic! It was full every night and always they had to 7
turn people away. I was really enjoying going on 8
the rides  the higher and faster, the better! But
these days I am feeling sick if I so much as look at 9
a big wheel! I would go to a fair with my younger 10
sister and stand and watch her, but that s enough
for me. She is usually trying to make me change 11
my mind, but I won t! At those spring fairs in the
past my mother was never coming on rides with 12
me and I would have to ask my dad instead. Now,
I know why!
Mark /12
Vocabulary
2 Complete the sentences with the words in the 5 People often need counselling after a
box. There are two more words than you need.
event such as a bad car crash.
has
circumspect code disorientated hindsight 6 Understanding the genetic
ingrained recall reminisce trait
been a major scientific advance.
traumatic unnerved
7 My blond hair is a physical
that
none of the rest of my family has.
1 With
I think we can say that we
8 I was quite
to wake up in
definitely made the wrong decision.
the middle of the night and find my sister
2 It s always difficult to change habits that have
sleepwalking through my bedroom!
been
since childhood.
Mark /8
3 I ve always loved listening to my grandmother
about her life in the 1950s.
Total /20
4 I have an appalling sense of direction and
always get when I m in a new
town.
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Test 2
Grammar
Vocabulary
1 Identify the type of phrasal verb. Write separable
3 Complete the sentences with the most
(S), inseparable (I), or does not take an object
appropriate adverbs. There are two more words
(NO).
than you need.
chiefly ironically loosely resolutely
1 back down ____ 8 bring up ____
supposedly widely
2 look for ____ 9 let down ____
3 stand up to ____ 10 tear up ____
1 The film is
based on the book
by H G Wells, but there are differences.
4 pass out ____ 11 run into ____
2 The prisoner refused to give
5 go through ____ 12 break down ____
his name in court.
6 cheer up ____ 13 grow up ____
3 Cricket was
invented in
7 look after ____ 14 go for ____
Belgium! Can you believe that?
Mark /7
4 The scandal has been reported
around the world.
2 Rewrite the sentences. Replace the words in bold
Mark /4
with an appropriate phrasal verb. Start with the
words given.
4 Replace the words in bold with an appropriate
1 The Council have refused Mike s planning
adjective.
application.
1 We were perplexed by the final crossword
Mike s planning application _______________
clue. b______________
_______________________________________
2 I was tense before my English oral test.
2 The police will investigate the allegation.
n______________
The allegation __________________________
3 Life in London wasn t as good as Bess had
_______________________________________
expected. She was quite disenchanted by her
experience.
3 The director mentioned the complaint at the
d______________
meeting yesterday.
4 The young boy wasn t repentant about
The complaint __________________________
stealing the car.
_______________________________________
r______________
4 Journalists invented most of the stories about
Mark /4
the singer.
Most of the stories ______________________
Total /20
_______________________________________
5 The authorities didn t give the promised
support to the family.
The family ______________________________
_______________________________________
Mark /5
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