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

1 Circle the correct words. 0 Excuse me. I dont understand / m not understanding. 1 He works in a restaurant. Is / Does he? 2 Tomorrow afternoon Im sailing / going sailing. 3 On my first day at school I cried / used to cry. 4 While I was playing football, I broke / was breaking my leg. 5 We are as clever as / than them. 6 This food isnt hot enough / enough hot for me to eat. 7 This is the man who / whose book I read. 8 Is / Are there any garlic bread? 9 If I win / will win the race, Ill buy you all a meal. 10 My father used be / to be in a band. 5

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2 Five of these sentences have mistakes. Find and correct them. Tick (V) those sentences that are correct. 0 Where did you used to buy your food when you lived in London? 1 I dont agree with you. I think Dan is right. 2 Did you do anything interesting at school today? 3 Could you tell me where is the railway station? 4 We were walking along the road when we suddenly were seeing a police car. 5 They didnt want to talk to me. 6 I went to a restaurant which youcan buy real Italian ice-cream. 7 All political parties are as stupid like all the others 8 We arent rich enough to buy a new house 9 I wont probably go out tonight. Ive got lots of work to do. 10 There are some very good books here. use _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ .

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. 0 (you remember) Do you remember what our Maths homework is?

1 Its nice to see that they (talk) _______________________ to each other now. 2 (The Beatles sing) _______________________Help in 1965? 3 Rembrandt (not paint) _______________________ the Mona Lisa 4 When I was young I (use be) _______________________ lazy. 5 I saw the beach while we (drive) _______________________ to the hotel. 6 Hotels are (expensive) _______________________ than campsites. 7 Our country (not have) _______________________ any forests by the year 2050. 8 If he (not be) _______________________ careful hell lose his money. 9 You (not be) _______________________ rich if you dont study. 10 I stopped (worry) _______________________ about the weather a long time ago.

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4 Complete the text. Use the correct forms of the words in capital letters. I went to an (0) interesting talk yesterday. The speaker was a writer. A very (1) ______________ writer who writes travel books. He was very (2) ______________ and told us many stories. On one journey he was travelling by train. It was a very (3) ______________ train and he couldnt fall (4) ______________. Finally, he did and, while he was sleeping his bags (5) ______________. He couldnt find them anywhere. When he got off the train, he was in a terrible place, the (6) ______________ was so bad you could taste it. The walk from the station to the city was much (7) ______________ than he thought and there were no taxis. It was a really good evenings (8) ______________ some really (9) ______________ stories, and I will (10) ______________ buy his book when I see it. ENTERTAIN FORGET DEFINITE FAR POLLUTE APPEAR COMFORT SLEEP TALK IMAGINE INTEREST

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10 5 Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in capital letters. Do not change the meaning of the original sentences. 0 Debbie is very modest about her exam results. ISNT Debbie isnt arrogant about her exam results.

1 Where do we get our money from? GET Could you tell me ________________________________________________ money from? 2 He often went out when he was at school. USED He often ________________________________________________ when he was at school. 3 Could you tell me what house you live in? DO What ________________________________________________ live in? 4 I didnt like sports when I was at school. TO I ________________________________________________ like sports when I was at school. 5 The headmaster is investigating the fight in the playground. INTO The headmaster __________________________________________ the fight in the playground. 6 Im trying to think of a way to make a lot of money. UP Im trying to __________________________________________ a way to make a lot of money. 7 The cakes in Joes caf are fresher than the cakes here. AS The cakes here ________________________________________________ the cakes in Joes caf.

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8 I cant eat this meal, its too unhealthy. ISNT This meal ________________________________________________ for me to eat. 9 There arent many vegetarians in my class. A There are only ______________________________________________ vegetarians in my class. 10 We might build a garage next to our house. POSSIBLE It ________________________________________________ will build a garage next to our house.

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6 Complete the text with one word in each gap. A I stayed 0 up until 4 oclock this morning.

B (1) __________ you? Why? A I had lots of homework to do. B What was the homework about? A I had to find (2) __________ about Captain Cook the explorer. He was born in Yorkshire and, when he was 16, he moved to a fishing village. Maybe he got his love of the sea while he (3) __________ watching the men from the village when they (4) __________ fishing. He was very good (5) __________ making maps. In 1768, he travelled (6) __________ ship to the Pacific Ocean and sailed to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia. On April 29th 1770, he landed in Australia, at the place (7) __________ is now called Botany Bay. He met some Aborigines (8) __________ taught him the word Kangaroo. Before Cook, a lot of sailors (9) __________ to become very ill because they (10) __________ not eat any fruit or vegetables. Cook gave his men fruit and they stayed healthy.

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7 Circle the correct answers: a, b or c. What are the British like? Its a difficult question to answer. Society is changing. Young people are more (0) __________ than their parents. Britain is now a multicultural society which can cause problems. The British cant completely (1) __________ these problems but they are doing better than a lot of other countries. The environment isnt as positive. Britain lost its forests many years ago and the government probably wont (2) __________ them. The government says that it is trying to (3) __________ pollution but Britains cars and factories dont help. The government could also do more to (4) __________ waste. Tourists often complain that Britains food is (5) __________ and Britains breakfasts are famous for being (6) __________ with eggs, sausages and bacon cooked in oil. Now, because of the large ethnic population, Britains most popular food is the (7)__________ curry. Accommodation in England can be expensive but there are a lot of (8) __________ hostels which are much (9) __________ than hotels. They are also a good place to meet friendly, (10) __________ people. 0 a) tolerate 1 a) solve 2 a) recycle 3 a) down 4 a) recycle b) tolerant b) cure b) save b) low b) save c) intolerant c) help c) replant c) less c) replant c) tasteful c) greasy c) fresh c) young c) cheaply c) unhelpful d) tolerated d) lose d) remove d) limit d) take out d) taste d) stale d) sweet d) yacht d) cheaper d) help 10

5 a) tasteless b) tasty 6 a) cosy 7 a) stale 8 a) your 9 a) cheap 10 a) helpful b) vegan b) spicy b) youth b) cheapest b) helping

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