Starter Unit test 7

Grammar 4 Write the numbers.

1 Choose the correct alternative. 1 20th twentieth 4 31st
2 2nd 5 12th
1 Ian was/were on holiday last month. 3 19th 6 23rd
2 Were/Was there a concert on the beach?
3 Were/Was they Australian? 5
4 Jean weren’t/wasn’t at work last week.
5 There was/were ten people in the café.
6 No, there weren’t/wasn’t fireworks at Lou’s party. 5 Underline the correct alternative.
7 Was/Were Vincent at work today? 1 We stopped/talked/danced on the phone.
8 Tired? No, we wasn’t/weren’t tired. 2 Let’s wait/arrive/stop work now. It’s 6p.m.
9 There was/were a pharmacy next to the library. 3 I wait/travel/move for the bus here. It’s my stop.
10 Where was/were you yesterday? 4 We arrived/waited/travelled to France last year.
11 Greg was/wasn’t in Spain. He was in France. 5 The plane travels/arrives/starts in Rio at 7.20p.m.
6 They walked/arrived/stopped 20 kilometres.
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2 Complete the texts with the correct past simple
form of the verbs in the boxes. 6 Is each adjective positive (+), negative (-) or
like play travel both (+/-)? Underline the correct answer.
1 not bad + - +/-
‘My father really 1 liked sport and was a great 2 delicious + - +/-
footballer. He 2 for the national team 3 not very good + - +/-
and 3 to different countries for 4 fantastic + - +/-
matches.’ Jack, 53 5 all right + - +/-
6 boring + - +/-
arrive cook finish like
5

‘My mother was a doctor. She 4 her job

but she sometimes 5 work late. My
sister and I usually 6 dinner because she Function
always 7 home tired.’ Hector, 48
7 Complete the conversations with the words and
phrases in the box.
move not stop wait work
good How was It wasn’t
‘My father was an engineer. He 8 just right They were What did you
working! Every evening my brother and I
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for him to come home. My family 1 A: How was your ice cream?
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home a lot when I was young because B: It was OK.
he 11 in a lot of different cities.’ 2 A: How was the party?
Amelie, 62 B: It was very .
3 A: How was the concert?
10 B: very interesting.
4 A: How was your chicken?
B: It was delicious – .
Vocabulary 5 A: How were the singers?
B: fantastic.
3 Rearrange the letters to make months. 6 A: think of the film?
1 ayM May 4 tugAsu B: It was great.
2 hracM 5 yraJaun
3 brteocO 6 aeryFurb 10

5 Total: 50

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 Starter Unit test 7

Unit test 7
1: 2 Was 3 Were 4 wasn’t 5 were
6 weren’t 7 Was 8 weren’t 9 was
10 were 11 wasn’t
2: 2 played 3 travelled 4 liked 5 finished
6 cooked 7 arrived 8 didn’t stop 9
waited 10 moved 11 worked
3: 2 March 3 October 4 August
5 January 6 February
4: 2 second 3 nineteenth 4 thirty-first 5
twelfth 6 twenty-third
5: 2 stop 3 wait 4 travelled
5 arrives 6 walked
6: 2 + 3 - 4 + 5 +/- 6 -
7: 2 good 3 It wasn’t 4 just right
5 They were 6 What did you

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