Language Test 7A*

3 Complete the text with the Past

Grammar simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Choose the correct options. There 1 (be) a sound outside. I
Tony Where 1 you were / were 2
(open) the door and 3 (look)
you last night? around, but I didn’t see anything. Then
Steve I 2 was / were at home. the noise 4 (stop). I 5 (close)
Tony No, you 3 wasn’t / weren’t! the door and 6 (watch) TV. But
Steve How do you know? then something 7 (move) in my
Tony I 4 was / were at your bedroom. I 8 (phone) the police,
house with your brother, but they 9 (not answer).
and you 5 wasn’t / weren’t
there! ___/9 marks
Steve OK, OK, it’s true, I
6
wasn’t / weren’t there. I
7
was / were at the Vocabulary
cinema with Rebecca. 4 Write the dates and the years in
8
Tony Julie was / Was Julie words.
with you? 1 1978
Steve No, she 9 wasn’t / weren’t. nineteen -
Only Rebecca and I 2 2nd December
10
was / were at the the of December
cinema. 3 2007
and seven
___/10 marks th
4 25 April
the twenty-
2 Complete the sentences with the 5 2012
correct form of there was or there two
were. 6 30th June
1 any mobile phones the of
7 1864
40 years ago. (✗) -four
2 a computer in the 8 23rd October
classroom? twenty- of
3 an accident
yesterday. (✓) ___/8 marks
4 many people at the
club?
5 some great DVDs in
that shop. (✓)
6 any cheese in the
fridge. (✗)

___/6 marks
5 Label the pictures with the Past
simple form of the verbs in the box.

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invent listen phone
stop study talk
work
1 7

2
8

10

5
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6
6 Choose the correct options.
1 Marconi invented / travelled the
wireless in 1896.
2 The car closed / stopped because
the light was red.
3 He asked / talked me a question
and I worked / answered him.
4 I phoned / listened my mother last
night on Skype and she talked /
studied a lot.
5 She answered / liked the
programme on TV.
6 I closed / worked the window
because it was cold.
7 They liked / worked from nine to
five.

___/7 marks

Speaking
7 Complete the sentences. Use one
word in each gap. The first letter of
each word is given.
1 They arrived in England fifty years
a .
2 They lived in Brighton f two
years.
3 I played football l weekend.
4 Grandma was a teenager i
the 1960s.
5 ‘Today lots of people use the
internet, but i t days
we didn’t have the internet.’
‘Really? What a p !’
6 I answered the phone a minute
a .
7 I waited f an hour but you
didn’t come.
8 Where were you y
morning?

___/10 marks

Total: ___/60 marks