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BE & HAVE
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of be or
have. Use contractions where possible. (10 marks)
1 When Cathy’s party?
2 My sisters both married.
3 He seventeen years old.
4 you hungry?
5 Oliver got a new girlfriend.
6 I from Jerez, I’m from Cadiz.
7 What time do you usually lunch?
8 this your room?
9 There a lot of people in this café.
10 She can’t drive because she got a
licence.
BASIC TENSES
2 Choose the correct alternatives. (6 marks)
1 Take an umbrella. It rains / ’s raining / rained.
2 I go / ’m going to go / went shopping after school
tomorrow.
3 They arrive / arrived / have arrived at ten o’clock
last night.
4 What film did you see / are you seeing / will you see
yesterday?
5 I think I ’m having / have / ’ll have a shower before dinner.
6 Selma has done / was doing / ’s doing her homework
when I called.
SHORT ANSWERS
3 Write short answers. (8 marks)
Does he live near you? Yes, he does.
1 Does she like bananas?
2 Does your phone have a radio?
3 Is Enrique in his room?
4 Can you play the piano?
5 Have you been to Gibraltar?
6 Are you and Aysha in the same class?
7 Is there much snow at the moment?
8 Did Rafa’s sister come to the party?
REGULAR & IRREGULAR PAST TENSES
4 Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs
in the list. (10 marks)
arrive find go play send speak teach
think wait wear
1 Steve me an email about the party.
2 I the CD under the sofa.
3 They football after school.
4 I for a bus for more than an hour.
5 I the programme was very
interesting.
6 We to Manchester on Saturday.
7 I to James after the class.
8 Mrs Simons us English last year.
9 We home after midnight.
10 She a long black dress to the party.
PRONOUNS
5 Complete the sentences with a pronoun. (8 marks)
1 Tina works at dad’s shop.
2 Your phone is similar to my phone, but
is smaller than yours.
3 When Tobias comes home, can you tell
to call me?
4 Martin has broken leg.
5 This money is . It just fell out
of your pocket.
6 I passed my exam but Carla didn’t pass
.
7 ‘Is this your grandparents’ house?’ ‘No,
is in the next street.’
8 Nick doesn’t play his guitar any more. He wants
to sell .
ARTICLES
6 Complete the sentences with a / an, the or –. (10 marks)
1 I love bacon sandwiches.
2 She lives in very old apartment.
3 What did you have for breakfast?
4 Her mother is university professor.
5 I don’t like big cities.
6 There’s a TV in kitchen.
7 We can go to the cinema by bus.
8 They play football on Tuesdays.
9 I’m going to Valladolid next week.
10 He’s training to be engineer.
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WORD ORDER
7 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or
questions. (8 marks)
1 you / when / born / were?
2 he / the / sea / swims / in / never
3 guitarist / is / good / Helen / a?
4 what / mean / this / word / does ?
5 Japanese / very / speaks / well / he
6 that / pen / is / mine / black
7 terrible / he / a / singer / is
8 food / I / like / Italian / much / very
SOME, ANY, MUCH, MANY, A LOT
8 Choose the correct alternatives. (5 marks)
1 I’ve bought some / any new CDs.
2 Has he got a / any motorbike?
3 He wears jeans a lot / a lot of.
4 She spends much / a lot of money on clothes.
5 I haven’t got no / much time.
6 Did you do much / a lot work today?
7 I’m having some / any problems with my MP3 player.
8 How much / many brothers and sisters have you got?
9 He has a lot of / much good friends.
10 How much / many people came to the party?
QUESTIONS
9 Write questions for the bold words. (10 marks)
1 Nuno comes from Brazil.
2 I’m drinking mineral water.
3 My camera cost 200 euros.
4 I come to school by train.
5 David isn’t here because he’s at the dentist’s.
10 Write questions to complete the dialogue. (6 marks)
A (1) ?
B Sandra Escriva.
A (2) ?
B E-S-C-R-I-V-A.
A (3) ?
B I come from Murcia.
A (4) ?
B I’m seventeen next week.
A (5) ?
B Yes, I’ve got one brother. He’s called Felipe.
A (6) ?
B He studies geography at university.
COMPARATIVES & SUPERLATIVES
11 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the bold
adjectives. Use the comparative or superlative. (9 marks)
1 This sofa is (comfortable)
than the other one.
2 My bedroom is (small)
room in the apartment.
3 (hot) part of Brazil is the
north.
4 Juan is (good) footballer in
the school.
5 I find maths (difficult)
than English.
6 It was (expensive) thing on
the menu.
7 I’m (tall) than most of my
friends.
8 I have to get up (early)
than usual tomorrow.
9 Max is (quiet) person I know.
SPELLING & WORD FORMATION
12 Correct the errors in these sentences. (10 marks)
I can’t see nothing. anything
1 Stop shoutting!
2 My two sisters are very diferent.
3 He is interesting in modern art.
4 What are you writeing?
5 I need your advise.
6 It was a very usefull book.
7 He is imposible to understand.
8 She’s a very optimist person.
9 Wich sandwich would you like?
10 Tell me the true.
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ANSWER KEY
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TESTS
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
1 1 ’s 6 ’m not
2 are 7 have
3 ’s 8 Is
4 Are 9 are
5 ’s 10 hasn’t
2 1 ’s raining 4 did you see
2 ’m going to go 5 ’ll have
3 arrived 6 was doing
3 1 No, she doesn’t. 5 No, I / we haven’t.
2 Yes, it does. 6 Yes, we are.
3 No, he isn’t. 7 Yes, there is.
4 No, I / we can’t. 8 No, she didn’t.
4 1 sent 6 went
2 found 7 spoke
3 played 8 taught
4 waited 9 arrived
5 thought 10 wore
5 1 her 5 yours
2 mine 6 hers
3 him 7 theirs
4 his 8 it
6 1 – 3 – 5 – 7 – 9 –
2 a 4 a 6 the 8 – 10 an
7 1 When were you born?
2 He never swims in the sea.
3 Is Helen a good guitarist?
4 What does this word mean?
5 He speaks Japanese very well.
6 That black pen is mine.
7 He is a terrible singer.
8 I like Italian food very much.
8 1 some 6 much
2 a 7 some
3 a lot 8 many
4 a lot of 9 a lot of
5 much 10 many
9 1 Where does Nuno come from?
2 What are you drinking?
3 How much did your camera cost?
4 How do you come to school?
5 Why isn’t David here?
10 1 What’s your name?
2 How do you spell Escriva?
3 Where do you come from?
4 How old are you?
5 Have you got any brothers or sisters?
6 What does he do?
11 1 more comfortable 6 the most expensive
2 the smallest 7 taller
3 The hottest 8 earlier
4 the best 9 the quietest
5 more difficult
12 1 shouting 6 useful
2 different 7 impossible
3 interested 8 optimistic
4 writing 9 Which
5 advice 10 truth
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