The document is a sample English language exam assessing grammar and language usage. It contains multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blank exercises, and other tasks involving verb tenses, pronouns, prepositions, reported speech, and conditional sentences. The exam tests a variety of essential grammar and language concepts.

1. Start of Year Review (Standard)
1 Circle the correct alternatives.
1 Louise wear/wears jeans at the weekend.
2 Thomas doesn’t enjoy/enjoys cycling to school on cold days.
3 Where you do/do you live?
4 I don’t/doesn’t have any money for new clothes.
5 My brother watch/watches horror films on DVD every evening.
6 Sam doesn’t wear/doesn’t wears school uniform at his school.
7 What time do/does it start?
8 The children live/lives near the city centre.
2 Write sentences in the present continuous using the prompts.
1 They / play tennis / at the moment.
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2 George / not live / with his parents.
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3 I / have lunch / in the city centre.
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4 Wendy and Jack / not wear / any shoes.
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5 She / sit / over there.
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6 We / not work / at the moment.
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7 you / do your homework?
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2. 8 Which game / she / play?
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9 I / not come / with you.
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10 We / put up / shelves in the kitchen.
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3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
sometimes always now often never
1 Jennifer _________________ sets her alarm for seven o’clock on weekdays.
She likes getting up early.
2 Pamela is walking over to your house _________________ . She’ll be there in
a minute.
3 _________________ Dan visits us on his way home. He comes once or twice a
week.
4 I _________________ eat meat. I’m a vegetarian.
5 We _________________ go to the cinema on Fridays. In fact, I think we go on
three Fridays every month.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Jenny _________________ (lose) her purse yesterday.
2 Amy _________________ (break) her leg badly in the bicycle accident.
3 Tim _________________ (give) my mum some flowers.
4 We _________________ (not know) what time it was.
5 Sally _________________ (leave) at half past three.
6 Dan _________________ (worry) about handing in his homework late.
7 I _________________ (not win) the match.
8 We _________________ (see) a really interesting programme on TV yesterday.
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3. 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Simone _________________ (walk) home from school when it suddenly started
to rain.
2 What _________________ (Susie / wear) when you saw her last Monday?
3 Josie was eating lunch when someone _________________ (steal) her
handbag.
4 _________________ (you / meet) Dan when he got off the plane?
5 The sun was shining and the birds _________________ (sing) in the trees as I
cycled down the lane.
6 Penny _________________ (not kiss) Tom on their first date.
7 We _________________ (win) a hundred euros on last week’s lottery.
6 Circle the correct alternatives.
1 Danny used to play/had played the piano when he was young, but he doesn’t
play it anymore.
2 Wendy didn’t know/wasn’t knowing what time it was when I asked her.
3 I was cooking/had cooked lunch when you phoned.
4 When we were small children, we would get/had got up really early at
weekends.
5 We saw/had seen a good film last night.
6 Jo lost/was losing her tennis match when I left. I don’t know whether she won
or lost in the end.
7 How much did you understand/were you understanding of the play?
8 Once, I broke/used to break my arm while playing basketball for my school.
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4. 7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Tim _________________ (just / ride) his bicycle across the Pyrenees.
2 Louise _________________ (buy) some new shoes last weekend.
3 Wendy _________________ (not eat) her breakfast yet. That’s why she’s so
hungry.
4 Penny _________________ (already / visit) the most interesting monuments.
5 I _________________ (get) home about five minutes ago.
6 How long _________________ (you / live) in this lovely old house?
7 He _________________ (own) a yacht for over 20 years.
8 Henrietta _________________ (not speak) to Carrie at last night’s dance.
9 _________________ (you / hear) the news? Sophie and Ian are getting
married.
10 Paul and I _________________ (meet) for the first time many years ago.
8 Complete the table with comparatives and superlatives.
adjective comparative superlative
high higher
big the biggest
busy the busiest
exciting more exciting
good the best
bad worse
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5. 9 Complete the sentences with words from 8.
1 The Empire State Building in New York is one of ________________ buildings in
the USA.
2 The shopping centre is ________________ today than it usually is on a Monday.
3 John’s grade in the test was ________________ than his sister’s. He got 40%.
She got 63%.
4 Elephants are ________________ than rhinos.
5 Sally Jenkins won an award as ________________ young actress in a comedy
play in 2010.
6 We went paragliding on holiday. It was fantastic! It’s ________________ sport
I’ve ever tried.
7 It was freezing and the wind was blowing and the rain was falling! It was
________________ weather I’ve ever experienced!
8 Monday is ________________ day of the week for me! I have so much to do
then.
10 Circle the correct alternatives.
1 Sue likes listening to a/the radio.
2 What do you usually do at a/the weekend?
3 Jo enjoys working as a/(–) doctor in a large hospital.
4 Could you bring me a/the glass of water, please?
5 Amanda would like to study the/(–) chemistry at university.
6 Do you think there used to be life on the/(–) moon?
7 It’s important to try to help animals survive in the/(–) wild.
8 I’ll be there in a/the minute.
9 We got up early in a/the morning.
10 Would you like another cup of a/(–) coffee or tea?
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6. 11 Match the sentence halves.
A
___ 1 Amanda doesn’t own a any new shoes.
___ 2 Rebecca has bought b some trousers.
B
___ 3 Tim hasn’t got many c time.
___ 4 Bob doesn’t have much d friends.
C
___ 5 I’ve learnt a few e German.
___ 6 Sue speaks a little f words.
12 Complete the sentences with in, at or on.
1 Jack lives _________________ France.
2 The film starts _________________ six o’clock.
3 I spent the weekend _________________ home.
4 The bus is _________________ time.
5 It’s five o’clock _________________ the morning.
6 I put it _________________ the cupboard.
7 My birthday is _________________ October.
8 What was _________________ TV last night?
9 Claire was waiting _________________ the bus stop.
10 Sue lives _________________ the countryside.
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7. 13 Complete the table with subject, object and possessive pronouns.
subject pronoun object pronoun possessive pronoun
I me
yours
he him
hers
it its
us
them
14 Complete the sentences with words from 13.
1 Robert enjoys horror movies but I don’t like _________________ very much.
They’re too scary.
2 My two brothers are tall but _________________ aren’t well-built.
3 Both these bags belong to us. And the backpack over there
is_________________, too.
4 I’m sorry, but these shoes aren’t _________________. I have a black pair, not
a brown pair. Do you think someone has taken them by mistake?
5 Give _________________ the ticket. He loves opera so he’ll really appreciate a
free ticket.
6 I’m sorry. I didn’t know it was _________________. I wouldn’t have used it if
you’d said something earlier.
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8. 15 Correct the errors in the sentences.
1 Are they going see a movie?
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2 What will she to say if Emma phones?
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3 Who you are meeting tonight?
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4 What will you buying Robert?
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5 He’s going to visit his aunt at the weekend?
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6 At this time tomorrow, I’ll sitting on a beach.
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7 Barry is no going to wait.
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8 Jenny won’t have eating before her friends arrive.
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9. 16 Complete the sentences in reported speech.
1 ‘We ’re going to play tennis later,’ they told us.
They told us that they _________________ play tennis later.
2 ‘I rang Jill two days ago,’ he said.
He said that he _________________ Jill two days before.
3 ‘How much money do you have?’ he asked.
He asked me how much money I _________________ .
4 ‘She has broken her leg,’ he said.
He said that she _________________ her leg.
5 ‘Do you enjoy eating out?’ she asked.
She asked if I _________________ eating out.
6 ‘Tom isn’t doing anything at the moment,’ she said.
She said that Tom _________________ anything at that moment.
17 Put the words in the correct order.
1 published / Magazines / by / are / our company / .
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2 tomorrow / The / shown / be / will / documentary / .
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3 has / A / arrested / burglar / been / just / .
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4 in the 1970s / houses / Were / the / built / ?
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5 been / can’t / The / announced / winner / have / yet / .
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6 later / be / isn’t / allowed / James / going / into / to / the club / .
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10. 18 Circle the correct alternatives.
1 If you want to win, you have to/would have to enter the competition first.
2 If she went/had gone to the party she would have probably had a good time.
3 I don’t/won’t lend you any more money if you keep spending it in the way you
do.
4 We might go to the beach if it stays/stayed sunny.
5 If you had/you’d have more free time, would you take up a new hobby?
6 If Paul ate less food, he won’t/wouldn’t put on so much weight.
7 If you were calling/had called, I would have come and picked you up.
8 Where did you/would you work if you could change your job?
19 Choose the best option to complete the sentences.
1 We’ll watch TV _________________ you have a better idea.
a if b unless c than
2 I’ve _________________ been to Scotland. I went there last year.
a ever b just c already
3 We’ll leave _________________ Jack has put his coat on. So just wait a
minute.
a before b as soon as c while
4 Amy hasn’t tried windsurfing _________________.
a yet b just c never
5 _________________ Tom was cooking lunch, I set the table.
a Yet b While c On
6 I’ve worked here _________________ four months.
a for b since c during
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