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short test

Test 1
Grammar
1 Find twelve mistakes with the structures for talking about habitual behaviour in the text and correct them.
When I was a child the fair was coming to our village 1
every spring. It was the highlight of the season!
The men were parking their fantastic colourful 2
caravans in the field and then they were building 3
these wonderful machines. I was loving watching 4
them. I was asking them always questions about 5
their lives and they must have got pretty fed up
with me! Then, when the fair would open it was 6
magic! It was full every night and always they had to 7
turn people away. I was really enjoying going on 8
the rides the higher and faster, the better! But
these days I am feeling sick if I so much as look at 9
a big wheel! I would go to a fair with my younger 10
sister and stand and watch her, but thats enough
for me. She is usually trying to make me change 11
my mind, but I wont! At those spring fairs in the
past my mother was never coming on rides with 12
me and I would have to ask my dad instead. Now,
I knowwhy!
Mark /12

Vocabulary
2 Complete the sentences with the words in the 5 People often need counselling after a
box. There are two more words than you need. event such as a bad car crash.
circumspect code disorientated hindsight 6 Understanding the genetic has
ingrained recall reminisce trait been a major scientific advance.
traumatic unnerved
7 My blond hair is a physical that
none of the rest of my family has.
1 With I think we can say that we
definitely made the wrong decision. 8 I was quite to wake up in
the middle of the night and find my sister
2 Its always difficult to change habits that have
sleepwalking through my bedroom!
been since childhood.
Mark /8
3 Ive always loved listening to my grandmother
about her life in the 1950s. Total /20
4 I have an appalling sense of direction and
always get when Im in a new
town.

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Test 2
Grammar Vocabulary
1 Identify the type of phrasal verb. Write separable 3 Complete the sentences with the most
(S), inseparable (I), or does not take an object appropriate adverbs. There are two more words
(NO). than you need.
1 back down ____ 8 bring up ____ chiefly ironically loosely resolutely
supposedly widely
2 look for ____ 9 let down ____
3 stand up to ____ 10 tear up ____ 1 The film is based on the book
4 pass out ____ 11 run into ____ by H G Wells, but there are differences.
5 go through ____ 12 break down ____ 2 The prisoner refused to give
his name in court.
6 cheer up ____ 13 grow up ____
3 Cricket was invented in
7 look after ____ 14 go for ____
Belgium! Can you believe that?
Mark /7
4 The scandal has been reported
2 Rewrite the sentences. Replace the words in bold around the world.
with an appropriate phrasal verb. Start with the Mark /4
words given.
1 The Council have refused Mikes planning
4 Replace the words in bold with an appropriate
adjective.
application.
Mikes planning application _______________ 1 We were perplexed by the final crossword
clue. b______________
_______________________________________
2 I was tense before my English oral test.
2 The police will investigate the allegation.
n______________
The allegation __________________________
3 Life in London wasnt as good as Bess had
_______________________________________ expected. She was quite disenchanted by her
3 The director mentioned the complaint at the experience.
meeting yesterday. d______________
The complaint __________________________ 4 The young boy wasnt repentant about
stealing the car.
_______________________________________
r______________
4 Journalists invented most of the stories about
Mark /4
the singer.
Most of the stories ______________________ Total /20
_______________________________________
5 The authorities didnt give the promised
support to the family.
The family ______________________________
_______________________________________
Mark /5

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