TEST PAPER

I. Complete the text with new words: (2p)

a) One of the greatest ……….……….. (PERFORM) I’ve ever seen was the Italian
………………………… (MAGIC) called Lorenzo the Great.
b) It took months of ……………….….(PREPARE) to arrange her dream wedding.
c) What a ……………………………….(COINCIDE) seeing you here!
d) It was very …………………...(SELF) to eat the rest of the cake and not leave any.
e) I think the price of this dress is very ………………….(REASON) for such good
quality material.
f) Despite his …………………………(ABILITY) ,Simon is excellent at playing sport.
g) John sounds very ………………..(AGGRESSION) when he shouts and points his
finger at people like that.
h) She gave away some clothes because they were ……………….……….(FASHION).
i) I couldn”t tell the……………………………(DIFFER) between the twins.

II.Fill in the empty spaces with the correct article, where needed: (2p)

a) ......Queen spoke about the speed of technological change.

b) ......Beatles is .......most famous band in the world.
c) .......Times wrote about the last terrorist attack in Vietnam.
d) They had wonderful weather on........holiday.
e) They”re staying at ........Platza Hotel in New York.
f) They crossed ........Atlantic last summer.
g) She learnt to play ..........piano when she was 4.
h) Where”s .........money I gave you last week?
i) .....water boils at 100 degrees C.
j) Artemisia was ........bravest female warrior, a naval commander and ally of Xerxes, the
King of Persia.
k) In ......Netherlands a lotof people ride ..............bikes.
l) We’re on holiday in ….…. London. ….…. weather’s great for sightseeing. ….... sun’s
shining. We met ….… Watsons here.
m) ..........mount Everest is in .........Himalayas.

III.Rewrite the following sentences in reported speech: (2p)

1. ”I ordered a pizza for dinner ten minutes ago!” Tom said.
……………………………………………………………………………..…………
2. “This is the best holiday I have ever had”, he said.
 ………………………………………………………………………..………………
3.”Why do you say this to me? she asked him.
……………………………………………………………………….……………….
4.”Don’t speak to your brother like that”mother said to her son.
………………………………………………………………………………………...
5. “The new guests will arrive tomorrow”, she said.
………………………………………………………………………………………..
6.”I had an argument with Mark yesterday”, Greg said.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
7.”Put all your things in the closet!”, mother told Alison.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
8. “I’ll go to the doctor next week”, Paul said.
……………………………………………………………………………………….
9. “Jack was playing in the garden yesterday”, Ann said.
………………………………………………………………………………………
10. ‘Where is the post-office? the old man asked Sara.
………………………………………………………………………………………

IV.Write these reported statements in direct speech: (0,40x5=2p)

1.She said she didn’t have any

money………………………………………………………………………...........................
2.He said he would leave
early………………………………………………………………………………
3.He said he’d spoken to his mom the week before.
……………………………………………………………….............................................
4.She asked him how he had done
that……………………………………………………………………….................................
5.He said he had called her that
morning…………………………………………………………………….................................

V.Complete the sentences with the correct phrasal verb:look after, get
away, go up, give up, look up. (0,20X5=1p)

a) My father.......................smoking years ago.

b) Could I borrow your dictionary?I want to ............the word ”committed”.
c) Prices ..............again,I”m afrid.
d) I can”t go out tonight.I have to................my little brother.
e) The bank robbers managed to ...............with £10,000 .