Unit 1 Vocabulary and language focus page 9 Test A

1 Choose the correct words to complete the definitions.

1 A weapon is something you use to hurt / help people.
2 A crisis is a good / bad time.
3 An icon is a famous person / thing.
4 An invention is an old / a new idea.
5 When people live in poverty, they don’t have much money / water.

2 Complete the sentences using the correct form of used to and the verbs in the box.

go not speak listen not eat work

1 When my granddad was fourteen he ______________________ very hard on the farm.
2 I ______________________ sweets when I was little. I didn’t like them!
3 __________________ you ______________________ to pop music in the sixties?
4 My mum _______________________ to anti-war protests when she was a teenager.
5 David _______________________ English when he was five.

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Unit 1 Vocabulary and language focus page 9 Test B

1 Choose the correct words to complete the definitions.
1 When there is a war, people fight / get ill.
2 A gadget is a big / small machine or thing.
3 When the economy is good, the country is richer / more peaceful.
4 If there is a craze for something, it is very popular / unpopular.
5 People organize protests against things they don’t / do like.

2 Complete the sentences using the correct form of used to and the verbs in the box.

watch not do call not have cook

1 My dad _______________________ my mum on the phone every day.
2 __________________ you ______________________ cartoons when you were little?
3 I ______________________ much exercise when I was a teenager.
4 My gran _______________________ dinner every night when she lived with us.
5 We _______________________ short hair in the sixties!
Unit 1 Language focus page 11 Test A
1 Rewrite the sentences using the past perfect.
1 I saw him. – ____________________________________________________________
2 We left. – ______________________________________________________________
3 Did you finish it? – _______________________________________________________
4 l didn’t eat lunch. – _______________________________________________________
5 Carlos swam across the river. – _____________________________________________

2 Choose the correct verb forms. Use the past simple and the past perfect in each
sentence.
1 By the time we arrived / had arrived, the film started / had started.
2 I got / ’d got dressed after I had / ’d had a shower.
3 I didn’t want / hadn’t wanted dinner because I ate / ’d eaten earlier.
4 Zara didn’t watch / hadn’t watched the film before I bought / ’d bought her the DVD.
5 He was / ’d been late for class because he missed / ’d missed his bus.

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Unit 1 Language focus page 11 Test B

1 Rewrite the sentences using the past perfect.
1 I bought it. – ____________________________________________________________
2 Lily didn’t arrive. – ________________________________________________________
3 Was he there? – _________________________________________________________
4 We ate it all. – ___________________________________________________________
5 They ran for twenty kilometres. – ____________________________________________

2 Choose the correct verb forms. Use the past simple and the past perfect in each
sentence.
1 I had / ’d had breakfast after I got / ’d got up.
2 By the time we left / had left, the party finished / had finished.
3 Oli didn’t watch / hadn’t watched the film because he saw / ’d seen it before.
4 She told / ’d told me the news before I heard / ’d heard it on the radio.
5 They lost / ’d lost the match, so they didn’t celebrate / hadn’t celebrated.
Unit 1 Vocabulary page 12 Test A
1 Match expressions 1–5 with meanings a–c.
1___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___
1 get together a get meaning ‘become’
2 get married b get meaning ‘receive / obtain’
3 get a present c phrasal verb
4 get better
5 get a driving licence

2 Complete the sentences. Use get or gets and an expression from the box.

upset a job on with the bus home

1 I usually __________________ to school.
2 Mum __________________ and shouts when I don’t tidy my room!
3 I don’t __________________ Freddie. He isn’t nice.
4 I need to __________________ so I can earn some money.
5 After I __________________, I usually do my homework. Then I have dinner.
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Unit 1 Vocabulary page 12 Test B
1 Match expressions 1–5 with meanings a–c.
1___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___
1 get on with a get meaning ‘become’
2 get a job b get meaning ‘receive / obtain’
3 get up c phrasal verb
4 get upset
5 get a present

2 Complete the sentences. Use get or gets and an expression from the box.

the flu together the bus married better

1 My friends and I usually __________________ after school. We often play video games.
2 If you __________________, you should go to the doctor’s.
3 In the film, they fall in love and they __________________ in this church.
4 My dad usually __________________ to work.
5 Mark has been ill. I hope he __________________ soon.
Unit 1 Language focus page 13 Test A
1 Choose the correct verbs.
1 Josie was swimming / swum when she saw the dolphins.
2 What did you buy / were you buying at the supermarket?
3 I was talking to a friend when you were phoning / phoned me.
4 I was watching TV and I was reading / read at the same time.
5 She gave me some money and I went / was going shopping.

2 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or continuous form of the verbs.

sleep tell make look not do

1 At 6 p.m. on Sunday, my dad __________________ dinner.
2 I called her and I __________________ her the news.
3 I __________________ when you woke me.
4 I was walking through the park and I ________________ at the flowers.
5 Why ____________________ (you) your homework last week?

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Unit 1 Language focus page 13 Test B

1 Choose the correct verbs.
1 He was cooking and he was listening / listened to music at the same time.
2 Pedro lent me his bike and I rode / was riding into town.
3 I was relaxing / relax by the pool when you phoned me.
4 What time did they leave / were they leaving yesterday?
5 She was shopping when she was seeing / saw them.

2 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or continuous form of the verbs.

give meet win not sleep listen

1 She wasn’t eating well and she ________________ well at night.
2 Who ____________________ the race in 2010?
3 Three years ago, I __________________ Elise.
4 I did my homework and I __________________ it to the teacher.
5 We __________________ to the music when it stopped.