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New Cutting Edge Module Test 2B

Write these verbs in the text below. Change them into the past simple or past continuous
tense.
see / sit / meet / spend / work / visit / invite / be / not/talk

I (1)_______________ for a company and (2)_______________ an American customer in

Seattle when I first (3)_______________ my wife. She (4)_______________ at a meeting and
(5) _______________ next to me but we (6)_______________ ______________ to each other
except about work.

The next time I (7)_______________ her was a year later while she (8)_______________ some
time at our company. One evening, I (9)_______________ her out to dinner and we had a
great time…

Which answer (a, b or c) does NOT complete the sentence?

10 Life is more complicated than it _____.
a) used to be. b) was. c) is anymore.
11 They don’t live here _____.
a) any longer b) still c) now
12 ___ when we saw each other.
a) We always laughed a lot b) We used to laugh
c) We use laughing
13 _____ find his job interesting.
a) No longer he b) Nowadays, he doesn’t c) He used to
14 They used to eat toast _____
a) now at their grandmother’s. b) at their grandmother’s.
c) when they visited their grandmother.

Some of these sentences are correct and some contain one incorrect word. Tick the correct
sentences. Underline the incorrect word and write the correct word at the end.
15 I’m not very good at learning new words. __________________
16 Doing mistakes is a useful way to learn. __________________
17 I’m sure I remind that piece of music. Play it again. __________________
18 Don’t lose your mother’s birthday. __________________
19 She taught me how to cook. __________________

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20 I’ll remember him to call you. __________________
21 That’s the third time I’ve lost this game. __________________

Complete sentences 22-30 with these missing prepositions.

down / by / on / to / with / about / with / of / to

22 When you sit _______________ to study, have a coffee or chew some gum.

23 I’m thinking _______________ moving to France.

24 Let’s focus _______________ the problem of money for a moment.

25 I don’t want you to be associated _______________ that sort of person.

26 She knows the whole poem _______________ heart.

27 I always struggle _______________ exams.

28 Can you tell him _______________ the party?

29 She likes to dance _______________ modern music.

30 Add a little more sugar _______________ the dessert.

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