Quiz 2

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Date: __________________
Mark: ________ / 40 marks

Vocabulary
Choose the correct answers.

1 My dad’s really ____ because I broke his computer. 11 Adrian is such a ____ person. He’s never sad.
a scared a sociable
b sad b silly
c angry c cheerful
2 We’re so ____! There’s nothing to do here. There’s 12 Denise finds going to parties really difficult because
no wifi, no TV and it’s raining! she’s very ____.
a happy a shy
b bored b sociable
c scared c kind
3 Horace is a professional artist. Making art is his ____. 13 Why don’t you help me? It’s not very ____!
a hobby a funny
b culture b kind
c job c cheerful
4 Didgeridoos are ____ Aboriginal instruments and 14 That was a really stupid thing to do! I can’t believe
make great souvenirs from Australia. you’re so ____ sometimes.
a traditional a sociable
b weird b shy
c smart c silly
5 This looks really ____. I think there’s something 15 ‘What’s wrong?’ ‘I’m really ____ about my exams.
wrong with it. It’s not normal. I’ve got three tomorrow.’
a unkind a worry
b mean b worried
c weird c worrying
6 Some people think that dogs aren’t clever, but most 16 Stop doing that! It’s really ____.
are in fact really ____. a annoy
a attractive b annoyed
b great c annoying
c smart 17 We’re really angry ____ the terrible things that
7 I’ve got red hair and pale skin, so I ____ tan. he said.
a always a about
b never b for
c usually c at
8 ‘Does your uncle have ____ ?’ ‘Yes, he hates 18 Did you hear the ____ news? Yes, it’s terrible.
shaving!’ a shock
a long hair b shocked
b a beard c shocking
c curly hair 19 I really like Hannah’s friends. They are so ____.
9 I want to have braces because my teeth ____. They always help each other.
a aren’t straight a care
b are straight b careful
c are nice c caring
10 Susie always uses suncream because she’s got ____ 20 Ralph has a ____ girlfriend. Everyone likes her.
skin. a love
a blonde b lovely
b wavy c lazy
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Grammar
Choose the correct answers.

1 I ____ my wife while I was at university. 11 We were at home at 7pm last night. We ____
a meet dinner.
b met a were having
c meeted b had
c used to have
2 Is that dress new? ____ it today?
a Do you buy 12 ‘Your teeth are so straight!’ ‘Well, I ____ braces
b Did you bought when I was a teenager.’
c Did you buy a was having
b used to have
3 I didn’t see you at the party. ____ there?
c always had
a Did you be
b You were 13 Samira used to have piano lessons ____.
c Were you a last Wednesday
b on Wednesday
4 We went fishing at the weekend, but we ____
c on Wednesdays
anything.
a don’t catch 14 While you ____ your friends, I was studying for my
b didn’t catch exams.
c didn’t caught a are visiting
b were visiting
5 What a surprise! We ____ you were away.
c used to visiting
a think
b thinked 15 When I ____ them for the first time, they were living
c thought in a lovely house near the sea.
a was meeting
6 I ____ like vegetables when I was a child. I love them
b used to meet
now.
c met
a used to
b didn’t use to 16 ‘What were you doing when it started to snow?’
c didn’t used to ‘I ____ home.’
a walked
7 Billy ____ to that school.
b used to walk
a used to go
c was walking
b used to went
c use to went 17 I’m sorry, I ____ you when you arrived because I was
playing on my computer upstairs.
8 ‘Did Mauricio use to have a beard and long hair?’
a didn’t hear
‘Yes, he ____.’
b don’t hear
a used
c wasn’t hearing
b did use
c did 18 Is that you in this photograph? What ____? Were
you going to a fancy-dress party?
9 Last night we ____ fish and chips for dinner.
a did you wear
a eat
b were you wearing
b ate
c did you use to wear
c used to eat
19 When they ____ at the hotel, they went for swim.
10 I ____ Juan was Spanish, but in fact he’s Peruvian.
a were arriving
a used to thought
b did arrive
b used to think
c arrived
c didn’t use to think
20 It was a beautiful night and the moon ____ bright,
when suddenly they saw a very bright light.
a shone
b shined
c was shining

( ___ / 20 marks)

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