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1 SEMESTER 1 Practice test + key I Complete the gaps in the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. a. Dear Fernando, I. (write) to say thank you for the present you sent me. b. Kim and I... (grow) up in India in the 1950s. c. Jane is a really good friend of mine. We.. (know) each other for about 5 years. d. What. (you, do) when I.. (phone) you last night? There was no reply. e. You can t use the bathroom. Alice..(have) a shower. f. I.(walk) along the street yesterday evening when I.. (see) something very strange. I... (notice) a man the same height as me who.. (have) a beard like mine.. g. I ve finished my exams so I (have ) a party on Friday. h. Sorry, but I.. (not be) here tomorrow. I have to go to the doctor s. i. I.. (phone) Carol the other day, but there.. (be) no reply. I guess she (go) swimming with her friends. II Write the questions using the prompts. Example: How old/you? I m 27. Question: How old are you? a) Where/Sebastian/born? In France.... b) How many brothers and sisters/you/got? I am an only child. c) How/you/spell journey? J-o-u-r-n-e-y..... d) How much/it/cost? It s $ e) you/married? No, I m single.... f) it/rain/when you arrived? I don t think so.... g) Who/live/next door? My sister....

2 III Complete the gaps with the comparative/superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. a) Let me know if you hear any.. (far) news. b) Prague is one of. (pretty) cities I ve ever been to. c) For some of.. (new) rides and... (big) thrills in the USA, spend a day at Water world. d) I was disappointed as the film was... (entertaining) than I expected. e) That s. (bad) pizza I ve ever eaten. f) What is. (expensive) way of travelling in Japan? (*cheapest) g) Tram is probably... (easy) way to get around the city. IV Correct the mistakes. a) Sarah has lived here for January. b) I m not really good in doing Maths. c) The test wasn t as hard I thought. d) She s late, doesn t she? e) I didn t used to like Thai food, but I do now. f) I hate get up early in the winter. g) I can look before the children while you are away. h) Phone me back before you will leave. i) I m not very keen in sport. j) China is in the Further East. k) I ve got a degree from from French. l) New York is a highly cosmopolit city. m) I went to the library three days before. n) Climate here is very similar with the climate in England. V Underline the correct alternative. a) I reminded/forgot/remembered to tell David your address, so he won t know where the party is. b) Have you learnt your new telephone number by mind/heart/brain. c) Most of them work full- term/work/time. d) He is Switz/Swiss/Switzer. e) Doing exercise is good to improve/reduce/lose stress. f) I m sorry. There s just no way I can save/sale/afford it at the moment. g) There are some stunning ancient/antique/elder sites in Egypt. h) Arthur really likes doing/going/making fishing as it gives him time alone. i) He is enrolled/passed/graduated as a part-time student. j) I ve chosen Accounting and Revision/Auditing/Audition at the Faculty of Economy/Economist/Economics in Subotica. k) Do you speak Germany/Deutsch/German? l) He lost a fortune/a luck/a money gambling.

3 VI Fill in the gaps with the correct word below. There are some extra words which you do not need to use. flight pilot flew landed get off took off depart took up fasten delayed flight Dear Tom, I ve just arrived in Rome but I m still recovering from a really terrible flight. We... two hours late because of bad weather, and then over the channel we had more bad weather. The... told us to... our seat belts, which worried me a bit, and for half an hour we... through a terrible storm. I was almost sick, but the cabin crew were really nice. It was still raining and very windy when we...in Rome and I was really glad to...the plane and get into the airport building. I really hope the return...is a lot better. VII Odd one out. (Which word does not belong to the group based on its meaning?) a. memory short-term full-time brain b. fortune money earn reduce c. boost increase improve invent d. beach gamble diver coast e. jealous upset worried confident f. bachelor market degree graduate g. exam sit fail spare h. learn goal retain remember KEY I a. am writing b. grew c. have known d. were you doing, phoned e. is having f. was walking, saw, noticed, had g. am having h. won t be i. was phoning, was, went II a. Where was Sebastian born? b. How many brothers and sisters have you got? c. How do you spell Journey? d. How much does it cost? e. Are you married?

4 f. Was it raining when you arrived? g. Who lives next door? III a. further b. the prettiest c. the newest, the biggest d. less entertaining e. the worst f. the least expensive g. the easiest IV a) Sarah has lived here for January. SINCE b) I m not really good in doing Maths. AT c) The test wasn t as hard I thought. AS HARD AS d) She s late, doesn t she? ISN T e) I didn t used to like Thai food, but I do now. USE f) I hate get up early in the winter. GETTING g) I can look before the children while you are away. AFTER h) Phone me back before you will leave. BEFORE YOU LEAVE i) I m not very keen in sport. ON j) China is in the Further East. FAR k) I ve got a degree from from French. IN l) New York is a highly cosmopolit city. COSMOPOLITAN m) I went to the library three days before. AGO n) Climate here is very similar with the climate in England. TO V a. forgot b. heart c. time d. Swiss e. reduce f. afford g. ancient h. going i. enrolled j. Auditing, Economics k. German l. a fortune (a large amount of money) VI a. took off b. pilot c. fasten d. flew

5 e. landed f. get off g. flight VII a) full-time b) reduce c) invent d) gamble e) confident f) market g) spare h) goal

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