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A2 Unit test 6A

3 Complete the text with the correct form of the

1  Listen and circle the tense of the verb you
verbs in the box.
hear.

1 present / past enter finish move visit work

2 present / past
3 present / past Jacob is a sports car driver and he lives in California,
4 present / past but he was born in the Czech Republic. When Jacob
5 present / past was young, his parents 1__________ on their farm
6 present / past there, but they’re retired now and they live in a small
7 present / past town near their old farm. Jacob 2__________ to
8 present / past California last year to learn more about driving. Last
9 present / past month, he 3__________ his first big race. Jacob’s
10 present / past parents 4__________ California for the first time to
watch him. He 5__________ in third place – a very
1 point for each correct answer 10 good result. His parents were very pleased for him.

2  Listen to Élodie talking about her life. Put the 2 points for each correct answer 10
events in the box in the past or present.
4 Choose the correct answer from the words in
Study at university Travel to Jakarta italics.
Want to go back to France Work in a theatre
Work in a travel agent 1 I was at my friend’s house for dinner the last night /
last night.
2 I was still at school at 2008 / in 2008.
Past Present 3 My sister was in Paris in last December /
last December.
4 Trudi was at work at 2.00 p.m. yesterday /
in 2.00 p.m. yesterday.
5 My brother was born five years ago / ago five
years.
6 I’m thirty-three now so I finished university
about ten years ago / in ten years ago.
7 I passed my driving test in 1999 / last 1999.
8 The last time I watched a film was two weeks ago /
in last two weeks.
9 I visited the Amalfi coast in the last summer /
last summer.
10 Computers started to change the world
2 points for each correct answer 10 in the 20th century / last 20th century.

1 point for each correct answer 10

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5 Complete the conversation with 6 Read each pair of sentences a and b. Complete
was/wasn’t/were/weren’t. the sentences with the words in the box.

Liu Hi Susie. How are you? a bit very

Susie I’m fine, thanks.
1 a Usually the weather is very warm in the
Liu Where 1__________ you last night, Susie? summer but yesterday was a little windy so it
Susie I 2__________ at the cinema. felt __________ cold.
3
b I decided to wear my winter coat, a hat, a scarf
Liu __________ Rami and Sasha with you?
and gloves because it was __________ cold
Susie No, they 4__________. They 5__________ at yesterday.
Jemma’s party. 6__________ you at Jemma’s
quite very
party too?
Liu No, I 7__________. I 8__________ at my 2 a The train station is __________ close to my
parents’ house last night. My dad cooked his office. It takes two minutes to walk.
favourite meal, a big chicken curry with lots b I live __________ close to the sea. I can drive
of rice, so we 9__________ very full there in about an hour.
afterwards. I stayed until midnight so I
10 a bit really
__________ tired when I got home.

1 point for each correct answer 10 3 a My uncle’s house has ten bedrooms, five
bathrooms and two large living rooms. It’s
__________ big.
b These shoes are size 8 but they’re __________
big for me. Do you have a pair in size 7?

quite very

4 a Yesterday we went to a __________ good

restaurant. The food was fantastic and it was
brilliant value. You’d like it, I think!
b The food was __________ good but not great.
The view was the best thing about the café.

a bit very

5 a That book was __________ boring but I

finished it anyway.
b The film was __________ boring so we left
the cinema before the end.

2 points for each correct answer 10

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7 Complete the sentences with the past simple 8 Complete the conversations with the words in
form of the verbs in the box. the box.

cook enter move post receive awful brilliant nightmare poor you
shout visit wait walk work really

1 Last week I __________ a competition to win a car. 1 A I passed my driving test yesterday. I’m so
2 We always __________ our cousins by the sea in happy.
the summer holidays when I was at school.
B Wow, that’s ___________!
3 My parents __________ from the city to the
countryside when I was born.
4 I __________ for a computer company for many 2 A It took me two hours to get to work this
years before I retired. morning.
5 My daughter __________ a letter to her friend in
Mexico. B Oh no, what a _________________!
6 I __________ Indian food for the first time
yesterday.
3 A I wasn’t at work last week because I was
7 I __________ a phone call from my bank manager
sick.
this morning.
8 My friend and I __________ to the beach every day B Oh, _________!
on holiday.
9 My wife __________ at me last night. It was her
birthday and I totally forgot about it! 4 A My mobile phone was stolen from a café last
10 I __________ for a very long time at the bus stop. week.
B Oh dear, that’s _________!
1 point for each correct answer 10

5 A I won the lottery yesterday!

B No way, __________?

2 points for each correct answer 10

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9 Read the text. Complete the sentences with no 10 Read the text again. Complete the timeline for
more than three words or a year from the text. Florence Nightingale using words or numbers
from the text.
The Lady with the Lamp
1
__________ – born in Italy
Florence Nightingale was born in Italy in 1820. She
was from a rich family. When she was just one year
1821 – family left Italy
old, her family moved to England. Her life changed
when she met a man called Sidney Herbert. Most
1854 – 2__________ in Crimea and 3__________ for
women at that time were wives and mothers, but
the men in the hospital. She worked for twenty
Florence wanted to look after the sick, so with his help,
hours every 4__________.
she decided to become a nurse. Sidney was an
important man in the British government and he asked
1856 – 5__________ to the UK
Florence to go to the war in Crimea by the Black Sea
and help the sick soldiers. Florence arrived there in 2 points for each correct answer 10
1854 and started to work in a hospital. She worked for
twenty hours a day. She cleaned the hospital, cooked Unit test 6A total 100
food and cared for the sick men.
At night, Florence talked to the men and wrote letters
for them when they were too sick to write themselves.
She carried a lamp at night so newspapers back in the
UK called her ‘The Lady with the Lamp’. Florence
returned to the UK in 1856 and met the Queen. People
were very pleased with her work and many gave her
money, so in 1860, she started a school for nurses. Her
teaching helped many nurses and improved hospitals
all over the world.

1 Where did Florence Nightingale’s family go when

she was very young? __________
2 Who helped her decide to be a nurse? __________
3 When did she go to Crimea? __________
4 Who did Florence meet after the war? __________
5 What did she do in 1860? ____________________

2 points for each correct answer 10

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