ENGLISH TEST

UNITS 1-2
Row 2

Grammar

1. Match the questions with the answers. Then complete the questions.

1. __ Who __________ you

a. I get on well with my
__________ on well with in your
younger brother.
family?

b. You should take him to the

2. __ __________ you __________
new science museum. It’s
a film when I phoned?
amazing.

3. __ __________ your sister c. Yes, we were watching a

__________ school this year? comedy.

4. __ Where __________ we d. No, she can’t. She’s

__________ my German friend working but dad can collect
when he comes? us.

5. __ __________ you ever

e. No, she’s leaving next year.
__________ a first aid course?

6. __ __________ your mum

f. Yes, I did a course at school
__________ us after football
last year.
tomorrow?

2. Complete the questions with the missing words.

1. A: Who ____________________ last night?

B: My cousin called me.

2. A: Who ____________________ at the party last weekend?

B: I saw Chris and Alfie.

3. A: What ____________________?
 B: A fox killed it.

4. A: Who ____________________ prepare for the exam?

B: My sister helped me.

5. A: Who ____________________ in the shower?

B: My cousin heard me. And he recorded me on his phone!

6. A: Who ____________________ about the news?

B: Mark told me about it.

3. Complete the sentences with the present simple, present continuous or present
perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

My cousin 1________________ (want) to be a famous opera singer since he was a baby.

He’s actually really good and we all 2________________ (believe) that he’ll get there one
day, but right now he 3________________ (recognise) that it’ll be difficult. At the moment
he 4________________ (study) in a music school in New York. Next week, he is/’s taking
(take) part in a concert at the Metropolitan Opera House, which holds (hold) 3,800
people. A singer’s life isn’t easy. My cousin often 5________________ (have) to practise
for weeks before an event. He says he 6________________ (not have) a real break for two
years.

4. Complete the sentences with the present simple, present continuous or present
perfect form of these verbs.

enjoy | go | not go out | not play | not think | require | seem | wait

1. My favourite band _________________________ on tour all the time.

2. My friends and I _________________________ going to concerts since we started

secondary school.

3. My grandma used to play the piano every day but she _________________________ it for
ages.

4. We _________________________ tomorrow night because we have to study.

5. I _________________________ I’ll ever be good at singing.

6. My friends _________________________ in the queue for tickets, if you want to join
them.

Vocabulary

5. Complete the sentences with the phrasal verbs. Use one word from List A and one
from List B.

List A break | get | get | go | note | put | stay | try

List B behind | down | for | in | off | on | out | up

1. I’d love to __________________ a new activity like digital photography or video

production.

2. If I was invited to spend a year in another country, I’d __________________ it.

3. We usually __________________ for the summer holidays in the third week of June.

4. We had to __________________ after class yesterday to talk about our future plans.

5. I’d love to do music technology at university but it’s really hard to

__________________.

6. Don’t __________________ doing your homework – you may not have time to do it at
the weekend.

6. Complete the sentences with the noun form of the verbs below.

act | apply | concentrate | discuss | educate | invent | permit | register

1. My grandparents didn’t get a very good __________________. They left school when
they were 14.

2. If you want to go on the school trip, you’ll need __________________ from your parents.

3. The company needs to take __________________ to prevent this happening again.

4. My sister’s busy right now. She’s completing her __________________ for university.

5. In our English class, we often have a __________________ about interesting things.

6. What do you think is one of the world’s most useful __________________?

7. Read the definitions and complete the words.

1. the lists produced each week of the records with the highest sales
the c__________

2. a thing or person that is extremely popular or successful

m__________ h__________

3. to leave a band to follow a music career by yourself

g__________ s__________

4. to act, dance, or play music to entertain people

g__________ a p__________

5. a place where a band or orchestra plays their music to people

c__________ v__________

6. a natural ability to play an instrument or sing

m__________ t__________

8. Complete each sentence with the correct form of one of these verbs.

buy | go | hear | look | play | practise | talk | watch

1. I’ll always remember ______________ to my first concert. I saw a jazz singer with my
uncle.

2. Don’t forget ______________ tickets for the concert. There aren’t many left.

3. Please stop ______________! I can’t hear the music.

4. I tried ______________ the violin when I was younger but I soon gave it up.

5. We’ll never forget ______________ our music teacher sing for the first time. Her voice
was incredible.
6. She’s tried ______________ on the internet, but she can’t find any of his early music.

1 READING
Read the text. As you read, think about this question.

Which emotions are the characters feeling?

Four Miles Within (2010)

Anthony Gilmore

A strange spherical monster stood in the moonlight on the silent Mojave Desert. In the ghostly grey of the sand
its metal surface glimmered slightly —an amazing object to be found on that lonely spot. But there was only
pride and anticipation in the eyes of the three people who stood a little way off, looking at it. For they had
constructed the strange sphere, and they were soon going to trust their lives to it.
“Professor,” said one of them, a young man with a cheerful face, “let’s go down now! There’s no use waiting till
tomorrow. It’s always dark down there, whether it’s day or night up here. Everything is ready.”
The white-haired Professor David Guinness smiled tolerantly at the speaker, his partner, Phil Holmes. “I’m kind of
eager to be off, myself,” he admitted. He turned to the third person in
the little group, a dark-haired girl. “What do you say, Sue?”
“Oh, let’s, Father!” came the quick reply. “We’d never be able to sleep tonight, anyway. As Phil says, everything is
ready.”
“Well, I guess that settles it,” Professor Guinness said to the eager young man.
“Good!” Phil cried. “Good! I’ll just go and get some more water from the truck.”
The heavy silence of the desert night settled down once more after he left. As his figure became part of the
shadows in the distance, the elderly scientist murmured aloud to his daughter,
“You know, it’s good to realize that my dream is about to become a reality. If it hadn’t been for Phil … Or no—I really
ought to thank you, Sue. You’re the one responsible for his participation!” And he smiled fondly at the slim girl by
his side.“Phil joined us just for the scientific interest, and for the 30 excitement of going four miles down into the
earth,” she answered at once, in spite of the blush her father saw on her face. Suddenly, they heard the distant
sound of a gun being fired. And it came from the direction of the truck.

2 Read the text again and answer the questions.

1 Where are they planning to go in the strange sphere?
______________________________________________________________________________________

2 What could be the explanation for the sound of a gun?

______________________________________________________________________________________
3 How important are Sue and Phil to making the Professor’s dream ‘a reality’?

______________________________________________________________________________________
4 What do you think is going to happen next?

______________________________________________________________________________________