Name_________________________________

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MIDDLE-OF-THE-BOOK TEST UNITS 1-7 TEST A

1 Circle the correct words.

0 Excuse

me.

I don’t understand / ’m not understanding.

1 He works in a restaurant. Is / Does he?

2 Tomorrow afternoon I’m sailing / going sailing.

3 On my first day at school I cried / used to cry.

4 While I was playing football, I broke / was breaking my leg.

5 We are as clever as / than them.

6 This food isn’t hot enough / enough hot for me to eat.

7 This is the man who / whose book I read.

8 Is / Are there any garlic bread?

9 If

I

win / will win the race, I’ll buy you all a meal.

10 My father used be / to be in a band.

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2 Five of these sentences have mistakes. Find and correct them. Tick (V) those sentences that are

correct.

0 Where did you used to buy your food when you lived in London?

use

.

1 I don’t agree with you. I think Dan is right.

_______

2 Did you do anything interesting at school today?

_______

3 Could you tell me where is the railway station?

_______

4 We were walking along the road when we suddenly were seeing a police car.

_______

5

They

didn’t

want

to

talk

to

me.

_______

6 I went to a restaurant which youcan buy real Italian ice-cream.

_______

7 All political parties are as stupid like all the others

_______

8 We aren’t rich enough to buy a new house

_______

9 I won’t probably go out tonight. I’ve got lots of work to do.

_______

10 There are some very good books here.

_______

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

0 (you

remember)

Do you remember what our Maths homework is?

1 It’s nice to see that they (talk) _______________________ to each other now.

2 (The Beatles sing) _______________________‘Help’ in 1965?

3 Rembrandt (not paint) _______________________ the Mona Lisa

4 When I was young I (use be) _______________________ lazy.

5 I saw the beach while we (drive) _______________________ to the hotel.

6 Hotels are (expensive) _______________________ than campsites.

7 Our country (not have) _______________________ any forests by the year 2050.

8 If he (not be) _______________________ careful he’ll lose his money.

9 You (not be) _______________________ rich if you don’t study.

10 I stopped (worry) _______________________ about the weather a long time ago.

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4 Complete the text. Use the correct forms of the words in capital letters.

I went to an (0) interesting talk

INTEREST

yesterday. The speaker was

a writer. A very (1) ______________

IMAGINE

writer who writes travel books.

He was very (2) ______________ and told

TALK

us many stories. On one journey

he was travelling by train. It was

a very (3) ______________ train

COMFORT

and he couldn’t fall (4) ______________.

SLEEP

Finally, he did and, while he was

sleeping his bags (5) ______________. APPEAR

He couldn’t find them anywhere.

When he got off the train, he

was in a terrible place, the

(6) ______________ was so bad you

POLLUTE

could taste it. The walk from

the station to the city was much

(7) ______________ than he thought

FAR

and there were no taxis. It was

a really good evening’s

(8)

______________

–

some

ENTERTAIN

really (9) ______________ stories, and

FORGET

I will (10) ______________ buy

DEFINITE

his book when I see it.

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5 Rewrite the sentences. Use the words in capital letters. Do not change the meaning of the original

sentences.

0 Debbie is very modest about her exam results.

ISN’T

Debbie isn’t arrogant about her exam results.

1 Where do we get our money from?

GET

Could you tell me ________________________________________________ money from?

2 He often went out when he was at school.

USED

He often ________________________________________________ when he was at school.

3 Could you tell me what house you live in?

DO

What ________________________________________________ live in?

4 I didn’t like sports when I was at school.

TO

I ________________________________________________ like sports when I was at school.

5 The headmaster is investigating the fight in the playground.

INTO

The headmaster __________________________________________ the fight in the playground.

6 I’m trying to think of a way to make a lot of money.

UP

I’m trying to __________________________________________ a way to make a lot of money.

7 The cakes in Joe’s café are fresher than the cakes here.

AS

The cakes here ________________________________________________ the cakes in Joe’s

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8 I can’t eat this meal, it’s too unhealthy.

ISN’T

This meal ________________________________________________ for me to eat.

9 There aren’t many vegetarians in my class.

A

There are only ______________________________________________ vegetarians in my class.

10 We might build a garage next to our house.

POSSIBLE

It ________________________________________________ will build a garage next to our

house.

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6 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

A I stayed 0 up until 4 o’clock this morning.

B (1) __________ you? Why?

A I had lots of homework to do.

B What was the homework about?

A I had to find (2) __________ about Captain Cook the explorer. He was born in Yorkshire and,

when he was 16, he moved to a fishing village. Maybe he got his love of the sea while he

(3) __________ watching the men from the village when they (4) __________ fishing. He was

very good (5) __________ making maps. In 1768, he travelled (6) __________ ship to the

Pacific Ocean and sailed to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia. On April 29th 1770, he landed in

Australia, at the place (7) __________ is now called Botany Bay. He met some Aborigines

(8) __________ taught him the word ‘Kangaroo’. Before Cook, a lot of sailors (9) __________

to become very ill because they (10) __________ not eat any fruit or vegetables. Cook gave his

men fruit and they stayed healthy.

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7 Circle the correct answers: a, b or c.

What are the British like? It’s a difficult question to answer. Society is changing. Young people are

more (0) __________ than their parents. Britain is now a multicultural society which can cause

problems. The British can’t completely (1) __________ these problems but they are doing better

than a lot of other countries.

The environment isn’t as positive. Britain lost its forests many years ago and the government

probably won’t (2) __________ them. The government says that it is trying to (3) __________

pollution but Britain’s cars and factories don’t help. The government could also do more to

(4) __________ waste.

Tourists often complain that Britain’s food is (5) __________ and Britain’s breakfasts are famous

for being (6) __________ with eggs, sausages and bacon cooked in oil. Now, because of the large

ethnic population, Britain’s most popular food is the (7)__________ curry.

Accommodation in England can be expensive but there are a lot of (8) __________ hostels which

are much (9) __________ than hotels. They are also a good place to meet friendly,

(10) __________ people.

0 a) tolerate

b) tolerant

c) intolerant

d) tolerated

1 a) solve

b) cure

c) help

d) lose

2 a) recycle

b) save

c) replant

d) remove

3 a) down

b) low

c) less

d) limit

4 a) recycle

b) save

c) replant

d) take out

5 a) tasteless b) tasty

c) tasteful

d) taste

6 a) cosy

b) vegan

c) greasy

d) stale

7 a) stale

b) spicy

c) fresh

d) sweet

8 a) your

b) youth

c) young

d) yacht

9 a) cheap

b) cheapest

c) cheaply

d) cheaper

10 a) helpful

b) helping

c) unhelpful

d) help

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