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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 

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.   

_______  

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 

café. 

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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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