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Sol3e Preint U2 Short Test 1b

The document contains an English grammar and vocabulary test for intermediate level students with the following sections: 1. A grammar exercise to complete a past continuous story with verbs like "put", "look", and "try". 2. A grammar exercise with questions to complete in the past continuous tense like "What was she cooking?" 3. A vocabulary exercise to choose the correct words to complete sentences about topics like lakes, mountains, and forests. 4. A vocabulary exercise to complete preposition sentences with options like "across", "along", and "under".

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Sol3e Preint U2 Short Test 1b

The document contains an English grammar and vocabulary test for intermediate level students with the following sections: 1. A grammar exercise to complete a past continuous story with verbs like "put", "look", and "try". 2. A grammar exercise with questions to complete in the past continuous tense like "What was she cooking?" 3. A vocabulary exercise to choose the correct words to complete sentences about topics like lakes, mountains, and forests. 4. A vocabulary exercise to complete preposition sentences with options like "across", "along", and "under".

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Unit 2 Short Test 1B

Grammar
1 Complete the text with the correct past continuous affirmative and negative forms of the verbs below.
There are two extra verbs.
do help look make put read try

Last weekend my family decided to go for a picnic in the park. At 9 a.m., Dad
1
_______________________ things in the car, and my brother and sister
2
_______________________ for the dog. Mum 3_______________________ the
sandwiches. Everyone was busy, but I 4_______________________ them. In fact,
I 5_______________________ anything because I was still in bed!

Mark: ___ / 5

2 Look at the dialogues and complete the questions. Use the past continuous.
Sue My sister was busy in the kitchen all afternoon.
Gina What 1___________ ___________ ___________ ?
Sue She was cooking the food for the party.

Jan I was at school on Saturday afternoon.


Ben What 2___________ ___________ ___________ there at the weekend?
Jan I was practising for the school play.

Jen Mum and Dad were on a plane when they met.


Sally Really? Where 3___________ ___________ ___________ to?
Jen They were flying to Paris!

Elliot I saw Lisa at the weekend. She was walking on the beach.
Ruby Oh, who 4___________ ___________ ___________ with?
Elliot Two girls, but I don't know their names.

Joe Sorry I didn’t come out last night. I was writing a story.
Harry What 5___________ ___________ ___________ a story about?
Joe It was a story about some vampires.

Mark: ___ / 5

Solutions Third Edition Pre-Intermediate Tests 1 Unit 2 Short Test 1B


Vocabulary
3 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 The children can go into the lake here because the water’s very deep / shallow.
2 The boat went quite close to the cave / waterfall, but we didn’t get wet.
3 It took us five hours to cross the desert / shore. I took some great photos of the sand.
4 My friend wants to climb Everest and two other high mountains / cliffs in Asia.
5 The trees in this forest are very low / tall, so I think they're really old.

Mark: ___ / 5

4 Complete the sentences with the prepositions below. There is one extra preposition.
across along down inside through under

1 I dived ___________ the water to see the fish.


6 It was difficult to climb ___________ the steep cliff, but Gary got to the bottom.
7 I walked ___________ the door and saw all my friends.
8 That bridge goes ___________ the river.
9 We didn't go ___________ the cave because it was very dark.

Mark: ___ / 5

Total: ___ / 20

Solutions Third Edition Pre-Intermediate Tests 2 Unit 2 Short Test 1B

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