Test 2B
Test 2B
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Complete the sentences using the correct form of the present simple or past simple.
e.g. I usually ____watch____ (watch) TV but last night I ____went___ to bed early.
LIFESTYLES
Four years ago 45-year-old Jake Orby (1) ______________________ (be) the manager
'Well, for twenty years, every day I (5) ______________________ (get up) at 5.30 in the
morning and (6) ______________________ (arrive) at the office at 7.00. Then I usually (7)
______________________ (stay) there until 10.00 in the evening! I (8)
______________________ (make) a lot of money and at the age of thirty-five I (9)
______________________ (become) manager of one of the biggest computer companies in the
world. But I never (10) ______________________ (spend) any time with my wife and children
- I (11) ______________________ (tell) myself it was more important to earn lots of money.
Then five years ago my wife (12) ______________________ (leave) me.
Now I'm very happy in a new country with a new wife and a new job. Stella, my wife, (13)
______________________ (work) with me in the hotel. I work long hours but I (14)
______________________ (enjoy) every minute of it!
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2
Write the adjectives to describe feelings
e.g. Why are you looking so r__elaxed___ ?
Because I was on holiday last week.
8 Steve was very e_________________ because he went into the women's toilet by mistake!
3
Complete the gaps with one word.
e.g. We go to bed __at_____ half past eleven.
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4
Choose the correct answer.
5
Join the sentences using so, because, and, but or then.
e.g. I don't speak Spanish. I speak Portuguese. I don't speak Spanish but I speak Portuguese.
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Write the past simple of these verbs
e.g. hear heard
1 stop ________________
2 try ________________
3 buy ________________
4 appear ________________
5 stay ________________
6 laugh ________________
7 put ________________
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