Test 3A
Name……………………………………………………….Year…………Number……….Score…………
Good Luck!!!
1 Complete these sentences with the verbs in brackets in the past simple.
We _____sat_____ (sit) on the floor and
______ate____ our food.
1 I ______________ (drink) my coffee and ______________ (leave) the restaurant.
2 Nick ______________ (say) something but I ________________ (not hear) him.
3 He ______________ (meet) his wife when they ______________ (work) for the same company.
4 I ______________ (run) as fast as I could but I ______________ (miss) the bus.
5 She ______________ (write) an email and ______________ (send) it to all her friends.
6 I ______________ (have) breakfast and then I ______________ (go) back to bed.
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2 Write questions in the past simple.
you / buy anything at the shops?
Did you buy anything at the shops?_____________________
1 you / enjoy the film last night?
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2 the plane / arrive on time yesterday?
__________________________________________________
3 be / your parents angry with you?
__________________________________________________
4 you / have a holiday last year?
__________________________________________________
5 they / visit any museums?
__________________________________________________
6 you / make any mistakes?
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3 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Omar Epps1 _______________ (be) born in 1970 in New York. He2 _______________ (start) writing when he
was ten years old and3 _______________ (go) to a school of Art, Music and Theatre in New York . He 4
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_______________ (appear) in his first film in 1992 and then _______________ (play) Dr Gant in
the TV series ER in 1996. He also6 _______________ (star) in another series about doctors called House
M.D. He7 _______________ (get) married in 2004.
4 Complete these sentences with types of TV programme.
There are lots of ______ advertisements_______
between programmes.
1 A __________________________ contains interviews
with famous people.
2 A __________________________ contains a report
on an important or interesting subject.
3 A __________________________ tries to make the
audience laugh.
4 A __________________________ is a continuing drama
about people’s lives.
5 __________________________ tells you what is happening
in your country and the world.
6 A __________________________ is made from animated
drawings.
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5 Write the questions and answers in the past simple.
you / spend a lot of money?
Did you spend a lot of money?__________________________
Yes, I / buy lots of things.
Yes, I bought lots of things.___________________________ _
1 a you / find your bag?
________________________________________________
b Yes, I / find it in the hall.
________________________________________________
2 a you / win the game?
________________________________________________
b No, we / lose 3-0.
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3 a you / cook a meal last night?
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b No, I / eat in a restaurant.
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6 Complete these descriptions of films with one of the adjectives.
boring sad exciting romantic scary funny
It was a very _____sad_______ story about some very unlucky people.
1 It had a very ______________ ending. I cried.
2 It was very ______________, and I didn’t watch some of the really horrible bits.
3 It was really ______________, with lots of action and some great special effects.
4 It was a very ______________ film. I laughed from start to finish.
5 It was a very ______________ story about a man and woman who fell in love.
6 It was ______________. Nothing interesting happened.
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7 Read the text. Complete the gaps with these words.
ago / but / gave / newspaper / sang / songs / the / took / us / when / with
GREAT UNCLE BOB
My great uncle Bob died a few years ______ago______. We liked him because he told 1
_______________ funny stories about when he was a boy. He was born in the 1940s and lived 2
_______________ his parents and his sister, Alice. Alice is my grandmother. When they were children,
Bob and Alice had a pet rabbit and a dog. Bob said 3 _______________ dog was scared of the rabbit!
When Bob was a child, his parents didn’t have a television 4 _______________ they had a radio. They had
a piano and a record player, too. Bob and his friends learnt all the 5 _______________ on
the records. His sister learnt to play the piano so she often played the songs on the piano and Bob 6
_______________ them. Bob started school 7 _______________ he was five. He walked to school every
day. His first teacher was Miss Sharp. He liked her because she sometimes 8 _______________ the
children to the park for lessons. When he was eleven, he went to a secondary school in the next town. His
favourite subject was geography. He wanted to travel the world and visit different countries. When he left
school, Bob got a job as a 9 _______________ reporter. He worked in a lot of really interesting countries
and in some very dangerous places, too. He usually visited us when he was in England and he always 10
_______________ me fantastic presents. When I was four, he brought me a beautiful toy elephant from
India.
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8 Read the text again. Mark the sentences (T) true, (F) false, or (DK) don’t know.
The writer never met great uncle Bob. F
1 Bob was Alice’s brother.
2 Bob was older than Alice.
3 Bob never sang songs at home.
4 At school, Bob was interested in geography.
5 Bob always worked in England.
9 Listen. Tick () the correct box.
A What kind of day did the people have?
a All of them were busy all day.
b All of them were busy at times.
c All of them had an easy day.
B How do they feel about their jobs?
a Two of them think their jobs are good.
b They all think their jobs are great.
c One of them would like to meet more
people at work.
2 Listen again. Are the sentences true or false? Write T or F.
A The first person travels because of her job. ____
B The second person usually works in the same building. ____
C The third person isn’t very healthy. ____
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