7/28/2019 Test 3rd March 2013

1/6

English Language Test 3rd Year March 2013Name:_________________________________

GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

1. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER. (10 marks)THE MAGIC OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Today, people see /sees photography as an ordinary part of life, but at its start in the 1800s,people

think /thought it was a kind of magic. When they saw portraits, they believed that the littlepeople

inside the pictures had looked / were looking at them. To have your photograph taken inthose days, you

had to / have to sit without moving for up to 15 minutes. Since then, photography hasdeveloped /

developed in amazing ways. First, with the invention of light, user friendly cameras in 1963,anybody,

not only professional photographers, can / could take photographs. Much later, in 1996, thedigital

camera was invented, making film unnecessary. Today, many people are carrying / carry amobile phone

with a camera, so that they can take photos anywhere, anytime. If we wait / will wait a fewmore years,

well /wed probably see even more magic. Perhaps one day we are going to take / wiltake pictures only

using our eyes!

2. AUXILIARY VERBS: Complete the sentences with the correct form of BE, DO or

HAVE, in the positive or negative.

(8 marks)

1. Thats Peter over there. He ________________ wearing a red jacket.

2. _______________ you ever been to Spain?

3. Where ________________ you live? I live in London.4. Shes not allowed to drive. She ________________ passed her driving test yet.

5. Tea ________________ grown in India and China.

6. Who ________________ you play tennis with yesterday?

7. When I arrived, they ________________ having dinner.

8. She ________________ usually go shopping on Saturday, because she prefers to go during

the week.

7/28/2019 Test 3rd March 2013

2/6

3. WRITE DOWN SENTENCES THAT CAN MATCH THE FOLLOWING USES. (10 marks)

A habit or routine: _____________________________________________________________________

A general truth: _______________________________________________________________________

An action in progress at the moment of speaking:______________________________________________________

A continuous action interrupted in thepast:___________________________________________________________

Stative verbs_________________________________________________________________________________

A completed action : _________________________________________________________________________

An action that started in the past and still continues in thepresent:________________________________________

An action that took place before another action in thepast:______________________________________________

A prediction: _____________________________________________________________________________

A plan or intention: _________________________________________________________________________

4. WRITE QUESTIONS USING SUITABLE TENSES. (5 marks)

a. It / rain / now?

_________________________________________________________________________________________

b. Your father / live / in Madrid?

_________________________________________________________________________________________

c. You / drink Cola / last Sunday?

_________________________________________________________________________________________

d. You / ever /see a dolphin?

_________________________________________________________________________________________

e. Real Madrid / win the Champions League / next season?

_________________________________________________________________________________________

5. PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT FORM: PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT

CONTINUOUS. THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT THE WORD ORDER. (18 marks)

Brian and his wife have a small shop. This week Brians in hospital and his sons, Steve and Tony

are helping their mother to look after the business. Brian is phoning Steve.

7/28/2019 Test 3rd March 2013

3/6

Brian: Hello, Steve? Is everything OK?

(1) ......................................................................... (you/do) everything right?

Steve: Yeah, dont worry, Dad. Everything is great.

Brian: (2) ................................................................ (I/count/always) the newspaper before

(3) ...................................................... (I/open) the shop. (4) ................................................(you/count) them?

Steve:(5) .................................................... (Mum/count) right now.

Brian: But (6) ............................................................ (your mother/go/always) to the bank before

we open the shop.

Steve:Its OK, (7) .............................................................. (Tony/go) to the bank now.

Brian: But (8) .......................................................... (Tony/put/always) the fruit and

vegetables out and

he (9) ............................................................ (wash) the floor.

Steve:The floor is clean. (10) ........................................................ (I/put) the fruit and vegetables

out now.(11) ....................................................... (I/carry) a box of oranges in one hand and the

phone in the other!

Brian: OK. But its hal past eight. (12) .........................................................

(We/open/always) at half past eight.

(13) ........................................................... (You/not/open) the shop on time!

Steve:Dad, (14) ..................................................... (I/put) the box of oranges on the shelf. OK?

And now

(15) ................................................... (I/walk) to the door, and

(16) ................................................... (I/open) it.

Brian: Good.

Steve:And (17) ..................................................... (some people/come) into the shop.

Brian: And (18) .................................................... (you/not/help) them! Stop talking to me and

help them!

Steve:Yes, Dad. Bye.

6. MARK WITH A TICK (V) THE CORRECT POSITION OF EACH FREQUENCY ADVERB INTHE FOLLOWING SENTENCES. (4 marks)

1. Have you been to London ? (ever)

2. Peter doesn't get up before seven. (usually)

3. Our friends must write tests. (often)

4. They go swimming in the lake. (sometimes)

5. The weather is bad in November. (always)

6. Peggy and Frank are late. (usually)

7. I have met him before. (never)

7/28/2019 Test 3rd March 2013

4/6

8. Were you in contact with your sister? (often)

7. MATCH THE HALVES OF THE SENTENCES. (5 marks)

1. The Prado is in 1. a. the coast of the PacificOcean

2. Part of New York is on 2. b. North Africa

3. Tunisia is in 3. c. the top of the page

4. Chile is on 4 d. art college before he wasfamous

5. Michelangelo painted on

5. e. the river Nile.

6. This exercise is at 6. f. the Tower of London.

7. John Lennon was at 7. g. the island of Manhattan

8. Trains from Cardiff arriveat.

8. h. Madrid

9. Cairo is on 9. i. Paddington Station inLondon.

10.1The British Crown jewelsare in

10. j. the ceiling of the SistineChapel.

8. Complete each sentence with a correct preposition. (5 marks)

a. Ill meet you ______ Monday.

b. Did you visit your cousins ________ New Year? .

c. The exam took place _______ 14 th June.

d. Tom looked everywhere for his camera and _______ last he found it in his bag.

e. Women first came to this university _______ the 1950s.

f. We took my parents to a restaurant _______ their wedding anniversary.

g. Where is Michael living ______ the moment?

h. My grandparents went to Australia ______ the nineteenth century.

i. We dont often go shopping ______ the evening because were too tired.

j. Lets go to the caf _____ the end of the lesson.

9. Complete the second sentence so that is means the same as the first. Use no morethan THREE words. (10 marks)

a. This is the first time Ive been to this sport centre.Ive _______________________________________ been to this sport centre before.

b. We have a third floor apartment in a modern building.

7/28/2019 Test 3rd March 2013

5/6

Our apartment is _________________________ the third floor of a modern building.

c. Theyre still building the squash courts.They ________________________________ finished building the squash courts yet.

d. There isnt a lot of furniture in my room.In my room theres only _________________________________________ furniture.

e. He finds the work enjoyable here.

He ________________________________________________________ working here.

f. Next weekend we must go shopping!We must go shopping ________________________________________ the weekend!

7/28/2019 Test 3rd March 2013

6/6