Intermediate test 1
- 1. Intermediate Test1 QuestionFormation Complete the questionswiththe correctwords 1. A where ____________ from? B. Poland 2. A What _________________ do? B I workin an office 3. A What ____________ studying? B Law 4. A _____________________ married? B Notexactly. I live withmypartner,butwe’re notmarried 5. A ______________ studiedhere before? B Yeah,I was here lastterm, actually. NARRATIVETENSES Complete the followingstoryputtingthe verbsinthe correcttense (pastsimple,Pastcontinuous,Past Perfect) I remember one mistake I made when I _______________________(teach) in Argentina. I _____________ (do) a bit of Spanish before but not much. In my first class. I ___________________ (explain) tothe studentsthatIwasalanguage learnertoo,soIknew how theyfelt. I _________________ (tell) them in Spanish – “Don’t get embarrassed!” The students __________ (look) surprised and ___________________ (say) Embarazada?” “Yes,” Isaid,“because if you’re embarrassed,youcan’ttalk” and ___________________ (act) being embarrassed. Several students laughed and we __________ (continue) the class. I later found out I __________________(use) the wrong word and I _________________________ (actually say) “don’t get pregnant!” I felt stupid, but it __________________ (not stop) me talking and learning, I just never made the same mistake again!
- 2. Match the tense with the usage 1. The past continuous 2. The past perfect 3. The past simple a. ___________________ emphasizesanactionthat happenedbefore anotherpastaction,time or event. b. ___________________ shows an action was unfinished when another past action happened c. ___________________ shows completed actions that follow one after another Complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the verbs listed Build chat cry look for drive do have sort out 1. I didn’t sleep very well last night. The baby ______________ all night 2. My brother lived in Copenhagen for four years. What _________________ he ___________ there? He’s a civil engineer and they __________________ a metro line there 3. Sorry. I’m’ late. I ______________ to a friend and I forgot the time. 4. Sorry _________________________ a coffee over the road 5. Sorry I’m late. I ___________________a problem at work 6. Sorry I’m’late. I____________________ a parkingspace. I_________________ roundincircles for about half an hour. Match 1-8 with the reasons a-h for the feelings 1. Are you OK? You look a bit stressed. 2. Are you all right? You look exhausted. 3. Is Julie OK? She sounded a bit disappointed 4. Is Mike all right? He seems a bit down 5. Are you OK? You look a bit ill. 6. Are you all right? You seem totally confused.
- 3. 7. Have you seen Ann? She sounded so relaxed! 8. Hi. You look like you’re in a good mood. a. Yeah, I’ve just found out I’ve got a new job. I’m really pleased b. I am! My car broke down and I had to walk home. c. Yeah, I feel terrible, I think I’m going to throw up. d. I am. I’m really behind with work and I’ve got exams next week. e. Yeah, I don’t get this. What am I supposed to do? f. Yeah, I think the week in the spa really helped her. g. He’s just split up with Jo and he’s quite upset h. Yeah. I think she expected to get a better mark as she’d studied so much. Replace thw word “very or quite” in each sentence with a more interesting adverb 1. She was very disappointed when she failed 2. I was very amused by his comments 3. We had a very hapy marriage 4. I am very irritated by her attidue 5. Im very bored at work 6. I was quite amused by the film 7. I supposed I was quite irriated by what she said 8. I saw her after the news and she was very distressed 9. We were both very shocked by her death 10. He was evidently very offened by the criticism Match the words with the definitions Bitter Blissful Complacent Disbelieving Enraged Grief-stricked
- 4. Homesick Hysterical Idiotic Indifferent Lovesick After a disappointing experience or being treated unfairly Period of time when you are extremely happy Very pleased with themselves Do not believe what they are bing told They are extremely angry They are extremely sad about something that has happened Feel unhappy because you are away from home State of uncorolled excitement or anger Call someone this if they are very stupid or silly Complete lack of interest in it They are so in love with someone that they are behainv in a strange and foolish way Choose the correct word 1. He count escape from the situation and felt completely mischievous/trapped/mediative 2. She was totally indifferent/threatened revengeful and really didn’t care what haped nex 3. Im not sure I like him but he stole me he wants to marry me hes completely lovesick/threatened/homesic 4. It was awful! Ive never seen her so upset” she was crying and totally nasty/sef assured/grief stricken 5.