Preparing for tests
Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with must or mustn’t.
[if !supportLists]1 [endif]Jack ____________ be home before 11.30 p.m. on Friday nights.
[if !supportLists]2 [endif]We ____________ forget Helen’s birthday. It’s next Tuesday.
[if !supportLists]3 [endif]You ____________ start each sentence with a capital letter.
[if !supportLists]4 [endif]You ____________ smoke in restaurants in the UK.
[if !supportLists]5 [endif]Benny ____________ work harder. He’s going to fail his exams.
[if !supportLists]6 [endif]You ____________ drop cans in the street. The police might fine you.
[if !supportLists]7 [endif]I’m going to tell you a secret. You ____________ tell anyone!
Mark: ___ /7
2 Complete the sentences with mustn’t or needn’t and the correct verbs in the box.
go buy miss go do give shout
[if !supportLists]1 [endif]You ____________________ the homework tonight. The teacher wants it next week.
[if !supportLists]2 [endif]We ____________________ Fran a big present. Something small will be OK.
[if !supportLists]3 [endif]I ____________________ to bed too late tonight. I have to get up early tomorrow morning.
[if !supportLists]4 [endif]You ____________________ me a lift to college tomorrow. I’m going with Tina.
[if !supportLists]5 [endif]You ____________________! I can hear you!
[if !supportLists]6 [endif]They ____________________ another lesson. Mr Brown is angry with them.
[if !supportLists]7 [endif]We ____________________ shopping this afternoon. The fridge is full.
Mark: ___ /7
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.
hurry get take go arrive pass
[if !supportLists]1 [endif]If I ____________out tonight, I’ll clean the house.
[if !supportLists]2 [endif]If they ____________ before dinner, we’ll go to that new restaurant.
[if !supportLists]3 [endif]If you learn English, you ____________ a better job.
[if !supportLists]4 [endif]He’ll be late if he ____________.
[if !supportLists]5 [endif]Nick will go to university if he ____________his exams.
[if !supportLists]6 [endif]If you ____________the train, you’ll arrive about 6.30 p.m.
Mark: ___ /6
Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with the correct answers.
[if !supportLists]1 [endif]At the end of the play the actors ____________ to the audience.
A pointed B nodded C bowed
[if !supportLists]2 [endif]I asked her if she was OK and she ____________.
A shook B nodded C bowed
[if !supportLists]3 [endif]‘That’s where I live,’ he said and ____________ at an old cottage.
A beckoned B pointed C patted
[if !supportLists]4 [endif]I ____________ my sister when she came home after a year in America.
A hugged B patted C winked
[if !supportLists]5 [endif]The mother ____________ her daughter’s hand when they crossed the road.
A hugged B held C shook
Mark: ___ /5
5 Complete the sentences with the correct words in the box.
buckets spectators participants reduced casualties
[if !supportLists]1 [endif]After the accident there were a lot of ____________.
[if !supportLists]2 [endif]In summer we catch rain in ____________ to use on the garden.
[if !supportLists]3 [endif]The ____________ really enjoyed the match. They cheered a lot.
[if !supportLists]4 [endif]They’ve ____________ the prices on all their clothes!
[if !supportLists]5 [endif]The ____________ in the competition got very dirty!
Mark: ___ /5
Reading
7 Read the text.
Melons
Do you like water melons? Well, after a week at the Water Melon Festival in Chinchilla, Australia, you might not like them so much!
Chinchilla is the water melon capital of Australia and produces an amazing number of melons. This is because the ground here is excellent for growing them. It holds water well and this is really important for growing melons.
Every two years in the middle of February the people of Chinchilla hold a special festival and participants come from far away. A visit to the festival is very entertaining! If you go this year, you’ll see a crazy competition where people smash melons with their heads! There are easier competitions too such as melon throwing and melon skiing (where you put your feet in a melon and get pulled along by a rope!). Of course there are cooking competitions for meals using melons and a lot of melon eating too.
The festival started in 1994 and is getting bigger each year. If you want to go to the festival in Chinchilla, you must book your ticket soon. This year they are expecting between six and seven thousand people. That’s a lot of water melons!
8 Choose the correct answers.
1 There has been a melon festival in Chinchilla for over / under 20 years.
2 Melons grow well here because there is a lot of rain / good earth.
3 The festival is only for local people / open to everyone.
4 There are some unusual people / competitions at the festival.
5 All / Some of the events are difficult.
Mark: ___ /10
Writing
9 Imagine there is a special festival in your town. Write a note to a friend who lives in another town and invite him/her to come to the festival with you. Write 50-70 words. Include this information:
[if !supportLists]· [endif]describe the festival
[if !supportLists]· [endif]invite your friend
[if !supportLists]· [endif]say how you will spend the day
Mark: ___ /10
