SELF-CHECK UNIT TEST 12 Answer on a separate sheet of paper. Then check your answers. Follow the examples.

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GRAMMAR PRESENT PERFECT & SIMPLE PAST (5 points)

1 Make and answer questions about

experiences using the prompts.

You / ever / travel / Canada? Yes. I / be / there / twice. I / visit / Montreal / 1978. I / love / it. Have you ever travelled to Canada? Yes, I have. I visited Montreal in 1978. I loved it.

apartheid with de Klerk and then they both 7 win the Nobel Price for peace in 1994. Mandelas movement 8 succeed in the first multiracial elections in the history of South Africa in 1994. He 9 still work for human rights now and he says he 10 continue the fight against injustice in the world for the rest of his life.

1 You / ever / see / The Lord of the Rings? 2 3

Yes. I / watch / it / friends / movies / last week / and / have / great time. You / ever / ride / horse? Yes. It / be / last summer / but / I / fall off / and / have to / go / hospital. You / ever / live / France? Yes. I / spend / three years / there. I / learn / French / and / do / many / interesting things. You / ever / cook / paella? Yes. I / make / paella / one day / summer / three years ago / but / nobody / like / it. You / ever / fail / exam? Yes. I / not pass / English exam / when / I / be / college / because / I / not like / teacher.

4 5

TENSE REVIEW (25 points)

2 Put the verbs in parentheses in the right

tense.

Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in 1910 in South Africa and 1 dedicate his entire life to the struggle for human rights in Africa. He 2 be the leader of the African National Congress and the movement against apartheid that 3 start about 1952. He 4 spend twenty six years in prison, from 1964 to 1990 when Frederik W. de Klerk, President of the South African Republic, 5 liberate him. In 1990 and 1991, Mandela 6 negotiate the abolition of
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3 Make sentences with the phrases below.

Put the verbs in the right tense.

FEELING NERVOUS (5 points)

1 2 3 4 5

go to school yesterday (John) John went to school yesterday. fly to Argentina at 9 oclock tomorrow (he) have to work with people every day (she) be sunny and hot next week (it) speak English at the moment (we) be born in New York in 1923 (my father)
words in Exercise 3.

2 Match the words in the columns to make

phrases learned in Unit 12.

4 Make questions about the underlined

John went to school yesterday. Where did John go yesterday?

5 Make negative sentences with the phrases

in Exercises 3.

John went to school yesterday. John didnt go to school yesterday.

1-a 1 holding a) a spider in your hand 2 speaking b) an oral exam 3 taking c) married 4 going d) in a very small space 5 being closed e) in public 6 job f) to the dentist 7 looking down g) from the top of a tall mountain 8 getting h) a soccer game 9 watching i) a baby 10 having j) somebody to go out with you 11 asking k) interviews REACTING TO NEWS (2.5 points)

3 React to the news by completing the

dialogues with phrases from the box. More than one answer may be possible.

VOCABULARY READING MATERIALS (5 points)

Wow! Really? Thats great! Oh no! How did it happen? What a pity! Yeah, its incredible, isnt it? Again? So what now? Thats terrible!
A: I lost my dog yesterday. B: Thats terrible!

1 Match the titles and the reading materials

in the box.

magazine / novel / history book / travel book / comic / detective story / biography / newspaper / course book / manual / dictionary Cobuild Monolingual Dictionary dictionary

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

American Framework Cosmopolitan The Quixote The Discovery of America The Official Guide to New York Spider-Man The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Times The Life of Lady Di

1 A: My parents are going to get divorced.

B:

12 A: Did you know John and Anne won

10,000 dollars in the lottery? B:

2 A: Ive passed all my exams.

B:

3 A: My brother had an accident yesterday.

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B:

MAYBE, I DONT KNOW, I SUPPOSE

(5

4 A: Havent you heard he had another

terrible argument with his boss? B:

points)

4 Complete the table with your opinions

about the future.

Would you like to live in Colombia?

1 Are you going to write a book in the

future?

2 Would you like to get married soon? 3 Are you going to travel to the USA next
summer?

4 Would you like to be a teacher? 5 Are you going to pass your exams this
year?

6 Are you going to school / work

tomorrow?

7 Are you going to the dentist this week? 8 Would you like to be famous? 9 Are you going to meet your friends
today?

10 Would you like to have a lot of money?

I suppose so. I think so. I dont think so. Maybe. Im not sure. I dont know. ERROR ANALYSIS (2.5 points)
Find and correct the mistakes.

Would you like to live in Colombia?

I have been went to the movies yesterday. 1 Have ever you worked in a restaurant? 2 I born in Australia in 1989. 3 I am taking a shower every day. 4 Last summer Ive traveled to Egypt.
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5 Im having a lot of money in the future.

TOTAL POINTS: ________ / 5

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ANSWER KEY GRAMMAR

1 1 Have you ever seen The Lord of the Rings? Yes, I have. I watched it with my friends at the movies last week
and had a great time. 2 Have you ever ridden a horse? Yes, I have. It was last summer but I fell off and had to go to the hospital. 3 Have you ever lived in France? Yes, I have. I spent three years there. I learned French and did many interesting things. 4 Have you ever cooked a paella? Yes, I have. I made a paella one day in the summer three years ago but nobody liked it. 5 Have you ever failed an exam? Yes, I have. I didnt not pass one English exam when I was in college because I didnt like my / the teacher.

2 1 has dedicated 2 was 3 started 4 spent 5 liberated 6 negotiated 7 won 8 succeeded 9 is still working
10 is going to continue

3 1 Hes flying to Argentina at 9 oclock tomorrow.

2 She has to work with people every day. 3 Its going to be sunny and hot next week. 4 Were speaking English at the moment. 5 My father was born in New York in 1923.

4 1 When is he flying to Argentina?

2 Who does she have to work with every day? 3 Whats the weather going to be like next week? 4 What are you doing at the moment? 5 Where was your father born?

5 1 He isnt flying to Argentina at 9 oclock tomorrow.

2 She doesnt have to work with people every day. 3 It isnt going to be sunny and hot next week. 4 We arent speaking English at the moment. 5 My father wasnt born in New York in 1923. VOCABULARY

1 1 manual 2course book 3 magazine 4 novel 5 history book 6 travel book 7 comic 8 detective story 9
newspaper 10 biography

2 2-e, 3-b, 4-f, 5-d, 6-k, 7-g, 8-c, 9-h, 10-i, 11-j 3 1 What a pity!
2 Yeah, its incredible, isnt it? / Wow! Really? Thats great! 3 Wow! Really? Thats great! 4 Oh no! How did it happen? 5 Again? So what now?

4 Answers may vary.

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ERROR ANALYSIS 1 Have you ever worked in a restaurant? 2 I was born in Australia in 1989. 3 I take a shower every day. 4 Last summer I traveled to Egypt. 5 Im going to have a lot of money in the future.

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