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INITIAL TEST

A. GRAMMAR

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense! 32p

a. John.(go) to work every day.

b. Theyhave lived..(live) in this street for such a long time.

c. Look! Jane ..(sing) again. She often (sing)

d. Adam is in his room now. He . (write) a letter to his

penfriend. He .. (always / write) him a letter.

e. When he was eighteen, he went to the University where he .

(study) Geography.

f. They(just/go) out to play.

g. Ihavent seen(not/see) you since 2001. Youhave changed.(change)

a lot.

h. My grandfather had a nice life. When he was young, he (live) on a

farm in the country.

i. Mark .(read) when the telephone rang. They..

...(not/watch) TV when Susan arrived.

j. She .(read) at the moment. Peter

.(talk) to Susan now. She ..(listen)
to her radio in her bedroom at the moment.

2. Circle the right answer! 10p

a. She will play tennis if it is fine/it will be fine outside.

b. It was his birthday because /so we decided to buy him a present.
c. Hawaii is as far/farther from Hong Kong as from Japan.
d. I am going to/will going to become a doctor, when I grow up.
e. Today is Sunday, we dont have to/mustnt go to school.
f. It is impossible/unpossible that you were there last night.
g. I would like to buy four tomatoes/tomatos and a pack of icing sugar.
h. The town is more/many crowded today than yesterday.
i. I came here bye/buy/by bus and it was a great trip.
j. I have been reading this book for/since a very long time.

B. VOCABULARY
 3. What should you do in these situations? Give advice and write sentences using
should and shouldnt! 16p

Ex: My car runs out of patrol.

____You should walk to the nearest garage to get some!______________________________
_____You shouldnt be worried, theres always a solution!____________________________
a. My boyfriend watches football all the time and I hate football.
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b. Im going on a holiday to a very hot place and my skin burns easily.
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c. I see a burglar breaking into my house.
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d. I see a ghost in my room.
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4. Write a short composition (10-15 lines), in which you describe a summer

event. 30p

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You get 12 points!